Mevo Camera: Should I Keep It? YouTube Live Streaming
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- When I saw the Mevo Plus camera from Livestream, I knew I had to get one. It essentially lets you direct what looks like a multi-camera live video production from an iPhone app using a single camera. Could it be as cool as it seems? Only one way to find out! This video is my unbiased review and verdict on the Mevo camera.
You can watch the complete live video event I shot using this camera here • Video
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Thank you so much for the review, I just got mine I'll be using it indoor shooting cooking videos I hope the audio is better inside 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hi there! First time here with your vlog. And i love it.
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I know this video was done a while back, but did you see that Mevo created an app where you can use your mobile device as a "wireless" microphone? Works fantastic!
Thanks for the tip on the audio. I almost bought this until you said that. Thanks audio is key!
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You can plug a USB mic into the back of the Boost battery if you use that. Also you could use a different mic setup from your phone, such as a handheld or lav ... I'm trying to figure out which is better (USB mic into the Mevo or mic into the phone), but both are options.
Heather Vale yes, I used the mic plugged into iPhone option and it was intuitive and worked well... but I wasn’t really prepared and did not have a mixed “house feed” available for the multiple presenters who had microphones. I didn’t opt for the Boost battery but would certainly recommend it to people who use Mevo.
Thanks for the vid! I may hold off for now on getting a Mevo after watching this. Btw, where do you get the music for your vids? I dig it 🤙
Thanks... the music is from Epidemic Sound
Question. Whether the MEVO camera is bird's eye view (round) or normal. Thank you
So I really like the camera for the ability to get different angles. Can you set it to change angles automatically? Or do you have to manually make it change?
I totaly agree with you to return the MEVO cause of the bad Audio-Support. Ofcourse there a ways to get external high quality sound in the Production but what does it mean? It means to use a lot of adapters an tricks that changes the easy to use MEVO to a laborious calble salad MEVO. For high quality Stereo Sound you need to connect a Mixer or external Soundinterface to MEVO or the iPhone. In both cases you will loose the ability to charge the MEVO / iPhone. That means that you can't use it very long... Yeah - you can use an adapter and an adapter for the adapter an than - maybee it will work - but! in this case, you have no easy to use MEVO anymore and this kind of setup looks like an untidy children's room. You lost your flexibility. 2nd reason to return the Device could be: If you want to use it together with an other Cam by using a broadcasting-Software like OBS or an other... there will be a big latency and one cam will not fit to another - and the sound too. Okay, by adding an Ethernet-Adapter to the Mevo and the iPhone, maybe it will work but there would be more cable salad... Together with the App, the MEVO is a perfect System - if you don't take look to the Sound options. The new MEVO start seems to be better, cause of the Line-In but I think the whole MEVO-Family is much overpriced. Cause the fundraising the development was paid by the Clients and it also shifts the risk to the Clients not to the company. MEVO was a good idea but it's not as perfect as the offer seems to be...
Excellent
This was super helpful! Really appreciate this vid. Bummer about the audio. Wonder about adapters for a podcast setup. Homework to be done.
If you can feed a mixed audio signal into either your phone or the adapter, the audio works well... just not the built in microphone! I like a lot about the Mevo, but the limitations are certainly something to consider and figure out if you can make it work for your situation.
Dave Hanson / Hey there, Dave here. Wow hey thanks for following up! Just bought it and I’m going to try to pair it with the Rodecaster Pro! Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou for the review!
Amazon needs to hire u for reviews! Good content
+PrimeTime Jay thanks!
I can record aueio to another camera or a zoom recorder... It sounds like you could easily hook up a lav mic to the Mevo with a couple of adapters and stream from that. I'm not sure why you didn't try just a little harder and hang onto it. It seems like a really great camera and switching system. All you need to do is add audio.
They just created a 'mevo mic' app for iOS and Android that lets you put a lav mic on your talent. Sounds great.
Interesting. I’ll have to check it out. App notes says you can add “up to 3 external audio sources” - I wonder if that means 1) mic app 2) built in mic and 3) mic input on switching app (I’m guessing so) or, better, if you can have 3 mic apps running for 3 people wearing lavs with a mic app in their pocket
@@HeythereDavehere The last one (lav mics). Or just 3 phones (using the phone's mics) in 3 locations. We tested it last weekend during a city council debate we put on. Worked great. My guess is you could also put an even better mic (like a Rode videomic) on a boom over your talent feeding into a phone. It just needs to be on the same wifi network.
