John McManimie
February 23rd, 2006, 03:53 PM
Can anyone recommend a product that is suitable for recording City Council meetings in a digital format, with an eye toward future web streaming?
The goal is to capture directly to a suitable format for streaming (such as MP3). I would prefer not to have to re-encode each audio file and not to have to store multiple formats of each file.
One of our workgroups has already purchased a "Philips Digital Transcription StarterKit 9750: (http://www.transcriptiongear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LFH9750&Category_Code=PHDTRANS&Product_Count=0) which uses the DSS file format. It is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) that it is not possible to convert DSS directly into MP3 Format but it must instead be converted to Wave then to MP3.
I could probably capture to a second device simultaneously or batch convert files on the network, but I would prefer a single, complete solution (if one exists).
Do any of you have an idea or can you point me in the right direction? Anything we should definitely consider NOW if we plan to offer this audio on the web in the (relatively near) future?
Thanks...
The goal is to capture directly to a suitable format for streaming (such as MP3). I would prefer not to have to re-encode each audio file and not to have to store multiple formats of each file.
One of our workgroups has already purchased a "Philips Digital Transcription StarterKit 9750: (http://www.transcriptiongear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LFH9750&Category_Code=PHDTRANS&Product_Count=0) which uses the DSS file format. It is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) that it is not possible to convert DSS directly into MP3 Format but it must instead be converted to Wave then to MP3.
I could probably capture to a second device simultaneously or batch convert files on the network, but I would prefer a single, complete solution (if one exists).
Do any of you have an idea or can you point me in the right direction? Anything we should definitely consider NOW if we plan to offer this audio on the web in the (relatively near) future?
Thanks...