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Monday, June 26, 2006
Video: Recording a Skype call with a “mix-minus” setup
I’ve been wanting to produce a short video so I can use the Click.TV service. I’m working on the launch of Click.TV as a blogger relations coordinator, but I figure if I’m evangelizing the product, I damn well ought to use it. But I’m no video producer and couldn’t figure out what I could use as a video. Last year’s vacation? My mom may want to watch that; you certainly don’t!
Then, last week, I got yet another request for details on how I record a Skype call without the person on the other end of the line hearing his or her voice echo back at them. I’ve written up this detailed explanation several times (I know, I know; I should save it and just copy-and-paste). But it occurred to me that a video is something that’s easier to follow and I can just point to it whenever the question arises. So I got my son, Benjamin, to use a basic Sony DV video camera to record the explanation and Pinnacle Studio 8 to edit it. I saved it as an AVI file, then used some cheap shareware to convert the AVI to the FLV (Flash) format Click.TV requires. Next, I uploaded the FLV file to my server, then visited Click.TV, where I brought the video into the service and added my time code-based, searchable comments.
I reiterate, I’m not a video producer and my son isn’t a cameraman. I have no intention of jumping into the vlogging space. Audio podcasting works just fine for me (especially given that I have a face made for radio)! But here’s the result of my effort…
UPDATE: I’ve just enabled visitor comments and am looking forward to seeing how well it works!