Buffy Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 Anyone out there have any recommendations on tools for creating streaming media content for software demos and training? We've tried a few products both that do straight capture of on-screen activities as well as Flash-content generators, and most are either too hard or don't do well with web content (they create huge video files that don't compress well for streaming). Leads, opinions, etc. appreciated... Thanks! :)Buffy Quote
InfiniteNow Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 Have you looked at something like InterWise? You can load prerecorded trainings, media, and so forth with a simple url for access... Not sure if it meets your needs, but we've had success with it for many internal trainings. Quote
Killean Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 Which have you tried already? Would TechSmith's SnagIt be part of it? (only program I know of for Win.) Quote
Buffy Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Posted January 9, 2007 Have you looked at something like InterWise? The issue is content creation. We've got several different mechanisms for providing access, and servers/streaming software isn't a problem. We're really looking for on-demand usage, and something at least a bit slicker for training and a lot slicker for demos. But creating content that serves both the purpose of being (relatively) easy to create (by non-Flashhackers) and doesn't put people to sleep or horrify them with low quality is a real problem. We currently use LiveMeeting (the old Placeware engulfed by M$) for live sales and training, but I'll have folks take a look at Interwise: the name's come up, but no one's had the time to do any research.... Design is easy, content is hard,Buffy Quote
Buffy Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Posted January 9, 2007 Which have you tried already? Would TechSmith's SnagIt be part of it? (only program I know of for Win.)We've used Captivate for generating Flash content, and some others that do video screen capture (names escape me at the moment), but I'm just trying to get as many names as possible at the moment, and opinions would be great too! Rewind,Buffy Quote
InfiniteNow Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 Productivity Pak or the older InfoPak might work too... They will no longer support InfoPak in about 5 years... [EDIT] ProdPak has context-sensitive help, which is a real bonus. [/EDIT] Quote
InfiniteNow Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 We've used Captivate for generating Flash content, and some others that do video screen capture (names escape me at the moment), Articulate? Quote
Buffy Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Posted January 9, 2007 Productivity Pak or the older InfoPak might work too... They will no longer support InfoPak in about 5 years...Oh my, RWD. I haven't thought about them in ages. Do you have any idea of what the pricing is for this? Budgeted,Buffy Quote
InfiniteNow Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 Nope... we have an special SLA and SOW in place, so get special pricing. i.e. we leverage our strengthe... Sorry. :) Quote
Tormod Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 Hm. I really thought Captivate was "it". Adobe always makes the files seem so lightweight. Quote
Buffy Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Posted January 9, 2007 Hm. I really thought Captivate was "it". Adobe always makes the files seem so lightweight.We like it because of the lightweight files, but its still more work than we'd like for the "training" end of things where the issue is that we've got a lot of training materials to produce "by yesterday".... For demos, its hard to beat though....I'm still entertaining alternatives if there are any... Captivatingly,Buffy Quote
alexander Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 Buffy what about more available technology something more hard core, programmatic and fun, like Flash or CSS? hehe ;) Quote
Tormod Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Buffy what about more available technology something more hard core, programmatic and fun, like Flash or CSS? hehe :D Captivate uses the Flash format IINM. Quote
Buffy Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Posted January 11, 2007 Captivate uses the Flash format IINM.Yeah, but alexander wants me to have more "fun" by coding it by hand. If I had the time of course, yes, I'd code it in assembler... :D Using the simplest method of pulling a rabbit out of a hat,Buffy Quote
alexander Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 assembler is extremely architecture-speciffic, go for C with arch detection and propper binary execution from there on, Buff Quote
Buffy Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Posted January 11, 2007 assembler is extremely architecture-speciffic, go for C with arch detection and propper binary execution from there on, Buff :cup:Oh no! That would be wimpy! Real programmers recode from scratch for every platform! :shrug: XOR 0xFFFF,Buffy Quote
alexander Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 i fail to follow your logic, buffy xor takes 2 arguments :shrug: lol, then go for assembly, you will be done before 2025 if you start now... Quote
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