--- Forwarded Message from Joseph Ollie Kautz <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:15:53 -0700 (PDT) >From: Joseph Ollie Kautz <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9131.5 (!) camcorder question Dear Jon, I am not sure I know what you mean by "straight to web" so excuse me if I am behind the curve here. I suspect you are looking for something more guerrilla film making / field friendly. How cool! Classroom Capture Cart We use a capture cart consisting of a small wheeled table, articulating arm, camcorder, Shotgun mic, firewire cable, Mac Laptop. We firewire into QT Pro directly from the camcorder which is mounted on the articulating arm. The arm makes it easier to position the camera and is more stable then a tripod. We do not use MiniDV tapes unless the content is higher stakes. http://www.stanford.edu/group/ll/cgi-bin/langlab/wp-content/themes/red/instructi ons/capturecart.html After class or even during class the movie clips can be dragged and dropped into a CourseWork (Sakai) folder mounted on the desktop with Sakai's WebDav mounting, or FTPed from a Fetch droplet into WWW directories, croned into a watched folders for batch processing into PodCast Producer, ffmpeg or whatever. With proper server setup the files could record directly to web directory. Pros - requires minimal training, (QT Pro recording interface has one button.) the station can be moved between rooms, supports DV/HD cameras, delivers clips in real-time and in a flexible format, lets us record directly to computer AND to MiniDV simultaneously. It has been a real workhorse for us. This setup would work very well with Flash Media Server or Wowza or YouTube or whatever. As far as camera models, I just took a good, three day web video workshop and the recommended HD camera for interviews was a Canon VIXIA HV30. The leaders of the workshop felt that harddrive cameras were still not quite good enough. Finally, we cannot live without our Rode Shotgun mic. You'll have to pry that shotgun mic from my cold dead hands! http://www.zzounds.com/item--RODVIDEOMIC (don't know the vendor) Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:10:53 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: #9131.5 (!) camcorder question --- Forwarded Message from Ryan Brazell <[log in to unmask]> --- >DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=YxjKt4sMtGuK2iLyQaHaDVCxLgedJ6zzjlrHYqAlowE=; b=NlzQoIaA1aE2kSy6RB8nnILs4eN+hOyXjRb1RAFKGFQS0PbAUZ0KMcVWpaRVJU5PKT QFgf86iAO0u8ylwX9GQOLH0NFj+gr9O6OWlfu3W+o3skFMxwikl5kk0SxNPB4C22C9rE bn7XMWiujM7MHDtrxfLysCJn/2txq9Ri5roGg= >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Wx5+Fss/c2U/3f/cOeNiPNo+Gq+DomHvt0EPQ816c1isryZ7dxacN7qqKQbRIKPqP2 J/udWuM4ow+jOnoKLtCFe12MYpAFFl4bI9Nxd/oXP2hXiPUZf1m/pR0hDDvrzX4ajue0 EAUx1xQnr9ie1FAxYDIH6ZmpYsy9+NcNC/sq8= >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:14:18 -0700 >Subject: Re: #9131 camcorder question >From: Ryan Brazell <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> Hi Jon, Check out the Sanyo Xacti line. I have personal experience with and could highly recommend the HD1010 (http://tinyurl.com/cyrrlj); it meets all of your requirements, but is also a bit pricey. More affordable models from Sanyo include the VPC line (http://tinyurl.com/c7k5vx), which also look like they'd be a good fit for you, and are around $200. Ryan -- Ryan Brazell Learning Technologies Specialist Center for Instructional Technology UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management [log in to unmask] 415.476.4162 | 415.476.4653 (fax) twitter: ryanbrazell AIM: RyanAtUCSF Secretary, SWALLT (http://www.swallt.org) Interim Web Editor, IALLT (http://www.iallt.org) 2009/4/27 LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>: > Hello All, > > We are looking to buy a couple of cameras, but can't seem to find what we > need. ^$A0We are looking for a camera that can be used by faculty to record > class presentations (lasting up to 2 hours) without requiring us to process > the video into some web -compatible format. ^$A0 Our big requirements are: > > 1. Straight to Web recording format > 2. Ability to power from an external outlet > 3. Removable SD card for extended recording > 4. Microphone input > > There are a lot of straight to web cameras that we like (Flip Mino, RCA > Small Wonder, Creative Vado HD, Kodak Zi6), but none allow you to run from > an external outlet ... and we really don't want to have batteries running > out in the middle of a class, or to have faculty waiting while the camera > recharges. ^$A0The Sony Webbie, despite its horrible name, has everything but > the microphone input ... ^$A0which we need for the wireless mic that students > use while giving presentations. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Jon > > > ************************************************ > Jonathan Perkins, Director > Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center > University of Kansas > 4070 Wescoe Hall > 1445 Jayhawk Boulevard > Lawrence KS 66045-7590 > > Phone: ^$A0(785) 864-4782 > Fax: (785) 864-1256 > > http://egarc.ku.edu <http://egarc.ku.edu/> > http://languages.ku.edu/ > > P Please do not print this email unless absolutely necessary. > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language > Teaching > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** >