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Re: Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector

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Post by ssl-3 »

domano wrote: post #20

Maybe someone knows how to solve a common sharing issue, I didn't see it mentioned here: I have a single ultra wide screen and would like to share a virtual area that has a normal size (16:9) with people via Google Meets, Slack, etc. Otherwise I have to share a window, stop, share another one etc. Really bad, especially during some on call emergency session. So far I couldn't make it work, only Zoom had this feature…

OBS can do this: It can capture a display (eg, the whole ultra-wide monitor), crop that capture to just the desired area, and [optionally] scale that cropped area to be sent at whatever resolution you wish as a virtual camera input to whatever conferencing system (Zoom, Slack, whatever).

Works fine. It's kind of a pain to configure, but it only needs done once and saved as a scene (which can then later be recalled with a keyboard macro or whatever, if one wishes).

(To receive bonus nachos, set the desktop background to include a 16:9 rectangle of the captured area for your own visual reference, and automate it so that this background is displayed when OBS is running. For fancy nachos, have more than one such area with one scene for each.)

Re: Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector

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Post by arthurfm »

domano wrote: post #20

Maybe someone knows how to solve a common sharing issue, I didn't see it mentioned here: I have a single ultra wide screen and would like to share a virtual area that has a normal size (16:9) with people via Google Meets, Slack, etc. Otherwise I have to share a window, stop, share another one etc. Really bad, especially during some on call emergency session. So far I couldn't make it work, only Zoom had this feature…

One of the easiest ways to do this is to use a HDMI display emulator [0]. Set the resolution to 1920x1080, move the content or presentation you want to share to the 'ghost' monitor and then share the entire second screen in your meeting app [1].

[0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=display+emulator

[1] https://youtu.be/RA-XXvFHgEs

Re: Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector

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Post by creer »

jedberg wrote: post #17
fnordpiglet wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The typical answer is it funds ongoing development, support, and maintenance. The alternative is new versions requiring repurchase of a new license to fund ongoing development. As a developer I would much prefer reoccurring revenue as an incentive to keep developing vs having to build large shrink wrapped releases and managing LTS etc. Whether $120/year is reasonable or not is debatable though. Seems steep for the ca…

There are lots of pieces of software where that makes sense, but presentation software is not one of them. Specifically, adoption of new features in presentation software is rare and slow because you don't want to be fiddling with unfamiliar things while trying to give a presentation. I would be extra upset if a feature changed or the interface changed between practicing and giving a presentation for example. I want…

This is probably underused in user interface: the new version can include new features but give the user the choice of when to add the new feature as a new control on their screen or when to replace an old behavior with a new behavior. That would be a useful feature in itself.

By contrast usually, the publisher acts like they know better - all the way to auto-updating (with a new user interface, sure, why not) at the exact wrong moment. For example, you launch Zoom to join a meeting that started 3 minutes ago and what do you get: minutes of auto-update which you can't even override.

Re: Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector

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Post by nopcode »

I don't like presenting my screen or slides via the camera feed.

In certain apps, like MS Teams or Zoom, the bitrate for camera feeds is much lower _and_ you are just one of the several feeds on the screen. A screenshare takes over the layout so everyone is looking at the same thing.

It would be better if this gave a virtual screen rather than a virtual camera.

Re: Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector

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Post by avtar »

suyash wrote: post #37
bentobean wrote: post #8

I was so happy to see this until I saw the subscription model. Hard no.

How much would you pay if it was just a one time purchase - let's say license with 1 year updates ?

Don't know about the person you replied to but I would fork up $40 - $50.
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