Enhance Your ZOOM Video Conferencing Quality

[@mikemeetstec]

Alternate title: How to go from $80 setup to $300 setup in less than 10 seconds.

[@mrlofi333]

Facts it's never easy.

[@kontoname]

300? More like 1000

[@jersonsamuel7073]

LOL

[@mnky91]

I immediately stopped watching when he basically said... if you buy a DSLR then your video will be better. idiot

[@marianogigahertz9212]

Yeah. I really thought he would make adjusments on the white balance, and some tips on lighting. This is just ridiculous

[@MattHeere]

Don't forget the step where you record yourself sitting there for a couple minutes, and then create a scene that loops this recording. Way better than sitting through all those boring meetings :)

[@TomAntos]

😂 great tip!

[@CdeeqFilmmaker]

Matt is a genius !!!!

[@annduchateau4088]

😂😂😂

[@plazmamusic3253]

I always do this 🤣

[@readingsbycara]

♥️ *Ha!*

[@ShinzuMusic]

I had to go through lots of videos to learn how to do this and you sir explained it pretty easily in ten minutes. I couldn't find how to play a playlist for sports classes so I thank you for this.

[@superninja2022]

yes

[@jersonsamuel7073]

it's actually 10 mins and 2 secs...

[@aadarshneewar8747]

Same here 😊

[@ketakdhiman]

This video needs to go viral. All the educational institutions and non profit organizations, or whoever using zoom for their work platform these days. They need to watch this video.

[@patricktan8122]

When he said "life is starting to slowly go back to normal" I thought "yup, hehe. nope." Thanks for the video!!

[@kamarul2411able]

Haha..me too😂😂😂

[@aerozg]

Why do you need any plugins for OBS, i thought it can do this out of the box?

[@TomAntos]

Depends where you live I guess. Here things have been normal for months.

[@tildarosander1339]

And here I am impressing my students with my gamer headphones. I wish I had the energy to make this happen. Thank you, maybe if this continues next year I’ll come back to this. Love, peace and look after ourselves.

[@CarlosLemans]

Title should say: Enhance your video quality changing your camera and mic and reserve 2hrs before the meeting to configure the stuff

[@barrycrowder]

Thanks for putting this together. I wasn't aware of OBS Studio, but am quite aware of the need for it. With the help of your video, it should be pretty easy to get it set up and working and make those video conferences much better.

[@Atropos148]

Thank you :) that virtual audio cable really helps with filtering out random noise

[@vegardpedersen]

It's looking fantastic! Great job. 100 times better. I think the light and sound is the most important but the camera will probably help the lighting as well and not have that auto-exposure from web-cam. You can set an exposure and Depth of Field etc.

[@truthhurts5564]

Me Watching the title : Yes Watching the whole video : Nope

[@oneiropagides342]

One issue you’ll face with zoom is resolution. You will see your content (camera, lower thirds, slides, etc) in OBS looking great but when you get them into Zoom through the virtual camera, the resolution is bad. This is because Zoom does not support HD 1080p video at the moment, due to the pandemic. So keep that in mind.

[@gtopher]

that was my question also. its ok when I direct present, but through OBS its fuzzy and useless. I reached out to Zoom support, but obviously nothing. You say "due to the pandemic", does that mean they have announced something?

[@agus_joxs]

I’m agree , the video resolution very bad from another participant, also when you open power point from obs to zoom 🤣

[@benkpeltz]

The OBS Studio information was really interesting but the stated premise of the video was a little misleading because the most important thing you did to enhance your video and audio quality involved buying a video camera, big light, and headphones with a good quality built-in mic, all of which are definitely not free, and probably overkill for the basic video conferencing that I and others like me do.

[@COLE_PRODUCTIONS]

It wasnt misleading. You saw what you wanted to see.

[@benkpeltz]

@@COLE_PRODUCTIONS at 1:15 in the video you state clearly that you will show us how to do a "simple and free upgrade to improve the quality."

[@COLE_PRODUCTIONS]

@@benkpeltz and he immediately followed that up with what he meant. The hardware aspect of the video were suggestions. I guess common sense isn't all that common.

[@benkpeltz]

@@COLE_PRODUCTIONS good luck getting anywhere near the improvements that he got without the hardware upgrades. I'm not upset by it. I genuinely found the video interesting. But including the free claim in the hook is definitely misleading. 🤷‍♂️

[@danielmahathir4001]

you can use your hp camera and there are tutorials for it as well. cant expect to be spoonfed all the time

[@hanshut8124]

Dear Tom, once again a great presentation. Thank you.

