[SGVLUG] Quick recap of tonight's meeting

[Matthew Campbell]

Many cameras have an audio monitor jack and audio VU meters.  Check your
manual.

Matt
 On Dec 17, 2012 9:30 AM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:42:35 -0800 (PST), Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com>
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> wrote:
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> > My video is in AVCHD format and chewed up about 7 GB on my SD card.  Let
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> > me know if you can deal with that or even with MTS files.   I  won't
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> have
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> > any time in the next week or so to fuss about video conversions and
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> > transcoding.
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> Maybe I can copy it at the next HAK meeting.
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> > PS If we want to be serious about recording and posting SGVLUG
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> > presentations to the web, we may need to be more organized and consult
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> > the experts on the mailing list on an appropriate setup to save us this
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> > pain in the future.
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> I'm pretty certain that the audio failure comes from operator error - the
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> mic wasn't turned on.  I had tested it just before the presentation by
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> recording and playing back and it was working at that time.  Either I
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> turned it off before handing it to David, or it was accidentally turned off
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> when David put it on.
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> I need to devise a way to monitor what the mic is outputting through
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> headphones so that I can confirm it is working. Any ideas short of building
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> a small splitter/amp circuit?
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> I'm still considering recording meetings as just a fun experiment with my
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> new camera.
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> -braddock
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