I've been tasked with filming a series of seated "talking head" interviews using my DSLRs. What's the best way to create a minimal audio setup that will have acceptable quality, be reasonably easy to set up on location and to edit the final results, and also be reasonably cost-effective?
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posted by DaShiv
on May 3, 2013 -
9 answers
Would the addition of a decent graphics card turn my workaday PC into a competent NLE workstation?
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posted by run"monty
on Apr 24, 2013 -
1 answer
My graduate research has recently headed in a video-heavy direction, which makes the ol' poster presentation format somewhat challenging. I'd like to have a thin screen or tablet to hold — or better yet, mount — where I can easily play a number of videos. What's my best option?
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posted by you're a kitty!
on Apr 23, 2013 -
5 answers
What is an inexpensive hardware and software configuration that would allow someone to stream a handful of channels of live TV to 50-100 computers, accessing these on demand?
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posted by Bathtub Bobsled
on Apr 20, 2013 -
17 answers
Does anyone have an recommendations for good video editing or film making seminars? I've got a pretty good background in filming and editing, but, looking to expand my knowledge and have a budget. Can be anywhere in the lower 48 states.
posted by trbrts
on Apr 18, 2013 -
3 answers
I am looking for an online service in which a group of volunteers could use to transcribe an audio or video file into text. Is there anything that will allow 10-15 volunteers to simultaneously log in and do this?
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posted by perpetualstroll
on Apr 16, 2013 -
3 answers
I've decided to start posting my music on youtube... performed live. I'm looking to improve the cinematography with an automated slider / jib that could produce a movement
like this on its own:
Does anyone know how I can do this on a budget?
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posted by audio
on Apr 16, 2013 -
4 answers
A month or two ago I saw a video someone had made of an exchange they had with a customer at work. The video had two cutesy CGI dog-like animals talking with very basic gestures and motions. It googled the watermark in the corner of the video and it took me to the site the guy had used to create the video. The name was four letters long but it wasn't a real word. There were multiple themes or scenes you could select, enter dialog, etc. Most of the themes were very cutesy- animals, flowers, etc. The speech seemed to be rendered by some typical voice-to-text software as it was very flat with no inflection. Overall it was a pretty easy to use website.
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posted by _DB_
on Apr 16, 2013 -
4 answers
Is there a Bob Ross of coding? I'm looking for a particular style of educational video which shows developers working through problems. It should include a voice over describing what they are trying to accomplish. It should also show the types of decisions they are making as they work through the problem.
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posted by quadog
on Apr 14, 2013 -
8 answers
Starting from scratch (as it were), if I'm going to go out and buy a new cable to connect my laptop to my monitor, what cable should I ideally go looking for?
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posted by segatakai
on Apr 12, 2013 -
9 answers
If you had, say, $2K to spend on a system optimized to convert a variety of legacy video formats to h.264-encoded mp4's, what would you get?
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posted by Zed
on Apr 11, 2013 -
13 answers
I've got home video in a number of formats that I'm trying to convert to play on my PS3. I have a Very Large NAS with integrated UPnP server (a version of Twonky), so I'm not looking for a new way to stream the data. I've got Handbrake 0.9.8 for OS X, which doesn't (appear to) have a preset for the PS3. I've dug around a little bit, but every set of settings I've found either results in data the PS3 won't read, or video that's more artifacted than I expected (common symptom - horizontal striping when things move). Anyone have a good set of parameters to transcode to something the PS3 can use?
posted by hanov3r
on Apr 10, 2013 -
10 answers
I just purchased an underpowered computer to experiment further with remote desktops.
Ideally I'd like to be able to use a remote desktop technology to stream HD video from the remote server, play a game on the client that's rendered on the more powerful server, and to have a local user work on the remote serving computer while another account on the server is being accessed remotely by the thin client.
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posted by jsturgill
on Apr 10, 2013 -
12 answers
Is there a program that will do what I'm imagining?
Import a video.
Automatically pick tracking points in the video and track their 2D movement.
Output tracking data in a text format that I'll be able to import into other programs.
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posted by RobotHero
on Apr 8, 2013 -
9 answers
I need a better audio setup for a projector in a conference room for a non-profit with no budget. Seriously: we're poor.
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posted by Fnarf
on Mar 28, 2013 -
28 answers
Help me find the perfect laptop. Video/Windows 7/Video+photo editing/Reasonably speedy/SSD+Hard Drive/Bulletproof
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posted by sully75
on Mar 28, 2013 -
5 answers
A con I help run has video art programming which we'd like to stream to people who cannot attend the convention. However, the infrastructure for livestreaming at this venue is prohibitively restrictive. Hence I'm looking for a service that would allow me to upload, say, an mp4 and schedule when it would begin streaming.
