SWITCHcast User Manual
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1. License Click on Save Let s get started by opening the Recorder you ve just installed Choose the icon to create a new channel Login with your AAI credentials Choose a meaningful name for your channel E g the name of your lecture or the title of the event to be recorded Choose a discipline and define the access rights for the spectators Public accessible to everyone Federation accessible to all members of the SWITCHaa federation i e all Swiss Universities Organisation accessible only to members of your own university Click on next If you like you can add your own logo here Click on next Accept the Service Conditions and select the test checkbox if it is just for testing Click on next Your channel will be created If you go to Go to my channels it will show up in your list If you want to extend the producer rights to someone else click on the lock Find the person you are looking for and activate the checkboxes Lecture ugs VGA cable r VGA cable a VGA Splitter Projector VGA cable Presenter Epiphan USB cable audio cable or wireless Firewire cable Streaming Mac 23 audio cable XLR HIFI Camera to record speaker 1 Recording Record an event Click on the SWITCHcast symbol under Applications to start the software Click on the icon to import the channel you have created Login with your A2. MPEG4 VBR MP3 Go to your channels O Select the channel where you want to upload your movie Click on the icon and Browse to search for the movie on your hard disk Click on Upload If no more changes are necessary for your movie you can automatically export and publish it by clicking the checkbox Auto publish If you want to edit your movie please read the next two chapters for more information on this matter The recording will be added to your channels If you go back to the website and select the active channels it will show up in the list of recordings SWITCH gt cast SWITCH gt cast A Paola Wieting gout Org admin wee Admin wen Aa Paola Wieting Channels Channels Active Ache Test io 4217 Test CH Meeting 2009 a u KT Expired IFB ee Ganzen a Create new a Bobstics Test Expened e Create m r Accepted files Taipe Amy Quick Tima fle having at least one awdio o video track F ree ott 5 ram er oganikali n j al F B Information The file mant be reedebte by QuickTime without the Ben of any third party components Muoned forenais for inglange MPEG Mund are currentiy mst Technical regquinemer s ugs Techr kal reqQurernents Tai tutdi Information Gownisads Gownlosda Dooamentsion Best practice Condition Movie te upleed Events Miners ivieting Library App Browse Uaerfanam 28 00 2000 Mena infoday 03 02 2009 Werkshep 22 08 2008 ee Infoda
3. video if no slides are available If you prefer a different picture drag the slider to a different position and click on the camera icon to create a new chapter image This picture will be shown in the chapters overview of the produced version Save your changes Hint To set your chapter precisely where you wont you can move the slider with the arrows keys on your keyboard This allows you to skip from frame to frame 10 In the cropping tab You can crop your slides Do you have a black Se ee eee border that bothers you Is there a part of the Wie wird man Org Admin screen you do not want to show to your audience You can cut away the parts of your slides you wish Antrag via E Mail an caabaungor lwe ch ch to hide Mit folgenden Angaben Vorameg Nachname Move the slider to the slide you wish to edit SER Click on the and change the cropping area by ee rn omas ER dragging the corners accordingly The light area Scored ae indicates the part of the slide that will be shown Tor of une Kurzteachemiung Link To move the whole cropping rectangle around within the slide drag the in the middle Repeat this step if necessary The change will only take effect in the slides which are within the selected part of the timeline You will see the result only after publishing the clip The active area will be enlarged to fit inside the slides video If the aspect ratio differs the remaining border will be filled wi
4. 15 17 2 4 GHz and up 4 GB RAM FireWire 400 800 port iMac Intel Core i5 i7 2 66 GHz and up 4 GB RAM FireWire 400 800 port Mac Pro Intel Xeon 2 66 GHz and up 4 GB RAM FireWire 400 800 port Firewire HJDV Camera and tripod USB cameras are NOT supported at the moment Our partner for video equipment helps you by finding the appropriate camera model for your needs Please contact Herr Buchmann Senjor at www buchmann ch or call him at 0848 OOO 333 Or just contact the helpdesk Microphone or other audio source e g line out signal from your local hi fi rack Epiphan device to capture the slides from another computer e g the presenter s laptop Only use one of the following devices VGA2USB LR VGA2USB HR VGA2USB Pro or DVI2USB Note that the white MacBook Spring 2010 and MacBook Air series do not have a FireWire port All these models are NOT supported Note that the 13 MacBook Pro has a shared Audio Line in and Line Out port If you use it as line in port you have to select the options in the system preferences sound section under input Mac OS X 10 5 8 or higher or Mac OS X 10 6 8 Note OS X 10 7 x is currently not supported We re currently working on a solution and hope to have this resolved very soon Until then we don t recommend using 10 7 If your new Mac was preinstalled with 10 7 please call us for further assistance QuickTime Player 7 6 or higher SWITCHcast Recorder 2 5 5 Epiphan driver if your set
