User Manual

Using Video Assist as a Webcam
When connected to a computer via USB, your Blackmagic Video Assist will be detected as a
webcam. This means you can broadcast the playback or recording from your video assist using
streaming software such as Open Broadcaster.
Connect your Video Assist to a computer using a USB-C cable
Setting the Webcam Source
In most cases, your streaming software will automatically set Video Assist as the webcam,
sowhen you launch your streaming software you will see the picture from your Video Assist
straight away. If your software doesn’t select Video Assist, simply set the software to use Video
Assist as the webcam and microphone.
Below is an example of how to set the webcam settings on Skype.
1 In Skype’s menu bar, open the ‘audio and video settings’.
2 Click on the ‘Camera’ drop down menu and select your Video Assist from the list.
Youwill see the video from Video Assist appear in the preview window.
3 Now go to the ‘microphone’ drop down menu and select your Video Assist as the
audio source.
With your Skype settings set correctly, perhaps try out a Skype call with a friend as a quick test
to check your webcam setup is working.
That’s all you need to do and Video Assist is now ready to broadcast your video to the
world live!
Using Open Broadcaster
Open Broadcaster is an open source application that works as a streaming platform between
your Video Assist and your favorite streaming software like YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live,
Vimeo Live and others. Open Broadcaster compresses your video to a bit rate that is easily
managed by your streaming app.
Below is a demonstration of how to set up Open Broadcaster to stream the webcam output
from your Video Assist using YouTube as the streaming application.
53Using Video Assist as a Webcam