» FaithTools 29: Get Your Hands Off My Stainless Steel Sharpie
Van, Mike, Daniel, John David and Colin discuss new DVD copyright exceptions, inventory software, power cables and using Skype during a service.
Topics
- The Library of Congress issued five new exceptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
- FaithTools Blog: New DVD Copyright Exception
- The Stainless Steel Sharpie at OfficeSupplyGeek.com
- Inventory tools
- ESP MusicCord Power Cable
- Using Skype during a live event.
Colin Burch
Mike Sessler
Van Metschke
Daniel Murphy
John David Boreing
Regarding Skype in service, I had a long distance baby dedication via skype last year. I had an assistant hold my macbook pro by the parents so the pastor could see the child (his grandchild, btw) and I had VNC running on both the laptop and our projector computer . Then I just dragged the skype window to the screen from the desktop. I think I just put a lav mic on the laptop for the sound. The latency on the video was not good but the audio was OK. It was a former pastor and the congregation didn’t know what was going to happen so it was a nice surprise to see him up on the screen.
There are many different programs AV companies use for inventory management. The two companies that I worked for used R2 and Intellievent. I can’t say that I’d recommend either one for a church. I wasn’t too thrilled with them when I had to work with them, and I believe they are fairly expensive.
links-
R2- http://www.unibiz.com/r2/r2.html
Intellievent – http://www.intellievent.com/