Seems useful, but there’s no way I’m paying a subscription for software that isn’t a service. Supporting this sort of rentseeking only means more of it in the future. I’d crack it before I’d do that.
Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector
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#62I 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.
Perhaps you’ll like Screegle then because it overlays your webcam on what you share as ONE stream and you can share one or several windows without revealing your entire desktop https://www.appblit.com/screegle
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#63Would this also make sense for video recordings, educational content on YouTube? I wanted to give making educational YouTube content a try, but the whole setup and video editing were just daunting.
Grok. OP's software sounds good but I'm not paying to find out if I like doing the process in the first place.
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#64I would love to see a FOSS version based on OBS. I am not a streamer and I don't need half of OBS' feature. Like OBS but ELI5 mode
OBS already has a virtual webcam mode, fyi
Yep, and you can prepare a list of scenes that more or less replicates the "script" feature here (though you can't save the "list of scenes" separately).
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#65I think there's a "market mismatch" here. If you're a professional presenter, you're already used to OBS, which is complex but free, open-source, works on all platforms (as opposed to Mac-only).
Sure the "draw anywhere" feature is nice, but there are ways to achieve the same thing in OBS using a tablet (various free or paid plugins do this).
If you're not a professional presenter, sure this is easier to use than OBS, but in that case a relatively expensive subscription-only model doesn't make sense for an occasional user.
Re: Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector
#66I 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.
I know it a balance between image quality and framerate, and presentation will benefit from a sharp image (nobody like to read blurred text) but presenting a screen that contains some moving elements or even a video will often be a poor experience. I wish there was a way to select between image quality and framerate when presenting sometimes, but in the meantime I use the OBS virtual camera to "present" something as my camera feed so that I broadcast a video at a decent framerate.
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#67Maybe 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
I honestly don't know if I want to be delighted or horrified by the need of a physical hack to trick your OS that there is a virtual monitor to share
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, pretty much my experience too. I used mmhmm app for some time with great hope but the Zoom experience was subpar.
Hi! I'm the VP, Eng at mmhmm and I would love to hear more about your experience with us. :)
I like your app quite a lot. No issues with your app. I think Zoom degrades the resolution. In any case, the last time I tried it that way was last summer. If there are any major developments since then, I would love to know.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
“Hold tight! We’re optimizing your experience!”
I don’t remember which online meeting software told me that once in the “oh shit I’m 5 minutes late” situation you’re describing but… man did that not sit well.
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#70I love this! Some thoughts: • I hope you're wildly successful with a subscription model, but the yearly cost for the full product is quite high for a "nice to have" even if I wasn't personally subscriptioned out. • I typically present with PowerPoint, so the scenario where I'm speaking to slide notes is central. Although your introductory video is very good, it's unclear how this works with Presenter View. • You embo…
Thank you.
> the yearly cost for the full product is quite high for a "nice to have"
As I will probably say a few more times as I work through these comments, I know the price is on the high side, but I've spoken to lots of people who need to do this sort of thing on a daily or weekly basis. Many of my users are paying >$300/year for Ecamm Live so I've priced my offering to sit alongside something like that.
> the scenario where I'm speaking to slide notes is central. Although your introductory video is very good, it's unclear how this works with Presenter View. * CueCam is built around the idea of cue cards. You write your notes on cards and then advance through them when presenting. You see your notes in a window on your teleprompter or using my companion app "Shoot's" built-in teleprompter
> You emboldened "Eye Contact", so are you doing the "magic eye contact" thing that FaceTime does? Not at all, it's all about your teleprompter - putting the text you're reading and the person you're talking to directly in front of your camera lens (or using Shoot, as close as possible to your camera lens!)
> Does CCP integrate with things like Stream Deck to help minimize the need to use the GUI? Absolutely. I have a fully-featured Stream Deck plugin. I have a Stream Deck Mini set up with a "next" button, an "aside" button and a couple more for screen sharing and quickly exiting a share. But it does a lot more, including allowing you select drawing tools on the iPad when you're drawing, with the correct drawing tool and colour being visible on the Stream Deck button (THAT was a lot of work to get right...)