Thanks for the tip.

@@ButchNews Hope it helps.

You're welcome!!

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Same to you! We have sun... we're supposed to have a snow storm.

The HDMI cable OUT of the camera is a MINI HDMI (type C HDMI). The camera has both USB and Mini HDMI connectors. You may use the HDMI out while using the USB cable as a power supply cable. I avoid that so as not to confuse the OBS program and I have all my computer inputs come through HDMI. To connect an HDMI cable to the computer "in" you will require a converter such as the ELGATO (www.elgato.com/en) or a switcher such as the RGBLINK (HDMI TO USB CONVERTER). The camcorder has both USB and HDMI connectors. You may use the USB input/output as a power source, if you wish, but I use the power supply for power, so my OSB (Open Broadcast Studio program) does not confuse which output I want. OSB will discover EVERYTHING connected to your computer and try to control it. That type C name is not to be confused with the brand new European Union order to Apple Computers that they MUST have a universal power cable if they want to keep selling stuff in Europe... thus the new TYPE C (universal) power cable... you CAN'T plug that cable in the wrong way... nor the NEW USB UNIVERSAL adapters which, also, CAN'T be plugged in the wrong way... both ways will work. If you haven't seen one of the NEW USB universal connectors they will start showing up a lot more in the coming year. The RGBLINK switcher I use has HDMI inputs and USB output... to the computer.

Yup... very nice image. I use it now as my face to face camera because it's really nice. I may find use for the zoom but I now have five live cameras on when I record... my Nex 7 with data on the image, one Q2n, one Q2n4k, the Panasonic, and my brand new MOKOSE HDMI/USB cam. Just got that one and tested it the past few days. Cute little thing. I see you have a nice channel. Here is a tip: The google algorithm will love you to death and really boost you in the search if you add closed captions to your videos. A lot of work but you can publish the Auto version then take time to edit the language later. The algorithm just loves, loves, loves closed captions now.

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Sorry about that. You can't plug HDMI directly into most home computers. Most want clean HDMI on their TV screen... you can plug the camera into your digital TV (go into the TV menu to select input). Your TV has the HDMI in. Otherwise you need a converter for your computer. You won't be able to use the camcorder for live recording by way of the USB. It can play back from the camcorder memory card but can't handle the signal fast enough to record... why there is an HDMI out port. Unfortunately you computer doesn't have HDMI in, only out. Elgato is the best known converter. I use an RGBLink switcher. You can buy manual HDMI switchers but you won't be able to preview what is coming up as you switch and they are HDMI to HDMI. I use a small manual HDMI switcher on one of the inputs of the RGBLink switcher to give me more sources to select. I made the video to tell people how to get rid of the information on the screen when outputting HDMI. I use a switcher which converts HDMI to USB to my computer so I can use four different cameras with one input to the computer by way of the switcher. The camera may also be powered by way of the USB cable while using the HDMI but I use the power supply. I have so many USB ports the OBS (Open Broadcast Studio) software can get confused as to where I want the video to come from. OBS is a TV studio on your desktop (FREEWARE supported by all the major video platforms). I avoid using the USB ports on the cameras for power supplies even though one can do that. So... what is HDMI????... it is more bits per second than USB and can handle a longer cable. You won't have an HDMI input on your home computer. You need a converter. Hope that all made sense. So... didn't think of everything I should have covered... video on the fly can be like that. No second take. If you use OBS you may use multiple USB out cameras on one screen. I have four HDMI video inputs and two USB video inputs. Sometimes I use a small HDMI switcher and have that out put go into my main switcher so I can have up to seven HDMI inputs by way of a single switcher into my computer. The computer will see only one HDMI at a time plus my two USB cameras... I put three cameras on screen at the same time.

@@ButchNews Thank you for taking the time and replying, appreciate it very much. It's great that you're there! just to sum up, so to connect my camcorder (panasonic hc-v180) to OBS program, i need a converter, and it is called Elgato, because the PC has no HDMI input but only output.

