[Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at 19.23.56] Do you have a preference between Zencastr and Squadcast? As I’ve been recording the company podcast for #public:listen, I’ve been having some difficulties with Zencastr, and was thinking of changing over to Squadcast as it seems to be in use by more of the pod…

I’m ready to jump ship from Zencastr :slight_smile: Several paper cuts I could look past. But the deal breaker is exemplified by this chat. This is not my guest’s fault. Tech issues happen and recording via Chrome’s features is the same tools that malicious actors use to violate our systems — so …

thanks yes it does. i need 20 characters to send so here goes

@craigconstantine , Man, I got panicked just reading that. Good to keep your cool Craig. It seems that most problems that arise with Riverside come from some “underpinnings” of chrome, giving permissions, access, etc. I had a long interview this morning with Riverside and when the guest joined I rece…

[image] craigconstantine: So my question for you Riverside users is the following… After reading this chat, have you encountered a guest with this sort of problem in Riverside, AND were you able to do anything to help the guest resolve the problem? My observation is that the fundamental fact…

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Does this record both sides of interview? I’m guessing no. How does this compare to zoom H6 ? Scared to try riverside but eith backup…

Hi @clevpt it’s great to hear from you. Yes, the P4 will record both sides of an interview. The quality depends on your internet connection. I would not recommend the Zoom H6 to back up your internet calls. It can be done but it’s not built to do this natively so you need to use a workaround - it’…

[image] Jey: I would not recommend the Zoom H6 to back up your internet calls. It can be done but it’s not built to do this natively so you need to use a workaround - it’s a pain. I may need your help with explaining that pain. I’m about to invest in a Zoom H6… :roll_eyes:

The “magic” is what’s called “mix minus.” The H6 can do that too… but I think it’s buried in the menus. …but I don’t do what Jey’s been describing, so I’m deferring to his(*) “P4 is better” assessment. :slight_smile: * always a good idea :wink:

is it crazy to own an H6 for it’s obvious benefits and a P4 as a backup option to have a sound backup which I find super valuable? Up till now i have the guest use their phone

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Jey (Jey Jeyendran) January 25, 2022, 10:30pm 34

Still a simple, sensible and robust solution @clevpt. Nothing wrong with doing this at all!

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Thank you Jey — Myriad of helpful contributions

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