Stake Conference Video w/ Hymn Text Overlay
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:34 pm
I meantioned this in another post, but I thought I'd start a new thread with it. Our Stake Presidency wanted to be able to put the words to the Hymns over the video broadcast for the overflow areas similar to how it's done in General Conference. They wanted this for several reasons.
1. Time of making, distributing, and cleaning up the Hymn copies
2. The cost of making the copies
After a bit of research we purchased a simple piece of equipment that allowed us easily to put the words to the Hymns (via PowerPoint) over the video for the overflow areas. It looked very close to the way General Conference does this.
More people sang the Hymns, it was quite loud; a benefit we weren't anticipating.
This was suprisingly easy to do, much easier than originally anticipated when we first set out to figure out a solution to do this.
In addition to a video camera with the typical overflow setup, additional equipment needed
1. Grand MagicView EX
List Price: $249.99
http://www.grandtec.com/magicview.htm
Found it here for $159 +shipping
http://www.sundialmicro.com/PC-to-TV-Co ... 6_439.html
2. A computer (Window, Mac, or Linux) with a USB port to power the Grand MagicView
3. Presentation software such as PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress installed
Note: PowerPoint has a great option of displaying the slideshow full screen in 2nd monitor, which is the Grand MagicView. This allows me to work in the 1st monitor (a laptop) without anyone seeing it overlayed over the video.
1. Time of making, distributing, and cleaning up the Hymn copies
2. The cost of making the copies
After a bit of research we purchased a simple piece of equipment that allowed us easily to put the words to the Hymns (via PowerPoint) over the video for the overflow areas. It looked very close to the way General Conference does this.
More people sang the Hymns, it was quite loud; a benefit we weren't anticipating.
This was suprisingly easy to do, much easier than originally anticipated when we first set out to figure out a solution to do this.
In addition to a video camera with the typical overflow setup, additional equipment needed
1. Grand MagicView EX
List Price: $249.99
http://www.grandtec.com/magicview.htm
Found it here for $159 +shipping
http://www.sundialmicro.com/PC-to-TV-Co ... 6_439.html
2. A computer (Window, Mac, or Linux) with a USB port to power the Grand MagicView
3. Presentation software such as PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress installed
Note: PowerPoint has a great option of displaying the slideshow full screen in 2nd monitor, which is the Grand MagicView. This allows me to work in the 1st monitor (a laptop) without anyone seeing it overlayed over the video.