Greetings Discuss list Members!
This stems from a conversation between myself (Andrew) and Dan on the
IRC Monday evening.
As many of you are aware Synhak has a Youtube channel with a growing number
educational videos on it. We would like to see this number of videos
continue to grow. We would also like for the quality of these videos to
increase. To realize this we discussed slowly piecing together a decent
suite of of A/V equipment. Particularly a 720p(or 1080p if someone has a
line on a deal) capable webcam and a few microphones for the speaker and
audience questions.
The end goal we discussed for the speakers bureau is for Synhak to have
a Live Stream channel such as those offered by ustream.tv or twitch.tv.
These videos would be a composite of the Speaker and their slide show if
they have one. Talks would continue to be uploaded to our Youtube channel
or another suitable site for archiving.
In order to accomplish this the tentative bill of materials consist of:
HD webcam( I have one for long term loan)
2 mics for speaker and audience interaction $?(probably
expensive)
composite HD video capture card ~$120
quad core +3GHz( some sites recommend i5's)
6GB RAM to run it all
MoBo that matches
Proper lighting
optional equipment
decent GPU to render videos quickly
extra cables
more spot lights so we don't get any shadows
We've pretty much settled on using VLC as the software to bring it all
together, though I have also heard of people using FFsplit for streaming
video. The main constraints guiding our choices are that the software be
cross platform, and open source. The open source is really the big sticking
point. This is due to the large expense of video software and in the spirit
of Synhak as a corporation.
This will not be a cheap investment, nor should it be something we rush
through in order to get something 'to market' quickly. If anyone has
experience with stage work or film sets(TV) please chime in with good
lighting and mic suggestions. I know there are a few higher end computers
at the space, would it be possible to use one to captue HD video while we
piece together the 'perfect' system.
I look forward to everyone's thoughts,
Andrew
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