recording - ReadWriteWeb http://www.readwriteweb.com/feeds/tag/recording en Copyright 2010 Richard MacManus readwriteweb@gmail.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:31:34 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Klewel: The Next Generation of Conference Videos klewel_logo_feb09.pngVideos from conferences, seminars, and talks have become a standard way to ensure that even those who can't attend an event are able to at least get access to the presentations after the fact. However, video recordings from conferences are often somewhat sub-par and even the best videographers can have a hard time capturing both the speakers and their slides. Klewel, a Swiss startup, has developed an innovative system to replay videos and slides which we hope other services will soon implement as well.

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]]> Klewel's Flash-based player displays a video recording of the talk right next to the slides. The bottom of the player shows the upcoming slides, and you can navigate through the presentations by simply clicking on a slide and the video will jump right to that point in the presentation. Another neat feature of the player is that you can easily switch between watching a full-screen version of the video and the slides.

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Sadly, Klewel has not made its software available to the public yet. For now, the company specializes in providing its own services, and Klewel's team creates the presentations for its clients. Among those clients are Nestlé, UNICEF, and a number of high-profile academic conferences.

Of course, even the best videos won't make up for bad PowerPoint slides, but Klewel has come up with a solution that makes watching conference videos a lot easier and which allows viewers and videographers to focus on the speaker (or the slides) without having to constantly switch back and forth.

Klewel is one of the most recent and interesting examples of innovative ways to record and replay talks, but surely there must be others out there that we are not aware of. If you know of another system - maybe one that is even available to the public - feel free to let us know in the comments.

Klewel Brochure 2008

]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/klewel_the_next_generation_of_conference_videos.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/klewel_the_next_generation_of_conference_videos.php Product Reviews Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:50:59 -0800 Frederic Lardinois Android's New Version To Support Upload to YouTube? Google's mobile phone OS "Android," will soon be updated with several new features as a part of a major roadmap update. One of those features will include support for a video recording mode that will also let users share the content. The update, code-named "Cupcake," has many speculating what that video sharing feature will actually look like. Some have suggested the possibility of being able to upload videos from the phone directly to YouTube. Now that's something we would like to see!

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]]> One of the only drawbacks to Apple's widly popular iPhone is its lack of support for video recording. Of course, you can jailbreak your iPhone, a process that removes the restrictions put in place by Apple, and then install your preferred video recording application on your newly free device. However, the regular "Joes" of the world who are purchasing the phone don't necessarily know how to do this or care to learn. If the "other" big smartphone offered video recording support, that would be a great selling point. (Then they would just need some apps.)

We may be jumping the gun a bit in saying that there's the possibility of video upload to YouTube just around the corner for Android - the roadmap does not specify this. There's a vague reference to "video intent," but no mention of YouTube or any other video sharing web sites. Still, we can't help but hope for that feature, as it would make the Android OS an even more compelling choice for those of us who want a more open smartphone.

Upcoming Features

The "Cupcake" update does include some other features we can get excited about though, including:

  • Copy and Paste will come to the web browser in addition to its new WebKit rendering engine
  • Inline search will help you find text on the web page you're viewing
  • A port of the "SquirrelFish"Javascript engine from Google's Chrome browser
  • Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) profile support and  Bluetooth Remote Control (AVRCP) support
  • Support for 3rd parties to make their own onscreen keyboards
The other mysterious feature listed on the Cupcake roadmap is something called "Basic x86 support." This feature is being interpreted to mean that Android could run natively on the processors used by most modern computers. An Android netbook, perhaps? ]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/androids_new_version_to_support_upload_to_youtube.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/androids_new_version_to_support_upload_to_youtube.php Google Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:45:17 -0800 Sarah Perez