What type of camera would you use for a podcast if you already have a zoom live trak L-8 and two shure MV7 microphones? Also using adobe premiere pro and adobe Audition... any suggestions?
what's the model microphone you suggest? Thanks Dave
man, to be honest this guy is actually a preety dope i like all the trips Dave takes i actually bought an mevo!!!
Cool - how do you like it?
@@HeythereDavehere Well it really wasn't that bad in video quality, but the audio was terrible.
I'm trying to find a webcam for gaming that doesn't have bad light levels and compression. Any tips that doesn't break the bank?
Can you connect ear pods to the mevo ? Or to your iPhone while streaming live. (Any handheld microwave)
Thanks for a great video. What camera and mic set up were you using as the primary source for this great video? I want to buy what you are using here!!! LOL!! Please inform!
Other than the Mevo, that was shot on a Sony A7iii using the Rode Videomic Pro+ microphone.
Good Job Thanks
Dave I’m doing church live stream to Facebook live and I was wondering is the mevo
pro able to set up in front of the altar capture a wide angle of the whole altar and then be able to zoom into the lectern either when they’re talking or presets sorry forgot to add that we connected audio from church mixer to plug into iPhone for sound
I think this would be a good solution... -if- your church has a wireless audio support for the hard-of-hearing; then you could connect one of the assisted hearing receivers to the MEVO's audio input, and have the church PA system audio come thru clear in the streaming and recording. The unit is small enough to be unobtrusive, mounted, say, off the front pews or on a small stand. with the booster battery, it would be totally wireless. It could grab the lector, the Cantor, the altar, all as pre-sets. And it could be controlled from an organ loft or a small alcove, out of sight. I'm suggesting one for our church services.
You could also remove the reverb from the audio in post. Which is near to impossible but worth trying in software like Izotope RX
@Radio Zelaza, thanks for the comment and I agree that might have helped a little... I tried a few noise removal techniques as a test with not much improvement. Better mic placement (and more time to test during setup) would have been most effective. Keep in mind, this device is marketed as an all-in-one solution, but the built-in mic is simply inadequate unless you're in a perfectly quiet room and sitting very close to the device. Also, for my use case I was attempting a live stream. The way CZcams archives live streams you are unable to replace them with a remastered file after the live event. What you capture is what you're stuck with.
@@HeythereDavehere Hmm, the geek in me would simply open it up and solder in a cut 3.5mm jack to allow external input with the internal mic restored when the external one is pulled out
Very helpful. Audio is critical for me. What did you end up doint?
I ended up returning it and just use an iPhone Pro when I need to stream live... and got an Elgato Cam Link 4K for when I need higher production value
So what about the audio app that's on IOS? Is that a fix for the audio issue?
You can add the Audio to the Mevo from a Mixer you can also can connect a Mic to the phone that you are using with the Mevo and it will get the better sound of a Mic in Sync with the vid you are recording (don't send it back) this youtube video shows that it can be done because it sounds Good, you are already doing it... (no camera has a good mic built in...)
only the sound...i am buying it, so easy to fix !
the audio challenge is easily overcome with a decent lav mic connected to your phone or ipad...whatever device you're using for your monitor.
Yes, that would work perfectly for many setups. My one and only trial with this was a panel discussion where I didn't have access to the house audio. All in all, a good product for a bunch of different use cases if you know the limitations upfront and can bring the right gear to work around
Try the new Mevo Start Camera
this seems pretty amazing, sucks that it doesn't have a mic input, but this would be great for churches and events
It does what it does very well
You're right - it sucks that you have to pay (Vimeo Producer) for overlays and why isn't there a 3,5mm Line-In on the booster.
Very strange product design decision!
hoping mevo company does sth abt the microphone. I like the fact that it's highly portable
I'm sure they will... and when they do this thing will be awesome! As it is now, if whatever you're shooting has a good audio source accessible for you to plug in to your phone's input, it's great. That just didn't work for what I needed. Thanks for watching... I'm starting to do more tech reviews on the channel so you might want to subscribe :)
What kind of audio input does the camera itself have? Will it take a 1/8 inch TRS directly? I'm wondering if I can send a main mix to it from a mixer...
There is NO audio input on the camera itself at all. The optional battery accessory has a usb input that can be adapted to a 3.5mm audio input. The other way to do it is by tethering to an iPhone and using a TRRS 3.5mm mic, which is what I did.
I just bought the Mevo Plus. I use Vmix at church and Mevo only works through their app which is only available on ipad, iphone, or android phones. I can not use my laptop or desktop to control the mevo camera! What a shame! It would be great if Mevo app can be downloaded to a laptop or desktop. I know I can use the Irig2 for sound, but still cannnot use the Mevo with my other cameras. I'm sending it back as well
Depending on the extent of your setup, Mevo has a new camera the “Mevo Start” that just came out... and a FUTURE software upgrade will let you to connect multiple of these cameras into a true multi-camera stream... all controllable by their app. Which I realize you use a computer now, but this new system looks like a pretty neat idea... I hope to test it soon!
