Video and Audio Methods: Video Testing
2/23/04
I spent a number of hours investigating DV and DVD options. First I realized that my own camcorder is not backwards compatible with Hi8 tape. I borrowed a digital8 from Brenda. So I was able convert the analog tape to digital. That’s good in the cases where there are any digital camcorders around. Currently the department has 1 Digital8 camcorder and 2 Hi8 camcorders. Which is probably enough, although recording in analog is not the best.
·I’m looking at the Sony Digital8 TRV460 at $400 a piece, it’s got 20x optical zoom and is backwards compatible.
·I looked into freeware options, but I think it’s too complicated and not worth my time learning right now. I spent some time looking into Mac options. iDVD is available as a separate package called iLife which costs $50. I think the G5 with Final Cut Express and iDVD is the solution we are looking, but I don’t know if that’s going to do what I want and at the quality that I’m looking for.
·I just realized that the Hi8 camcorders don’t have mic inputs, so they are useless to us.
·The Microsoft DV avi output from the analog tape was pretty good, but a little pixilated along the edges. It’s the best quality test so far.
·I looked into shotgun mics, a simple Audio-technica costs $60 with the kind of quality I think we are looking for. I’m looking for such mic’s that have a camcorder attachment kit like offered from Sony. It’ll be easier if it’s all one unit.
·I looked into developing in Flash but I don’t think it’s really made for what we are trying to accomplish.
·Nan, Fawzia and Tara are interested in learning Premiere in much greater depth. I think they’ve all taken the Premiere I Star class. They are novices. I’d like to offer them a chance to work with video in a real context. They can do the video processing and exporting. I build a community of practice.
·I introduced Lin to the camcorder. She picked things up quickly. It took about thirty minutes of playing with the camcorder. I think she’ll be fine when it comes time for data collection although I worry still.
I spent a number of hours investigating DV and DVD options. First I realized that my own camcorder is not backwards compatible with Hi8 tape. I borrowed a digital8 from Brenda. So I was able convert the analog tape to digital. That’s good in the cases where there are any digital camcorders around. Currently the department has 1 Digital8 camcorder and 2 Hi8 camcorders. Which is probably enough, although recording in analog is not the best.
·I’m looking at the Sony Digital8 TRV460 at $400 a piece, it’s got 20x optical zoom and is backwards compatible.
·I looked into freeware options, but I think it’s too complicated and not worth my time learning right now. I spent some time looking into Mac options. iDVD is available as a separate package called iLife which costs $50. I think the G5 with Final Cut Express and iDVD is the solution we are looking, but I don’t know if that’s going to do what I want and at the quality that I’m looking for.
·I just realized that the Hi8 camcorders don’t have mic inputs, so they are useless to us.
·The Microsoft DV avi output from the analog tape was pretty good, but a little pixilated along the edges. It’s the best quality test so far.
·I looked into shotgun mics, a simple Audio-technica costs $60 with the kind of quality I think we are looking for. I’m looking for such mic’s that have a camcorder attachment kit like offered from Sony. It’ll be easier if it’s all one unit.
·I looked into developing in Flash but I don’t think it’s really made for what we are trying to accomplish.
·Nan, Fawzia and Tara are interested in learning Premiere in much greater depth. I think they’ve all taken the Premiere I Star class. They are novices. I’d like to offer them a chance to work with video in a real context. They can do the video processing and exporting. I build a community of practice.
·I introduced Lin to the camcorder. She picked things up quickly. It took about thirty minutes of playing with the camcorder. I think she’ll be fine when it comes time for data collection although I worry still.
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