using a second external camera with microsoft teams

Anonymous
2020-04-06T23:34:50+00:00

I am an educator and will be using Microsoft Teams with students.  Is there a way to use a second external camera and share that image with the people in your meeting at the same time as the primary camera on my laptop?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-05-21T05:48:00+00:00

    Yes, PLEASE add the second camera (or even a third) We want to be professional!

    We also face the problem in the complex event/broadcast infrastructure. It would make TEAMS a 100times more usable to use with broadcast infrastructure where the content somethimes comes from a video mixer or seamless switcher if TEAMS would be able to share a Video Signal as Content. 
    Either over a second capture device or as NDI Signal. The way of getting the signal into a program and then share the program is a bushfix and not very handy. 
    (And the Version to send it over the Video Channel and Spotlight that Videofeed does not work reliable enough and results in unhappy attendees and finally clients)

    You can do that better Microsoft ;)

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-25T21:59:45+00:00

    Hello Brandon, I fully agree with your comment :-)  Microsoft, as always, is absolutely not professional!

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-17T20:25:14+00:00

    That's great. I had not heard of ManyCam, and in essence this is exactly what I need. Of course I wish they had a free version...but this appears to solve my problem. Thanks for pointing it out.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-17T19:57:51+00:00

    I have looked at OBS as well as Manycam, as the guy that has to support people in my company i usually recommend manycam as its more graphically friendly, though it costs money unlike OBS.  It is pretty easy to share 2 cameras, manycam even has a mobile app so i have a stalk on my desk that i can put my phone in, and the app connects to manycam on my desktop so my phone acts as the second camera.  It also allows you to flip, zoom, etc in the meeting on the fly.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-02-16T16:35:50+00:00

    I was able to do it with a method as i am also a drawing teacher:

    -open/isntall in your second device teams (eg. iPhone).

    -ad a new account with another email you have.

    -then when you are in the meeting , in the attendees bar, ad your personal email..so it is invited to join. copy that link (located exactly where you typed the person name).

    -then you are in.. there you can have both videos on (just turn off the sound and mic of the cellphone camera)...and that's it!!

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