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Each hutch is equipped with a streaming computer dedicated to screen-sharing, Zoom, and other telepresence tools.
The streaming computer has:
The streaming computer has a dedicated Zoom account and session for the experiment. Please confer with the POC about connection information and/or using personal Zoom accounts.
While active, the border LEDs on the webcam will be lit with white light.
The Logitech webcam is available in the Zoom video settings as a camera. It provides a 1080p feed from the camera mounted on the streaming computer's monitor.
The Logitech webcam's microphone is available in the Zoom audio settings. It provides the best audio when the speaker is seated at the streaming computer.
While active, the Meeting Owl's eye-like lights will be lit with white light.
The Meeting Owl camera is available in the Zoom video settings as a camera. It provides both a 360-degree view from around the Owl as well as focused video of whoever is speaking. Speaker-focus has an effective range of about 12 feet (about 4 meters). The Owl microphone need not be the currently-selected Zoom microphone for this function.
The Meeting Owl's microphone is available in the Zoom audio settings. It provides the best audio when speaker(s) are moving around the control or otherwise not seated at the streaming computer.
The Meeting Owl has an integrated speaker and can be selected in the Zoom audio settings. The volume controls can be found on the base of the Meeting Owl as "+" and "-" buttons.
One or more Magewell capture streams are available as cameras in Zoom's video settings. Each provides a 4K feed from a specific monitor from another control room computer.
The Magewell capture streams have no audio capability.
Showcam is a script to open a video window on the desktop for a video device. Sourcecode is here.
showcam [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]
showcam list
This will output a numbered list of available video devices. If a device is in use by another process, the output will also include the name of the process and its PID.
To open a feed in a video window, use a command like this:
showcam show 0
where 0
is video device 0
from the showcam list
command.
The show
subcommand supports the following options:
-m
- Mirror the video feed. Useful for viewing webcam or Owl streams.