5. AI credentials Select the channel of your event and click on Get Click on the red icon New Recording to prepare the recording Select camera and microphone in the drop down menu under the left picture test the sound by clicking here If for some reason the sound gets lost during the recording you will get a warning like in the picture below Select the Epiphan grabber as the source for the slides recording under the right picture Click on Record when the event starts Click on Stop when the event is finished In the Upload Manager click on the orange circle a to upload the recording you can atomize this step in the preferences of SWITCHecast The recording will be added to your channels If you go back to the website and select the active channels it will show up in the list of recordings Raum Wiggis 5024 Biology 1 Audio Samson COS Main Screen 2 Uploading Upload a movie from File formats Quicktime AVI DIVX FLV MKV GVI VP6 VFW WMV your collection Video types MS MPEG4 v1 G ve DivX divx H 264 Sorenson H 263 FLV Sorenson Spark FSV1 VP6 H263i VP3 HuffYUV FFVHuff MPEG1 amp MPEG Video Fraps Snow NuppelVideo Techsmith Screen Capture DosBox Capture Audio types Windows Media Audio v1 amp ve Flash ADPCM Xiph Vorbis in Matroska and MPEG Layer amp Il Audio True Audio DTS Coherent Acoustics Nellymoser ASAO AVI support for AAC AC3 Audio H 264
6. SWITCHcast User Manual Version 4 SWITCH Serving Swiss Universities Contents 12 13 Introduction Cast your lecture in four steps Technical requirements Installing the software Creating a channel Grant permissions on your channel Lecture 1 Recording 2 Uploading 3 Editing basics amp editing advanced 4 Publishing Glossary Introduction Welcome to SWITCH cast the easy to use video management software for lectures Please read the following three pages first They contain important information about the software and hardware requirements Cast your lecture in four steps Step 1 page 7 shows you how the actual recording works Step 2 page 8 explains how to upload a movie from your collection and make it available to your viewers Step 3 page 9 11 tells you how to improve the quality of your movie and gives some hints on the cutting and editing options Step 4 page 2 explains how to generate different formats of your movie and how to publish it on the Internet Technical requirements The following components are necessary if you want to record a lecture using the SWITCHcast Recorder software Please note that we cannot guarantee our support if you use other hardware or software Hardware Software Optional equipment Recommendations Apple Mac computer These models are supported Mac mini Intel Core 2 Duo 2 53 GHz and up 4 GB RAM FireWire 400 800 port MacBook Pro Intel Core
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8. ch August 2008 Duration 3 54 Record an event Swi Chtcast video tutorials SWITCH Zurich August 2008 Duration 3 18 Upload a movie from your collection STECHE video Mikas SWITCH Zurich August 2008 Duration 2 01 o Select the URL you prefer and integrate it in your homepage or send it to your viewers by e mail To see what s behind the URL click on Go You can either publish a single clip or all the clips in this channel at once RSS feeds starting with itpc will be automatically subscribed in iTunes If you want the clip to appear completely embedded in the homepage use the last two URLs pages e mail Tunes lt a href gt Clip box layout with all formats Clip Flash Clip QuickTime Clip iPod http pcast 02 switch ch vod clips Ixpbojcds link_box http pcast 02 switch ch vod clips Ixpbojcds flash htm http pcast 02 switch ch vod clips Ixpbojcds quicktime mov http pcast 02 switch ch vod clips Ixpbojcds ipod m4v All clips in this channel RSS feed Flash RSS feed QuickTime RSS feed iPod URLs for embedding into web page lt script sre gt Embed clip layout with all formats Embed all clips in this channel http pcast 02 switch ch vod channels c6xjmpkho http pcast 02 switch ch vod channels c6xjmpkho flash rss itpc pcast 02 switch ch vod channels c6xjmpkho auicktime rss itpc pcast 02 switch ch vod chan
9. esentation slides are captured from another computer Once you have uploaded a movie into your channel you probably want to share it with your viewers You can post the link to the channel on your web site you can send it per email or you can create a podcast to distribute to your audience An audio and video recording of an event in the most cases the presentation slides are captured from another computer A scene is a sequence of the recording you want to keep for publishing If your event has a break in the middle set a scene for the first part and another scene for the second part This means everything out side of a scene is not visible for your spectators Using shortcuts make your work easier As exam ple To define the begin of a scene just press i or press o to set the end of the scene You find the list of the existing shortcuts in the cutting tool under the tab shortcuts From your channel list on the http cast switch ch site you can enter the cutting tool to apply the finishing touches on your recording example cutting parts setting chapters publishing With the SWITCHcast Recorder software installed from http cast switch ch you will be able to record your lecture with audio video and slides With this tool you can upload a movie you already have in your collection and make it available to your viewers 13 gt SWITCH PO Box CH 8021 Zurich Telephone 41 44 268 15 01
10. ine ute E Fine details Odamcheritingh C Standard Condaicens A recor Userforum 28 08 2009 Infoday 03 02 2009 The video s and audio data and the lecture sides are Workshop 42 08 Poe Infoday 26 08_ 20008 About I mai fal Send Nenifeations by E mail Fl Ausomatically check for updates Go to http cast switch ch and login with your AAI credentials en EEE EEE BAER EEE enn DEREN z SMT CHrast Recorder Version 25 5 Go to step 1 Record and press on Download now to start the installation of Epighan Driver Version 3 24 8 the recorder C Diable Audie Hafekcassarn a During Braaks Irder O veroedit ta citable the reporting of the connmapending amor keel Once the disk image has been downloaded and Audio Threshold 40 di opened click on the SWITCHcast Recorder item and while still pressing down the mouse button drag It into the Applications folder Creating a channel SWITCH gt cast Paola Wieting Channels Active Test Closed Expered Create new Statistics Preferences Personal Information News 22 02 2011 Devan mads Technical requirements Video tutorials berumentaton Best prachte Conditions Events Past events Support Channel Setup Channel name Channel author Discipline Please sebre Fl Please select Please Aocess rights for the spectators 1 Public accessible to werf ne on the Internet red Please 4
