We're trying something new
Posted 05-03-2008 at 11:14 PM by Bob_McMillen
A month ago I asked our Scott, our service manager, if he would purchase a video editing system.
We record all our radio shows in our studio, which is located in our office, but I wanted to add video to our show.
We started recording our radio show using a mini DV camcorder made by Sony a few months ago. It worked out pretty well but after posting it online it seemed kind of boring just watching two guys talk for an hour while sitting at a table (despite our witty banter).
So now, to try something new, I decided to add shorter videos with specific topics we could post on multiple video sharing websites. The video needs to be under 10 minutes to comply with for their rules.
I thought it would be fun to teach basic hacking skills as well as repair skills that could be done in just a few minutes.
The hacking skills would not be teaching any new secrets, but it would present them in a fun way for people to see. Rather than creating a whole new generation of hackers I think it would more likely scare small business owners and people who own Wireless Networks in their home to begin to secure their networks against real hackers. It's really not that difficult to keep people out, but it does take an effort.
I have also seen and heard many stories of PC repair that have given a black eye to our industry. I thought it would be a good idea to show some of those traps that people get caught up in when trying to get their computer repaired by unscrupulous repair companies. In order to do this I needed to not only video myself speaking about these issues, but I also needed to show people what was on my computer.
This is where the video editor comes in. The editor will allow my producer to switch back and forth between me speaking on video and what my computer is actually doing. The only problem is most computers and laptops were unable to synchronize the video when we tried this. Finally we successfully used my Acer laptop wth S video output. It utilizes Windows XP professional and was made for multimedia.
None of the vista computers worked, and only this one Windows XP Computer worked out of four we tried. It was quite surprising.
I will report back once we start posting the videos next week. It should be a lot of fun.
We record all our radio shows in our studio, which is located in our office, but I wanted to add video to our show.
We started recording our radio show using a mini DV camcorder made by Sony a few months ago. It worked out pretty well but after posting it online it seemed kind of boring just watching two guys talk for an hour while sitting at a table (despite our witty banter).
So now, to try something new, I decided to add shorter videos with specific topics we could post on multiple video sharing websites. The video needs to be under 10 minutes to comply with for their rules.
I thought it would be fun to teach basic hacking skills as well as repair skills that could be done in just a few minutes.
The hacking skills would not be teaching any new secrets, but it would present them in a fun way for people to see. Rather than creating a whole new generation of hackers I think it would more likely scare small business owners and people who own Wireless Networks in their home to begin to secure their networks against real hackers. It's really not that difficult to keep people out, but it does take an effort.
I have also seen and heard many stories of PC repair that have given a black eye to our industry. I thought it would be a good idea to show some of those traps that people get caught up in when trying to get their computer repaired by unscrupulous repair companies. In order to do this I needed to not only video myself speaking about these issues, but I also needed to show people what was on my computer.
This is where the video editor comes in. The editor will allow my producer to switch back and forth between me speaking on video and what my computer is actually doing. The only problem is most computers and laptops were unable to synchronize the video when we tried this. Finally we successfully used my Acer laptop wth S video output. It utilizes Windows XP professional and was made for multimedia.
None of the vista computers worked, and only this one Windows XP Computer worked out of four we tried. It was quite surprising.
I will report back once we start posting the videos next week. It should be a lot of fun.
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