[@alyssascott9754]

Requires that you have both OBS Studio and Zoom running at same time. There was no advantage of using OBS with Zoom unless you want to enhance your Zoom recording. Stick with regular Zoom settings. OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS is for people who want to get their stuff "creative videos" on Twitch, You Tube or some other website. However, if you have a DSLR / EOS mirrorless camera such as Canon M50 or SONY A6000 with a RODE microphone or other mic., then using the Guide that Tom Antos provided will make a difference for beginners with more expensive equipment. I tried enhancing the use of my Logitech BRIO 4K webcam using this guide and it did not produce a better teleconferencing experience or any difference than using Zoom by itself. However, Tom does deserve credit as there is some benefit to watching and following this guide/ tutorial. Thank you! and be safe.

[@emadadel05]

Great video, lots of effort, really appreciate it

[@TomAntos]

Thank you!

[@TalesGrimm]

I spent hours trying to figure this out in OBS when Zoom got popular. Who knew you needed a whole plugin to use the virtual cam feature? Thank you!!!

[@The-Logician]

Virtual Camera is now part of the base package for OBS. All you need to do now is click on Start/Stop Virtual Camera over near the start Streaming and settings button area.

[@oneiropagides342]

Yes, Virtual amera is now part of the core program in v. 26 release. And it works very well! But it still doesn’t output audio, unfortunately. So the virtual audio cable is still needed.

[@The-Logician]

@@oneiropagides342 not 100% true, provided audio settings in OBS are set properly, and computer audio is “joined” in zoom, it will send thru audio just fine without the need of the virtual audio plugin. I do not have virtual audio cable plugin installed and my audio routes from the OBS virtual camera just fine.

[@cassiesiambun6639]

One of the best and to the point video on how to have better audio and video quality! Question though, will there be any lag in audio if we were to use external mic and camera?

[@lipem14]

"how to enhance zoom conference just by...buying new stuff"

[@JoeLopez]

Or not…

[@hewyn1]

A truly excellent video! I have been using ecamm, which is great but I couldn’t get it to work that well with zoom. I shall start playing tomorrow! Many thanks!

[@AzaleaMusic]

Excellent info, and very helpful. Thanks! 👌

[@discoveryourheart2780]

Very good video , simple and informative !!

[@mannyponce2230]

This blew my mind! I didn't know this existed! Thank you! Hugs from Mexico! 💯

[@andresmartinez6134]

you are my new guru, thank you man, liked and suscribed

[@diggleboy]

Tom, your video instruction ROCKS! Works on the first try! Thank you so much. 👍😁 Now all my video and audio will look and sound amazing. My Logitech C920 Webcam never made me look so good until now. Having a wireless iPhone for video camera using iVcam is so amazing. The ultimate setup. Thanks again.

[@graceyim2941]

Really so pro. Thank you.

[@charliebell5073]

Is OBS only useful for recording a presentation for Zoom, or can it be used to enhance the look and sound of live interactions during Zoom? From you introduction about frustrating low-quality tele-fitness classes, it seemed like the latter, but then it morphed into "How to record a presentation" for Zoom.

[@aurora.studio01]

I think you should rewatch it bcause it's not about recording a presentation. I get it. It seem a little bit confusing.

[@charliebell5073]

You often use the phrase "your presentation" which leads a viewer to think that you're describing how to prepare a recorded presentation. Is it more accurate to say that OBS gives you the means of creating and controlling an "environment" that can be used for broadcasting, live streaming and videoconferencing? One of the biggest problems I've faced is the distracting lag between audio and video. Can OBS help minimize the lag?

[@DanielSeymourWellness]

Thanks Tom. Totally with you. I improved my Zoom calls with soft LED light and connecting my T2i to my Macbook but your video inspired not to procastinate further and implement OBS. Better control and creative options. Cheers

[@ilmozzo]

Thank You a lot! Until 10 minutes ago I was pretty sure that OBS was useful only for streamers on KZbin and Twitch. But now I have a new point of view. Very good tutorial.

[@ChildishRambino]

Thanks, Tom! I’m a high school teacher, and this will definitely help make my lessons look more professional. What kinds of lights do you use? My kit gets to be about 1000 degrees, so I’m looking for something cheap that won’t get too hot.

