Cary Engleberg, M.DProfessor of Internal MedicineUniversity of Michigan Medical School

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• Methods for recording educational videos• FLIP video camera• Video and sound file formats (conversion

software)• Sound production and editing using

Soundbooth• Video production with PremierePro

• Make a video using the FLIP camera• Convert the FLIP video file• Edit sound files– Adjust volume; remove background noise– Remove an unwanted sound–Make a .wav recording

• Construct a 1 minute video using Premiere Pro

Situation being photographed Best camera/sound option

Patient findings (clinic/ward) FLIP video

Clinical procedure (brief) FLIP video with tripod

Clinical procedure (> 1hour) Camcorder with tripod

“Talking head” discussions Camcorder with lavalier mic, ORFLIP video, ORFLIP video with simultaneous sound capture to Soundbooth from a lavalier mic

Large objects, buildings, landscapes

Any

• Keep the camera still (let the moving action take place within the video frame).

• Use a light-weight tripod when possible.• Use panning and zooming sparingly, or not at

all.• Reposition the camera, as needed. You can

delete the intervening camera motion at the editing stage.

• Don’t erase anything

Not recording Recording

white background same with sidelight yellow background

• It’s in the camera and loads when first attached to your USB port

Saves to “My Flip Video Library” folder in theUser’s “Documents” folder

File format is .avi (must be converted for editing

• Record <15 seconds of your own face• Say “This is ____ (your name), and this

is my first edited movie” (or something similar)

• Save the video to your computer

• .mp3– commonly used in portable media players; audio

input for Flash videos)• .m4a .mp4– used in iTunes and iPods

• .aiff– formatted for audio CD players

• .wav– a standard format for computer-based sounds in

Windows; it can also be played by Quicktime

• .mpg, .m4v, .mp4– Most used format by the “Moving Pictures Experts Group”;

for DVDs and video podcasts• .wmv

– “Windows Media Video” for the Windows Media Player• .mov

– Quicktime movie• .flv

– Flash video -- designed for the web (e.g., YouTube)• .avi

– “Audio Video Interleave” -- used by cell phones, digital still cameras, and by the FLIP video camera

• .dv– “digital video” -- raw video data from most video cameras

Source: www.mediacoder.sourceforge.net

• Add your FLIP video to the MediaCoder queue• Set the following tabs:– “Generic” – browse to select an output file– “Video” - video format = MPEG-4– “Audio” - audio encoder = LAME– “Container” - container = MOV

• Click the Start button

• Open EasyWMV• Open “Inspector”• Set format to “mp4”• Drag the .avi file to the open conversion

window

• Increase the volume and remove the background noise from this sound file (volume-background.wav)

• Remove the unwanted tapping sound from this file (unwanted noise.wav)

• Open Record window• Set the input-output device from the drop-down

“Device” menu• Enter a file• Click the “Browse” button to identify the output folder• Check the intensity meter• Record the sound• Stop by clicking the square button and click the “Close”

button to view the sound graphics• Trim unnecessary silence from the sound file and save.

• capture video directly from camcorders• trim or edit videos and place them on a timeline

in the desired order.• create audio and video transitions• add titles, subtitles, or labels to video recordings,

and additional sounds to the audio tracks• adjust video quality (e.g., brightness, color, etc.)• edit or remove the audio tracks• export the final movie to Flash Video format (.flv)

Here is the movie to assemble: