We’ll give you our overall verdict and share what users have to say about their own Zoom Video Webinar experience. ![]() In this post, we’ll dig into Zoom Video Webinar to describe the platform and how it works. Have fun with your camera experiments and let me know how you fare.If you’re thinking about a Zoom webinar for your next stakeholder meeting, lecture, town hall, concert, or religious service, keep reading. 3.)īeyond Zoom, Meet, Webex and the rest, if you want to livestream your meeting to a larger audience like Facebook or YouTube, you'll need to master the free open source software OBS, or buy a $14.99 monthly subscription to the way easier to use eCamm, which streams it for you. (We checked Amazon on Tuesday and were promised a delivery on Oct. (You'll need an mini HDMI to USB cord as well.) Camlink had been sold out at the beginning of the pandemic but is now in better supply again. The $129 Elgato Camlink 4K plugs into the camera's HDMI port and into the computer USB and just works. Many livestreamers have also opted for camera capture cards as the most reliable. You get to shoot in lower light, select your lens and adjust the lighting, something you just can't do with automatic cameras. If you have an old Canon, Sony or Fuji camera, the manufacturers have software that allow you to connect from the cameras HDMI or USB direct to the computer. This is the best of all choices, but it's also the most cumbersome. The advantage of the GoPro is higher resolution than the laptop, and you get that crazy wide angle view, which you can adjust in the app. You'll also need to download the GoPro webcam computer app. The new Hero9, just released, ($449, or $349 with $50 purchase to GoPro one-year subscription) or last year's Hero8 ($349, or $299 with GoPro subscription) both connect as webcams, via the USB-C cable. ![]() Of course, you could also lower your chair to make it work. If not at eye level, the camera is looking up your nose, and you will not look good. Just remember that you need to have the camera lens at eye level, so the mini tripod will need to go atop a book, or several of them, to get up there. This Manfrotto mini unit, plus smartphone attachment, sells for $30 to $40. You'll also need a mini tripod to put on your desk, and a smartphone tripod attachment. For people just starting out, we recommend the Snowball from Blue Microphones, which sells for around $50.) ![]() The video meeting programs let you select your camera and mic of choice in the settings. (Savvy meeting users know to also add a USB microphone for better sound. You download the smartphone app as well as a web app, and then when you are ready to start your meeting, you check the preferences, where you are allowed to choose the camera of your choice. ![]() Both have free versions, but you'll need to pay to remove their watermarks: $29.99 yearly for Neuralcam, or a flat $39.99 for Camo.įor Android phones, try DroidCam, which has a dreadful free version with super low quality, or $4.99 for the high-res version. To put them to use as webcams, just connect the phones to Wi-Fi, and download apps NeuralCam Live or Reincubate Camo. (We found plenty of 2017 era iPhone 8s and Samsung Galaxy S8 phones in the $150 to $200 range, or even less for other brands.) This is my overall recommendation for the best choice since it seems we all have phones, right? And if you don't want to tie up your phone, you can pick up a used older iPhone or Android handset on sites like eBay, Gazelle and Swappa.
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