Thank you for the review. I've watched a few reviews on this camera before purchasing, however now I'm disappointed post purchase with the graininess of the images (even in well lit conditions). No one mentioned anything about this. How did your shots come out so clean?
Michael, did you buy the newer version? There's one for around $200 and one for $500 on Amazon. I was using the $500 one. The older model streams 720 resolution and the newer 1080... although (according to the Amazon description) both have a 4k image sensor.
Hello Dave, Thanks for your response. I recently purchased the Mevo Plus with The boost and all the bells and whistles for around $680 on Amazon.
@@michaelreives3502 That should be the same one I had... which looked great in both well lit conditions I tested it in. This whole video was shot on it czcams.com/video/y9yY_wlQVlU/video.html perhaps you got a bad one? I'd return it to Amazon and try again!
I just saw the plus but i don't know if I should get this one is only $99 bucks compare to the 500 one.
Compare the specs - I haven’t tried the older, lower cost model. If you try it, reply back and let me know how it is!
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thanks ,bad audio and paying for an app subcription is not for me.! you save me a lot thanks
Glad I could help!
Which camera did you use to shoot this video?
This was shot on the Sony A7iii (I think)... yes. It was. You can see the setup on the screen at 4:59 ...this was before I switched to using the Canon EOS R almost exclusively. But I REALLY miss using this camera. Despite what everyone says about Canon color, I preferred working with Sony's video files. I sold the Sony A7iii body when I got the Canon, but still have my lenses so I have pre-ordered the new Sony A7Siii that will be available in late September.
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Does it work for Android? I miss a lot of my son's baseball games. Was wondering if I could watch on my Android while my wife records?
Yes, there is a Mevo app for Android or iPhone
@@HeythereDavehere Thank you, I guess I'll get one then.
As soon as I heard about subscription this device had immediately moved into the garbage bin on my list!
The monthly fee killed it.
Really? A pro would have mics and a mixer at a minimum all of which can be piped through an iPad. If they're using house audio ask if you can pipe a feed into their system. Videographers have been doing this for years.
@EpizZeus, thanks for the comment. I do not think this device is intended for pro videographers. It is an all-in-one device that does a good job of mimicking what a pro might accomplish with much more equipment. In my specific case, the house audio was an office building's built-in ceiling speakers that did not have an output to plug into. The handheld mics on stage fed the ceiling speakers through a touch-panel mix interface and presumably a rack of gear hidden somewhere, but not accessible from the stage. I did point a Rode VideoMicPro+ at the stage just out of. frame and less than 10 feet from the people talkinng using the iPhone input to feed the Mevo. In hindsight, pointing the mic at a ceiling speaker -- and putting it on a light stand to get closer to the speaker. -- would have yielded better sound. However, I'd imagine that most people using the Mevo would not have the mic, cable, or stand to pull that off. My point is, the built-in mic is inadequate for an all-in-one solution without adding some more audio gear or being prepared to tap into a house feed.
I agree the built in mic for any camera is a poor choice. There isn't a camera alive with a decent onboard mic. We are currently thinking of investing in this for Live Streaming weddings, where we'd control the audio using off camera mics and a mixer. The downside would be if we were restricted to solely using their Vimeo service.
EpicZeus you can live stream to other services. I used it for a CZcams live stream. I think it would be great for a wedding live stream... I’d suggest keeping the camera very close to the bride & groom near where the officiant stands to be able to see them well in closeups and also cut to a wide shot showing the audience and have a good vantage point for bridesmaid entrance, etc. You basically need to pick a single spot where you can see everything. Let me know how it goes!
Audio is so simple to fix if you knew more about sound and audio, with a digital mixer, or a mixer, microphones, will be great, maybe you need to learn more about audio.
Well, audio on board is never going to sound as good as a lapel or shotgun positioned correctly. So if you're doing something like a live event, then you needed 3 lapels and a mixer or a split off the PA. I think blaming the streaming camera is pointless. It was never going to capture good sound in that situation and it's not designed to. That said I think the marketing material for this is over the top and misleading. Beautiful bokeh shots that this wide angle lens with tiny sensor is never going to produce. As an idiot proof live streaming camera not bad. Certainly as good or better than most webcams.
True about webcams and good points all around. My problem is that as an “all in one” it doesn’t quite do it all
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