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How-To: Mobile Video Podcasts On Windows

A number of people have asked how we were able to post our podcasts so quickly to the web while in Spain. It is really easy to explain:

Setup

We used a laptop with a PCMIA card slot (most have them), a videocamera with a firewire connection (many miniDV video cameras have them), windows moviemaker software (which comes with XP), and the startech CB1394 PCMIA Firewire Video Capture Card. We could have just as easily used more advanced video editing software such as Adobe Premiere but "speed to web" was our consideration and not "cool and perfect in editing".

The Capture Card

The capture card can be found on Amazon in the $35 range (http://www.amazon.com/Startech-Card-IEEE-1394-Firewire-Notebook/dp/B0000512GH) but I was patient and bought mine on sale for about $19. The card comes with a connection cable. I was pleasantly surprised that the XP "plug and pray" feature for configuration actually worked with the video capture card. No configuration of the PCMIA card was required on my end (although YMMV).

The Rest

Within minutes of plugging in the card, I was able to capture the video directly into windows moviemaker, do some light editing, add some titles, and render the final AVI movie file. We then converted the AVI file to Flash and uploaded it to our webserver.

Results: http://www.vidlisting.com/player/videopage.asp?vid=kldjfkjdsdfsfgg&t=i

Posted by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor on 06/09/2007 01:18 PM

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15 Comments on How-To: Mobile Video Podcasts On Windows

Thanks for this post. You have sent me shopping.

06/09/2007 01:33 PM

by David Spencer & Assoc., Broker & Lic. Instr. CE and Pre-Lic.

David: You are very welcome. Other than the camera and laptop, the level of investment in order to have a decent video podcast really isnt that high and lets us film and post within a few hours. Thanks for stopping by.

Tony

06/09/2007 03:06 PM

by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor (Vidlisting.com)

totally cool...didn't know that you could get the stuff so cheap either....thanks bro

06/09/2007 10:51 PM

by Larry Bettag - Cherry Creek Mortgage

larry: you are very welcome. It *is* really cool...

06/10/2007 01:01 AM

by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor (Vidlisting.com)

Thanks for posting this. I too am amazed at how inexpensive it is. And I'm still learning about Win XP, so you told me something I didn't know.

06/10/2007 03:42 AM

by Leon Austin, Colorado Notary Signing Agent (Austin Mobile Notary Services)

Leon: I learn more from AR than I could ever give back. Thanks for stopping by.

06/10/2007 04:33 AM

by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor (Vidlisting.com)

Thanks for the link to this blog--you've helped a bunch!

01/07/2008 12:02 PM

by Kent Simpson REALTOR®, CNS®, AHS®, RECS® (with The Pepper Group™ Diversified Real Estate)

Kent: Even as a professional, that $19 was well spent. I love being able to capture high quality video on the go rather than have to settle for a lower quality solution.

01/07/2008 02:01 PM

by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor (Vidlisting.com)

You may have answered this somewhere else but are you creating podcasts of your listings and if so, do you get much traffic? I know that podcasting is getting bigger but I have not yet seen considerable traffic. W

01/07/2008 04:53 PM

by Phoenix High Rise and Loft Condo Expert, Will Daly at www.WeKnowUrban.com (WeKnowUrban.com)

My bad, I just saw your blog post about the subject I just commented on. I'll check it out. Thanks. W

01/07/2008 04:54 PM

by Phoenix High Rise and Loft Condo Expert, Will Daly at www.WeKnowUrban.com (WeKnowUrban.com)

Will: No problem.

01/08/2008 06:37 AM

by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor (Vidlisting.com)

It's amazing how much technology could be applied to this field ... and for so little. Thanks for the post.

01/08/2008 12:27 PM

by Chuck Willman, Arizona Realtor®, ABR, TRC (Gentry Realty & Investments)

Chuck: Agreed. the technology is absolutely amazing. Video on!

Tony

01/08/2008 12:56 PM

by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor (Vidlisting.com)

This is what I love about the culture of ACTIVE RAIN. You are WONDERFUL! Thank you for making this so easy to understand!

01/10/2008 02:09 PM

by Jacki & Jerry Shafer, The Shafer Real Estate Team (The Shafer Real Estate Team, Keller Williams Louisville East)

Jacki and Jerry: Let me know when you start to produce real estate video. I love to watch other people's work.

01/10/2008 08:30 PM

by A. Grey | Vidlisting.com| Real Estate Video Mentor (Vidlisting.com)

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