November 14, 2012
By: Todd Stabley
Streaming Media West is an industry conference focused on online video and held in October/ November in California every year since the late 90’s. I attended Streaming Media West twice before, but this is the first year I’ve been a...
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November 1, 2012
By: tbf@duke.edu
If you have an existing HD videoconferencing room or a Telepresence System, you very likely have the ability to use it as a production facility and connect to places like CNN, CBS and ESPN to participate in interviews or deliver your message....
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By: Michael Faber
We've been playing with a new piece of software in the MPS this semester - Screenflow. Initially, we purchased it as a solution for recording video + screen sources in the MPS Recording and Conferencing Room, but it's turned out...
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October 17, 2012
By: Todd Stabley
The new line of GoPro HD cameras was announced today, and it's sure to make a huge splash among those interested in capturing sports and action footage. The cameras are quite a bit smaller than previous models, and have some...
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By: Todd Stabley
Many of you have asked whether it is possible to restrict Panopto recordings to all Duke NetID holders. The answer is yes. There are 6 over-arching groups we can use to essentially encompass everyone with a Duke NetID. The link...
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October 16, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Pretty cool new wi-fi webcam from Logitech. Techspot.com has a nice write-up on it. There are a lot potential use cases for something like this. At this time it works on the Mac OS and iOS only and Logitech claims...
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October 11, 2012
By: Todd Stabley
One of the reasons Duke chose Panopto in 2010 after a project comparing leading enterprise capture tools was Panopto's extensive search capabilities. These include the ability to search for any text used as part of a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation,...
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September 26, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
OIT-ITS purchased the Epson MG-850HD projector a few months ago with the hopes of using it paired with an Apple iOS device (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch) to do video conferencing. The projector features a charging dock connector that supports...
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September 24, 2012
By: Stephen Toback
We've been experimenting with ways to bring content into video conferences in a more interactive way. Using television production equipment gives us the ability to superimpose and position content in more interesting ways than traditional picture in picture. We took...
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September 20, 2012
By: Todd Stabley
Those of you broadcasting via Duke's Wowza Media Server might want to note that v. 4.2 was released on 9/20. It offers support for Mountain Lion, for streaming with H.264 High Profile (which should provide higher quality), support for 1080p, and for...
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