Recording your own videos - part II:           MDR, Mediasite Mosaic & My mediasite

July 21, 2020

Duane Woods

what is My Mediasite?

My Mediasite is SFU's video streaming service and online repository for stored video and audio recordings for staff and faculty. These recordings can then be directly embedded into Canvas.

what is media desktop recorder and Mediasite Mosaic?

MDR, Mediasite Capture and Mediasite Mosaic are online screencasting apps that directly integrates into My Mediasite.

It allows you to record video and/or audio presentations, with light editing available in the Web Editor, if needed. It is then automatically streamed online with My Mediasite.

Versions

MDR - PC

Mediasite Capture - Older Mac

Mediasite Mosaic - Newer Mac

*will eventually all become Mosaic

Mediasite

• Classroom version 
• IT Services records & uploads
• Automatic
• Room to walk around
• No editing

my mediasite

• Home version
• User records & uploads
• Manual
• In front of your screen
• Basic editing (cuts/fades)

Mediasite vs. My Mediasite

What it can do

• Record your screen & mic
• Single window or side-by-side
• Record audio/podcast
• Basic editing (cut/fade)
• Create chapters (*chunking is better)

What it can't do

• Record system audio
• Resize or cut between shots
• Not quite Youtube quality
• Advanced editing (text, titles, other media)
• Can't create closed captions

What can mdr/Mosaic do?

Keep in Mind

• Best to think of MDR/Mosaic recordings as "one-shot" videos
• Uploads and downloads can take much longer than you think

Uploading VIDEO FORMATs FOR MEDIASITE

Video FORMAT

• Container Format: MP4
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (16:9 FHD) recommended
• Codec: H.264 is preferred
• Frame Rate: 10 (for slide presentations) or 30 frames per second
• Duration: ideal length for a video is under 1 hour (up to 2 hours maximum)
• File Size: less than 2GB for a signle video file recommended

Audio Format for Mediasite

• Container Format: MP3
• Bit rate: 192 kbps or less recommended
• Duration: length for a recorded audio is under 3 hours

Capture

Presentations 

My Mediasite

downloads enabled

Polls and Q&A

Web Editor

(optional simple editing)

• Fades at head and tail (beginning and end)
• cut out a part in the middle or end
• add chapters (*chunking is better)
• no text/titles, no additional media, no callouts (ie. arrows), no moving around clips, no music, no VoiceOver 

What editing can it do?

*if short enough, often better to re-record than edit

embed in Canvas