so you're stuck at home you're calling into meetings using video conferencing
software to talk to your team and you might be wondering how to make the most
of your video conferencing setup well I've got just the tips for you and a
little sneak peek into what I've been doing at home Cystic around
hey everyone welcome back to today in tech today we are talking about video
conferencing software zoom Skype teams WebEx name your video conferencing
software I'm gonna help you make the most out of your setup so if you've been
calling into all of your meetings maybe utilizing video software just so you can
physically see other people on your team it could be really nice to make sure
that you've got a clear picture and clear sound if you're just relying on
your laptop or desktop webcam and microphone it's definitely not the ideal
setup but we still have some tips and tricks for you rule number one you want
to be in some sort of quiet location I'm here in my parents basement the rest of
my family's upstairs working and it's pretty quiet so far any time that I've
been filming I've asked them to not walk super loudly upstairs and limit letting
the dogs inside and out but whatever works for you works for you a closed
door maybe you just tell your family hey I'm gonna be on a call for a little bit
can you please move your conversations to another room use headphones if they
have meetings etc another way around this is to use some sort of headphone
microphone combo maybe you have a headset or maybe you even just have
those old old old Apple headphones that would come with your old phones or even
like iPods and they have that little microphone attached here and you can
plug them in so people hear you through that mic and you'll be able to hear them
through your headphones which could limit some feedback and maybe you've
noticed some of your colleagues filming themselves in front of huge windows and
you can barely see their face quick and easy tip for that is to make sure that
the light is in front of you you can't see right now but I've got two lights
right here and that's making sure that my face is always illuminated when I'm
going to be doing Skype video shoots with some of my colleagues in the coming
weeks so you've got the basics mastered you're in a quiet location you asked
your family very politely to be quiet and you're making sure that you have
your headphones on so you can hear everyone on the call clearly next up you
might be ready to invest in some video conferencing hardware maybe it's a
webcam an external microphone even the most basic stuff is probably going to be
better than whatever your desktop or laptop computers offering
and finally if you are ready for the most advanced setup I'm gonna go over
what I'm doing so I've essentially turned our super nice Canon c200 camera
into my webcam and that's using a very handy little piece of equipment it's the
elgato cam link 4k and I'm using that to connect my camera to my laptop computer
so when you guys are just gonna see those future zoom interviews I'm gonna
have some really crystal-clear quality video because I'm actually using this
super super nice camera and in my laptop that's where I'm going in and zoom and
selecting my camera for both my microphone and my webcam essentially so
I'm using an HDMI cord to run from the camera to the elgato and then plugging
it into the USB port on my computer and it's actually a really convenient and
easy setup you guys are gonna get to see some of it and the interviews in the
coming weeks it looks pretty nice so once I've got them to zoom selected the
appropriate microphone and camera and both of those are the cam link 4k the
way that I'm hearing my guests are with these giant headphones
you may recognize them from our in-studio shoots I also hold these all
the way back to my parents house and I'm putting these on that way I can hear my
guests through my computer and there's not gonna be any feedback because
they're not gonna be coming out of my computer speakers so if you've got a
laptop or desktop computer with a USB import and an HDMI to HDMI cord and a
relatively good quality camera you could absolutely replicate the setup at home
we'll be sure to link the cam link down below and it's a super super easy setup
seriously couldn't be easier I want to know what you think and I want to hear
what your video conference and setups look like so be sure to leave a comment
below letting me know as well as leave any other tips that I may have forgotten
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