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Here some information about what I use to make the videos for the podcast.
This podcast is not the main project. The projects I talk about are. And the video is just the final part. Projects need time, particularly because it is often about something new which I have to learn first. Then comes the video. My goal is to release an episode every month.
The opening music is from Voodoo by Opusvertigo.
The font for the opening screen is Voodoo Spirits by Levi Halmos.
To record my videos I use a Panasonic HC-V707EG-K. It was one of the first to offer 50 fps at 1080p. It's not bad, but lacks a couple of things:
For the audio I have Audio-Technica ATR3350 omnidirectional condenser lavalier microphone. But when plugged in the camera it generates a lot of noise in the background. I could not figure the cause, but it prevents me to get better audio recording. And the camera built-in microphones aren't too bad.
To record the screen I use SimpleScreenRecorder. It's simple and does the job well.
The audio is recorded using a Samson C01U USB microphone.
Currently I am using blender to make my videos. Most know it for its 3D modelling, but it can also do video editing. It is slick (I avoid software larger than 100 MB), stable, and does the job quite well.
I tried several non-linear video-editors:
To encode the video before and after editing I use ffmpeg. It does a good job at transcoding videos. And for the final video packaging I use mkvtoolnix.
Audacity does the job well and provides a nice noise removal function. But it does not provide a command line interface and can not be scripted.
SoX is small and fully scriptable. Its noise reduction is not very good, but the rest works well.
To make subtitles I use Aegisub. On the first pass I transcribe the video with approximate timing, only using the keyboard. I correct the timing with the mouse on the second pass.
Until episode #007 I transcribed the complete videos in the subtitles. Starting episode #008 I use the subtitles to add comments, details, and correct myself.
To help me making videos, I have a bunch of scripts which do all sorts of side tasks:
But I correct and extend them for each new episode.
I just have to make the recordings, put them together, comment the video in subtitles, run the scripts, and finally click on the publish button.