Caution: don't count on a good (or any) internet connection on the day, have your media downloaded to a computer and a flash drive, too.
The first step in such a process is to find out what options you have at the venue, and work within those constraints, with backups on backups (as above). Good luck! Jan --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "jocelynford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I am producing a short video for a conference on the Olympics and > > media freedom that takes place in Paris next week. The video will be > > viewed on a large screen. It doesn't need to be great quality (I'm > > a newbie, so it won't be!) But it should be watchable. > > > > I have recorded the interviews in mp4 on a Sanyo C40 xacti, using a > > Sandisk card. I can use either moviemaker or powerdirector6 > > software to edit. I'd like to know what format to use for the best > > possible quality images on a big screen. > > > > If I use videoconverter I can convert to wmv, flv, mpg, mp4, avi. > > With powerdirector I can save it as .mpeg1, .mpeg2, .avi., divX, > > avc .mpeg4. > > > > I also have powerdirector options like "write back to dv tape/hdv > > tape (I would need to confirm whether the organizers have tape, and > > the appropriate screening device....I don't) and media max (whatever > > that is!) > > > > Other options: I can upload it to youtube. I recall reading about a > > trick that made youtube less fuzzy on bigscreens, but don't know > > what it is. > > > > I'd appreciate any advice! > > jocelyn > > U.S. public radio/Foreign Correspondents Club media freedoms > > committee > > beijing > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]