The people over on the team that is developing the Skype program
You know that
that calling program everyone used to use for
content creation and video chatting and messaging and things like that.
They've been working behind the scenes developing new tools for content creators
I previously showed in the last video how you could use this new skype update to
send NDI feeds of people in video calls
to OBS or other live-streaming programs
to create a really cool podcast or interview format
with virtually lag free and lossless recording setups,
which was pretty freakin cool.
Well in this video I'm going to show you a built-in tool that they have
which is a dedicated recorder for Skype
- something that we've always had to use third-party tools for or bots
and things always stopped working
and it was really frustrating
because it seemed like the easiest way to record interviews or podcasts
or dual commentaries collaborations would be
a form of recording a Skype call back in the day
and there was never an easy option
and they now have a built in option
So we're gonna be checking it out
But this is in a beta or preview version of Skype
typically reserved for people in the Windows Insider build
I will have a link to the download for the preview version
in the description down below
This is, again, it's a preview.
They're looking for feedback.
It's not fully out yet.
There may be some bugs, whatever, test it
It's not fully ready yet,
but it's still something I want to share with you and showcase
because it is really neat
Let's flip over to the desktop and check it out
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Alright, so I have started a Skype call with myself over on the other computer
I don't know why it says poon network connection,
I'm on a gigabit fiber line
and we're on the same network
not that that actually affects anything, but
Skype still has network connection issues somehow I guess
So I've started a video call with myself here
and you have a couple things you can do
You have your normal settings where you could go in and enable the NDI feed as I showed before
you can take a snapshot
so you can just take a picture of both of your cameras at once
which is kind of cool and
and then over here under the plus icon
you have an option to start recording.
And what that is going to do.
It is is going to bring in a cloud Skype contact.
It starts recording the Skype call
and it will record your video and your audio
or just your audio if you don't have webcams
Going it'll record video from both sides.
I actually have the wrong webcam here
because I was using it for OBS,
so now I can sit here and change it
so I can showcase it
Cam Link
Okay good to go
I am now sending a feed from both of us to the Skype call
and it will record
So the whole time you're sitting there chatting yadda yadda.
How was your day? My day was great.
Let's do an interview
Okay, and you want the job.
Do you have anything to say about this?
Damning news story about you.
Oh, I didn't do it. It wasn't me.
Okay Skype call done
When you hit end, it's going to take a minute
and then it's going to send you
*inaudible*
a recording of that Skype call
and an option to download it,
which is really freaking neat.
There we go. It's already here.
Recordings are available for 30 days
They're stored up in the cloud,
which if you don't like it, sorry, it's just an option
You're gonna either play the video from here
I'm just gonna start playing
and if I fast forward a bit you can see
okay
I have both of our video go-oh
and then I set up my video
and now we have both videos going
It does crop your view a bit,
so you will want to check on framing based on the call view.
You can see that looks more like the call view framerate is amazing.
You can see that's not 60fps or even 30fps necessarily
but for its purpose it's kind of cool
and if you wish to download it
you can just save to downloads
save as, you can forward it to someone else
or you can remove it
I'm gonna just hit save to downloads.
It's downloading the video
and once it's done we will have
"File saved"
and I can even click where it said "File saved" and start the video
It's that easy
that easy
so I know mass opinions on Skype can go one way or the other
but I do think this feature is really cool
It's something I've wanted in Skype for...
What? A decade now?
And I'm really glad to see it enabled
and when I just need to do a quick recording call
that I don't need like super high quality for
this was probably the option
I'm gonna go with cuz it's just a quick
quick and dirty record of what you have
and the file is delivered
and if I pull it up from my downloads here
Video.mp4
It is a 1080p file 15 frames per second
and about one megabit per second,
so nothing amazing,
but nothing terrible either and
That's okay.
So hope you enjoyed this tutorial
If you did again
check out the Skype preview
down the link in the description down below
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