I just bought the ProJive XLR mic cable for my iPhone. What’s it do? It’s an XLR to headphone jack cable adapter, and it’s made to plug a normal XLR microphone into an iPhone.
This lets me use my better-quality microphones (well, better than the built-in iPhone mic, anyway) for recording. It works with any audio app (like the voice recorder) or with video apps, too.
So – check out the video above, and listen to the sound. Not bad for an iPhone video, huh? Also listen for the unmistakable cell phone interference – that “beep beep beep” noise that you sometimes hear when a cell phone is close to some speakers. I’ll have to experiment more – if that interference happens a lot, the cable isn’t going to be all that helpful.
But we’ll see. Until then, I can now get quality audio in my iPhone videos effortlessly. Sweet!
Here’s the first video for Library360, a new video series for my library. Our goals are pretty simple (or lofty): to introduce our library’s customers to the library – our services, staff, etc. All the cool stuff the library does that doesn’t always get noticed.
We’ll see what happens!
In the meantime, here’s what our plan looks like for the video series:
3 minutes or under (didn’t quite make it at 3:16, but we were close!)
big goal – make the library more visible to Topeka
post a new video every two weeks
do this for one year
ask for interaction (likes, comments, subscribers)
Question – anyone else doing a regular video series for your library? I’d love to know about it!
I recently purchased some iPhone photo/video lenses from Photojojo, and wanted to show you what they do to iPhone video.
I bought the 3 lens bundle, which includes a wide angle/macro lens, a telephoto lens, and a fisheye lens. They actually work pretty well. Watch my video to see the three lenses in action (along with my trusty iMicrophone).
Do you use your smart phone to take videos or photos? Check the lenses out.
Why have I been focused on Youtube? Well, a couple of reasons. One, I really needed to re-focus on Youtube a bit at work. Writing and thinking about this stuff really helps me figure out what I need to do next for my library’s Youtube account.
One more reason – Youtube is a social network, with subscribers, friends, content creators, comments, likes, and favorites. If you want friends, subscribers, comments … and more importantly, video viewers, you need to be there. You need to watch videos, leave comments, likes, favorites, share videos, etc. That gets you noticed by others in the Youtube community (and your local customers who use Youtube).
Try out some of my suggestions, and see if you can increase engagement in Youtube in 2012!
