All About Internet Video Hardware/Software

Rick's Internet Video Recommendations

Let's go shopping on Amazon for a web cam!
(Microphone shopping begins at the 2:48 mark.)

I have several software packages to recommend, too. They are listed below, after links to products mentioned in the video.

Logitech c920 ($57.99 Dec 2019)
Logitech c270 ($17.99 Dec 2019)
Logitech c615 ($26.84 Dec 2019)
Fifine microphone ($21.99 Dec 2019)
Finfine "Bestseller" microphone ($29.99 Dec 2019)
Amazon "Best Choice" microphone ($15.99 Dec 2019)
[Rick's latest purchase USB Microphone ($14.59 Dec 2019)]

This is a free product originally distributed by Microsoft. Unfortunately Microsoft not only stopped supporting the product, but they not longer offer it from their website. I have a copy, and I've been using it for years. The credits at the end of the shopping video were added using Windows Movie Maker.

This is a tool that forces you to think outside the box! Zoom.com's specialty is video conferencing. They allow unlimited one-on-one chats, and have professional plans for multi-sessions in excess of one hour.

Zoom.com allows one participant to share their screen with whomever they are talking to. It's great for sharing a PowerPoint presentation.
A Zoom chat session has a record option, so the conversation can be archived and reviewed later. Or edited.
Only one person has to be in the chat for the screen-sharing and recording option to work.
Do you see where I'm going with this?

I used Zoom to create this video, then used Windows Movie Maker to remove the "Uhs, & Ohs" and generally tighten up the video.

This is a software that you can install between the camera and your output, whether it's zoom or Facebook live.

I recommend that you attend Tony's workshops whenever you can. Even if you've already heard the presentation, his oh-by-the way comments are worth the time for an encore sitting.

Wave opens a ton of stock images, music, and templates. I used wave.com to create this 30-second video for one of my websites:

More details at https://www.abcinc.pw/2019/07/video-my-senior-computer-coach-website.html

"Frugal" ~ The only resources I've paid for is Wave. Everything else, and the level I am using, is free. I really like that word! Other free software I've installed and played with:

You can use Flastback Express for a screen recorder to publish on YouTube. It has the capacity to add an audio track as you complete tasks on your sreen.
Davinci Resolve v15 is a full feature, high-end free video editor! Resolve v.16 is for sale at $299, but you can scroll to the bottom of the page to download the free v.15 edition.
Windows 10 still has built-in audio and video editors. The video/photo editor is intended to be the replacement for Windows movie maker.

I do not use and cannot review that platform.
Apple's iMovie is free and comes installed with Mac OS. A google search list several more, including free and premium (paid) software.