Comments on: Hacking Skype for Better Teleconferencing http://blog.makezine.com/2012/07/18/hacking-skype-for-better-teleconferencing/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Sun, 19 May 2013 19:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Kim http://blog.makezine.com/2012/07/18/hacking-skype-for-better-teleconferencing/#comment-664705 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:25:21 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=224336#comment-664705 Another way to fee and switch between cameras is to use software from http://trackercam.com. The also have a driver for feeding from a Firewire-connected video camera into your PC’s software, to take advantage of the better optics.

I’ve never really liked Polycom’s videoconference systems, although their speaker/microphone setup works very well out of the box.

]]> By: Timothy Gray http://blog.makezine.com/2012/07/18/hacking-skype-for-better-teleconferencing/#comment-662668 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:41:31 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=224336#comment-662668 I’ve been doing that for years, but with pro gear. We use Plate microphones in the ceiling or boundary mics on the table and run them to a BiAmp DSP, then to a XLR->USB audio adapter to the PC.

You can also use a Dazzle USB video capture device and a real video camera to deliver far better video than a cheap webcam can produce. using outputs from the Biamp you trigger Pan/tilt/zoom presets on the video camera.

A LOT of corporate board rooms have this as PolyCom and Tandberg/Cisco devices are drastically overpriced. So they are using skype. Although the threat of advertising on screen is starting a migration to other services.

You will see this kind of setup at most corporations, it’s been the norm for the past 2 years.

We used to switch cameras, but without a video editor to do the switching you get video glitches. I wonder how he fixed the video glitching?

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