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