21st Century Video Recording
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Nick Dvoracek, UW-Oshkosh
How do we record video for purposes of review and data gathering (lecture capture)?
We’ve moved from VHS, to DVD, DV fully digital devices.
The traditional ways for capturing video in a classroom are not workable solutions for today’s needs.
After much exploration into capture applications and devices UW-Oshkosh has chosen to use Xythos application which they’ve branded with the name “Titan” for the purposes of storing recorded lecture. Each student has 10 gb of space on the Titan drive which they use their campus ID and password to log into.Windows Media Encoder is used to record the lectures.
The recommended camera is the Aiptek GVS 1080P camera. This camera stores in video in the h.264 format and costs around $149. This camera is also recommended as a check out camera for students to produce digital stories.
The Aiptek is placed about 6 -8 feet infront of the instructor and the mic is set to boost mode and connected to the storage device via USB. It appears to be about a 5 step process to begin recording of the lectures.
If your department has a lot of the older DV camera’s Nick suggests using the Pinnical Video Transfer box stores the video in h.264 format onto a thumb drive. A good solution to use existing tools on your campus and works as a storage option for quick file transfer. The Pinnacle Video Transfer costs about $90.
After testing several audio only recording devises Nick recommends the Sony digital audio recorder ICDUX71 for audio only recording. This units records in MP3 format.
Window Media Encoder
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx
Xythos (file sharing)
http://www.xythos.com/
Aiptek GVS 1080P camera
http://aiptek.com/products/
Pinnical Video Transfer box
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/publicsite/us/products/consumer+products/home+video/studio+family/instant+video+recorder.htm
Sony digital audio recorder ICDUX71
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=1&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665829056&SR=sony_search_seo&SQS=ICD-UX71