Roll With It...MediaRoll and Screencast.com
Posted on Monday September 10, 2007 by Betsy Weber
To quote the great Steve Winwood...'Roll with it!'. I'm not sure, but Steve may have been talking about Screencast.com's new MediaRoll in that song. OK, just kidding...But seriously, have you noticed anything new on the blog lately? If you scroll down and look on the right-hand side, you'll notice I have a nice 'MediaRoll' posted there. I've included my MediaRoll in this post below too.
What's a MediaRoll? It's like a blogroll...but for media files. Screencast.com creates a Flash widget which I can embed on my blog or website that shows off my Screencast.com content. It organizes and presents my Screencast.com files in a way that I can easily share with everyone.
Here's why I like it...I like the MediaRoll because it makes it easier for you to find my older screencasts and gives them more exposure. Without the MediaRoll, good luck finding this video I did earlier in the year with Kathy Jacobs about PowerPoint Smart Art or this screencast we did about OneNote. Without the MediaRoll, you'd have to dig through my archives to find any of my screencasts. With the MediaRoll, all my videos are much easier to find on my blog's homepage.
And, here's where the MediaRoll gets really cool. Imagine if you wanted to keep others up to date on your Screencast.com content and screencasts...Maybe you were responsible for keeping the Sales Staff up to date for training or making sure your resellers had the latest and greatest information. Or, maybe you have a weekly screencast that you want others to see. You can allow others to embed your MediaRoll on their blog or website. And the MediaRoll will update itself whenever you add to or edit the contents of Screencast.com folders even if the MediaRoll is placed on someone else's blog or website. You don't need to email anyone new links or files, it does all the updating for them. Perfect to keep everyone up to date and they don't have to do any work!
Click here to watch a screencast about the MediaRoll. It runs just over 3 minutes and will show you how to set up your own MediaRoll on Screencast.com.
If you haven't tried Screencast.com, check it out. We've been adding new functionality and changes all the time like the MediaRoll. And, there's a free trial...you have nothing to lose.
So, what do you think about the MediaRoll? Will you use it?
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Comments (3)
Great screencast...and great audio. How do you guys get such great audio? We use a Samson COU1 mic and our audio is never that good.
Posted by John Kirk | September 11, 2007 10:23 AM
Posted on September 11, 2007 10:23
Hi John,
Thanks!
We've been working on improving our audio, so I'm glad it shows.
Here's what we've been doing in a nutshell.
We purchased a Samson COU3 mic http://screencast.com/t/kzFbofjO9rs
We use with it a pop-filter to reduce the 'plosive noises (that's the popping sound that occurs with saying p's).
We've tried to eliminate background noise - we have a small office that we've turned into our recording lab- in the lab we have a box that has foam stuffed into it. The box was built a little to big, so we filled it with egg foam so there is a nice small pocket for the microphone and the person talking. See a picture at: http://www.screencast.com/t/8a6OG0yhChQ
In addition we've place the box at standing level - so that we can record audio standing up - which seems to make it easier to record.
Finally, we boost our recording properties and try to get the best recording possible. We start with the best quality - then when we produce in Camtasia Studio we again try to produce to the best MP3 quality. For FLV we use the highest mono setting available http://screencast.com/t/QsQ1DLI7
Granted, this setup doesn't work very well if you are trying to record video and audio at the same time.
Let me know if you'd like more details
Matt Pierce
Training Manager
-m.pierce@techsmith.com
Posted by Matt Pierce | September 11, 2007 11:02 AM
Posted on September 11, 2007 11:02
Hello !
I'm a 60 days free trial user.
I use embeded object/source directly from screencast playlists setup. This way I'm certain access rights are identical from SC and my website
Was wondering a few things :
- Can MediaRoll publish an exhaustive list of videos including ones with/without acces rigths and still control access rights when clicking ?
- Can't seem to find more info about MediaRoll (website, setup... etc) and - link to "Click here to watch a screencast about the MediaRoll" is out.
Many thanks for your time
Henri [France]
Posted by Henri.C.B | July 3, 2008 2:57 AM
Posted on July 3, 2008 02:57