Suggestions for conference room camera?

I realize this is off topic, but the question is indirectly related to the webcam built-in to the Macbook Pro I use for video conferencing. Short of investing in professional video conference hardware and software, what types of external cameras can be used with GoToMeeting or Skype to simulate a video conference experience. We are wanting to have a team of people in one meeting location connect with another team of people. Macbook Pro webcams are difficult to position to get a whole team. I want something does wide angle and is Mac OS X compatible. Thanks for any suggestions.

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Trying to determine the best voice activated pan/tilt/zoom
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functionality, cost, connection, etc. Thanks!

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You might be able to find the answer to your question here:
http://www.connectusers.com/community/monthly_topic/2008/12/
We did a topic of the month on video in December

Software suggestions for old iSight camera/PowerBook G4

Hi All,
I have an old stand alone iSight camera and an old PowerBook G4 that I would like to use as a "webcam". Currently I have the old iSight hooked up to my iMac 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 and am running Sequenz to save an image to my public DropBox folder. The camera takes pictures of our back yard once every hour and updates the image in my DropBox. I share the current along with our weather station data with our active adult community. The system works just fine and the residents love it. BUT...
For many reasons, especially security, I would like to get the camera off my main desktop computer and put it on this old PowerBook running 10.4.11.
Sequenz will only work with 10.6 and the PowerBook cannot run that OS.
Is there another piece of software that will work for me? I just want software that will caputure a picture and save it/update the file in my DropBox folder on a specified schedule.
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You're most welcome, Suzanne.
As you obviously know, regardless of your specific requirements at this time, your choices for apps that work with Mac OS X 10.4 will be limited by the fact that the MacOS you plan to use is now three generations old. OS X 10.4.11 is a great OS, but little if any new commercial software is being developed for it now.
However, here are "in the clear" links for three webcam apps that claim work with
Mac OS 10.4.11:
http://www.securityspy.com/                       (click for ->online user guide manual)
http://www.evological.com/evocam3.html   (click for ->explanation of the free trial)
http://www.arborbits.com/icamshare/         (click for ->free trial version)
Although they all operate differently, each of these programs can be configured to perform a variety of tasks. The FAQs, downloadable user guides, free trial, etc. for these apps will let you decide which, if any, can do what you need. Unless you get a specific answer that works for you, you will need to do as much research or evaluation as is necessary to decide whether any of the apps are right for you.
If none of them does what you want, I suggest you ask your Apple retailer whether he has (or can recommend) any MacOSX10.4-compatible software that meets your needs.
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Mic set-up for conference room?

Hi,
My company recently expanded and I need to rethink our current mic set-up. What I'd like to do is use a mic connected to the computer to project to the other participants on the call and through our speaker set-up in our office.
Any suggestions?

The iMic is more a consumer thing, not very professionnal. If you want a good quality setup but yet affordable, I'd choose a Focusrite Saffire for preamp/audio interface and a Rode NT-1A for mic. Also, you'll need the usual accessories: a pop-filter ( I highly recommend Stedman), a mic stand, a quality XLR cable and good headphones (I suggest AKG K240 Studio).

Suggestions for an iSight camera STAND?

I have the camera... but the little plastic "thingy" that came w/ it doesn't fit on my (achem) Dell monitor.
I'd love to just have some sort of little "stand" that sits on my desk, holds it, so I can place it at the BOTTOM of my monitor.
I know it's probably not a ready-made product out there... but any ideas?
I'm not opposed to making something.
tia,
e

While googling for an iChat issue, I got pointed to this Apple support site: http://www.apple.com/support/isight/service/
There were a few other links that no longer produce replacement products, either Apple or third-party.
I think they have been so far out of production, you might be out of luck finding a source.

Conference room pilot

Hi,
Can anybody pl. guide me about the templates for conference room pilot stage during design phase of SAP implementation?
Thanx

For one customer we tried to avoid using staging at all. Customer didn't have staging step.
So we made an experiment - new trigger on MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP was created. Trigger (in picking scenarios) replaced To_Subinventory and To_Locator.
Finally this trigger was not used (we found another way). Also I can't confirm You that it's correct modification of OeBS. It's on Your risk.
I think this can be used in Your situation.
Best regards,
Eugene

SX20 and SX10 best practices for small conference rooms using built in Display Speakers

Hi,
Im planning to deploy some small meeting rooms using SX10 and SX20 codecs, I was wondering if someone could give me some key points to consider:
1. Display recommendation, nice built in speakers, low delay (goog performance with codec echo canceller) I wish to use a 60 - 70 inch Led TV (not yet defined which brand and model) I would like to receive some feedback about nice performance displays with nice audio and echo cancellation performance based on your experience.
2. What would be the drawbacks of using SX10 and SX20 in larger meeting rooms maybe 10 or 12 people?
3. When to use external microphone? or when is recommended to use only internal microphone?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Best Regards, have a nice day!

