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Robert Marshall
08-10-2022, 11:12 PM
Our Brasstown Woodturning Guild meets monthly, usually with a demonstration program put on by one of our members or an outsider. For some time now, we've been recording video to a DVD recorder, so anyone who missed (or wants to review again) a program can watch on their DVD player. Some current technical problems are causing us to re-evaluate this approach, along with a feeling on my part that the system is just not much used by the members.

I'm wondering if a simpler way to make the video available (such as a YouTube channel for our club) might be a better option. No one has to request a disk, no one has to find it, no one has to put it in a player, and no one has to return it and put it back in storage. Upload after the meeting, and it's out there for anyone to watch.

There are some remarkably inexpensive cameras, equipped with little chips that will hold hours and hours of video. No need to hook up to a recorder, no need to play with discs, just record the program, upload later that day, and you're done. (We've never done any sort of editing, so raw video is all we've ever had.)

Are there any downsides I need to take into account, in considering this approach? (One obvious downside is that we have a high geezer factor, but honestly, what could be simpler, even for us geezers?)

roger wiegand
08-11-2022, 8:19 AM
We use Vimeo as the online host for our videos to avoid the ads on Youtube and to have more control over them. Works fine. Our current setup is more complicated, with several cameras and an ATEM Mini mixer and a wireless microphone, but the output is basically the same and th e upload is easy.

David Delo
08-11-2022, 2:00 PM
You might want to contact John Kelsey from the Lancaster Area Woodturners. Among other things, he gets together with other clubs on a monthly basis to discuss topics about virtual meeting & recording live demos etc. Next Zoom meeting is next Monday. Send him an email for invite to meeting johnkelse@gmail.com