Recording a live webinar by GoToMeeting, Zoom, or TEAMS can be a daunting task to someone who doesn’t know the ins and outs of video frame rates, resolutions, and codecs.  We developed our webinar recording service for businesses and podcasters that either don’t have the technical expertise or don’t have the time to learn.

Why Hire a Professional to Record a Webinar?

We’ve done extensive testing to find the best method to record webinars.  Here are the highlights.

1. We capture the entire screen with the best video codec.
2. We record PowerPoint animations, cursor movements and desktop sharing.
3. All elements are in high definition.
4. Audio editing and video editing are available.
5. Output is typically .mp4, .wmv, or almost any audio/video format available.

We produce the best, highest-quality, highest-resolution webinar recordings possible.

If you don’t already have a web conferencing service, we can help with that too.

Give us a try today.

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With the advent of digital television and new viewing technolgies such as Plasma, LCD and LED, understanding how TVs overscan your DVD is not as important as it once was.  These TVs use newer connectors and often have 0% overscan—showing the complete image.  But how many millions of older TVs still overscan the image?  Your guess is as good as mine, but even some of the best HDTVs of today may still overscan a video image by as much as 20%.

That begs the question: What happens to text or images that are around the outside edge of a slide when you convert PowerPoint to DVD?  In many cases, when watching on a TV, you will not see this part of the video.

Here is an example of a PowerPoint slide that contains some text completely outside of the 20% boundary indicated by the second set of dotted lines (the interior set of lines).  In video circles, this is called the “Title Safe Area”.

As you can see above, “Tips and tools for creating…” is completely outside the 20% boundary and in danger of being cut off by a huge number of televisions.  The last two letters in the larger text above it, “Widescreen Presentation” will also be left unseen by anyone who has a TV that overscans by 20% or more.

How to defeat video overscan issues when converting your slides.
When creating your PowerPoint presentation, make sure to keep any text away from this 20% boundary.  Graphic elements and some images may be acceptable along the edges, but text is NOT.  You don’t want to leave your audience guessing about what you are trying to say, do you?

Here is an example of a slide that has all text positioned correctly inside the title safe area.

As you can see, not only is the text inside the usable area, relevant images are as well.  If there was a caption beneath the graphs at the bottom, we’d want to move the graphs even further inside the safe area to avoid losing the text below the image.

What if your 300-slide PowerPoint show is already completed—incorrectly?
Our PowerPoint-to-DVD service is able to “fix” this problem for you.  During the video editing process, we can shrink your slides slightly and create a new background to fill the newly created space around the edges of your slides.  In most cases, it will look exactly as you intended.  In fact, the second image above was created from a slide that was originally built incorrectly—containing some of the text outside of the 20% safe area.

We will discuss other PowerPoint-to-DVD tips in subsequent articles.  In the meantime, if you have the need for any of our services, please contact us here.

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For instance, how many people know what the progressive scan feature does on their DVD player, or the difference between the IDE and SATA cable in a computer? On one hand, not knowing a DVD player’s video setting might leave you with a less than pleasurable viewing experience. But more seriously, not having the basic knowledge of the inside of a computer during a breakdown could leave you with a non-functioning pile of circuits and hardware—costing you hours of lost productivity.

At AudioFile Solutions, we certainly don’t want to add to the myriad of people blogging about the everyday functionality of the iPhone, or about any product that people are using in their consumer lives. But, we can help you with techniques and technology that can improve your professional life, and hopefully help you relieve that recurring itch on your forehead.

Our Plan: We couldn’t be more excited to announce our new blog on the techniques and technology of the things we know best—podcast production, telephone recording, and even our transcription services.

Our Customers: Our customers often ask for our thoughts on ways they can improve their podcasts, telephone interviews, etc. Questions like:

• Why is the quality of my conference call so poor? Could using Skype be the cause?
• What is the best mobile recorder for an in-person interview in a noisy IT environment?
• For SEO purposes, should a podcast contain loads of keywords like a website does?

We will attempt to address many of these questions in future posts. Heck, we may even join the chorus and talk about the iPhone—the professional uses, that is—as long as we are not duplicating ground that has already been covered elsewhere. In fact, did you know there is a hardware plug-in that turns your iPhone into a mobile recorder! But we’ll talk about that later.

In the meantime, do you have a question of your own? What bit of audio or video technology leaves you scratching your head in your professional life? Is converting that 100 page PowerPoint presentation to video giving you fits?

Our Future Blog: Please leave your questions in the comments section of this post; even if you find this several years after the initial posting. We look forward to a conversation with you on these often overlooked topics.

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