Video Camera Recommendation
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B&H is great for professions video... This isn't a professional video thing though.
You need a video confernce camera (or vide confernce camera system) I think we have some from ploycom not the best but not super expensive like the cisco ones either.
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For the use case, why not just a nicer than average web cam?
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@Jason said:
B&H is great for professions video... This isn't a professional video thing though.
You need a video confernce camera (or vide confernce camera system) I think we have some from ploycom not the best but not super expensive like the cisco ones either.
I will take a look at those.
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@scottalanmiller said:
For the use case, why not just a nicer than average web cam?
Certainly an option. I am open to and looking at anything.
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(Simpsons reference.)
Yes, sometimes the mirror will cough.
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@BRRABill said:
Yes, sometimes the mirror will cough.
I am not sure a single camera near the mirror will get the entire room unless you go with a wide angle.
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@JaredBusch said:
I am not sure a single camera near the mirror will get the entire room unless you go with a wide angle.
We've used webcams in there before to stream the video to another machine in our building. Generally if we tilt the table and put the camera behind it, it generally works.
But I agree 100% the camera on the mirror is not going to get the job done.
We CAN put the camera in the room, as well. The people know they are being recorded.
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I used to stream live company meetings via something like a Logitech C920 HD camera hooked up to a MacBook Pro and using YouTube Live. You can create a private stream with this and it's automatically recorded plus live collaboration features if people are in multiple locations.
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We only had a single stream and didn't care about the watermark so Wirecast free version was enough but check out Open Broadcaster Software for a FOSS alternative that has more features.
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@larsen161 said:
I used to stream live company meetings via something like a Logitech C920 HD camera hooked up to a ...
Logitech and even Microsoft web cams are surprisingly good for "normal" video needs.
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Going with a Logitech/Microsoft webcam option you could mount a few in that room to get direct view of each side.
Now that I'm saying this, you could even implement a CCTV system and create logins for remote viewing capabilities. The recording would be taken care of as well. Benefit would be a bit less setup each time you needed to get a live stream going but from systems I've used the recording only works in shorter file sizes so a single continuous file for the session may be an issue.
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Great, definitely some things here to look at.
I really think the actually streaming function (with proper security an recording) is really the piece I am looking to recommendations on. Seems like almost any moderate quality webcam will do what I need.
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@larsen161 said:
I used to stream live company meetings via something like a Logitech C920 HD camera hooked up to a MacBook Pro and using YouTube Live. You can create a private stream with this and it's automatically recorded plus live collaboration features if people are in multiple locations.
Is the YouTube live free?
I can seem to find any pricing on it anywhere, and other streaming services seem to be crazy expensive.
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@BRRABill said:
Is the YouTube live free?
I can seem to find any pricing on it anywhere, and other streaming services seem to be crazy expensive.
Yes. Works great if you're a Google Apps customer.
If not, you can create a Google account using your corporate email without having to create a Gmail account. It may give you access to this. There are some services that require the Gmail account (Hangouts for example does not work with this type of account). signup without gmail
Or, if you have a gmail account already and want to use your corporate email with it just add it to the alternate emails so that if someone shares or adds you using your corp email it will work automatically in google services. As a Google Apps for Work user I often share docs with non-GApps customers and they request access using their Gmail account which causes confusion sometime as to who is who. This solves this type of situation.
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@larsen161 said:
@BRRABill said:
Is the YouTube live free?
I can seem to find any pricing on it anywhere, and other streaming services seem to be crazy expensive.
Yes. Works great if you're a Google Apps customer.
If not, you can create a Google account using your corporate email without having to create a Gmail account. It may give you access to this. There are some services that require the Gmail account (Hangouts for example does not work with this type of account). signup without gmail
Or, if you have a gmail account already and want to use your corporate email with it just add it to the alternate emails so that if someone shares or adds you using your corp email it will work automatically in google services. As a Google Apps for Work user I often share docs with non-GApps customers and they request access using their Gmail account which causes confusion sometime as to who is who. This solves this type of situation.
This focus groups will probably be 2+ hours in length. I'm amazed they don't have any sort of storage limits or pay-for type services.
I think I'm going to record myself for 2 hours just to see if it works. I'll invite everyone to watch in.
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Well, I think I am all set for my focus groups.
Ended up just having to record video, not stream, which makes things easier.
I am down to two programs, that record in different formats. Is either one better over the other?
.MKV
or
..MP4???????
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@BRRABill said in Video Camera Recommendation:
Well, I think I am all set for my focus groups.
Ended up just having to record video, not stream, which makes things easier.
I am down to two programs, that record in different formats. Is either one better over the other?
.MKV
or
..MP4???????
So long as you can edit the video, have enough drive space, and drives fast enough to keep up with the video feed, should be A-OK.
Even old fashioned hard drives perform well enough today to ingest video feeds. Back in 2006 it was a big deal for the drives to never drop under 75Mb/sec for a live video switcher I dealt with. I think even a 2.5" 5400 rpm laptop drive can handle that today!
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@travisdh1 said
So long as you can edit the video, have enough drive space, and drives fast enough to keep up with the video feed, should be A-OK.
Even old fashioned hard drives perform well enough today to ingest video feeds. Back in 2006 it was a big deal for the drives to never drop under 75Mb/sec for a live video switcher I dealt with. I think even a 2.5" 5400 rpm laptop drive can handle that today!
Are either of those formats more accepted? Or are they basically interchangeable?
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@BRRABill said in Video Camera Recommendation:
@travisdh1 said
So long as you can edit the video, have enough drive space, and drives fast enough to keep up with the video feed, should be A-OK.
Even old fashioned hard drives perform well enough today to ingest video feeds. Back in 2006 it was a big deal for the drives to never drop under 75Mb/sec for a live video switcher I dealt with. I think even a 2.5" 5400 rpm laptop drive can handle that today!
Are either of those formats more accepted? Or are they basically interchangeable?
I bet you didn't know you were opening a whole other can of worms with that question! The codec used is generally more important than the file type. Basically, check to make sure you can edit a short clip, anything more will require more information (what codec and bit rate do they use?)
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@travisdh1 said
I bet you didn't know you were opening a whole other can of worms with that question! The codec used is generally more important than the file type. Basically, check to make sure you can edit a short clip, anything more will require more information (what codec and bit rate do they use?)
What do you mean, edit?
This is just to send to a client, so there should be no editing required, but I'm always curious to learn new stuff.
