ManyCam + old iDevices

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I’ve just installed ManyCam to help me with my teaching (and because I enjoy playing with new software).
It hooked me because I was having odd issues with OBS (probably user error), saw that ManyCam uses Metal, then discovered I could put my iDevices to use as sources. It seems to work brilliantly for that, but the coming week will be my first live use.

I currently have an old iPad mini as my head camera, an iPad running GoodNotes as my whiteboard, and my iPhone XR as an over-the-shoulder or top down camera for demos.
I also use a Rode SmartLav+ mic, which I haven’t properly synced yet.

So far I am super-impressed by the image quality and ease of use. And the fact I can leverage my iDevice hoard not just as cameras, but also for mirroring.

I’m curious if anyone here has experience with ManyCam.

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Nice app. Thanks for the heads up. It seems to do what Ecamm does but is less expensive.

I can’t comment on the use of older devices although your posting does prompt me to want to pull out an older iPhone 5 to test.

In case it is of any interest to you, I have found that Reincubate Camo does a nice job to crop the iPhone output. I did not see yet whether ManyCam might let me dispense with this.

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JJW

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ManyCam lets you crop, rotate and adjust colors so it seems pretty comprehensive for that, though maybe not as much as Camo judging from the website.