The blog and podcast site for the Multimedia Team of the Western Territory of the Salvation Army.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The Media Moment - Show #042

This week Richard and I discuss the difficulties (and blessings!) of trying to teach multimedia to kids. We offer tips on how to best plan for a multimedia class, either as an organizer or a teacher, and what to do when you encounter the ubiquitous "chuckleheads."

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

The Media Moment - Show #041

This week on The Media Moment, we discuss encoding video clips for playback in MediaShout. Specifically, we recommend settings using a program called Windows Media Encoder, that will make your video clips smaller and more managable, while still of decent quality. Links include:

Windows Media Encoder 9

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

The Media Moment - Show #040

This week on The Media Moment, we talk about inserting video cues into a MediaShout script, and just barely scratch the surface of video compression. Stay tuned for more on this subject in the future, but in the meantime, check out www.free-codecs.com.