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How to Record Zoom Meeting with OBS on a Macbook Air

In this post, I document my Zoom Meeting setup with OBS recording.  


What is the Zoom Meeting about?

  • A 1-hour workshop on smartphone videography and mobile video editing. 
  • The Zoom session is not hosted by me, but by the organizer who invited me. 
  • I want to present my training slides and show my mobile phone screen.  
Here is the list of equipment used.
  • MacBook Air M1 - The Macbook Air M1 will be the main streaming device. 
  • iPhone 12 Pro Max - The iPhone will act as the camera to show my hands-on demo. 
  • Samsung Galaxy S10 Android Phone - The S10 is the mobile phone camera used for the demo. 
  • Skywater MultifunctionUSB Hub - This hub connects one USB-C from the Macbook Air to the Ethernet cable, the External SSD, and Power.  
  • Samsung T3 SSD - This SSD will record the session externally, so as not to slow down the internal drive. 
Here is the setup. 

Macbook...
  • Connect the USB Hub to a USB-C port on the Macbook Air M1.  
  • Connect the Ethernet cable direct internet to the USB Hub.  
  • Connect the External SSD to the USB Hub via a USB cable. 
  • Connect the Macbook Air USB-C power source to the USB Hub. 
iPhone...

  • Connect the iPhone to another direct USB-C port (not through the USB Hub) on the Macbook Air via a USB-C to Lightning cable.  
  • Secure the iPhone to the scissor arm.  
  • Use the True Visage app as the clean video capture.  
  • Point the rear camera at the Phone Camera... zoom in if necessary. 
  • On the Mac, display the iPhone screen by running Quicktime > New Movie Recording.  
Phone Camera... 
  • Secure the Phone Camera on the Xiaomi selfie stick tripod stand.  
  • Connect an L-shape USB-C power source. 
  • Close all apps and turn off notifications and Eye Comfort Shield. 
  • Standby only camera app and Capcut app. 
  • Adjust the audio volume to about 90%.  
OBS...
  • Set video bitrate at 2500kbps and audio bitrate at 128kbps. 
  • Set video resolution to 1920x1080 and 30 fps. 
  • Set one Scene to Display Capture only and capture the full desktop.  
  • Set Output recording path to the SSD, recording quality same as the stream, and recording format at MKV. 
  • Check the microphone is set to Default. 
Zoom...
  • Show my webcam face before presenting slides. 
  • Share full desktop screen to present slides. 
  • Mix iPhone screen with slides in a split-screen. 
Lights... 
  • Turn on all lights. 
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    ~ Adrian Lee  

    PS: Without a headset, I can record participants voices from Zoom. That means I cannot go far from the laptop.  

















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