hey how's it going everybody Miguel Quiles here in today's video i'm going to show you
guys exactly how to set up your Sony cameras like the Sony ZV-1 for example to connect it with your
computer to use it as a webcam it's super simple using the Sony Imaging Edge software
we're going to jump into the computer and get started right now okay so let's get started
the very first thing that we're going to do is visit the link in the description of this video
and that will take you to the imaging edge webcam download page and once you get to that page you'll
see that uh the supported operating systems you've got Windows 10 and you've also got Mac
so you're going to scroll down and you're going to look at the available models that the software
is compatible with for the most part most of the current generation cameras are compatible
I've actually got the Sony ZV-1 with me which is a fantastic camera and it's really great for
this setup using it as a webcam and it is on the list of compatible cameras so we're good
and then we're going to scroll down and go to download now I'm using a windows PC I'm a Windows
guy so i'm going to go ahead and start that download and download that software now once the
software has been downloaded on your computer you are going to double click that file you're going
to install the software and then you're going to restart the PC now this has been something
being a PC guy for a long time if you guys are PC users this is probably very common for you
but I would always recommend anytime you install new software once that installation is complete
restart your computer that is going to make sure that everything has been done properly
that you don't run into any errors or any kind of issues super quick and simple step
but a very important one to do so once the computer has restarted we'll continue to move
on with the install okay so now going back to that same download page there's a link at the
bottom here that says usage instructions camera settings etc. are here so you're going to click
on that because that's going to take you to a page that will give you specific instructions on
whatever camera it is that you're using for how to go into the menu and to make
those adjustments so that it will communicate properly with the imaging edge webcam software
so right off the gate here it says on the camera perform the following setting we're using the ZV-1
for this example whatever camera it is that you have you're going to click the appropriate link
so we'll start with the ZV-1 we'll scroll down here and so it says when you're using the ZV-1
these are the settings that you need to make sure are turned on so I'm going to go ahead
and do that here really quickly make sure that these settings are currently working correctly
so we'll press the menu button we'll go to network features and control with smartphone
and we want to make sure that that's turned off and then we're going to go back to network
we're going to go to PC remote function and we're going to make sure that's turned on
so now at this point as far as the camera is concerned everything is set
up for the camera to be able to be used as a webcam takes seconds to be able to do that
we'll move on to the next step here which is to connect the camera to your computer using the
supplied usb cable so I've already connected my ZV-1 to my computer using the usb cable so we're
good to go from there we'll move on to the next step so now at this point this is where you start
your application so Skype uh Microsoft Teams Zoom whatever program it is that you need to use to do
your live conferencing uh you're gonna be able to do that or whatever um Facebook you know whatever
it is that you're trying to use you're going to be able to use that now because now the
computer will see your Sony Camera as a webcam so i'm going to go ahead and fire up Skype here
and so once I've gotten skype started here I'm going to click on settings and again this is
going to be different based on whatever program it is that you're using I'm just showing you
skype because that's what I tend to use quite a bit we're going to go to audio and video
and if everything went correctly
it'll take a second and there we are so you can see in the video window camera window you can
see that uh this is the ZV-1 that is feeding video into my computer and so I'm all set at this point
I could go ahead and start my virtual conference my web meeting whatever the case might be
using my sony ZV-1 alright so there you have it super easy and quick for you to set up your
Sony Alpha camera to use it as a webcam if you guys have any questions about how to set this up
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