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Hi, I'm hoping someone on this forum can help me out. I'd like to research a way to take multiple video files and have them play continuously on a television set. I am hoping to put these files on a server and have them loop 24 hours a day. I'll need to be able to add and subtract videos from...

I've been assigned the task of finding out the best camera/camera setting/compression setting for posting hour long lecture videos to YouTube. I thought I would start here for suggestions and work my way out. The workflow I am looking for is minimum effort, highest compression quality...

I'm looking for a comfortable camera transition from being an ENG news photographer to doing production shoots. Any camera recommendations? I'll be doing a lot of promos and hype videos, but will still do news-style packages. Price range is TBD, so any recommendations would be great. Thanks!

Yes? No? Maybe so?

I have so many Beta SP tapes that have never been touched. Brand new in the box. Is there any market for these tapes? I'm willing to sell them very cheap.

Looking to get some USB mics to track directly into our edit bays. Any suggestions? We use Windows 7 and Abobe Premiere CS5 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/USB-Microphones/ci/14713/N/4241071877

Hey Chiefs, Quick question: How do you guys archive shows? Right now, we record each show onto a DVC Pro tape. After a week, it is taped over and gone forever. I know there has to be a better way to archive these shows and keep them forever. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, Joe

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/annie-stensrud-anchor-drunk-broadcast_n_1134128.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 I don't know what is worse: the drunk anchor, or the fact that they edit the VOs and SOTs on the same tape 1XoKdX8L_Pg

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7325383/mlb-bans-visible-undergarments-muscle-shirts-more-dress-code-media-members Most of it seems like common sense. Nothing too crazy.

We have some really nasty porta-brace soft cases that look like they haven't been used in years. My guess is that they are stained with salt water among other things. They smell and look grungy. Any cleaning tips to salvage them?

Hey y'all, Looking for a free program that plays HD .mov files, AND can display timecode. Anyone know of any? Trying to map our raw video folders to producer's deskstop computers so they can log sound without going into an edit bay. Joe

Hey guys, I posted this in the jobs section here on b-roll, but thought it would be worth another post in the forum. We have a Monday-Friday opening here at WCIV in Charleston, SC (DMA #98) and for some reason this time around I've only received a couple of resumes. PM me with questions. Here...

This is my first Hurricane season in a coastal market. With Irene coming up the East coast, I'm looking for some good preview stories that aren't your typical grocery store stock up... Any and all ideas are welcome. Joe

Hey all, Since switching over to our new cameras we've been seeing a bad reflection of light that is being created somewhere between our tiffen filter or through the lens. I notice it the most while shooting police cars at night. It is happening with all 11 of our cameras. I've uploaded some...

Does anyone keep a lens cap on their ENG camera? One of the engineers is giving us a hard time because we aren't using ours. Just curious if anyone out there actually does.

Looking to order new mic flags. Anyone have a good company they use?

Working on an on-call schedule and wanted to get your thoughts on this. If you have hourly OMBs at your station, are they in the photographer on-call rotation? Any arguments why they should or should not?

Hey folks, Only a week until voting ends for two at-large board members. I'm one of those clowns that are running for the position. If you get a minute between eating turkey leftovers and watching football, log on and vote. If you find yourself visiting the metropolis of Harrisburg, first...

After 5 years as a news photog/editor, I'm now an "All-platform journalist." Enjoying it so far and I'm curious to see how many other general news photogs are now writing/tracking and doing live shots. Anyone having problems with the transition?

About 4 years ago I shot and edited a wedding for my buddy and burned it on iDVD. The DVD now has problems. It no longer plays in a regular DVD player, however, I can still view it on a mac computer and it looks fine. To make a long story short, this is now the only copy of his wedding that...