[SGVLUG] Quick recap of tonight's meeting

[Braddock Gaskill]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:51:30 -0800, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Many cameras have an audio monitor jack and audio VU meters.  Check your
> manual.

Ah, you're right Matt.  It has a breakout A/V cable from some funky
pseudo-USB connector.

Apparently no VU meter unfortunately.

Now I just need to amp that from line level to a pair of headphones or a
meter.  Is there anything portable off-the-shelf and _cheap_ that will do
that, or should I break out the breadboard and the LM386?

-braddock

> 
> 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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>> with
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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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