Could someone send or (better) let me download a small sample of Xacti MP4 video so I can see whether I can work with it with my current software?
On Dec 10, 2007 1:43 PM, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At first blush, was thinking that Xacti HD cameras that record to SD > memory cards would prove an interesting solution. > > Mailing you the SD cards shouldn't be too much of a problem. Very > small. Perhaps TOO small? > > Problem with all of this - regardless of what camera you choose - will > be getting good sound, so placement of any camera near the speaker > (either the person or the sound reinforcement speaker) will be > essential. > > The quality of the Xacti HD camera we used at VlogEurope 07 was pretty > darned good. > > Xacti files are .mp4; 10 MB for 30 seconds of raw footage @ 640 x 480 > on the non-HD model I personally worked with. Darned if I can recall > the model. Imagine the settings may be changed to another aspect > ratio, esp. in the HD model. > > Sounds like an interesting project for you :) Let us know what you decide > to do. > > Jan > > > On Dec 9, 2007 11:47 PM, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > Here's the sitch: > > > > I am trying to get every office I deal with at Sun (6 - 10 sites > worldwide) > > to have a videocamera they can use to capture presentations etc. which > can > > then be edited and re-used for sharing knowledge, training, etc. Usually > the > > raw footage will be sent to me for editing, posting, and making into > DVDs. > > That last point is important: I need good enough quality somewhere that > a > > DVD is going to look reasonable (especially considering that filming > will > > usually take place in less than optimum conditions); highly compressed > MPG > > may not be good enough. > > > > One problem we've already run into is how to ship around large amounts > of > > raw footage: these talks run 45 minutes up to 3 hours, and an hour of > raw DV > > AVI = about 12 GB. Even Sun doesn't have the bandwidth for that to be a > fast > > transfer, and I certainly don't have it at home. > > > > My gut feeling is that the best solution is MiniDV - tapes are easier to > > mail around than hard disks. But I'm willing to be told otherwise. I > don't > > know the state of the art in HD-based camcorders these days - what do > they > > compress into? How big are the resulting files (per minute)? > > > > Any thoughts/advice/pointers will be welcome! > > > > > > -- > > best regards, > > Deirdré Straughan > > > > living & travelling in Italy > > (and other Countries Beginning with I) > > www.beginningwithi.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Faux Press - better than real > http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > http://wburg.tv > aim=janofsound > air=862.571.5334 > skype=janmclaughlin > > -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living & travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
