Watch It: Live Video

In these “watch it” posts, I’ll write up things that Propresenter users have to be aware of.

The first one has to do with the live video function in Propresenter.  This function allows you to stream video from your input source.  So if you have a video camera connected to your laptop you can switch to displaying live feed when you press F6.  But if you don’t have a camera connected to your laptop, which is most of the time for us, your input source is the built-in webcam above your screen and when you press F6, you’ll project whatever that webcam captures onto the your display.  I learnt my lesson right before NSWN.  I did not disable the live video function on my laptop, which Jason Tarn used for rear projection.  He accidentally pressed F6 and triggered the live video function and his face appeared on the back projector screen.  Fortunately for us it was during praise runthrough and that only shocked the praise band and did not disrupt the program.  So be sure to disable it by checking the box shown here…