CREW Recording
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009CREW being used at the UoM HS research meeting 10th March 2009
Items:
- Far left Meik Poschen is adding live annotation; comments and slide captions on his iPhone (VPN connection to the wi-fi system)
- Left laptop is connected by a cable to the front computer recording the projected video stream – ppt and mouse movements etc. Controlled by Andrew Rowley.
- This laptop is also connected to the wireless mic (silver and black boxes on top of each other). This records the audio. The speaker is on the front desk and captures sound from a wide range of angles.
- Camera on tripod is also connected to the left laptop and is recording the video view of the speaker. Only one camera is being used in this case.
- My laptop, a slow Dell, on the right is just annotating the event – and is using a simple wi-fi connection. The screen shows the simple and easy to use (large buttons) interface lauchable from any browser, for audience live annotation.
- Live annotation is also being recorded from the left laptop – also wi-fi connected.
The complete setup took about 20-25 mins to fix and test for this single camera system. Also, this version of the CREW kit is relatively portable as shown by Meik Poschen – who can hold it easily in one hand (even one finger) – laptops separate but there was room in the rucksack.
There was minimal interference with the host, speaker or audience – and hopefully all the extra information results in useful research-connections. And slightly quicker to pack away.
