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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Giving thanks for Technology

As you’re giving thanks on Thanksgiving. Don’t forget how great the times we live in are.Click To Tweet

We live in a time when travel is fast and safe, when communication is easy, and we can talk to almost anyone at any time. That’s something worthy of thanks.

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Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast premiering every Thursday at 11a eastern (-5 UTC), 8a pacific on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it and join the chat then.

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On today’s ChurchTechCast.com Q & A, questions on: Lighting and the Holy Spirit, live video, and YouTube

Here are the latest questions:

KM on the CTL group:

I’m looking to read up on all the ways we can use lighting and sound to affect how people connect to the Holy Spirit in our worship. I am reading Forgotten God by Francis Chan and I am realizing how much more I want Him to be in our worship.

I will appreciate literally any advice or suggestions you have with your years of experience,

Also I’ve tried looking it up on Google but I couldn’t find anything useful.

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Have questions on the Holy Spirit and the arts, live one-time video, or YouTube? Take a look here:Click To Tweet

RR on FaceBook

Our worship leader wants to film the congregation as part of a segment of the Christmas program this year. We’ve tried Skyping from a phone to the booth PC and relayed to the screen, but the resolution was terrible (probably because we were forced to use the front-facing camera on the phone). Does anybody have other ideas?

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Donna (from my video class via email)

How do I get back to my videos on YouTube? I can’t find the list?

And if I edit it in YouTube, can I create my thumbnail beginning clip in there when I got to trim the video?

I just want a simple intro page that says Welcome FullerHumor.com

Thanks for the video feedback. What about the content? Did it sound hokey or was the funny forced?

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The ChurchTechCast.com Q & A show is a weekly podcast premieres every Friday at 11a EST (-5 UTC), 8a PST on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it and join the chat then.

But, if you miss the premiere, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

This show started is meant to help church techies the world over get their questions answered. Paul Alan Clifford specializes in video, graphic design, social media, new media, and the web. If there is something you want to know that’s outside these areas of expertise, given some time, he’ll do his best to find the answer from other experts he knows.

If you do tech at your church or you use computers to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Live-streaming: Solving online audio problems

Bad live-stream audio? Try these tips o fix it:Click To Tweet

If your sound, especially music, sounds bad on your live-stream, what’s the church tech to do?

Mix with a dedicated mixing desk, audio engineer, and in a space acoustically separated from the sanctuary. Admittedly, this is both the best and worst solution since you’ll likely get the best results, but the cost, space, and personnel requirements make it a hard-sell.

You can also mix with a subout (or with groups, if one group is the problem, as suggested by one of my youtube viewers). As long as you have good noise-isolating (not noise canceling) headphones, this can give you good results for almost no money. The audio tech might not have the additional attention to spend on it, so it’s less than ideal, but better than the third alternative.

I call this the “bare minimum” approach. Every church that live-streams should at least have an ambient mic to add to the mix to bring some of the room sound in.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Live-streaming: The people you need to do a live-stream

You might be surprised how many people you need to do a live-stream. Check this out.Click To Tweet

Most churches start out with a single camera in the back of the auditorium for their live-stream. While that’s technically a live-stream, let me challenge you to skip that step and go to the next level with a team that actually produces video for your live-stream.

Ideally, you’d want all of these positions to be filled:

Producer

Director

Technical Director

Broadcast Audio Engineer

and two camera people

The producer provides the vision, plan, and facilitates communication in the team. The director communicates with the TD and camera people to form the visual look of the stream.

The technical director (TD) actually runs the switcher, changing between shots as called by the director.

The audio engineer remixes the audio so that it sounds good online.

The camera people run the cameras and get the shots that the director calls for.

Many of these roles can be combined, but I’d stick to a minimum of four if at all possible. The director could lead all aspects, the audio engineer would oversee the audio, and two camera people would run cameras.

Four isn’t a lot, but it’s a lot more than the one that most churches normally use. I think the quality of a good team speaks for itself, though.

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Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast premiering every Thursday at 11a EST (-5 UTC), 8a PST on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it and join the chat then.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Live-Streaming: Equipment

Churches like to go with the minimum when it comes to equipment, please don’t live-stream that way…Click To Tweet

In order to live-stream, you need a camera that can connect to an encoder, which then connects to the internet and your live-streaming host.

This can be as simple as a webcam connected to a computer, but the quality will be horrible because webcams are designed to shoot very close (so they have a wide lens).

It’s better to have a camera with a built in encoder. JVC makes some of these.

An even better solution is to have two or more cameras connected to a switcher and then an encoder. BlackMagic Design makes some good entry-level switchers.

Finally, your encoder can be a computer with software or a hardware box. Hardware is more reliable, but less flexible. Software is more flexible, but less reliable.

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Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a EST (-5 UTC), 8a PST on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Live-Streaming: What is it and why do it?

In some ways, a live-stream is better than television…Click To Tweet

What is a live-stream

Don’t mistake live-streaming with streaming. If you want streaming video, you can get it from YouTube, Vimeo, or any number of other sources. It’s actually pretty easy. Make the video. Upload it. You’re done.

Live-streaming video is much more involved.

