[Sian W]

We currently have 2 Echo capture devices connected up to a conference room and lecture theatre. The Echo engineer came and installed these for us. We have never tried installing them elsewhere ourselves or using these devices as a portable device. I have had a request from a lecturer who urgently needs to record a lecture elsewhere. I was wondering if anyone has had experience using Echo as a portable device where they move it to various lecture theatres or seminar rooms when required. We would rather not do this on a regular basis as I doubt we would have the resources but wondering how easy it would be to set up this up in another room for just a day. Would it just be a case of plugging in the video, mic, projector into the appropriate ports on the echo device and plugging in the network cable. Or is there more to it than this? I guess there could be network/IP issues. Sorry if this seems a dumb question but not used Echo a great deal and I'm not hardcore techy so be grateful of any advice.

Thanks in advance
Sian

[Mark Rogge]

You can download Qumu Create and just install it on a laptop. No need to carry around a big box or deal with any of the other issues.

[Tom Zelickman]

Sian,

Whenever you move hardware that uses a network you should first check to see if there are specific requirements within your institution that may come in to play. Specifically, do your devices use dedicated addresses or do they dynamically attain their addresses from the network itself? In the case of dynamic addressing you are absolutely correct in your assumption that moving an appliance temporarily would only require you to plug in the appropriate cables.

Another option for recording with appliances in a mobile environment is to pre-schedule the recordings. This removes the need for a network connection in the new venue and the appliances will automatically upload the recordings when the network connection is restored. This is often an easier approach to mobile recording using appliances.

With either of these options I always recommend that you perform a dry run before your first mobile recording. This allows you to make adjustments to audio levels, camera settings, and generally ensure your workflow is sound.

Lastly, we also have two different software-based recording options based on your needs for that venue. I would be glad to facilitate that conversation as well.

Please let us know how we may assist you in your planning.

Sincerely,
Tom

[lpacker]

Tom Zelickman, on 26 January 2010 - 11:46 AM, said:

Sian,

Whenever you move hardware that uses a network you should first check to see if there are specific requirements within your institution that may come in to play. Specifically, do your devices use dedicated addresses or do they dynamically attain their addresses from the network itself? In the case of dynamic addressing you are absolutely correct in your assumption that moving an appliance temporarily would only require you to plug in the appropriate cables.

Another option for recording with appliances in a mobile environment is to pre-schedule the recordings. This removes the need for a network connection in the new venue and the appliances will automatically upload the recordings when the network connection is restored. This is often an easier approach to mobile recording using appliances.

With either of these options I always recommend that you perform a dry run before your first mobile recording. This allows you to make adjustments to audio levels, camera settings, and generally ensure your workflow is sound.

Lastly, we also have two different software-based recording options based on your needs for that venue. I would be glad to facilitate that conversation as well.

Please let us know how we may assist you in your planning.

Sincerely,
Tom

[lpacker]

Many universities build their own carts and add AV gear to "portablize" their lecture capture appliances, such as Medisasites. For those schools that want to regularly move their lecture capture systems from room to room we developed the ProEdge V-Chassis solution. It's not much larger than a PC tower. But the encoder and all of the AV components are organized and wired so setup takes just a minute or so and you're video recording and streaming live. Wheels and a telescoping handle are built in to facilitate tranport. You can see a 2 minute video of the product at or go to http://iocorp.com/ and click on the video streaming button.

[Sian W]

Tom Zelickman, on 26 January 2010 - 01:46 PM, said:

Sian,

Whenever you move hardware that uses a network you should first check to see if there are specific requirements within your institution that may come in to play. Specifically, do your devices use dedicated addresses or do they dynamically attain their addresses from the network itself? In the case of dynamic addressing you are absolutely correct in your assumption that moving an appliance temporarily would only require you to plug in the appropriate cables.

Another option for recording with appliances in a mobile environment is to pre-schedule the recordings. This removes the need for a network connection in the new venue and the appliances will automatically upload the recordings when the network connection is restored. This is often an easier approach to mobile recording using appliances.

With either of these options I always recommend that you perform a dry run before your first mobile recording. This allows you to make adjustments to audio levels, camera settings, and generally ensure your workflow is sound.

Lastly, we also have two different software-based recording options based on your needs for that venue. I would be glad to facilitate that conversation as well.

Please let us know how we may assist you in your planning.

Sincerely,
Tom

Thanks Tom. That is very useful information. One of your Echo colleagues kindly rang me to talk over the options and basically explained what you have said above. For this instance I'm going to try the pre-scheduling that you suggest above as I haven't managed to have conversations with our network team as yet. Thanks again. I'd be happy to find out more about the diffent software-based recording options too.

Sian

[Scott Dawe]

Sian W, on 22 January 2010 - 10:38 AM, said:

We currently have 2 Echo capture devices connected up to a conference room and lecture theatre. The Echo engineer came and installed these for us. We have never tried installing them elsewhere ourselves or using these devices as a portable device. I have had a request from a lecturer who urgently needs to record a lecture elsewhere. I was wondering if anyone has had experience using Echo as a portable device where they move it to various lecture theatres or seminar rooms when required. We would rather not do this on a regular basis as I doubt we would have the resources but wondering how easy it would be to set up this up in another room for just a day. Would it just be a case of plugging in the video, mic, projector into the appropriate ports on the echo device and plugging in the network cable. Or is there more to it than this? I guess there could be network/IP issues. Sorry if this seems a dumb question but not used Echo a great deal and I'm not hardcore techy so be grateful of any advice.

Thanks in advance
Sian

Hi Sian - I just ran across this post. Even though it is old, I wanted to give you a resource from Trinity University where they describe their Echo360 mobile cart solution:

• Mobile cart setup at Trinity University –