The Promise of Podcasting MENC Music Education Week June 21, 2009 Presented by Elizabeth Fritz and Susan Thomas THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Creating Video Podcasts Choose your editing software iMovie (for the Mac - requires Firewire Connection) Windows Movie Maker (for PCs - will accept USB connection) Flip Video Proprietary Video (Require Flip Video camera) Choose your camera - look for external microphone jack for best quality sound Mini DV Camcorder Mini DVD Camcorder Hard Drive Camcorder Flip Video THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Creating Video Podcasts

Choose your editing software

iMovie (for the Mac - requires Firewire Connection)

Windows Movie Maker (for PCs - will accept USB connection)

Flip Video Proprietary Video (Require Flip Video camera)

Choose your camera - look for external microphone jack for best quality sound

Mini DV Camcorder

Mini DVD Camcorder

Hard Drive Camcorder

Flip Video

Mini DV Camcorder Mini DV tapes can be reused Easy editing - video is saved in DV AVI format Mini DVD Camcorder Convenient - DVDs when finalized can be played in commercial DVD player . Difficult to extract video footage for editing External software program such as Handbrake or Cinematize Extraction very time consuming Difficult editing - video is saved in MPEG2 format THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Mini DV Camcorder

Mini DV tapes can be reused

Easy editing - video is saved in DV AVI format

Mini DVD Camcorder

Convenient - DVDs when finalized can be played in commercial DVD player .

Difficult to extract video footage for editing

External software program such as Handbrake or Cinematize

Extraction very time consuming

Difficult editing - video is saved in MPEG2 format

Hard Drive Camcorder No need for external media Difficult editing - video is saved in MPEG2 format Flip Video Simple to use . Video is saved in MPEG-4/AVI format Proprietary software, which comes with the camera, is used for rudimentary editing. Video can be exported in .wmv (Windows) or .mov (Mac) format for further editing. Very good sound from internal microphone Camera only holds 1-2 hours of video Little zoom capability THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Hard Drive Camcorder

No need for external media

Difficult editing - video is saved in MPEG2 format

Flip Video

Simple to use . Video is saved in MPEG-4/AVI format

Proprietary software, which comes with the camera, is used for rudimentary editing.

Video can be exported in .wmv (Windows) or .mov (Mac) format for further editing.

Very good sound from internal microphone

Camera only holds 1-2 hours of video

Little zoom capability

Controlling video file size is the biggest challenge in creating video podcasts. Longer movies may have to be split into segments. Experiment with different settings for export to find a good compromise between file size and video quality. THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Useful Links iMovie Tutorial: http://www.apple. com/ilife/tutorials/ #imovie Windows Movie Maker Tutorial: http://www. microsoft . com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default .mspx If, or more likely when, you need to convert your finished movie from one format to another, http://www.zamzar.com/ offers free file conversion. THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

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