Gus and I have been working on ideas to record the 6:30pm church sermons so they can be podcast on the St Andy's website. From what I can see, it also appears that Kristen is also working on the website. I can't wait to see it.
Anyway - anyone have ideas about to record the sermons? These are the options that we have come up with so far:
Option 1: add LINE-IN capability to church laptop (the one used for Powerpoint) through the use of a USB sound card, and run Audacity. Found file would then be removed via USB flash drive and taken to the webmaster's computer.
Option 2: acquire a small mp3 player with a line-in recording capability. Preferably, it should also have a removeable media slot (e.g. SD card) so that the player can be permanently mounted somewhere in the sound desk.
Option 3: acquire a second hand Xbox, mod it to run Linux, get the same USB sound card device in Option 1, attach it, run Audacity for Linux, run Linux support for USB sound card, acquire USB keyboard and mouse, acquire small LCD screen, acquire composite video to VGA converter (so display from Xbox can be viewed on LCD screen). Permanently install Xbox in the sound desk somewhere.
We're trying out Option 1 this week, as we've already ordered (read: Ebay) the USB sound card, called the Griffin iMic. I went to EVERY computer/audio/electronics store in Sydney city the past few days, I swear, you can't get it except for online.
If Option 1 works, how sweet life will be. If it doesn't (i.e. computer can't handle recording audio and powerpoint at the same time) then Option 2 or 3 it is. I can't see why Option 1 wouldn't work. We're only recording the sermon, so the Powerpoint is pretty much inactive anyway. We'll see I guess.
Part of me wants Option 1 to fail, just so I can have a shot at Option 3. Which makes me wonder, selling mod chips may very well be illegal come 1 January 2007, but will using an already modded xbox be illegal then too?
That's a whole other topic - don't you worry, I'll post something about that soon.
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I'm not working on any designs at the moment, I need more specifics and some brainstorming time.
Someday hopefull we will have a spiffy looking and functioning website. At the moments it's okay looking and functioning.
Option 3 sounds horrible! You know stuff like that never comes together as easily as it sounds before you start.
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