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posted by AbsoluteDestiny
on Mar 26, 2013 -
3 answers
Is there something like Google Hangout that allows for larger numbers of participants? Particularly in a one-to-many classroom-type setup rather than an all-way conversation.
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posted by pete_22
on Mar 26, 2013 -
5 answers
Anyone have suggestions for video games that do a great job of immersing you in sci-fi (ideally alien) worlds?
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posted by mysticreferee
on Mar 24, 2013 -
28 answers
I want to have a very lightweight camera that has no wires, but sends a video feed to an android device. I want to mount it on a telescoping pole for close-up inspection of stained glass windows. I do restoration and repair of stained glass for my living. So it would be great to be able to use a camera on a pole to do assessments onsite without ladders or scaffolding.
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posted by yesster
on Mar 24, 2013 -
9 answers
Looking for videos to create a youtube playlist to entertain a group of science-minded teenagers for about 30 min that are largely visual. Sound is fine but the bulk shouldn't be someone talking to the class like an instructor - visualizations are best - ideally they should look really, really cool. Class is engineering focused, but chemistry, robotics, wobbly bridges, comp-sci, biology, are all welcome.
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posted by The Whelk
on Mar 24, 2013 -
6 answers
I'm thinking of a music video by a Japanese rock band that starts with a long tracking shot of a huge guitar effects pedal chain. I know it is an amazing song but I can't for the life of me recall the name.
posted by mhjb
on Mar 24, 2013 -
3 answers
What was the name of a 90s game where you try to find a rabbit in a theme park world?
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posted by Submiqent
on Mar 20, 2013 -
5 answers
I need to download video from a jwplayer site. Looks like all the suggestions online require you to be a novice coder. I'm not. I just want this one video downloaded and all the normal Chrome or Firefox extensions don't work. Not even RealPlayer. Anyone care to advise. Here's the site. http://bit.ly/11blqJI
Windows here if it makes a difference. Though I can access a Mac if need be.
posted by caveatz
on Mar 19, 2013 -
3 answers
Any HD video files i try to play stutter horribly on my new computer, and just generally play inconsistently and in a not-smooth fashion. I've tried almost everything...
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posted by emptythought
on Mar 14, 2013 -
19 answers
There is an awesome machine at my gym that lets you hook up your iPod and watch videos on a little screen while you're doing cardio. I'd like to find a couple of good video podcasts to start watching as motivation to go more often and to keep me there. Audio podcast tastes and other interests inside.
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posted by jorlyfish
on Mar 6, 2013 -
6 answers
I saw
this cool demonstration of grace and balance on YouTube and now I want more. From the context, it looks like the 2013 champion of a Japanese TV Asahi show called
Kamiwaza. If this is the champion, you'd think there'd be a dozen or two other performers who weren't quite as awesome as this, but were awesome enough to be worth watching. Google and YouTube don't seem to know much, though. (Although I did learn that Kamizawa is also a PS2 game and apparently a
Polish cosmetic brand.)
Can anyone tell me more about the show? How long has it been running on Japanese TV? Where can I see more?
posted by Jasper Fnorde
on Mar 5, 2013 -
4 answers
Groupon and Dropbox used to have great 2 minute animated videos on their sites explaining how their products worked, the problem they solved, and why you should get it. (On Groupon I am talking about the Groupon Works site where they try to get businesses to sign up.)
I went to go look at these today-- I am trying to write a script for a short video explaining a product I am building-- Uggg, these cool videos have been replaced by a sales page with no video. What does it all mean??
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posted by limitedpie
on Mar 4, 2013 -
17 answers
I'm looking for music videos that include an image of a Big Muff guitar pedal or songs that definitely include the use of a Big Muff on the track.
posted by drezdn
on Mar 2, 2013 -
9 answers
I'm trying to track down a viral fashion video that featured a model in a meadow of flowers at golden hour, with a wind machine following her gestures, flattening the grass and flowers. I can't remember what it was advertising — maybe perfume?
posted by sixswitch
on Feb 27, 2013 -
3 answers
I remember an RPG... I think it was for DOS or Windows. It was a kind of puzzle/mystery genre game, and it was like all video? Like your character walking around was sort of a mortal kombat video captured sprite walking around realistic (also kind of grainy video-y) backgrounds. The main character was a woman, I think she was asian, pretty sure she had long black hair. Can you identify the game?
posted by signsofrain
on Feb 26, 2013 -
7 answers
Been looking for this video for a while
My wife several years ago saw an episode of Oprah where Jon Secada was on. They were reviewing a video of where Jon was singing and ended up falling in a hole.
