Apps that support Continuity Camera

[martens]

I'm taking acting and voice classes and soon cello lessons. I would like to be able to use my TV as a monitor so I can see what I'm doing in real time and record for later review so I can improve my performances.

FaceTime sorta helps with monitor part but cannot figure out how to make the list of people to call go away so it doesn't take 33% of the screen.

Tried Zoom too, it shows full screen with just a couple of buttons, but image is not clear. Recording requires subscription.

I'd prefer something designed specifically for my use case, but are there any?

 

[iStorm]

Have you tried the built-in Photo Booth or QuickTime Player apps on the Mac? They are designed for exactly what you want to do. Both support Continuity Camera and can record videos. QuickTime allows for better quality, but Photo Booth may be "good enough".

EDIT: I just realized you posted this in the Apple TV forum and were probably looking for an Apple TV app. If you do the above, you could AirPlay your Mac's screen to the Apple TV (or use an HDMI cable)...or just use your MBP itself as the monitor.

Maybe someone else can chime in on an Apple TV app, if there are any.

 

[martens]

Yes, I want/need big screen experience. Yes, I could probably bring MBP into the room and AirPlay, but a bit convoluted.

But I think I have come up with a solution: Screen mirror the iPhone to Apple TV, launch Camera app and line up the shot (maybe on a little tripod). I can control recording start/stop on Watch. Just need to keep it from locking screen. There are the controls around the sides but it's not really in the way.

I have one of those Dji gimbals as well, which you can set up on its tripod to follow you around (or you can just line it up). It has a Watch app as well I assume it at least starts/stops recording, and the iPhone app may keep display from locking by default. and of course that can be mirrored to ATV.

Thanks!

 

[martens]

Yes, I want/need big screen experience. Yes, I could probably bring MBP into the room and AirPlay, but a bit convoluted.

But I think I have come up with a solution: Screen mirror the iPhone to Apple TV, launch Camera app and line up the shot (maybe on a little tripod). I can control recording start/stop on Watch. Just need to keep it from locking screen. There are the controls around the sides but it's not really in the way.

I have one of those Dji gimbals as well, which you can set up on its tripod to follow you around (or you can just line it up). It has a Watch app as well I assume it at least starts/stops recording, and the iPhone app may keep display from locking by default. and of course that can be mirrored to ATV.

Thanks!

Unfortunately, Dji Mimo app screen mirroring does not mirror in landscape orientation for some reason (the Watch app lets you switch orientations and move camera direction to line something up as well as record start/stop). But I'm mostly vertical for these things, so it probably will work fine. I haven't figured out how to enable 'follow' mode but I know it is there.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

You might want to do the classic thing and practice in front of a mirror. To record set up a tripod right over your shoulder and shoot your reflection in the mirror. Then you can play that back on your TV.

Else, bypass the complications and get yourself any one of a number of relatively cheap cams with HDMI out that you can then plug into your TV to do what you want to do. Some of them will record to a card.

Else, #2 "edit" works: Continuity camera connected to Mac, HDMI out of Mac to HDMI in on TV. The TV then becomes your Mac screen... much like countless 4K TVs used as presentation screens every week in companies all over the world.

Lastly, I believe you could use the Quicktime app on Mac with a cam to do what you want too. Quicktime could record what a cam "sees" (you) and HDMI out on Mac could display that view on a TV. I haven't tried it but I would guess that Continuity Camera for the "cam" would work this way too. Quicktime records the video. HDMI out to TV displays it on the TV.

All 4 options are relatively cheap and you probably have most of what you would need already.

 

[martens]

You might want to do the classic thing and practice in front of a mirror. To record set up a tripod right over your shoulder and shoot your reflection in the mirror. Then you can play that back on your TV.

Else, bypass the complications and get yourself any one of a number of relatively cheap cams with HDMI out that you can then plug into your TV to do what you want to do. Some of them will record to a card.

Else, #2 "edit" works: Continuity camera connected to Mac, HDMI out of Mac to HDMI in on TV. The TV then becomes your Mac screen... much like countless 4K TVs used as presentation screens every week in companies all over the world.

Lastly, I believe you could use the Quicktime app on Mac with a cam to do what you want too. Quicktime could record what a cam "sees" (you) and HDMI out on Mac could display that view on a TV. I haven't tried it but I would guess that Continuity Camera for the "cam" would work this way too. Quicktime records the video. HDMI out to TV displays it on the TV.

All 4 options are relatively cheap and you probably have most of what you would need already.

Thanks, the Dji app is going to work well enough and requires only phone on the Dji tripod and ATV. No wires or cables.

 

[martens]

I finally subscribed to Zoom Pro and it does everything I need it to with just AppleTV+Continuity Camera. And I was able to host a family gathering with 17 connections very easily, on first try, so it's a good alternative to FaceTime for scheduled events.

I just need to get some sort of MagSafe mount attached to the TV so I can have the iPhone above the screen instead of resting on surface below it (with camera looking 'up' at subjects).