Topic: Filming with two cams at once - am I nuts?
I currently use a HD lifecam webcam (it's awesome) to brick film but I'm seriously considering buying a second webcam (same or different) and operate both at the same time. They are both USB so I can plug them both in at the same time. My capture software can only read one device at a time, but if I run two instances - or two different capture programs (eg monkeyjam and heliumfrog) then I can have two camera's on set getting two point of views for a moderate level of overhead and post-production effort.
It can also let me film two sets at one time - the same project or different projects. I can have the cam on one set, locked down and unmoving and then when there is a pause because I've ordered a crucial prop from bricklink, I can simply take my second webcam to a different set and continue filming, leaving the first webcam undisturbed.
Live motion producers usually have oodles of camera and hardware flowing out of boxes. Is my idea so strange?
If you're looking for a HD webcam, you can't go past this very affordable lifecam.
Last edited by togfox (September 11, 2014 (08:56pm))