@@ferhatportakal8360 That is correct. Gamers really seem to like HDMI out so the webcam video can keep up with the game in real time. In spite of everything, there will almost always be some sound LATENCY... delay in the sound (it takes longer to process... go figure). OBS has individual sound LATENCY adjustment for every ACTIVE sound channel (it will detect them) By default all sound is OFF until you turn it on... each source (under the properties link for each video or sound source). You'll figure it out. I suggest 180 milliseconds. OBS is very flexible and you may change all the default settings, re-arrange the board etc. i.e. you can fine tune the studio board to your likes and set all kinds of HOT KEYS if you like that kind of control. The Panasonic may not yet be on the "supported" list for Elgato converters but it should work. Most all Panasonic/Lumix cameras will have a clean HDMI out available... you may have to go into the menu to clear the stuff around the edges. Also, pretty much all newer Canon cameras will have a clean HDMI out. Soon, most makes of mid to high priced cameras will include it. Also coming is a standard USB C power connector cord. The European Union ordered Apple to get with the program and no more special cords for you or you won't be able to sell stuff in Europe. www.elgato.com/en/capture-card-selector

I don't know of a dummy battery BUT... IT COMES WITH AN A/C POWER SUPPLY CORD AND CAMERA POWER INPUT PORT and, ALSO, you can plug the USB outlet into ANY USB hub... your TV, your monitor, your USB hub... any 5 volt source. The USB will power the camera and you don't have to worry about the battery croaking on you while recording. The USB will then power the camera. That's what I do... closest USB port is my TV so I plugged it in there. USB and HDMI connectors are almost always two way.

Try going into MENU then SETTINGS then in the 2nd set of stuff, look for DATE/TIME and turn it to OFF. Hope that helps. I have mine on OFF and I don't get any time showing up so I'm thinking that's wut's will work.

@@ButchNews you're amazing, appreciate that greatly!

Most people use it because of the available HDMI but webcams are USB when external so, if you wish to use it as a webcam you will require a mixer like I use (HDMI in USB out) or go here and get a converter. You will be converting the HDMI out to USB in, and your computer will detect it. www.elgato.com/en/video-capture I use an RGBLink mixer because I have four cameras. It is USB out to the computer. How to do it video... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jK6YoK2W0pqmZ30.html

@@ButchNews Thank you.

I've been at the beach all summer and have not become expert at OBS, yet. I use RGBlink to connect to the computer and have not used a grabber but methinks the issue is in your SOURCE in OBS... what the source is you have selected. I'm not aware of a test screen in the camera so that screen MUST be coming from OBS. Methinks checking out OBS tutorials will help. I just got up and am off to the beach again but I'll see if I can figure that out 2nite when I come home. I'm pretty certain it's the camera has not been recognized in OBS because you may not have selected it. blog.accusonus.com/video-streaming/obs-recording/

@@ButchNews Hi again, Hope you had a nice day at the beach :-) Thx for the link but in all I was on the problem 8 Hrs yesterday, trying different settings with no result, even tried it on my laptop and got the same result. My source is the Panasonic HC V 180 that's why I thought maybe you know / have a solution. So in all I think it's the cable or probably the grabber. anyways thx again :-)

@@zarazane2787 Hi. I checked the camera and there is no output that will give you a test screen so the issue is in the grabber or OBS (which, I hear, can have issues with Chrome), but you need to look at your SOURCES in OBS and see if it shows a VIDEO CAPTURE DEVICE. If you click on that, you should be able to find your grabber in the possible links, as well as any webcams. I have two webcams and they both show up there... one in the PC and another connected by USB. So... you should have hdmi out of the camera into your grabber and that feeds into a USB input on your computer and your computer should detect it... that's the best answer I can come up with. Look at your video capture sources in OBS, click on it and look for selections.

@@zarazane2787 It occurs to me, you can test the camera and grabber combo on another program such as a video recorder. If you don't have another program, download NCH 30 day trial of VideoPad which has a RECORD function. If the camera/grabber combo is working, it should work just fine in VideoPad which is a decent basic video editor. www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html

@@ButchNews yes thank you :-) all done, found out that the grabber is defect, I also tested it with VLC, same result.

I think what you need to do is go into the SETUP and TURN OFF the ZOOM/REC PLAY and, also, the O.I.S. LOCK DISPLAY in the menu... TURN THEM OFF. I have them turned OFF in my camera. THESE SETTINGS ARE UNDER THE SETTING BUTTON, NOT THE RECORD SETUP. I have those things turned OFF. Turn OFF anything you don't think you need. You may still see something in the upper left while recording but it should NOT be there in the recorded image. I'll look for the instruction book to see if I am correct but try that... turn OFF anything you don't need in all the menus. My cam is one of 5 webcams and just sits on a table top tripod. I don't change anything while recording and use the HDMI output to my mixer.

