Comments on: Video Podcast

By: Anthony Progar

Anthony Progar — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:06:38 +0000

At Oak Pointe Church we capture the service two different ways at the same time. We have a multi-cam set up and use ProPresenter for all are graphic, lower third and video content playback. The program-out goes through a D.A. with on feed going to a mini dv recorder. The recorder also has firewire out. I take this f.w. output and run it to a second i-Mac with Final Cut running on it. I capture in real time the entire service in Final Cut. The mini dv deck only records the message from our Pastor.

After the second service is done on Sunday’s I immediately begin editing the podcast witch consists only of the message. This works great. No recapturing of video necessary.

Once the podcast is edited I export using Quick time conversion and export the audio only as a Wave file. This makes up the audio version podcast. I then do the same in H.264 for the video version.

The entire service video is then burned to DVD archival purposes. We then off all the video to external hard drive for use later as needed for video production.

Easy and efficient.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:48:28 +0000

We have three remote cameras in our auditorium connected to a video switcher. The output of the switcher is fed to a Sony D1000 where it is recorded to mini DV tape. The firewire output of the D1000 is routed to a citidisk DV hard drive which records the sermon in DV compliant AVI files. Once the service is over, the citidisk drive is connected to an editing computer via firewire to create a DVD of the semon. The tape is used as a backup. The citidisk drive saves an incredible amount of time by not having to capture from the tape and the files are usable in premiere. Most of the time, the only editing is a title is dropped in at the beginning and a fade out at the end. We plan on using this workflow to eventually do a podcast.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:38:51 +0000

Currently, we shoot our services with 3 XL2’s through the Sony AnyCast switcher and capture to a Firstore Hard Drive which records a native OMF file for our Avid Adrenaline. I transcode it through Sorenzen Squeeze and upload it to our servers.

We are seriously considering upgrading to HD. Both the AnyCast and Avid were purchased a few years ago with the intent of upgrading to HD one day and here we are. Any advice on HD cameras would greatly be appreciated. Someone has recommended the Sony BRC series robotic cameras. I’m not so sure. They look like overpriced web-cams to me but I’ve heard they’ve got a great image.

By: Jerry Loncon

Jerry Loncon — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:57:08 +0000

Well we have been livecasting all our services since 2/04. We have also been running a 24/7 live stream that carries mainly rograms that we have produced in house (services, news, specialty programs) as well as a few odd and ends we have purchased.

We shoot with 5 cameras during the services (3 xl2’s and 2 pickup cams) and feed them all through a Newtek VT5. We capture onto the HD as well as run 2 DVD recorders for backups. We also have 3 more cameras that we shoot our live preshow with.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:16:39 +0000

We also tape an earlier service and drive it to our second campus. We shoot it with one Canon XLH1 on a static shot, and project it back on a panasonic 7000U projector in 1080i onto a 17′ x 10′ screen. It gives the feeling our pastor is walking around on the stage that our screen is set on because of the static shot and the size of the screen.

By: Bill Coffman

Bill Coffman — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:15:58 +0000

We are currently shooting our services with 4 cameras. (2 Panasonic DVX 100As and 2 Sony PD-170s) for IMAG. We also record the message from our 9am service onto DVCAM tape directly out of our switcher. Then this tape is delivered to our video venue 15 minutes away and replayed off a DV Deck for the message of our 10:30am service. No computer is used for replay of our message. We also record a DVD copy and is played back simultaneously for back-up.

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:51:36 +0000

We have two campuses with identical setups. Three Hitachi cameras run to a switcher to the center screen. Sermon slides go to two side screens. The cameras a mixed live and we simply have a second output of the mix going to a GrassValley Turbo iDDR hard drive recorder. From there I export the file to our Final Cut machine where I convert it to DV. Unfortunately it’s a little cumbersome since I have to export the file (which puts it in MPEG2 format) transcode it to DV (I use Visualhub; I agree with Brian about it’s being so awesome) so I can import it into Final Cut Pro where I trim the ends, drop in any titles, or intersperse the sermon slides if necessary, and do a final export for DVD or web. Presets in Compressor help there.

We currently are not podcasting although that’s something we hope to do in the near future. Live streaming is also something we want to look into in the coming months.

By: Brian Davis

Brian Davis — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:05:15 +0000

We capture video from our switcher and audio from a DA staight into Final Cut Pro. From that we export the sermon as a FCP movie and also as an AIFF. These are for the video and audio podcasts.

We also export a .mov with chapters for DVD distribution.

Lastly, we export the entire service with no chapters, for flash encoding and uploading to our webcast. We use Lightcast Media for our streaming services.

All our videos are exporting as FCP movies, and NOT self contained. They take up so much less HD space.

For video compression we rely on Visual Hub, and I can’t say enough good about it.

For audio compression to mp3, We use Audacity. I guess Itunes would do a credible job at it as well, but I don’t like the way my Itunes library gets all cluttered.

By: Zack Watts

Zack Watts — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:24:34 +0000

Forgot about the digital signage part. We have several 50″ Panasonic Plasmas (which are AMAZING displays). I purchased a SDI input card; which to my surprise was a few dollars cheaper then buying the external AJA converters. I also purchased an Extron IP Link TS01 (I think) serial control device for each display.

Our digital signage is controlled from our Synergy1 mixer frame, off of an auxiliary. We have a dedicated computer that runs the digital signage 24/7. We only use our digital signage on the weekends at this point. Anyway.

We run SDI to each TV from the control room (and the cards have a SDI loop through). We installed the Extron devices which was very easy, and they tell the TVs when to come on and when to turn off - the staff doesn’t even have to think about the TVs which is good.

Right now we use PowerPoint for our digital signage (and it looks pretty good); but in the future might move to a digital video playback device.

Some of the benefits of this setup is that the graphics department updates one computer, which all of the building’s digital signage is fed from (we use that same digital signage for Pre/Post advertisements). And since our signal type is SDI, there is no quality loss over the longer runs. Also, at any points in time, with 2 clicks of our Synergy1 control surface, we can change what’s being fed to them. No more trying to find the right wire, grabbing another T-barrel, etc. It’s nice.

By: Zack Watts

Zack Watts — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:17:52 +0000

We capture straight into Final Cut Pro (from our Ross SDI to NTSC converter card). I’d like to go straight SDI in, but I’m not convinced yet that the cost to benefit ratio is worth it. We also record to a Sony DVCAM deck to tape, for backup & archive - also composite (and also from the Ross converter card).