Re: Anyone tried the Webcam utility ?
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Albert_L wrote:
I'm using M100, so I can't test to find out.
On my M100, hdmi does not transmit sound, except when playing back a video recording.
My question to M200, M50, M6ii owners , if you have used the webcam utility..
1. Is sound transmitted ? (I'm sure it will right ? as a webcam, just confirming).
2. Is there a 30 min auto off limit ?
Thanks in advanced.
No sound passthrough with the USB webcam utility.
I've used it with the original M50 and M6 Mark II.
The camera stays on indefinitely as long as you have a proper DC coupler and AC adapter.
The camera's LCD screen also stays on indefinitely in that mode, which is different than when outputting clean HDMI on the M6 Mark II, M50 Mark II, and M200. After a maximum of 30 minutes of button/screen inactivity the camera's LCD will turn off.
There is a setting in those cameras to control the screen's timeout and it has a maximum of 30 minutes. You can, of course, keep the camera running and outputting HDMI with proper settings. But you just won't have that LCD screen preview the entire time. When the screen turns off due to inactivity it can be re-activated by a button press.
The M6 Mark II does pass its audio recorded through HDMI. I use it with an Atomos Ninja V recorder and use the camera as an audio source. The challenge might be finding an HDMI capture device that can take the audio and properly pass it into the computer. No idea what USB/PCI-e capture devices do it. That's probably the best solution if you can find a proper capture device as long as you don't want the constant camera LCD preview running.