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- On Mac OS X, use Snapz Pro
- For recording audio, your conferencing headset should be sufficient
- Suggested resolution: 480 x 360
- You may want to lower your screen resolution, or choose to caption only a portion of your screen
- Formats: We need several different formats in order to ensure maximal browser coverage
- H.264 MPEG-4 for Safari
- Ogg Theora for FireFox and Chrome
- YouTube for older browsers (Justin will post instructions on sending your video to YouTube)
- Captions can be added using a development version of CapScribe Web that Heidi will provide for us
How to convert videos into different formats
To convert a video in different formats you can use a lot of free tools that are available. Some tools will be mentioned here and if you have other good tools you use, please add them to this site.
- To convert a video into Ogg Theora you can use Firefogg
- Allows to add rich meta data about the video including licence terms
- You have to install the Firefox Add-On (and use Firefox)
- After installing the Add-On you are able to go to http://firefogg.org/ and convert you video into Theora
- Handbrake is a Open Source, multi platform tool to convert videos
- Newest version allows to export into MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (I must have a old version)
- If you don't want to download a tool or use Firefox and Add-Ons you can use http://www.zamzar.com/
- This service allows you to convert file you upload or link to online
- Specify the source, the output format, and email address
- After conversion you get email with a download link
- Unfortunately they do not support Theora at this point (if you choose ogg you get a audio file)
- File size limit is 100 MB
- For quick and painless conversion