• Sony EVI-D100 or Professional Panasonic on PTZ mount.
• Pan tilt zoom,
• Generally none. But some lecturer use a manually driven camera. Or in video-conference enabled venues there are
several cameras.
• Small, analog PTZ camera system made by Vaddio
• We have a Nio-based tracking system, adapted from surveillance technology
• Currently using mounted handy-cam, plan to move to webcam with next version of Echo 360 software due out this
Summer.
• Canon and Sony PTZ cameras
• One camera at back of room capable of automatically moving when instructor does and one camera that can capture
students and a document camera
• Polycom video conferencing endpoints connect via H.323/H.239 to StarBak INV system
• Echo 360 appliances.
• Cameras are not used regularly in the classroom. The Class Representatives use a portable camera for some lectures.
• One classroom studio with 3 cameras, mics, mixer, camera switcher, camera controllers, recorders and
videoconference codecs
• 2 or more robot cameras
• Sony BRC camera - DVR & Adobe Connect / Wimba
• Sony
• Polycom cameras
• Sony IP-Video ceiling mounted cameras and fixed Analog video cameras
• Fixed camera focused on lectern
• None yet - audio only. Videographer is provided for video capture, when needed.
• In some of our rooms, we use networked security cameras. Other rooms use Polycom cameras and others.
• Widely variable depending on the classroom
• The AV department is contacted when a lecture is to be recorded (with camera). They will set up the camera at that
time.
• Various.
• The camera is mounted at the rear of the room. It is a remotely controllable P/T/Z camera that is integrated with the
Crestron control system, and uses presets for common locations in the room.
• Combination of one and two fixed cameras connected to either a MediaSite box or some other transcoding device.
• Varies - UWIC have a few home grown solutions for specific purposes.
• Tracking cameras that follow movement from Vaddio
• Two wall mounted Sony SD cameras.
• We use PTZ cameras that are also used for video conferencing.
• We use a variety of technology solutions from portable cameras for non-installed classrooms to television broadcast
setups (circa 1982). Depends on the room. Only five of our rooms have installed video-camera solutions. But we
currently have over 35 other rooms outfitted for audio and VGA capture.
• We are just initiating Echo 360 here and are investigating cameras and microphones.
• Electronic Classroom already equipped with CCTV camera and use of webcams
Appendix 5: Descriptions of a portable hardware and software solution
• We use software (Camtasia Relay) as the portable solution
• We have Polycom and Elluminate--2 different solutions for different purposes.
• MediaSite
• MediaSite
• This is a beta system in development - uses a Mac Mini with custom software designed around Quicktime Pro for live
capture of cable channel video feeds coming from campus cable system.
• Mediasite + camera / mics / cables.
• ePresence system vBrick system
• We use a standard video camera, hooked to the Medasite portable class capture device.
• Camtasia, Livescribe, and Sony digital recorder
• EyA: Mac Minis + Canon camera openEyA: Linux Ubuntu + canon camera
• Mediasite portable system
• Echo360 enhanced podcasting software is a software-only solution
• Only rare special requests are captured anywhere other than our main lecture halls. We donʼt have something for
faculty to capture by themselves.
• VBrick-VBrick MPEG-2 stream to hardware multiplexer in NOC which feeds Osprey capture cards for Real, WM and
Flash - Real and WM go to Helix server, Flash to (duh) Flash server
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