@@ButchNewsthank you for the reply! I have all those things currently set to OFF and when I tried plugging it into my TV it still shows the “AI” on the top left on the TV screen. My plan is to use it with my atem mini pro and haven’t gotten to get into the studio with it yet till tonight so I can see how it functions with the atem and if the “AI” isn’t there, Hopefully not as this camera was advertised as a clean HDMI out. But again thank you for your reply and help, this is an old video You posted and wasn’t sure if you still monitored it so thank you!

@@questshun808 Hi... I wrote the reply when I woke up. I'll check it out a bit more after a coffee. It will work OK once the right buttons are set... will play with it to see why that is happening for you.

@@questshun808 I plugged the camera into my TV with HDMI and, while I do see the icon in the upper left of the camera screen, it DOES NOT appear on the TV screen, so I'll test it out more but I think you will find the HDMI output will be clean even if you still see something on the camera screen. I've always looked at the HDMI output on my TV and computer screen. I do see the upper left icon in the camera but not on the HDMI screen. Interesting problem I'll look at further.

I finally looked at the manual and learned nothing but have never used the camera as a recorder, only as an HDMI camera into a mixer and onto my TV or computer screen. So, I do see the mode icon in the camera screen but it does not appear on my computer screen nor TV screen. If you find you are recording data around the image then something is wrong and could be the camera but, also, the HDMI cable. I never use the USB cable because it's data flow rate is too slow and have not checked out USB connections.

It may be a default in that memory format, I don't know BUT, go into your menu and settings and try to TURN OFF and features that limit recording time. I have found in, I think it's one of my small cameras that it will reset and keep recording in such and such amount of memory. It doesn't stop recording but starts a new file. I use the Panasonic as a basic extra eye and feed it into a mixer... why I needed the HDMI output. HDMI can send files faster than USB.

I see this camera can record in MP4 format, so try to select that. AVCHD records in less than 4GB chunks, so you'll need software that can import those files and stitch them together, or you can import them yourself into a video editor, but make sure you have in the correct order.

@@DaveThompsonfairlife4allI don't record files in the camera but use it, the camera, as another video source. The recording is going on inside my computer in OBS (Open Broadcast Studio freeware). Or you could use another video recorder. That 4GB thing is a fail-safe so an entire recording isn't lost. They should edit together pretty seamlessly.

@@ButchNewsI was responding to @gustavogavp, Yes, if using at home with your PC, OBS is awesome and you can record what you see in MP4 or MKV. What capture card do you use?

@@DaveThompsonfairlife4allI use a 128GB USB stick. If the computer dies, I still have a record of what it was doing.

If you connect both the HDMI and USB into your computer, the camera will think you are using the USB as a power supply and give you only an HDMI output. USB out is READ ONLY. It will ask you what you want to do and if you connect to your computer it will be READ ONLY, not live. No matter what you select it will be READ ONLY, not live. So, the HDMI out can be sent to your computer by way of a mixer/switcher such as RGBLink, or you can use a program like OBS that will allow you select from several video inputs... a wide, wide, wide selection of inputs. You are going to require a recording program to see output or a separate monitor. You can plug the HDMI output directly into a TV or monitor.... you may plug the HDMI out into your TV. You will have to go into your TV menu and look for one of the HDMI inputs... you may have several, one of them will work and you will know when the camcorder image suddenly appears on the screen. You can see the USB output by way of a recording program. OBS is free and does everything but wash your socks. There is a learning curve but it's not that difficult. Something to keep you busy learning. I use a mixer so the HDMI goes into that and I plug the HDMI from my computer into my TV sitting right in front of me... a 42 inch monitor, as it were. The USB out from the camcorder will be interpreted by your computer as a video player... a USB input video player. Not sure if that all made sense but the MAIN THING is you can have READ ONLY using the USB out and have to use the HDMI out for a live signal and that will require a recording program like VideoPad or OBS (free). You could buy a separate monitor too for the camcorder... using the HDMI out.