Pretty well any modern display should work well - different people are going to have different ideas about whether the speakers are any good or not, so you'll have to listen to a few yourself and make up your mid what you think is "better". The echo cancellation can be tweaked manually on the codec to suit the display if required (rather than leaving it on the "auto" setting which, in our installations, has caused more troubles than it's worth).
The main drawback of using the SX10, or the cheaper of the range of the SX20s, is the camera and the amount of zoom. In a larger room, you're not going to get a good close up view with a 2.5x camera. I'd suggest for a bigger room, you look at the 12x cameras.
As a general rule - use additional microphone(s) when you can't get someone within a 3m radius one of the other microphones. So in a larger room, you may need many.
Wayne
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Poor performance for my wlan in conference rooms

Hi,
I have real problems in my conference rooms. I have deployed about 25 aps for my building. I have 1242, 1131, 3501 and 1142's. I have a 2 story building. I've used the WCS maps feature to provide me with a coverage area map. I think that the upstairs and downstairs AP's are interfering with each other. It was suggested I put 3 AP's into one conference room, each with it's own a/b or g radio. How do I pinpoint what is causing the problems with connectivity in my conference rooms?
Also, have you tried manually adjusting power levels? I believe once I start with that, I'll have to touch each and every ap, if I start messing with that. Any suggestions?
Thanks

Remeber that when working with wireless we should always do a site survey to determine the current rf the site has, where to locate the access points , how many access points to get and where to install each ap so that the overlap between the aps is not more then 15%.
Also once the APs are installed you can use the wlc options and heck how many rouges aps the wlc aps are seeing since this rouges would affect your aps and auto rrm will not be able to know what channel to use on the aps managed by your wlc so you would need to configure it manully, also you can go to the monitro tab, select the ap by ap to see how each ap sees the signal to another ap managed y the wlc.
For auto rrm to work on the wlc you need that each ap sees atleast 3 more aps with a good signal to be able to set the correct power and channel to use.
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Block conference room for all but one user

hoping to lock down one conference room I turned off autoprocessing and added user to resource inpolicy
but mtg resources are stil going in the room.

Hi,
If you don’t want other users to send message or meeting request to this room, we can limit the sender for this room mailbox to specific users, for your reference:
We can click Add button to add specific user and save the settings.
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I recently purchased a refurbed iMac with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. It came with iMovie ver. 9.0.5 installed. I do allot with iMovie and iDVD and would like to get a camcorder to add movie clips. Does anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably pri

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Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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FREETALK conference HD camera for Panasonic TVs

would the FREETALK conference HD camera for Panasonic TVs would work with my Panasonic Blu-Ray with Skype built-in?

I would not recommend as I purchased the Panasonic BDT110 blu ray player and freetalk conference webcam combo from the Skype shop and the video does not work on the webcam. I have received zero technical support from either the freetalk manufacturer and was instructed by Panasonic to buy their TY-CC10W webcam.

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Does Cisco have a solution to a conference room setting where the presenter can xmit his images (.ppt etc...) from laptop via WPA2/eap-fast AP to a plasma monitor (the monitor will have a VGA input std 15-pin).
Appreciate the help tremendously!

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Workflow suggestions for CS4, Sony XR520 (HD) & TRV18 (SD-MiniDV)?

Hello all,
I'm working on my first video "production" in a long while, and it's my first time delving into the world of HD and mixed formats. So I'm feeling a bit like a fish out of water.
This is the workflow I was USED to:
Connect camera to computer via FireWire(MiniDV-SD-60i)
Launch Premiere 6.5
Use Capture Utility to set In/Out points and bring in as AVI clips
Import those AVI clips into bins and edit directly
Save Timeline out to AVI
Encode to final output format
SO, this is the situation I'm faced with now:
Two cameras. Main camera is Sony HDR-XR520 (AVCHD-1080i). Second camera is Sony DCR-TRV18 (DV - MiniDV - 30fps Interlaced - 60i?) for time lapse shots/filler shots.
My final output is going to be computer/internet playback (I'm assuming I'm going to need to output to a progressive format, 24P or 30P. Am I right on this?)
Any suggestion as to what my workflow needs to be?
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Edit using a 1080i30 (60i) timeline(sequence)
Edit XR520 clips directly
Import TRV18 as avi clips, put in timeline, but only use clips to fill 1/4 of the HD frame (don't try to up res)
Export to AVI, encode to mpeg4 and remove interlace.
Am I going in the right direction here, or am I all wrong on this?

Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, I guess that's the thing: the final output, while it will be computer/internet playback, doesn't necessarily have to be at full hd. In fact, I'd rather it be 1280x720, since not all laptops (typical of what our sales people will have) will be able to handle playback of HD video. I really just want them to be able to play this video back in PowerPoint or directly through WindowMedia/QuickTime at 100% or fullscreen mode, and still be high quality to the viewer (typically in a conference room/board room, on a projector, an large monitor, or directly on the laptop screen)
I've seen SD internet video that plays back really well in fullscreen mode (on a typical 1280x1024 monitor), but I don't know what export settings will yield those type of results. Any good tutorials on getting SD video to encode and play really well at monitor resolutions?
It'd be nice to be able to use the SD timelapse footage at full size, but I was planning on only using that timelapse footage in multiples (2-3 clips playing at SD size on an HD timeline). As far as PAR, if I was to manually place black bars on the 4:3 footage, would I be able to export in native 16:9 PAR so I could then edit it in a 16:9 timeline?
So, going along with your suggestion, would I need to convert all my HD clips FIRST to 1280x720, then edit on a 720 timeline, or edit on a 1080 timeline and export to a 720 output?
Also, am I right that since playback is on a monitor/projector, that I'll need the video to be progressive?

I want to change the settings (brightness, contrast, gamma) for my internal cam on Macbook pro. I find having to but a third party software (iglasses, webcam settings) to control basic settings as unnecessary and exploitative. Does anyone have a solution?

I want to change the settings (brightness, contrast, gamma) for my internal cam on Macbook pro. I find having to but a third party software (iglasses, webcam settings) to control basic settings as unnecessary and exploitative. Does anyone have a solution?

It is not about payment of $19.95 (Igalsses) or $7.99(webcam settings). This is a very basic setting that should be available in the system settings. The automatic setting of the internal cam does not work great on low lighting as everyone is aware.
i am just amazed how users take in lying down and suggest solutions such as paying for a 3rd party paid app or improving the lighting in your room.

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