jonathan859 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 The upcoming school talent show needs us to be able to switch between video clips played on a laptop and a live feed from a camera. What do you think would be the best way to do this on our practically £0 budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingatall666 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 With no money? Manually change the cables over. (or am I being too obvious? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LampTramp Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Well seeing as you have no money....Why not download Screen Monkey (can be found on here if you search) it can take live video feed and do graphics etc...Have a wee look..Hope this helps you out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyld Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 If you really only want 1 PC input and one camera, why not use two inputs on the projector and use the remote to toggle between them? If you really have no other way of doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Depending on what you mean by no money.....I believe (although I have not tried it) that QLab with the Pro License can do live video as well as pre-recorded, and can be hired for $1/day on the educational pricing. This would suit your needs perfectly, and you can also stick any audio in there too to make life even easier http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyld Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Depending on what you mean by no money.....I believe (although I have not tried it) that QLab with the Pro License can do live video as well as pre-recorded, and can be hired for $1/day on the educational pricing. This would suit your needs perfectly, and you can also stick any audio in there too to make life even easier http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Getting a camera input of the right kind to work with Qlab (well, it's an Apple issue actually) is notoriously tricksy and seems to involve some less than cheap hardware if you want to send the camera signal any distance. So, while the license hire may be cheap, my own experience trying to use Qlab as a live feed vision mixer hasn't been terribly productive. It's a great tool, but so far hasn't come up trumps for me in the situation the OP describes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan859 Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Thanks for all the replies. We've decided to use vMix software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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