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Monday, November 17, 2008

Note to Self 3 - CodeMash Screen Casting Options

I've been learning a lot about Screencasting this week...

  • I've updated my podcasting links at http://delicious.com/dwhawley/podcasting with a couple of new items.
  • I reviewed a couple of USB devices to capture video and audio (USB 28000D DVD Maker and the Diamond VC500 One Touch Video Capture Device) and I wasn't happy with any of the reviews. This really seemed to be the simplest avenue but seems to be a dead-end.
  • The solution I'm searching for assumes that I'll only have laptops available. There are a lot of video capture cards out there for a desktop machine but I'm avoiding this one for now.
  • I like the VNC option the best, but a major problem with this is that we'll need to rely on speakers installing something on their machine. Jason Follas pointed this out to me and he's right. I think the only way to resolve this is ask the community. If they don't like the solution I'll know to keep looking. Besides, someone might have a really good idea.
  • Jing is cool. Jay Wren gave me quick demo earlier today and I was impressed with it's simplicity. One of the things that I really like about Jing is it's social spirit. I was looking at Camtasia, another offering by TechSmith , but I think Jing may be a better fit.

1 Comments:

  • If you want a solution that doesn't require a speaker install, then I would suggest the Pinnacle video transfer device ($100). It allows you to capture video without a PC. Hook the composite video out from the projector to the pinnacle device and connect a flash drive or usb hard drive to the device and it will give you one touch recording.
    http://tinyurl.com/3afctu

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Mon Nov 17, 12:03:00 PM  

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