Vlogging at desk, software/app?

[Frimley111R]

I just want to do some basic vlogging at my desk but slightly frustratingly Teams seems to require you to be in a meeting to record yourself, the laptop camera App is very basic and my phone (Galaxy Fold 3) also, like the camera App, won't put in a background in the same way Teams does.

Am I missing something or is there a way to give me alternative backgrounds when I vlog?

[sjg]

OBS ( https://obsproject.com/ ) + plugin ( https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-virtual... )

[Hoofy]

What's the issue with using Teams (or indeed Zoom)? Can't you create a private meeting and do it that way? Could also switch off your name or rename yourself for the Vlog?

[Frimley111R]

Hoofy said:

What's the issue with using Teams (or indeed Zoom)? Can't you create a private meeting and do it that way? Could also switch off your name or rename yourself for the Vlog?

I don't know a private meeting is, will look into it....

[Hoofy]

Frimley111R said:

Hoofy said:

What's the issue with using Teams (or indeed Zoom)? Can't you create a private meeting and do it that way? Could also switch off your name or rename yourself for the Vlog?

I don't know a private meeting is, will look into it....

I mean, if it's anything like Zoom, you can create a meeting that nobody knows exists.

[ZesPak]

Be careful doing it like that. IME meeting recordings are often highly compressed already, depending on your purpose.
For some screen recording as well, Clipchamp is very simple.

[Hoofy]

ZesPak said:

Be careful doing it like that. IME meeting recordings are often highly compressed already, depending on your purpose.
For some screen recording as well, Clipchamp is very simple.

Good point.

I only just discovered that you can record using CapCut. It's pretty powerful and free.