Done it! I’ve managed to use the Nokia N93 to capture, record and publish video which is good enough for broadcast on TV as well as the web. OK, what I’ve made is only ten seconds long, to work around ShoZu’s 4MB upload limit, but it worked. Here’s the clip on YouTube and here it is on Blink.tv. (These two links should launch in a new browser window.) (GM 2017: Blink TV changed its terms of service, so this has now been removed from that platform.) The only kind of editing I’ve managed on the Nokia so far is to mark new In and Out points on video clips and…
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Using a mobile phone to tell a story
The three production phases on mobile are: 1. capture easiest of the three, but the author needs to decide which forms to adopt 2. edit (a) on the phone, limited scope but it’s possible to mark ins and outs on clips and assemble them on the phone. (b) on computer. Technical issues include formats, conversion, standards, etc. 3. publication (a) ftp via 3G connection using software like ShoZu or MobyExplorer to private ftp server, blip.tv, YouTube, etc. (b) via lead, card reader, wireless or bluetooth to a computer connected to the internet. Vloggers have been doing this for years, of course. What’s changing is the video quality on phones like…
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VideoForum07
I had an interesting day in VideoForum 2007 at London’s Earl Court on Tuesday. Here are three products/newsbytes that may be of interest to digital storytellers: 1. Edirol R09 portable audio recorder looks ace. When I chose the M-Audio Microtrack, Edirol’s products could only capture audio at 44.1k and I needed 48k, because this is the native rate for audio for DV video. What the R09 seems to offer above the Microtrack is a more robust built-in microphone, replaceable battery and the chance to add reverb at the point of recording, which may be useful if you’re recording music. There’s a discussion, camparing the two at thesession.org 2. Adbobe Soundbooth.…