@@ButchNews thanks for the help. I was able to make a step forward. I tried with hdmi to an external monitor and it works as long as I'm not recording. As son as I press the rec button the image on the external monitor disappear :(

@@anro1075 Hi again. I did some experiments... I only use the Camcorder as an HDMI out and don't use the USB so I had to try it out to see what happens. I power the camcorder by plugging the camcorder power cord into my multi USB dock station (7 inputs) so my camera is being powered by my USB port. You may use the power supply also but, this way, the camera is only on when I turn on the power to the camcorder... i.e. the power supply you plug into the wall is ALWAYS on. NEXT STEP is I plug the HDMI out from the camera into a multi-port mixer/switcher (two of them, actually, so I can choose from 6 to 7 inputs. The thing is, I NEVER try to record in the camera and I don't think Panasonic was trying to give that option. They, quite simply, gave you the option to tap into the HDMI before it got converted to USB. HDMI can handle data MUCH faster than USB and uses a slightly higher voltage to travel, in wires, farther. You need, it seems, a USB signal to record but you can only get a READ ONLY when you do that. You need the HDMI to record but the computer only accepts (mine, anyways) USB to record. So... you are going to hate this, you are going to have to buy an HDMI to USB GRABBER and plug it in between your Camcorder and the computer. Then you can get a USB signal from the camcorder to record on your computer and the image will be part of the recorder. You can't use your computer as an HDMI display. Your TV will have that ability to display an image... I plug my computer's HDMI port to my TV and use the TV for a monitor. I could buy a monitor but I hate spending even more money... I'm poor and admit it. The outcome, I think is this. You can't use the camcorder to record (in/on the actual camcorder) while using it as an external camera by way of the HDMI. You could buy a monitor and use the Camcorder HDMI to show you what you are recording on the camcorder but you really want to, or should want to, record on you computer, not the camcorder. It is just a lens with an HDMI output using the HDMI out function. You can purchase a recorder monitor starting about $600... the Ninja recorders. I use B&H photo from the USA and Vistek.ca from Canada where I live.www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1401565-REG/atomos_atomnjav01_ninja_v_5_4k.html

Elgato Cam Link is an often used dongle/converter by gamers for streaming to get their DSLR hdmi output onto the game video using OBS. Elgato doesn't list the Panasonic on what works but it is highly likely it will work fine. There are other versions of converters.

@@ButchNews thank you a lot for helping. I ordered a usb video grabber and i'm going to try as soon as it arrives. i'll let you know if it works for my purpose

Hi.

Hi from Butch. I don't have an internet connection, nor a smart phone, I'm quite old and quite poor. I depend upon my next door neighbour for internet access and he's been away. So, here I am, still above ground 21 March, 2022. Equinox. I don"t respond to things like "hi". I'm not shy but very, very, very, very reclusive. Don't much trust the humans one little bit, so I keep to myself in my old age. I'm 77. I have had over 4 million youtube views and couldn't possibly answer everyone if they simply said "hi", but hi to all. I try to be useful. Light travels, about, one foot a nano-second. There... you learned something new. That's about a billionth of a second. If you were as big as an atom, that would be a long time. I'm one of those weird types. I don't think like regular folk.

Got your attention, did it? It's hard to get comments so, seems to me, it worked quite well. Thanks.

I don't use any app of any kind.

I avoid humans, don't trust them one little bit.

@@ButchNews GOOD SIR. I APPERICIATE YOUR EXPERIANCE. BUT THANKS ANY WAY. I JUST NEED HELP FOR KZfaq ..I WILL SEARCH OTHER TEACHER

@@numanahmad3867 KZfaq provides creator tips. Keep videos short, if you can, make lots of cuts... people get bored easily, There are a lot of helpful videos for creators. The hard part is finding a "schtick" which means a purpose. It's easy to make a couple of good videos then people run out of ideas. If you have a skill, make videos about that skill, or look for people with a skill and make videos of them doing their thing. Learn to make good video. It's about MOTION. If the subject is standing still, you move. Keep it moving. Learn about lighting. Backlight is always a challenge for non pros. Keep thing side lighted or keep the light behind you without casting a shadow on your subject. Learn how to be a better photographer. Sub-titles are very important to the bot the determines where you appear in a search. Always use sub-titles... you will find the link on the left of the content page. 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The simple fact of the matter is most people don't know much of anything about anything and people are inclined to believe in what they WANT to believe in... to convince themselves they are correct. Most humans know little of anything about anything. I'm well educated and I'm reclusive because most people are kinda... not educated and most are not too smart. The people of your part of the world are VERY superstitious. You can use that to your advantage when looking for subject matter. You have to work it. IT'S WORK. BUT... you can make more than a million dollars making videos and HUNDREDS of people are doing, exactly, that. Some of the most popular and successful channels use CLICK BAIT titles... titles that have little or nothing to do with what is in the video. I hate such channels but they do well and, often, use stock video and a voice over. They spend a lot of money to make the video knowing it will make money. 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