since coming back from my around the world journey, i've now found myself working for a kick-ass non-profit that promotes remixes and mashups < www.remixamerica.org >. as we navigate the murky ocean of online video, i hope all y'all don't mind if i ask a few questions. since all y'all have been extremely helpful in my endeavors, i PROMISE that what ever help the videoblogger community gives Remix America, we will ensure our work gives back to the videoblogger community. it's a promise i pin my name on.
so Remix America is going to the DNC / RNC (that's short hand for the two American political conventions). while we are at both conventions, we will be mashing up interviews, speeches and the like... we'll be sharing our content with a consortium of citizen-journalists and online video producers - theUptake.org, EpicFU, Denver Film School, and we're talking to a bunch of other outlets this week and next... any-who, we are currently trying to figure out a "soup-to-nuts" solution for the DNC/RNC where people from around the world can digitally record "on-air" content and then upload it to an asset management for all of us to use as source material. ideally we will be working with a bunch of volunteers capturing "on-air" political pundants doing their thing and saying their hootenanny. while conceptually, this is easy to understand, the team at Remix America is a bit perplexed on a soup to nuts solution. first, as experienced video editors do you have a preferred workflow for digitizing "on-air" content? second, let me tell you about our goals... - we'd like to have 6 to 10 volunteers plugging in "out of the box" PVR/DVRs into their computers to digitize "on-air" content. - at the end of the capture, the MPEG formatted video would be uploaded to a central asset management system (we have access to a video asset management system). - citizen journalists / remixers / mashup artists can then login to asset management system to view / download raw content for their remixes / mashups / etc. on the product front, things seem to be fairly straight forward. - on mac, just grab an eyetv 250 plus < http://tinyurl.com/6a5h37 >. plug, record, play, and upload. - on windows, "soup to nuts" solutions seem to be a bit more diverse. according to my research, SageTV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SageTV > contains all the components for an "out of box" solution we desire. does anyone have any other windows based recommendations? how you can help us all... 1. what's your preferred workflow for digitizing "on-air" content? 2. express interest in being a media monitor... the first catch, you'll need to have a cable connection. second, tell me if you have equipment or if you'll need equipment. 3. do you have any tips that can help us? cheers. noneck
