Dear Jake, thanks 1) in regards to windows movie maker if one wants a decent quality the compression ends up 1MB per minute which is not good enough as talks/lectures tend to be around 45 minutes
one can safe on the level of a dial up but there the webcam quality is pretty bad 2) regarding powerpoint yes there are a few powerpoint compressiontools but you still have to pay I look for a totally free one I will look into the producer option ZIPs by now are increasingly problematic as many e-mail recipients filter them out. Like my university sees every zip file as a virus threat and they don't come to my inbox. As I work with many in developing countries the ones I deal with have a computer but they don't have money to buy all kind of software. and I often have to do multi outputs as sometimes I have blind people in the audience sometimes deaf people (that why I have the powerpoint and use the audio to describe what is on the powerpoint). Is open office better sizewise ? Not all of them have fast internet access so webcam is often not an option. But in general I found MSN messenger 7.0 work very nicely to give presentations but for the webcam fast internet access is needed. I might be naive here again if this is inappropriate just ignore it THanks Gregor Jake Ludington wrote: > >PowerPoint is a little more complicated because the files tend to be bloated >to begin with. You can conserve a ton of space simply by using a high >compression setting in a zip application. If you are outputting an video >presentation from PowerPoint, your can get a compressed video file by using >Microsoft Producer instead of creating a compiled PowerPoint deck. The other >option here would be to purchase one of the many $30 apps specifically >designed to compress PP files. > >Jake Ludington > >http://www.mediablab.com >http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
