--- Forwarded Message from "Steve & Laura Spinella" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Reply-To: "Steve & Laura Spinella" <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Steve & Laura Spinella" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8247.1 (!) Video Camera to Net Solutions? >Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:03:11 +0800 >Organization: Center for Counseling & Growth Since mini-DV tapes generally transfer to hard disk in real time, there are many camcorders coming on market that record direct to mini-dvd disks, which can be read much faster onto hard drives. Steve [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:17 AM Subject: Re: #8247.1 (!) Video Camera to Net Solutions? > --- Forwarded Message from Jim Duber <[log in to unmask]> --- > >>Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 00:47:48 -0700 (PDT) >>From: Jim Duber <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum > <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Re: #8247 Video Camera to Net Solutions? >>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >>References: <[log in to unmask]> > > Joseph, > > I've got quite a bit of experience with Flash Media Server development and > just wanted to point out that a quick and easy solution for what you > describe might be to just use the VTR mode (i.e., playback mode) of your > Mini-DV video cameras instead of the recording mode. So, you can still > shoot with your Mini-DV cameras and then when recording to your Flash > interface, just put the camera in VTR mode, rewind the tape to where you > want to begin, press "Record" on your Flash interface and "Play" on the > camera and your recording will be grabbed on the server just as if it were > live. You will probably want to optimize the recording settings on the FMS > server side for this purpose. Here's a short article on that topic: > > <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flv_live.html> > > Also, if I recall correctly, there might be a problem with this method > when grabbing audio and video from a Windows-based PC. (At least with > Flash player 6 there was. Macs don't have this problem and it may have > been fixed with the release of Flash players 7 and 8.) > > Hope this helps, > > Jim > > > > On Mon, 15 May 2006, LLTI-Editor wrote: > >> --- Forwarded Message from Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> --- >> >>> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:24:33 -0700 (PDT) >>> From: Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> >>> To: LLTI-List <[log in to unmask]> >>> Subject: Video Camera to Net Solutions? >> >> >> Hello all. I am about to spend a chunk of money and wanted to know how >> you are getting digital video of student performances to the web. We are >> working on a Flash Media Server approach, but also want to be able to >> capture video from a Mini-DV style video camera and get it on the web >> very >> quickly. One approach we like is to capture directly to QT 7, save it in >> a watched-by-Sorenson-Squeeze-folder that compresses the files and sends >> them to a webserver. This seems a little complicated. Getting to my >> question- Do any of you have experience with video cams with harddrives? >> Is there a large flash media solution? We need to essentially digitally >> replicate the reliability and ease of shooting video with a vhs cam and >> then handing it to the student. I am working on a basic >> workflow/hardware >> plan here sans the security/networking nitty gritty. Bob Majors could >> write a book about this stuff. Any experience-based advice appreciated. >> Joseph >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Joseph Kautz >> Academic Technology Specialist - Stanford Language Center >> Meyer 280B - Stanford, CA 94305-3101 - (650) 725-1615 >> "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as >> equals." W. Churchill >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> *********************************************** >> LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for >> Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and >> Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). >> Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. >> Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) >> *********************************************** >> >