[@stanleybowman-hood6194]

If you have a desktop get a better heatsink or replace thermal paste to sort out cooling

[@irweezyy]

Here is a very affordable lighting option www.amazon.ca/dp/B08L4MT463/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_Rvi7FbWYXSFGQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[@bluedog5725]

I believe this is one of the best Zoom instructional videos available in the World. Thank you.

[@hafeezKhan001]

hi, thanks for very informative video. very helpful. I am trying to use DSLR D3100 but the red square while recording is not disappearing, do you have any advise? thanks

[@luboyanev]

Great tutorial Tom! Thanks for explaining it in good detail

[@ASmith-hb4ed]

Fantastic tutorial! One of the best I have come across on the internet. I searched on how to improve Zoom conferencing for weeks now. I don't know why, but in the past few weeks, your video never came up on KZbin search. This would've saved me so much time if I found it earlier.

[@readingsbycara]

♥️ _Huh... !_ *Learned something new (and invaluable) today.* Thank you, Tom.

[@hnuno5465]

Thanks a lot for your video!, would you make an update in April 2021? Please! (I have a sony dscrx100m7 camera, how can I connect for obs and zoom? I also teach fitness classes)

[@TomAntos]

Ok I will try to do an update

[@hnuno5465]

@@TomAntos Thank you very much!!

[@jamesLG1]

Thank you!, subbed!

[@alphachensax]

I just tried it and it works really well! Thank you so much for making the efforts to upload this video!

[@JonathanThompsonStoryteller]

I wonder if I’ll be able to use the Canon webcam software to use my DSLR for webcam which I currently use through Zoom.

[@TomAntos]

Yes it will work with any camera you already have working on your computer

[@JonathanThompsonStoryteller]

@@TomAntos I’ll be trying it out later. With the new software I get a clean output which isn’t available normally on that camera through HDMI.

[@MossyRock-g9i]

Any advice about a backgrounds? Distance? Colors? Lighting? I have the hardest time gettting a background that looks good to me. Cheers! Great vid.

[@davidadams421]

Awesome! Particularly like the pre-roll capabilities, great foe 'presentation' will be starting shortly' kind of content.

[@mibautotecniq6149]

Brilliant! - Simply put, clear step by step explanation. I didn't know it would be this easy. Thanks Tom

[@skyhr]

This is a fantastic, easy to understand, and to the point tutorial. One of the best on the internet. Thanks Tom!

[@EminoMeneko]

For mister anyone, which is most of us, the default image is fair enough. We don't care for image quality that much. Now sure if you want to look "pro" and or make videos, that's a bunch of nice enhancements. I came here out of curiosity. Might come in handy one day.

[@Larinator]

Another great video Tom. I love how you cut to the chase and show the physical detail of everything you present. I have been asked to livestream an event and have never done that in my professional career. There is a lot more to it than I thought but I am going to borrow a Blackmagic ATEM Mini for it. OBS is a great option though and apparently if your laptop can handle it you can use it to switch between a couple of cameras.

[@johnmoriss]

Hello... AJ here from the Philippines... where did you get the background?

[@all1nerd377]

This is all great, only issue is I am not making any money at the moment so Mac cam and daylight is what im working with!

[@MattBrownieCake]

This is AMAZING! Thank you so much for this quick and clear video

[@df1026]

Omg !! Wowwwww!!!!!!!! This is the most helpful video on KZbin thank you I’m so grateful 💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@DavidGriffin]

Bro this was a really great walkthrough.

[@TomAntos]

Thanks David

[@princeearledem9362]

thank you so much for this tutorial thank you so much

[@Nickpinn]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@chrislabinjo3317]

Really helpful information. Will get to work on this...

[@shmoolicious]

Spoiler alert: Get a super expensive DSLR camera and a mic... :(

[@sean1e100]

Define “super expensive” though... it’s all relative right?

[@MarekLewandowski_EE]

while his gear is expensive one, you can get very far with $13 HDMI dongle, an used compact camera (pick one with clean HDMI out) and a $10 clip-on mike. For sport sessions get a cheap wireless headset, just pick one with a mike on a boom, the cheapest ones are no good supressing ambient sound with around-ear microphones

[@wreford07]

lol. just this. oh and don't forget an expensive lighting set up and a dark background set with fairy lights etc...

[@foulwin9719]

@@wreford07 You can get green fabric and some pvc pipe for under $30. You can get cheap clip on lights and wax paper at a hardware/grocery store. Stop making excuses.

[@wreford07]

@@foulwin9719 wow. ok. FYI nobody's making excuses - but thanks for assuming. I know how to green screen cheers. no need to get so chippy.

