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Not to self-promote, but the apps to make this possible for free have gotten much better over the last 8 months, and I feel they're less complicated than captur
by devindotcom 6y ago
Not to self-promote, but the apps to make this possible for free have gotten much better over the last 8 months, and I feel they're less complicated than capture. I collected them here:
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/10/how-to-get-your-nice-camera-set-up-as-a-high-quality-webcam/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/10/how-to-get-your-nice-camer...
Of course there are lots of other guides out there too a search away.
It's pretty wild how rudimentary some are even now, but the major brands seem to work, with some quirks. Our video team also recommends (as others do) a dummy battery.
- gkanai 6y agoOne issue you did not address in your otherwise solid article is the issue of audio sync latency IF you don't pass your audio via the camera's HDMI. This becomes an issue when you decide to use a nice mic/audio interface for higher quality audio but then you can have sync issues with the video. To mitigate audio sync issues, it's best to have the audio going into the camera's input. You can pass audio from a nice mic/preamp into the camera but it's less ideal than going into the computer via a decent audio interface. Afaik, OBS can fix those sync issues but it's quite a lot of effort to do all of this properly vs. buying a better webcam.
- devindotcom 6y agoInteresting, we didn't have this issue during the virtual events and interviews I did - I used a separate USB mic, not a mic on the camera. So it did didn't occur to me. But it seems quite correct that this could be an issue, and I'll add a note in the article.