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How to Join My Livestreams as a Guest

A short guide for guests joining one of my livestreams: when to join, how to frame your camera, and how to prepare your audio.

How to Join My Livestreams as a Guest

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Before the livestream

Please join around 15 minutes before the livestream starts. We will use that time to quickly test the cameras and set audio levels.

Please use headphones during the livestream. This prevents the stream audio from feeding back into your microphone.

Joining the call

You will receive two links: one for your camera and microphone, and one for screen sharing. You do not need to install any additional tools. Open both links in your browser.

Use the camera-and-microphone link for all audio. Select your microphone there.

The screen-sharing link does not use your microphone or speakers.

Google Chrome is preferred. If that is not available, use another Chromium-based browser. Firefox is the last option and may not work as well.

Camera framing

Center yourself in the camera frame, with the top of your head close to the top of the image. Use the reference image below as a guide.

Image

If you use a Mac and an iPhone, you can use Apple’s Continuity Camera. Your iPhone can be recognized automatically as a camera by your Mac.

Audio

An external studio microphone is preferred, but it is not required. Use any microphone you have available.

Laptop microphones are fine if you don’t have a dedicated mic. But audio quality will not be as good.

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