What is it?
The One Button Studio (OBS) is an easy-to-use video recording suite located on the fifth floor of Mills Library. The Studio is equipped with lights, a microphone and a camera recording system with wireless control utilizing an iPad as a controller. The automated recording system can be used by McMaster faculty and staff to record high quality videos without video production experience.
Features:
- Record directly to USB
- Automated green screen
- Picture in picture feature
- Wireless control
- Video switching
- Record additional HDMI source such as your laptop
- Microsoft Surface Pro 8 for recording annotated videos
Who is it for and what can I use it for?
The studio spaces are for faculty and staff of the McMaster community to develop educational content or resources.
How do I get started?
The One Button Studio is a designated space within the MacPherson Institute, located on the 5th floor of Mills Library. To schedule a recording session, go to the Studio Booking tab.
You will need to bring a USB 3 drive (with at least 4GB of free space and formatted in exFAT) and a laptop with your presentation content (if you want to record slides) to your booking time.
Make sure to bring your own laptop with an HDMI cable adapter if you plan on having your slides recorded with the picture-in-picture function.
At the start of your session, you plug the USB drive into the designated spot, then attach the HDMI cable to your laptop (optional).
Once you have the video configured to your liking by using the iPad, hit record on the iPad and start. When you are finished hit the same record button again to stop recording.
The video is automatically saved onto your attached USB drive. Once you stop recording, you can then remove the USB drive.
View this detailed guide on using the One Button Studio.
