[senit] using digital video with students

Unfair? No, just talking from experience. I would point out

This thread's a few weeks old, but I've very recently been trying to use a 
pinnacle card and software to play back and record live DVB-T television, 
and also to pick up the signal on other PCs on the network.

Every piece of software I've tried has been ropey to say the least

Does anyone know of a piece of software that :

Picks up all the channels and makes it easy to put them in a sensible order
Has easily configurable (and free) EPG
Doesn't crash when it encounters a radio station, an interactive station, or 
a station that's off air
Allows you to pipe the signal to other PCs on the net

So far I've used Pinaccle Media Centre - versions 1.2 through to 4, and 
various third party programs including some Open Source  and shareware 
stuff. None have been ideal

Any suggestions ?

If any one is wondering what this has to do with SEN; I'm experimenting at 
home with a view to implementing on school network, as we've previously had 
an old analogue cable connection which has more or less died the death - and 
we're now faced with a large-ish bill to switch to digital, satelitte isn't 
an option due to restrictions on dishes in our locality; and we could 
presumably rig up a DVB aerial  - but it might be as easy to pipe it to the 
network rather than individual set top boxes - and that way we'd get it on 
out white boxes.

Stephen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk>
To: <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [senit] using digital video with students

> Unfair? No, just talking from experience. I would point out
> that this is the same experience that thousands of other
> Pinnacle users have reported (just take a look at their
> forums!)
>
> I'm glad that your students haven't suffered the same
> negative experiences as mine :o)
>
> iMovie is my preferred choice but unfortunately is only
> available on the Mac.
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: N PRICE <normapp at btinternet.com>
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [senit] using digital video with students
> Date: 23-Apr-2007 17:07:37 +0100
>
>> Mark,
>> I think you are being unfair on Pinnacle. I have Pinnacle
>> Studio Plus v 10.5 and it runs very smoothly on my
>> machine. Did you use an earlier version?
>>
>>  Norma
>> ....................
>> Norma Price
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: "webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk"
>> <webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk> To:
>> senit at lists.becta.org.uk Sent: Monday, 23 April, 2007
>> 12:01:03 PM Subject: Re: [senit] using digital video with
>> students
>>
>>
>> Shame you don't have Macs as iMovie is great for SEN.
>>
>> As you're using PCs you need to avoid Pinnacle as it is
>> very buggy. My students have found it incredibly
>> frustrating (lost work, crashes, etc. Even on a high
>> specced machine) Use anything but!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>
>> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
>> Subject: [senit] using digital video with students
>> Date: 19-Apr-2007 23:27:58 +0100
>>
>> > hello, have been asked to give series of lessons on
>> > digital video (on windows)to more able students with
>> > SLD with little experience of digital video. probably
>> > as group lesson with lots of support.
>> > (BTW thanks for the info on dig still cams with video
>> > clip facility.)
>> >
>> >  a *first thoughts list for the lessons was
>> >
>> > 1. using dig still cams with video clip facility.
>> > 2. downloading & viewing these clips
>> > 3. possibly simple editing (eg joining clips?)of these
>> > in windows movie maker
>> > 4. using digital video camcorder
>> > 5. viewing live output on TV monitor
>> > 6. downloading to pc with pinnacle or windows movie
>> > maker
>> > 7. simple transitions or editing?
>> > 8. output as file or dvd
>> >
>> > how does this compare what you have done with students
>> > with SLD? Any suggestions? what kind of editing would
>> > you suggest? what about the digital blue/Tag digital
>> > movie creator- where does it fit in?
>> > thanks
>> > David
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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