I would love to find the video because it cracks her up to watch.
Can anyone find a link?
posted by jseven
on Feb 26, 2013 -
2 answers
On the heels of my
request for lectures, are there any services out there that would let me queue up videos and then download them to my phone, Instapaper style, for watching on the train?
posted by aeighty
on Feb 26, 2013 -
8 answers
I have an extreme aversion to video chatting. I'm not looking to AskMeFi to fix that. I'm just looking for help in: 1. setting my iPhone 4 so I'm not invitable to FaceTime (it's too easy to accidentally hit the "accept/answer" button), optimally while maintaining the ability to invite others (in case of some sort of emergency need), and 2. figuring out how to make audio-only Skype calls (incoming and outgoing) using my iPhone's SKype or Skype-WI-FI app.
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posted by Quisp Lover
on Feb 25, 2013 -
6 answers
I've been tasked with creating YouTube-quality videos using clips generated by the screen capture software applications (
Camtasia and
Snapz Pro X. I have to bring these clips into Adobe Premiere for editing and to add titles and audio. I can't get my head around the various resolutions at play here and how best to match them up, so rather than more rambling narrative let me ask a few direct questions;
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posted by Jamesonian
on Feb 25, 2013 -
4 answers
Is there a Mac application available to convert .mp4 files to AVCHD format? I'm trying to load videos on a USB stick to play on my blu-ray player. It is a Panasonic DMP-BD65. I seem to be running into the problem discussed in
this thread, but the conversion software listed does not appear to have a Mac version and I can't seem to Google up a mac converter to do the same thing. Is there any way for me to make this happen?
posted by Drinky Die
on Feb 21, 2013 -
10 answers
Trying to find out copyright information on 20 year old game. (more below)
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posted by gb77
on Feb 20, 2013 -
19 answers
I'm trying to remember an old gold mining video game (probably mid to late 80s). I think it was dos. It was similar to Miner VGA, but after playing that a few times it was definitely not that game.
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posted by fimbulvetr
on Feb 17, 2013 -
7 answers
Hello,
I was hoping that someone could name the turn-based space strategy game I played as a demo on my PC back around 1995. I offer these sketchy details:
--it was a turn-based game where you piloted and battled using one or more spaceships
--the game offered the intriguing feature of allowing you to design new spaceships
--I remember learning the word "chassis" from the game, since you could choose what type of chassis you wanted in ship design, among other choices
--the GUI was predominantly a gray-colored menu with text and options that you could interact with using the mouse, along with some more-or-less static images of planets and spaceships
--I don't recall much in the way of storyline or even characters
--I think you didn't see faces of characters much at all, or much of them otherwise.
Thank you for trying to help me penetrate the obscurity.
posted by Perifferol
on Feb 17, 2013 -
18 answers
Can I use polarizing filters with two aligned video projectors to make a 3D image that then can be viewed with Real3d / IMAX polarized eye-glasses?
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posted by shipbreaker
on Feb 15, 2013 -
5 answers
Help me find non-boring media that wraps you in a warm (or fierce) blanket of compassion or simply leaves you with a sense of gentle warmth, safety, or contentment?
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posted by zeek321
on Feb 15, 2013 -
57 answers
I would like to know which program is a really good one to record Skype calls. I have tried some but not sure which one to purchase. Maybe you could recommend a free one.
posted by VincentLee
on Feb 15, 2013 -
10 answers
Looking for a recommendation for any free video conversion software programs...
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posted by dbirchum
on Feb 12, 2013 -
7 answers
My creative brain is itching to try my hand at recording and making a short video of sorts ... and I'm looking for ideas!
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posted by mistermc
on Feb 7, 2013 -
2 answers
I'm making some videos for the internet on a very low budget and am having trouble finding a suitable camera. I need something a step up from a webcam or a Flip HD.
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posted by brenton
on Feb 6, 2013 -
3 answers
There's a particular Police concert video that I'm seeking. Does anyone know which concert I'm describing?
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posted by germdisco
on Jan 31, 2013 -
9 answers
Please recommend movies that view coherently with the sound off. The example that I offer is 'Cast Away,' which, even during the book-ends of its series of scenes that have dialogue, every last minute point of film's exposition is conveyed through blocking, apparent emotions, and, obviously, action.
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posted by herbplarfegan
on Jan 30, 2013 -
50 answers
If I was to go from zero to learning one tool/software for professional 2d video animation and editing (creating simple animation/transitions and splicing live/animated content) what should it be?
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posted by DaftMythic
on Jan 28, 2013 -
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