Tricaster mini HD4 join zoom call from tricaster NO NDI !

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imike

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What we would like to do. install zoom client on tricaster and then join call from tricaster running client while allow the tricaster program feed to be seen in the zoom call as a camera feed. is this possible if not do we just take tricaster program feed and run that into a laptop running zoom client. how do we get laptop to see program feed as camera.
 
The laptop method is simple. Run NDI Webcam on the laptop, select your TriCaster's Mix 1 output (usually) as the NDI Webcam source, and then use Zoom settings to select the NDI webcam as the video source ... and maybe the audio source too, depending on your setup.
 
Or get Zoom Rooms (ideally on a Mac mini). Zoom Rooms supports NDI natively. The latest ZR release will support 12 NDI outputs and an NDI return path. Our testing showed that 6 outputs was (as expected) the practical limit on a 1GB NIC. If you go this path, you'll need a tablet of some description.
 
We have set up a zoom call to bring in a "remote guest" for studio shows by using a seperate adjacent laptop and the NDI screen capture to send the video feed to the TC-Mini-HD4. The home viewer sees our stage show with a variant of the zoom call as the on screen guest, usually a 2-up picture in picture. To avoid audio mixed signals, we send the headphones out of the laptop into our audio board as part of the stage's master audio mix. To route the audio back to the zoom guest, we send them a mix-minus from our audio board via a 3.5mm patch cable through the laptop mic input port.

As an added feature, on the laptop, we use a $40 HDMI to USB dongle to capture a video feed from an auxilliary camera specifically used for the stage view. This is only for the zoom guest, however, and merely adds to the zoom caller's visual experience of our hosts and unecessary for the production itself.
 
Wow, A lot of varibales to consider.. ? is Microsoft teams a better fit for replacing Skype TX... Man just as everyone got comfortable with Skype here we go.. LOL

Whats the verdict on TEAMS...
 
Phlume said:
We have set up a zoom call to bring in a "remote guest" for studio shows by using a seperate adjacent laptop and the NDI screen capture to send the video feed to the TC-Mini-HD4. The home viewer sees our stage show with a variant of the zoom call as the on screen guest, usually a 2-up picture in picture. To avoid audio mixed signals, we send the headphones out of the laptop into our audio board as part of the stage's master audio mix. To route the audio back to the zoom guest, we send them a mix-minus from our audio board via a 3.5mm patch cable through the laptop mic input port.

As an added feature, on the laptop, we use a $40 HDMI to USB dongle to capture a video feed from an auxiliary camera specifically used for the stage view. This is only for the zoom guest, however, and merely adds to the zoom caller's visual experience of our hosts and unnecessary for the production itself.
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This one actually worked.. Thanks a million guys.. I knew there was a way instead of all these request to BUY a teams business or zoom account is the only way to leverage either for call in..

I'm still going to tackle the Teams call-in as well through NDI..much later as for now zoom was more navigationally friendly . Even tho i had to get my (I T) Guy to come in and naviage the integration ... Because it requires alot to go through "command prompt" naviagtioning.

Thus Far, Audio ius good and video quality seems to be good. Real test in first production promo monday.. I will let you guys know how "ZOOM" performed under a actuall production load
 
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