[@TheCvele1974]

Thank you mate. This is fantastic.

[@russellhoCFP]

Thanks Tom for the informative content, does OBS work with GoToWebinar and MS Teams? Also does it slow ones laptop down alot? Or Internet? Don't want it to cause lag

[@TomAntos]

Obs will work with any program that uses webcam. It wont slow down your internet but can freeze your computer if you have an old one. But all the current entry and mid level laptops will handle it no problem

[@johnconnor2861]

Great video!! Thank you for making it so much easier to understand.

[@johnclifford1911]

This is a good video. What's the 35mm equivalent focal length you're using, and how far are you from the camera? How far is it from you to the far wall/background? I have a room where I can put the camera 6' away with a background that is 6' away, and even at f/2.8 on a Micro Four Thirds sensor I can't get the DoF.

[@BigDataLogin]

Thanks Tom - that was the best video how to Enhance Your ZOOM Video Conferencing Qualityn - All thebest

[@secondxreality]

Thank you ❤️ it solved my issue

[@apache313]

I would like to add a few thoughts here because I have been troubleshooting zoom to get the best quality possible for a webinar series I'm working on. A lot of these videos on YT that recommend using a DSLR or Mirrorless as a webcam are failing to discuss a very key issue. They are showing a high quality video on their YT video but that is recorded on their desktop. Zoom compresses videos and the quality drops substantially to the viewer to the point where a cheap webcam is almost as good if not better than an expensive camera because its not losing as much detail in compression. You want your file size coming out of your camera to be as low as possible to require the least amount of compression as far as I can tell. I shot DX crop mode at 1080p 24fps and the quality was still garbage. Your best shot for quality on zoom is probably to get a M43 camera that can shoot 720.

[@oneiropagides342]

True. OBS & your camera output 1080 but zoom transmits video at 720. So, not great. If you are doing a webinar, I recommend trying to bring OBS into Zoom through screen sharing instead of virtual camera. What happens is that Zoom transmits people’s web cam video feeds at 720 BUT, if you share content through desktop sharing, that content is transmitted in full HD 1080! So, you can use this for a workaround and adopt a different approach: Step 1: In OBS use the projector function to project your program to a second screen. Basically, this outputs the same content you’d get through virtual camera to one of your screens in HD quality. Step 2: In Zoom, deactivate your camera and start sharing your desktop. When you get to choose which screen you want to share, choose the screen where OBS is projecting your content. Your Zoom participants will now see your content in HD 1080 instead of 720. Of course, this is a workaround, and there are drawbacks. You will need to be screen-sharing the whole time, and one of your monitors will be constantly occupied by the OBS projection. But depending on your circumstances, it might be workable.

[@ejikeonwunabonze]

Hi Tom, you did you colour grade your live stream? Thanks for sharing

[@trubit7372]

Excellent Info Packed Video, very useful. THANK YOU!!!

[@padrejohnruffle]

Loving your Bell & Howell 16mm projector in the background! :-)

[@GrantSpoon]

Am I missing something? Zoom only lets you share video at 1280 resolution. It's doesn't do fhd.

[@heartstrings110]

What camera and lens were used in this video?

[@Neilanstrong]

oh man many thanks!!!

[@WeeShooey]

Great video, well explained

[@RobytheFlorentine]

Very useful thanks

[@-Rambi-]

That was neat, do you in your current config bind these intros, vids, and endings to a stream deck or do you manually click it in OBS?

[@martaselinda7126]

Amazing!! Thank you so much!!!

[@relaxingnature5007]

Thanks for the explanation !

[@josephkieffer5336]

Do u need the virtual audio cable too even if I don't have a separate mic?

[@PriSilly]

Excellent video tutorial. Thank you 👌🏼

[@asianmtl]

Thank you...love from Canada

[@MrDavidJMa]

Just note that OBS is huge and unless you have huge processor speed it grinds your PC down massively.

[@Solid_Snake99]

not true

[@shanegoh6625]

Really useful, thanks!

[@organic5953]

what a great video .. this was so helpful !!

[@TheMcdomino]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@victorli4316]

Thanks for sharing. In addition, I am using NDI Tools which is free. It can bring live video from my smart phone via the network into OBS as a second video source so I now I can switch between 2 different camera angles.

[@steveleddy7698]

Can you do this using your iPhone as the camera? Thanks!

[@charhed]

WOW Great video! this is exactly what i was looking for. Thank you so much!!

