Getting Started with Streaming Video

Produce and post media to USF's Ensemble streaming service. Put in a request to record your class lecture, or record your own video, then deliver the file to Media Services to upload it to the streaming server to share.

Recording by Request

Student technicians are available to video and audio tape classes, academic or administrative events. Scheduling for a student tech is done through the Technology Reservation Request form. Reservations must be made at least 48-hours (72-hours if submitted on Saturday) prior to the date of the recording. If you need assistance with the form, or want to follow up on a request, please contact the Help Desk, which serves as the primary point of contact for taping requests.

Attend CIT Training Workshops

The CIT provides training in video and audio editing and production. View the CIT's training calendar and attend either an iMovie (Mac), Premiere Elements (PC), or Audacity (PC and Mac) training to help you get started developing and streaming your multimedia content.

Available Software Tools for Editing Media

Choose from any of the following software to help you edit your multimedia content.

Checkpoint!
Is your current media format supported on the streaming server?

USF's QuickTime Streaming server will support the following media file types. If your media is currently not in one of the following formats, the CIT may be able to convert the file into one of the supported formats. Contact cit@usfca.edu for help.

Preparing content for the QuickTime Streaming server

The preferred settings for your video files should be set at that following:

Frame size should be 320 x 240

What follows is a screen shot from iMovie. The screen shot provides a sample of the best settings for saving a Web Streaming video. Select this option from the iMovie, Share menu.