January 11, 2018
By: Todd Stabley
One of the oft-cited feature requests we've received for Warpwire since we began running it at Duke in 2014 is the ability for asset owners to download their media files from the system. With Warpwire 2.2.3, which we launched on...
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December 18, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
As the expectations of classroom and meeting space AV changes over time, so too must the approach of delivering advanced AV systems for teaching and learning environments. The Sanford School of Public Policy (SSPP), in collaboration with Duke Office of...
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December 6, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
I've been doing some research into inexpensive portable lighting kits and wondering if anyone has discovered a killer solution for attaching lights to the top of a laptop or that can sit on a desktop and illumine someone's face at...
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November 15, 2017
By: Devon Henry
Since I’ve been in a few classes touching on the topic of affordable/user-friendly equipment for video-making laymen, I like to look out for equipment that fits that bill. So again, here’s another kickstarter for some equipment. The ROV Camera Slider...
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November 14, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Today, Crestron's Ryan Berndt visited Duke's Technology Engagement Center (TEC) and provided a detailed overview their new NVX network-based encoder/decoder hardware, other 2017 offerings, and the ongoing benefits of the A+ Education Partner Program. The session centered around the Crestron DM-NVX-350....
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November 9, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
One of the best aspects of my position at Duke is that I have the honor of testing a wide range of AV devices to see how they might fit within our enterprise academic environment, and share that information with...
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By: Richard Mitchell
The AV-focused Halloween Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC) session on networking and security highlighted just how complex the AV ecosystem has become. As mentioned in the session, ten years ago, networking and security weren't a primary consideration when commissioning an...
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November 6, 2017
By: Devon Henry
I always like coming across free stuff. Videvo.net is a completely free to use site that has a library of watermark-free stock footage. Videvo is pretty cool because you dont even necessarily have to register to use it, let alone...
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October 26, 2017
By: Stephen Toback
OIT Media Technologies has been following a company called Matterport for a couple of years. They have packaged a camera/service focused on the real estate market to allow agents to create pretty astounding VR walk throughs of properties. Due to...
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October 10, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
I’m always a little surprised when an inexpensive piece of AV that I’ve been secretly lusting after actually delivers on the audio and video goodness I seek. Elgato was nice enough to send us a demo unit of their Cam Link that I...
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