11. nels c6xjmpkho ipod rss lt script src http_ pcast 02_switch ch vod clips ixpbojcds link_box_ js lt script src http_ pcast 02_switch ch vod channels c6xjmpkho js tyg 12 Glossary Channel Chapter Clip Edit Epiphan Event Lecture Media Movie Publish Recording Several clips are bundled in a channel A channel Scene usually comprises a semester course a lecture series or a congress A clip can be split up into several parts called chapters which the user can navigate to directly This helps in structuring longer recording events FE Shortcuts A clip is the final product your spectators can watch Each clip is composed of one or more scenes At the end of arecording session you get a Clip This raw file might still contain parts which you don t want to have in the final version Using the cutting edit tool you can get rid of unnecessary sequences you can create chapters and even cut the clip into several parts SWITCHcast cutting tool This is a frame grabber which is needed for auto matically capturing the slides from the presenter s computer SWITCH cast Recorder Event is used to describe the occasion you want to Upload a movie record like a lecture a presentation or a keynote See event Medias are the row material of your recordings located in your channel after uploading them An audio and video recording of an event in the most cases the pr
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13. up includes an Epiphan frame grabber You can extend your hardware setup with the following components Video mixer for multiple camera support VGA switcher for multiple presenter laptop support Scan converter to record analog video sources Composite and S Video signals DVD Hard disk video recorder or a notebook to make full quality backups of the source video and audio material Allow enough time for the initial setup and make several tests before the real event lecture takes place to get familiar with the product Keep enough free space on your harddisk drive You will use approx 1 5 GB per hour 3 Installing the software SWITC H gt cast Configure the preferences ofthe SWITCHcast Recorder The configuration has to be done before you start recording Paola Wieting Chanel Wit we world as your lecture theatre Athen Test Expired l R 3 i i Fa Biod HO etna CE re Create raw L Dr ER En ar hime Information Erransooda Ausomatically upload recording when finished G Chearesp local Ales H weccassful Techical regure Chypr ida aad apy Im arr qarari opin wideo tutorials SWITCHeast is a sophisticated video management yYstern by means of which lecturers can very simply Documentation record thei ledares upload them to a central ternas pist anocen them and make then available to Rn haag ph Bast practice students via the internet both 25 online streams and as downloads fer offl
14. ust 2008 Duration 3 54 Channel Userforuam Editing dip 49505 in media 4 160 Personen und Rollen Pacts Wating Pepe mie Aniston Ginger Jeger Seer Lea Daniel Fritsch De meted A ee a ar ete Paes Externe Firmen gen Editing advanced In the clip tab You can insert or change header and footer Inthis case press the Oto import your new logo or press on the to remove the actual header or footer Save your changes You can also replace the picture of the cover image if you are not happy with it The cover image is produced automatically This is always the first frame on your scene In this case press the O to import your new picture Save your changes Note Please note that the size of the header and the footer should be as follows Header Height between 80 and 120 pixel Footer Height approximately 50 pixel Width 900 pixel when you have video and slides Width 400 pixel when you only have video In the chapter tab Chapters behave like bookmarks inside your Editing dip 3809 im madia 3457 video and allow the viewer to quickly navigate to a i specific topic Activate chapter tab Move the slider to the point where you like to insert the chapter and press on the 6 Give a title Proceed in this way for all the other chapters Please note that too many chapters are not very user friendly For every chapter you automatically get a picture of a slide or the presenter
15. y 208 2005 Location 3 Editing basics SWITCH gt cast A Paola Wieting Logout Channels Agte Test Expired Create new Statistics Information Downloads Technical requirements Video tutorials Documentation Tag cut amp chapterize Select the channel you want to edit Click the icon to enter the cutting tool There you ll find different tabs Go through the following steps one by one Tag the Clip A clip is the entire movie you are producing This is where you can enter detailed information for your clip like title subtitle presenter location amp date Cut the Scenes Every clip consists of a set of scenes and each part of a movie you want to appear in your final clip is called a scene In this tab you can cut the scenes you want to keep by setting the beginning in and the end out of a scene Define Chapters Chapters are quick links to a given point in you clip as example you set a chapter every time when the topic changes Do create chapters by dragging the slides in the timline to its beginning in and give it an appropriate name You want a quick preview of your clip Click on the eyeball icon You want to produce different formats of your clip Click on Publish Org admin view Active channel details ib 2003 SWITCHeast Tutorials asSFeeds a H Install software and create a channel SWITCHcast video tutorials SWITCH Zurich Aug
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