[@vernielariosa]

Tom, you are fantastic

[@MarkBowenPiano]

Great video. Thank you.

[@jessemillerman]

Great suggestions, very well done. Collect some scenes for business use, and some alternates for the virtual happy hours. Fun.

[@SavedPulley]

Beautiful! God bless you brother. This info is truly a blessing. Just Sub'd. God bless

[@hiviber]

Dude! nice videos.. Virtual Cam for the MAC?

[@TomAntos]

doesnt seem like it's available for mac but you can go to OBS Studio website and request this feature. The more people request it the more likely the developers will work on it.

[@hiviber8643]

@@TomAntos thanks tom, i may just wait to get the mini pro and bypass all this :) Do you have the mini pro yet? I saw your video on the mini

[@kencleveland1762]

Mini pro? What are you referring to? I'd love to heck it out.

[@TomAntos]

@@hiviber8643 If you mean the ATEM Mini Pro then yes. I have it and love it. Actually I have the ATEM Mini not the pro version but even that is amazing. It opens up a lot of possibilities and can be used directly with Zoom or Skype so you dont have to use OBS in that case.

[@zippo_muk9254]

*Which zoom versions allow an external DSLR camera?* I can’t even seem to change the video settings on my zoom [5.0.2 I think]. It lags and doesn’t even show the laptop webcam. It’s just black.

[@CORRUPTIONCZARNETWORK]

Excellent video.

[@bmefilms6879]

hi Tom, how are you feeling about the Zcam currently? better than the pocket 6k?

[@TomAntos]

Yes it's my go to camera right now

[@TT-rz5td]

Oh, what a lovely accent!

[@maxreynoso]

What filter did you use to get that color look for the video? Just using an DLS camera doesn’t make the video look that great. Thank you

[@JuanQuevedo]

Hi! great video Tom but you don't explain how to make keyboard shortcuts to launch the titles, headers, introductions, closings ... and another question What computer do you need for it to go well? When I record the broadcast with OBS Studio after ten minutes, the broadcast slows down and everything starts to go wrong.

[@TomAntos]

I wish I could explain everything in this video but it would be a way longer video. I will do a separate video about how I setup my shortcuts etc in OBS. As for your computer make sure you close down all other applications you dont need when doing the live streaming as it can be cpu intensive. I found that most modern laptops will run zoom and OBS without any problems.

[@JuanQuevedo]

@@TomAntos Thanks Friend ! my computer is a mini pc with i5 processor and 8gb ram. When I start the recording in obs and retransmit in zoom, after ten minutes the resources of the pc go up to 80% and everything is cut. Although I realized that OBS continues recording but with a huge latency between image and sound. I have closed all the processes and it still happens to me. Can it be the PC? I have to record in 1080 because later I use this video for a platform of courses that I am giving.

[@streamx2]

I have a cheap samsung camera with no hdmi port. Can i use a video capture card with it?

[@chailincl8297]

the best 👍👍👍👍

[@uptownphotography]

Excellent video and details. Question: Using Zoom: My live video on the screen has motion blur. I made the camera setting change to HD (did not help) and just checked my Fios internet speed and it says it is very fast. (111.5 Download, 92.6 upload). I am using a high end ASUS laptop (Quad i7s,16GB Ram, dedicated graphics card, SSD drive, IPS display, etc) and using the built in ASUS Gaming laptop's camera. My wife's laptop cameras on an older Dell and her Macbook Air look really good, but not on my pretty robust ASUS? Any suggestions. The motion blur looks terrible. Great video. Thanks. Phil....

[@BokehAV]

Great video! Don't forget you can add VST audio plugins in OBS to enhance the sound. Also, OBS let's you offset your audio source in milliseconds for syncing with the video. An alternative virtual audio driver is source-nexus free, but only available for Mac.

[@dr.w.k.colombagephd5636]

It is very useful, thank you.

[@perlmunger]

Super helpful and great timing! Thanks Tom! I’m working on setting up a rig for a virtual conference and have been trying to figure this stuff out. Do you know of a good lav mic to plug into the Rode transmitter so I don’t have to connect the whole box to my presenter/talent?

[@TomAntos]

Hi, yes use this lav mic that you can find on Amazon amzn.to/2ZZSYjJ or also on B&H bhpho.to/2W9Ld9O

[@mohitnangia7215]

Beautiful presentation sir.. helped a lott. Thank u soooo muchhh😇😇💐🥂🥂