playback on a DVD player?

[adriansalisbury]

I have been asked by a client if I can create a tour to playback on his Plasma/DVD that is not linked to a computer. I realise that you would not be interact with it and would have to set a path but does anyone know of a way to play this way?

[Trausti Hraunfjord]

Onscreen recorder worth every dime: Camtasia studio ( http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp ) Review here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110404021.html

Use it to record your movements through the tour, you can add a sound track and produce the result in high quality for DVD distribution, and all the way to small filesize intended for youtube/similar streaming playback.

[izoneguy]

You mean like this?

http://www.izonemedia.net/mhsrv_h264.mov

I did some of this for a client. They wanted some self-running video at
a tradeshow of some of their panos.

[adriansalisbury]

Fantastic, what a great idea, that's the beauty of forums like this.
Thanks for your example too izoneguy, that gives me a feel for how this can work.
If my client goes for it I'll post the finished tour up here.

Thanks again guys

[360VT.co.uk]

izone

Did you use Camtasia studio, I just tried it, very jerky


I used http://pano2movie.com to make this one, was going to add some together and add overlays in video editing software

I dropped it down from a 350mb .mov to a 3.4 .mp4

http://www.seelincolnshire.co.uk/test/pano2movie/

[izoneguy]

I use Snap Z pro for the MAC
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

I do a lot of PowerPoint to video and Snap Z pro has been the best
solution so far.

I don't do much with the Pano to video because clients can
run a presentation from a computer even with internet access.

[Trausti Hraunfjord]

izone

Did you use Camtasia studio, I just tried it, very jerky

It can be terrible if you haven't found the correct settings.... hundreds of MB's for a couple of minutes, with tots of your own hair all over the floor and keyboard.... a result from those frustrating moments.

Once you have found the right settings, you can save them and use again and again with good results.

Last time I used it, was after several months and a couple of re-installs, so the saved settings were gone, and I had forgotten how to get the right settings. That resulted in 8 hours going crazy.

[izoneguy]

You are correct. I usually capture at ProRes, edit and then distribute as h.264...

[adriansalisbury]

well there's certainly plenty here to try, thanks guys. Need to roll my sleeves up now and do some research and testing!