MotionShare.com has recently added about 158 new motion backgrounds (loops) – from Red Ferris Wheel – they are great!
There is also a bulk download option – the RFW videos amount to quite a few gigs of vids!
Check it out – www.motionshare.com
Radio Microphones – Legal and Usable Frequencies
December 15th, 2010 by Andrew 6 comments »
Here in the UK, we need to be careful about what frequencies we set out radio microphone receivers/transmitters. Even if your radio mic set has 1,400 available frequencies only a few are usable legally without a license. Hopefully this page covers the basics and give some practical advise in using radio microphones.
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How to Fix a Broken Flip HD Video Camera
July 7th, 2010 by Andrew 1 comment »
I like Flip video cameras, they are simple, cheap and pretty good quality for what they are!
However they don’t have a reset button, and I have a broken one! It’s stuck on the ‘Flip Video Press for Setup’ screen – which is the first screen you get when you turn it on.
The model I have is the Flip Ultra HD 8Gb, model: U2120B, I suspect these steps would work for other cameras in the range (that don’t have a reset button!)
Here are the steps I took, with the help of Cisco support to resolve this…
150+ High Definition Abstract Background Loops Free
June 15th, 2010 by Andrew No comments »I’ve recently come across the website by Zach Fonville – he creates some great looping backgrounds – mostly of the slow/subtle variety – so more friendly on the eyes than what the Youth are after nowadays!
Zachs website is redferriswheel.com and these videos are 720p High definition .mov files – all available to download for free.
The videos are great for day to day use – where you want some color and a little movement happening in your backgrounds but don’t want to be distracting to the congregation.
Zach seems like a top bloke – more in his website.
Top Free Video Utility Programs for Apple Mac OSX!
June 8th, 2010 by Andrew No comments »Here are 5 of the best Freeware, must have, video programs for Apple Mac OSX! In my opinion 
These program make converting, burning, playing various video formats easy!
Feel free to add a comment with your favourites!
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DreamScens – a Source of HD Video Loops
April 29th, 2010 by Andrew No comments »It’s probably old news to some – I’m still sticking to Windows XP you see… There is a thing called DreamScene – which is a part of Vista Ultimate Edition, which allows you to have a video as your desktop ‘wallpaper’.
As a result, there are people making video loops for this purpose. They tend to be in HD resolutions and an wmv format. It occurred to me that these may be useful for use in Church settings… and it seems many are!
Google search for something like ‘dreamscene video’ and you’ll find websites with these videos to download. Most of the time they are free and the license is quite open, and just limited to ‘non-commercial’
I’ll be adding some of these sites to the MotionShare.com resources page.
For more info about DreamScene, visit Microsoft’s page: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/About-Windows-DreamScene
VJing @Church with GrandVJ and Ohm64
March 27th, 2010 by Andrew No comments »Just a quick post, we had youth worship event last night, about 180 kids, and I mixed visuals, projected on the front wall with GrandVJ and the Ohm64 controller…
View from Below (click for larger view)
View from Above (click for larger view)
I’ll post again later on with more info on how I got on with the software and hardware – but overall it was very good, having 8 channels of video to mix with is great, and the ease of use makes selecting videos quick… during one song I did have 7 layers of video in use at the same time!
Thumbnails in Windows Explorer for MP4, FLV and Quicktime MOV files
March 27th, 2010 by Andrew No comments »
I have lots of video files that I use for ‘VJ’ events. I try to put videos in to Quicktime (Photo JPEG) format, but then I lose the ability to see thumbnails in Windows Explorer (in Windows XP). Here is how to enable thumbnail previews for Quicktime .mov video files, flv (flash video) and MP4 video files…
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Video Mixing Software and Hardware
March 12th, 2010 by Andrew No comments »I have a collection of video loops, backgrounds, footage etc, and I like to mix/blend them during worship events, as “Worship VJ”.
I started mixing VHS tapes (eg the original Images for Worship VHS tapes from onbd.org), with a Panasonic MX50 mixer connected to a couple VHS players. This was great with lyrics keyed in over the top…. I started doing this about 12 years or so ago…
Now I have a growing collection of video files and have been looking for the best way to locate, mix and control video mixing of these files – mpgs, movs etc…
I have recently been using 2 laptops with their SVIDEO output connected to an Edirol video mixer, and then connect the output of the edirol to a projector.
However, I’ve been looking for a better solution, and I’ve decided on this:
Software Mixer: Arkaos Grand VJ
MIDI Controller: Livid Instruments Ohm64
They are currently on order, but the idea is, that the software can mix 8 channels of videos, and apply effects etc and more, and using the MIDI controller will make make the physical mixing/settings etc quick and easy…
I’ll post back with how it goes, I have an event on March 28 at which I’ll be using this…
Baby = Less Posts!
January 28th, 2010 by Andrew No comments »On 3rd Jan Noah was born, and I’ve been rather busy since! I do have blog posts planned and drafted, but it will take a bit longer to get them online! So please excuse the lack of posts 
