--- Forwarded Message from Mary Fetherston <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:40:38 -0400
>Subject: Re: 5897.8 questions about digitizing (!)
>From: Mary Fetherston <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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After some experimenting, I decided to follow Otmar's lead and use QT files.
I was digitizing and editing audio in SoundEdit but have since moved to
PEAK. I use Final Cut and a Sony hardware codec converter for the video. I
compress everything in Media Cleaner Pro (now just called Cleaner). I
experimented with different codecs and noise gate levels, etc but use mostly
Qualcomm Pure Voice and no noise gates/filters. Cleaner 5 has a great
feature that will upload your files to the server once they are proceesed.
This is a real time-saver. Cleaner can also compress Flash files.
It is a separate program but the new version of Sorenson should have the MP4
codec included. I saw a demo of this and the file size is extraordinarily
small for the level of quality (but still big for anyone with < T1 modem).
If anyone can recommend a better codec for those deep Russian and Portuguese
voices I would be glad to hear of it.
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>> ----------
>> From: LLTI-Editor
>> Reply To: Language Learning and Technology International Information
>> Forum
>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 14:17
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: 5897.7 questions about digitizing (!)
>>
>> It may sound as if I have been pushing QuickTime a little bit too hard.
>> But, since Quicktime is not a file format but a container for various file
>> formats, it appears to be the most flexible container in an environment
>> that dictates compatibility with various platforms and various playback
>> devices.
>>
>> We have been using Cleaner 5 to do batch procesing for video as well as
>> audio files. We can move complete archives of materials from MP3 formats
>> into hinted .mov files and vice versa. We can produce files for various
>> data rates - all accomplished through archiving one high quality file in a
>> QuickTime container. Our archived files are hinted .mov files that can be
>> mounted on a streaming server and that can be mounted on standard file
>> servers - compatible with MediaPlayer on the PC and MoviePlayer on PCs as
>> well as Macs.
>>
>> In other words, if we should ever need to give students a couple dozen MP3
>> files for a specific textbook for a portable playback device, we can do
>> this by converting existing groups of files on our servers into a specific
>> MP3 format and emailing those files to them, or making them available for
>> downloading.
>>
>> Otmar Foelsche
>>
Mary Fetherston
Interim Supervisor, Language Lab 401-874-4719/20
University of Rhode Island fax: 874-4694
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