I am planning on replacing my wife’s 27" iMac with a Mac Mini and a 21:9 display.
She has to do a lot of video conferencing and the build-in camera and microphone in her 7-year-old iMac are not showing her true beauty
The reason for considering a Mini with a 21:9 display is that the display will be lower and so there wil be less shadow cast on her face and the camera will be more at eye level. (iMac is on a raiser)
I can share that the Logitech Streamcam and a regular Blue Yeti (not sure about any software for the Yeti X) work just fine on the Mac Mini M1device. In fact, LogiCapture which allows for a split screen of person and presentation works on it as well. Logitech lists it in Beta on the Mac, but it is running under Rosetta 2 and performs the same as it does on the Intel MacBook Pro 16".
Yes, I agree on the behavior of the Logitech software. I originally didn’t want to install it on the Mac Mini. However, the MBPro was in another room and I tested it on the fly. It turned out OK…:). The camera itself didn’t need anything other than to be plugged into the USB-C port. The actual software wasn’t needed for Zoom, FaceTime, or Skype, so all should be good either way.
I am interested in the software so I can zoom (crop) into the image so it will show less of the background. Also some color correction would be welcome
Unfortunately zoom doesn’t support iGlasses by Ecamm otherwise I would not bother with Logitech software for a camera.
The Yeti X needs software running for some audio enhancements and noice reduction.
When it was originally downloaded, it just seemed to work. After I saw your post, I went back in to make sure it was still working as I have not been using the tool on the M1 for a little while. I actually uninstalled it at some point. With the newest Logi Capture (2.06.33) and Big Sur, it throws an error every time I try to open it. I even tried reinstalling 2.04.8 and have the same results. It seems to work fine on the Intel machine.
I almost said I would share if I found a solution. However, I went looking for other versions of the software on Logitech’s site. On this page, I chose “Show All Downloads”, selected “Mac OS 10.15 and tried all of the recent version. The one that worked was 2.0.200. Logitech Capture – Logitech Support + Download
I think Logitech made an interesting support decision… This version would have been the one I originally installed. While I hope it helps, I hope that Logitech updates the other version to support M1.
