Andrew, this is the lapel mic I recommended from a previous discussion:
[1]http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SW77VSCS-N2 A couple Craigslist offerings that caught my eye with decent processor and GPU already: [2]http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/sys/3654697390.html [3]http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/sys/3666343230.html As far as mics for audience interaction, we can just buy a cheap wired mic from Walmart and jack it directly into the mixer. Since it'll only be used briefly, it's not a problem. I'm only seeing one video capture card on Newegg that explicitly allows VGA and its reviews are shitty. Maybe someone else has thoughts about this? -- Dan Swick [email protected] On Tue, Mar 12, 2013, at 02:03 AM, a l wrote: 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 [4]ustream.tv or [5]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 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [6][email protected] [7]http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss References 1. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SW77VSCS-N2 2. http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/sys/3654697390.html 3. http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/sys/3666343230.html 4. http://ustream.tv/ 5. http://twitch.tv/ 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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