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Topic: Audio/Video recording
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Polybob
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posted 04-16-2007 03:33 PM
 
I am a retired LE examiner and now in private practice. As a LE examiner my agency did not audio/video record and as a private examined I have not yet done so however I want to doing it. I use an Lafayette LX4000 so I can use a small camera to record right into the PF however I'm not sure I want to use up all that hard drive space. Another option I have is one of the new hard drive based video cameras. The recording can then be easily transfered to a cd and stored that way.
My question is what are you folks out there using, how do you like it, and what would you change or improve if you could.IP: Logged |
jrwygant
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posted 04-16-2007 04:37 PM
I audio record everything, using a battery operated Olympus digital recorder that is smaller than a pack of cigarettes. It's a model DSS-330, which I don't think they offer anymore (the newer models have more capacity). It holds 2.5 hours. I start it and set it down on the table and forget it for the balance of the exam. The voice quality is remarkable. File size for a 1.5 hour exam is about 8.5 mb. I upload the audio file to my computer and save it with the exam files.IP: Logged |
stat
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posted 04-17-2007 08:54 AM
Great post. I use a little known, inexpensive ($150) digital camera called the Panasonic svav25. When you put a 1 gig card ($35) in the cam, put it on one of those mini-tripods ($13), switch the cam setting to "economy" and you will get 5 frames per second video for 23hrs. Later, I burn the videos onto a cd. The audio quality is fantastic, the video quality is fine. Look on ebay for the cam as they don't make them anymore---they now make the equally unpopular-with-consumers svav50. The reason that they're not popular is that the cams don't have alot of bells and whistles like anti-shaking and auto-focus-----all things that we stationary filmers don't want or need. I agree with you, your laptop has enough to do already. Before I got the little gem, I was fumbling around with web cams and other menacing pieces of $&%!. There are dozens of Panasonic SVAV25's on ebay still in box new. Consumers hated them, we love'm.
The camera is 3x3" I think---and it has a little screen on it for aiming. I've gotten lazy about burning videos (againg, 23hrs per card) and I've purchased 7 or 8 1 gig cards----enough to run over 150 hrs of video.
The especially cool thing about my system is that you can put several tests on 1 cd, and with a click of the mouse you can instantly fast forwrd to any spot during the test, mark the time, and save a court room the bore of watching a super boring video just to get to the "good part." [This message has been edited by stat (edited 04-17-2007).] [This message has been edited by stat (edited 04-17-2007).] IP: Logged |
stat
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posted 04-17-2007 12:15 PM
wooops. I checked ebay and Amazon and they don't have any Panasonic d-snap SV-AV25's for sale. They only have SV-AV50's (which are more expensive and a little more ergonomicly wierd). sorry---keep checking around. 25's are the economical ideal. IP: Logged |
Lieguy
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posted 05-29-2007 09:32 AM
I also use the Panasonic D-Snap SV-AV25. This thing works great! I just download the audio/video to a cd (along with the polygraph session and report) and I'm done.I went to a "stand-alone" video camera because I don't like everything tied to one source, the computer. The more junk we have running simultaneously, the slower the computer functions. D-Snap SVAV 25's are getting hard to find, but my buddy got a SVAV 50 and it also works great. Should be able to find one on ebay cheaply. Hint: get at least a 1gb card for it, I use a 2gb card. ------------------
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