Equipment to use with RightBooth

Here we provide details of other equipment you may require for creating your own video recording and photo capture system.

Webcam

There are literally hundreds of makes and models of webcam available, offering a wide range of features and recording qualities. We cannot guarantee that every webcam will perform perfectly with our software on every configuration of computer, therefore if you already own a webcam we strongly recommend that you first download and try RightBooth in evaluation mode to see if it works with your particular equipment.

If you are looking to purchase a webcam, then first take a look at some of our findings.

Logitech C920

Logitech C270

Printer

If you would like your users to be able to print photos taken with RightBooth you will need to connect a photo printer to your computer.  For best results you should consider a dye sublimation photo printer as they offer many advantages over ink jets.  Factors to bear in mind when considering a printer include:

• the initial purchase price
• the cost per printed page
• ink durability
• colour accuracy
• printing speed

Check out the latest photo printers

Light Source

Often you will achieve better video and photo recording quality if your subject is well lit.  A great way to achieve this is by applying direct lighting from at least one USB light source.  USB lights are great value for money and provide excellent quality light.

DSLR Camera

During our development and testing we have used a number of DSLR cameras:
Canon 1100D, 1300D, 550D and the Nikon 7100
We have used the latest development kits from both companies so it is highly likely that RightBooth will work with the majority of DSLR cameras from Canon and Nikon.

We recommend that you test your DSLR camera in the RightBooth Evaluation before buying the software and please get in touch with your feedback.

Green Screen Equipment

To help achieve best results from the RightBooth green screen feature, you may want to consider obtaining a green screen cloth or a professional green screen rig and lighting equipment.

USB Button

The RightBooth software can be customised to work with your Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen and with one or more USB Buttons.  Asking your users to 'press a button' is often an easier option than asking them to click the mouse or press the spacebar on the keyboard.

A USB button that is compatible with RightBooth can be obtained from www.usbbutton.com.

This button simply plugs into a free USB port on your computer and it can be configured so that it controls RightBooth when the button is pressed.  The button can also be configured to light up with different colours.

In order to configure the button so that it works with RightBooth, we include a USB button configuration file (rightbooth.ubn) with our software. This file should be loaded into the USB Button Configuration utility which can be downloaded from www.usbbutton.com.

Karaoke Mixer

A karaoke mixer will allow you to take the voice audio from one or two microphones together with the karaoke instrumental track on the PC, mix them all together and stream it into the RightBooth karaoke video recording session.

Multi-Head Graphics Card

If you would like to use 3 or 4 monitors in your RightBooth event designs you will require a multi-head graphics card capable of providing multiple graphic outputs.

​There are many makes and models of card available, and each one has different connection requirements, so we cannot really recommend any particular card as it depends on your PC equipment.

We used the Sapphire GPRO 4200 (opposite) for all our multi-display development and testing in RightBooth.
This card provides 4 mini display port outputs, so we also used mini display port to VGA adaptors for connecting our VGA monitors.

​We also use laptops configured for extended desktop dual display using their secondary VGA or HDMI outputs.