Magewell HDMI to USB 3.0 Video Capture Dongle Review - turns a camcorder into a webcam for Skype
Buy it on Amazon - http://lon.tv/89sdu (affiliate link) Watch the Hangout on Air demo here: http://lon.tv/mwell Viewers often write in asking how to use their camcorder as a webcam. Most camcorders do not support this functionality via their USB connections, so an additional device is needed. Magewell's XI100DUSB-HDMI device appears to be the best way to do that with the least amount of aggravation. In fact the device works so well no drivers are needed on the Mac or PC - it just pops up in any application that looks for a webcam. In this video I test it with Skype, Google Hangouts on Air, and Quicktime capture. Each of those applications found the Magewell device without any additional configuration. It even deinterlaces the source video in hardware. Is it perfect? No. For one it's quite expensive at $300. The other issue, at least on the Mac, is that the audio sounds heavily compressed. Without drivers there's no way to adjust audio codec settings. But on balance this is a quick and easy way to get a camcorder connected to a PC without the need for complex configuration or drivers. Video Index: 0:30 - Hardware overview 1:01 - Skype on Windows demonstration 2:13 - Skype on Mac demonstration 2:54 - Captured footage from a Mac 3:14 - Google Hangouts on Air demonstration 4:02 - Conclusion and final thoughts Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Want to help the channel? Start a Patreon subscription! http://lon.tv/patreon Follow me on Facebook! http://facebook.com/lonreviewstech Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/lonseidman Catch my longer interviews in audio form on my podcast! http://lon.tv/itunes http://lon.tv/stitcher or the feed at http://lon.tv/podcast/feed.xml Follow me on Google+ http://lonseidman.com
Buy it on Amazon - http://lon.tv/89sdu (affiliate link) Watch the Hangout on Air demo here: http://lon.tv/mwell Viewers often write in asking how to use their camcorder as a webcam. Most camcorders do not support this functionality via their USB connections, so an additional device is needed. Magewell's XI100DUSB-HDMI device appears to be the best way to do that with the least amount of aggravation. In fact the device works so well no drivers are needed on the Mac or PC - it just pops up in any application that looks for a webcam. In this video I test it with Skype, Google Hangouts on Air, and Quicktime capture. Each of those applications found the Magewell device without any additional configuration. It even deinterlaces the source video in hardware. Is it perfect? No. For one it's quite expensive at $300. The other issue, at least on the Mac, is that the audio sounds heavily compressed. Without drivers there's no way to adjust audio codec settings. But on balance this is a quick and easy way to get a camcorder connected to a PC without the need for complex configuration or drivers. Video Index: 0:30 - Hardware overview 1:01 - Skype on Windows demonstration 2:13 - Skype on Mac demonstration 2:54 - Captured footage from a Mac 3:14 - Google Hangouts on Air demonstration 4:02 - Conclusion and final thoughts Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Want to help the channel? Start a Patreon subscription! http://lon.tv/patreon Follow me on Facebook! http://facebook.com/lonreviewstech Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/lonseidman Catch my longer interviews in audio form on my podcast! http://lon.tv/itunes http://lon.tv/stitcher or the feed at http://lon.tv/podcast/feed.xml Follow me on Google+ http://lonseidman.com