[SGVLUG] Quick recap of tonight's meeting

Matthew Campbell dvdmatt at gmail.com
Tue Dec 18 12:05:17 PST 2012


Line level can drive efficient headphones, give that a quick try before
complicating the project. ;)

Matt
 On Dec 18, 2012 11:58 AM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:51:30 -0800, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>
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> > Many cameras have an audio monitor jack and audio VU meters.  Check your
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> > manual.
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> Ah, you're right Matt.  It has a breakout A/V cable from some funky
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> pseudo-USB connector.
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> Apparently no VU meter unfortunately.
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> Now I just need to amp that from line level to a pair of headphones or a
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> meter.  Is there anything portable off-the-shelf and _cheap_ that will do
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> that, or should I break out the breadboard and the LM386?
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> -braddock
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> > Matt
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> >  On Dec 17, 2012 9:30 AM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com>
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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.
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> >> > 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
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> >> with
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> >> > the experts on the mailing list on an appropriate setup to save us
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> 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 -
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> 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
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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
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> >> 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
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> my
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> >> new camera.
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> >> -braddock
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