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Patrick 
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 Posted: 13 January 2014 at 9:57am |
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I suspect that relying on a laptop's built-in camera and mic would result in less than desirable audio and video quality. The wide-angle lens would make everything more than a few feet away tiny, and I believe the mic would have a problem picking up sound clearly from any distance more than a couple of feet as well. However, we won't know for sure until we try. If someone (Glenn perhaps) has a large room at home, maybe he could set up his laptop at one end, stand at the other, and we could do a dry run to see how well it works. That would take some of the pressure off from trying to do the first "broadcast" in the midst of a meeting. Edited by Patrick |
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ARTIC-1
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Posted: 13 January 2014 at 11:26pm |
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Happy you all see it the same way.Was going to just jump right in last post but i thought i should see how you all feel about it first.I would like to help the Club what is needed to do this-Laptop/cameras, ect!and use my Shaw/Wifi all so.Patrick made a good point about the Hardware needed-------------------------------------------------Patri ck
I suspect that relying on a laptop's built-in camera and mic would result in less than desirable audio and video quality.--Yes i think so.--an Ken I think if you have an Apple device we can use Facetime to stream the meeting to you from my iPod touch next time. I have everything Mac/HD/FW cams ect! an its just sitting here doing nothing,I could put together G4/Laptop,built to stream, with a FW/HD cam-not a built in one,on a tripod with a cable,portable. that would stream Video and record in DV for up/load after the meeting. might as well use it.This is a trial run so there will prob,be changes to smooth everything out. if an when it could happin.One thing is when you have more than one person,up on a small screen-Video/Voice- an they all happin to be talking at the same time,its choppy an the band with drops off.Wouldnt work so good with 4 or 5 people yaping! on at the same time,so no voice,an if all the on line members could only watch/listen to the web cast of the meeting an maby have a#1 common chat windo open for members to be able to chime in on at the meeting.i hope somone else has some ideas,an just let me know what you may think an what may be needed for this,hope i can help--Cheers all Joe/Darc |
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Patrick
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Posted: 14 January 2014 at 3:26pm |
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Joe, I'm guessing you were referring to a firewire hi-def camcorder... is that right? One thing to keep in mind is that we don't want a situation where someone at the meeting is required to be the "camera man". It needs to be set up in such a manner that the camera is located on a tripod and aimed at a "sweet spot" that's the best place for someone to stand who's addressing the members in attendance. This would help ensure that the person talking could be seen and heard properly on the streaming connection. Harrison will need to learn to project his voice. Another thing I think would be cool, would be to have the S-video output (or HDMI if available) from a second laptop computer connected to the large flat panel TV on the wall in the room that we use at the restaurant. That way all of us in attendance at the meeting could see exactly what is being streamed online. Anyway, something for us to ponder...
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Capt Fiero
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Posted: 14 January 2014 at 4:30pm |
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Just another FYI, the 42" LCD TV in the meeting room has an HDMI input. I have used it in the past to play content from my laptop onto the large LCD. SO if Artic is suggesting a common chat window, or even just to view what is being streamed, you can hook to the large TV.
Now then as to Facetime, I would try and stay away from any proprietary software. I don't own a single Mac device and I know of at least a few club members that are in the same place. We have chosen not to use Mac software. I would love to just have a website that people could go to, so they could see the stream live. If you do record it, just make sure that it is a live upload so no one gets stuck encoding/uploading the video after the meeting. |
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ARTIC-1
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Posted: 14 January 2014 at 7:16pm |
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Did not see Daves post befor i posted this,took me a long time.
Yes Patrick,your on the right track.Ive bin at this ?Video stuff for over 20 years an have a small production studio at my house.Many years playing around with Macs an Video/audio equipment.i just do it for fun know-- LOL So as for the club meetings iam sure i can supply what you guys need to do this.an yes some one could set there IPod IPhone Laptop, up on a tripod an just stream to the web.Would work ok to.A DV/FireWire camcorder is a nice 1080dpi @400MHZ to a Macbook, its on a cable and a tripod,moveable.then you can use any number of Apps to stream it-Skype-IChat-Face time- pick your choice theres many more ways to stream Video.What would be real cool is to stream it directly to the-WCF- server,then you only have one server to push it to,not like most of them that bounce you around-Choppy vid- if you want audio then the mic in the cam tends to pick up everything- baby crying,music,loud people in the next room.A separate mic @ the center of the table would work well.If Rickeys has a roll down screen,then you could use a HDMI projector to display everything-Big screen-just gave mine away,an now i could have used it!ill looking for a used one now.lots here to take in an let me no if it helped,or i can help in any way,cheers all. Joe/Darc Edited by ARTIC-1 |
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Graeme
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Posted: 15 January 2014 at 11:39am |
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If it came down to it, I can build a custom page for the site that will allow live video to be sent and anybody could watch it. It won't work on mobile, but anybody with any type of computer could use and watch it.
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