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Play video embedded in PowerPoint and mix multiple computers and cameras to a GoToWebinar -
Have you ever wanted to play a video embedded in a PowerPoint file through GoToWebinar but can't because the audience sees a jumpy video with a low frame rate? Or you want to show off a computer p...
11 Feb Second Update - The desktop apps for GTT and GTM won't work with the ATEM unless you can find an "IT Professional" who can whitelist certain ports in Windows 10 systems to allow them to receive video for GTT and GTM. In other words, unless you want to screw with your registry files in hopes of making GTT or GTM work, you might want to investigate other web conference providers that just treat the ATEM Mini like a webcam. (It looks like Chris was using a Mac, so it looks like Macs don't have this problem)
11 Feb Update - this post was marked as an answer too soon. Got the ATEM Mini, and it works with everything EXCEPT GoToTraining and GoToMeeting. Support is telling me that the ATEM is "too professional" for GoToTraining and it only supports simple webcams. Still trying to make it work, but not looking good. This could be a deal breaker for GTT going forward.
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Thank you - this is really helpful. I ordered an ATEM Mini earlier this week and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. This device will do a lot to make my GoToTraining sessions a lot more professional. I've been frustrated a long time by the inability to zoom smoothly and control the focus of webcams, and now I can use a real camera to capture my video.
Thanks for sharing this!
Does this solution capture the sound of the video?
When a video is being played on the first computer, it goes through VGA-HDMI-ATEMI-USBc it's just a picture, right?
What model of the device do you use?
The video from the first computer, including the sound, goes through an HDMI input on the ATEM Mini video switcher. The output of the switcher is the video, including the sound, that enters the second computer via USB as a webcam, including sound.
The computer I am using for the video playback does not have a HDMI output. To convert VGA to HDMI I am using a converter from IO Crest, model SY-ADA31025.
I wanted to update the Community on some recent testing we've done with Blackmagic hardware and current Mac operating systems!
This solution should work with Mac OS + Blackmagic ATEM Mini + any HDMI input. The key is to use OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) as a virtual camera driver to map Blackmagic device output to a proper format to use it in G2W.
- Install OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)
- In OBS create a scene setup with 1280x720@30fps
- Make sure the Blackmagic device is on and connected.
- In OBS add a Video Capture Device to the scene, open its properties and select Blackmagic device (1280x720)
- In OBS now select Start Virtual Camera
- In the GoTo desktop software you may now select OBS Virtual Camera as an input device
AshC
Which problem does this solve?
- webcam resolution is now 720 vertical
- webcam image is not cropped
- webcam image can be flipped horizontally
- webcam sound is not run through the G2W downward expander audio filter
- something else
Thanks for the update.
Chris Droessler During our testing there was no flipping or vertical transfer of the image, so we wanted to mainly confirm and simplify the directions when using Blackmagic on Macs in order to successfully transfer an HDMI feed into GoToWebinar.
We have added the advanced audio filter disablement back into the endpoint recently (I believe this is on Mac & Windows), so check that out with regards to the audio performance.