It also provides something that streaming doesn’t: the possibility of interactivity. This is the key point of streaming video. Even if you don’t have a live chat room, you can foster a sense of community. Just as in the old days we’d all watch a show and then talk about it the next day at work.

In some ways, a live-stream is better than television because you don’t need a certain cable package or live in a certain location to get it. A good internet connection is all that’s needed.

Why should your church use live-streaming?

Since live-streaming provides both a sense of community and access all over the world, it’s available to a lot more people. Someone who can’t get out because of illness can participate online. Someone who lives in countries where Christians are persecuted can watch in secret. People in your local area who want to sample the service to know what to expect, can participate from their own homes.

Why you shouldn’t live-stream.

There are many reasons not to, though. We’ll touch on them later, but for this episode, I want to emphasize that if your church is prone to view technology as a scape-goat for other problems, fix that attitude first. If attendance drops, don’t blame the live-stream. It might just be a convenient excuse for their exit, which had already been planned. It could be that they weren’t really all that engaged anyway.

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But, if you miss the live show, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

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http://TrinityDigitalMedia.com/church-tech On today’s ChurchTechCast.com Q & A, questions on: Two mini-monitors, YouTube pics, and should you still be streaming

Here are the latest questions:

Ruth Aaron via email

Hey Paul,

The main thing is that it does not recognise it as an extended screen… I dont even put my output from ProPresenter On, it remains on off mode but still projects!

The mini monitor plugged into the thunderbolt in the second port does nothing. it does not recognize as extended!

Any solutions?

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Ron Price on YouTube

What a great video. A great message. I definitely needed to hear it. Thanks and know that your shows touch many lives each day. We are listening and watching!

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Donna asked via email about the graphic that comes before my videos on youtube, what it’s called, whether I made them, etc.

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AS on CTL

Hi everyone,

I would like some insight on what other churches are doing as far as live streaming your services. For example, do you find it better to live stream more than one of your Sunday/main services? Or do any of you only live stream 1 Sunday/Main service? My question stems from noticing that many of our regular attendees often opt out of attending service in person and rely on the live streamed broadcast as a crutch to remain connected. So as a result we are thinking about only streaming one service and hopefully not stifle the community of people who could benefit from it because they physically can not be present (i.e. sick and shut in, overseas viewers).

Also, is this something that the Pastor has addressed or should address over the pulpit for any of you-as to remind the congregation why we live stream in the first place?

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About this show:

The ChurchTechCast.com Q & A show is a weekly podcast recorded live every Friday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

But, if you miss the live show, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

This show started is meant to help church techies the world over get their questions answered. Paul Alan Clifford specializes in video, graphic design, social media, new media, and the web. If there is something you want to know that’s outside these areas of expertise, given some time, he’ll do his best to find the answer from other experts he knows.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: How do you get good audio while recording video

The best way to have good sound is to record good sound. Start by almost never using the onboard mic on your camera. There are exceptions, but they’re almost always bad. Instead, use the appropriate microphone for the situation.

Almost never using the onboard mic on your camera. There are exceptions, but they’re almost always bad.Click To Tweet

In church or at an event, use a feed off the the audio board. These tend to be line-level and cameras with mic jacks tend to want mic level (which is much lower). That’s the first thing to contend with. Next, if you’re recording music, it will sound bad because the mix for the room uses the audio in the room. What’s recorded is “dry in comparison.” Add an ambient mic in for more room sound. Also, use a sub-out from the board to mix a special mix for video that sounds good for it.

Ideally, you’d have a dedicated sound engineer in another room mix audio just for video, but few churches have those resources.

If you don’t have a mic jack on your camera, record audio separately and sync them up with a video editor. The easiest way is with software like Plural-eyes. You could also use a slate or clapper board which shows the cause of the sound on the camera at the same time as you hear the sound in your recording.

You could always just clap your hands once. It’s not perfect, but it works.

If something goes wrong, there is another choice. You can replace the audio with audio recorded at a later time. Have the original person rerecord what they said, listening to it over and over again to get the rhythm and inflection the same. This works best with small clips where one sentence had a problem in an otherwise great production.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: AV Rental: Why you should look for a rental house before you need it

What happens if the pastor comes to you and says, “We need to live-stream out upcoming retreat,” or “Can we get better video equipment for a guest speaker we have coming in?” Do you have a response? Can you tell him how much it will cost, even roughly?

It’s useful to always have an idea how much equipment costs to rent and what’s available of every situation.Click To Tweet

Having the numbers means that you can immediately say, “I think we can, but it will be in the neighborhood of $500 for the week” or “I don’t think $50 is going to cut it for what you want because the cheapest rental I found was about 4x that.”

You also have a knowledge of what is available so that for special occasions you can suggest something to “take it up a notch.” Once you’ve done that, your pastor might find a way to get that equipment for other special occasions and for more often.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Portable Video: What to take for a lightweight rig

Make a little equipment go a long way by choosing only these pieces to take on a trip:Click To Tweet

Something to capture video:

Smartphone and DSLR

Stabilization:

Tripod

Tabletop tripod

Selfie Stick

Audio:

Lav mic

DIY Lav mic

iPhone XLR cable

XLR Cable

Portable recorder

Light:

Fastfold reflector

Editing:

Laptop with external HD

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About this show:

Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

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