What
you just read is the text for the opening of each of the crumbs/chapters that
will be uploaded to YouTube. Since it
pretty much explains what is going on and is not included in written form
during the videos, it seemed appropriate to use it as the opening for this.
Alas, I
really should have a lot more accomplished than I do. For I only have one more crumb/chapter
actually ready to upload, but a couple are awfully close.
Speaking
of awful, what I would think would not be all that much has been a nightmare so
far. Suffice to say that I have newfound
great respect for those who can simply read something out loud without mumbling
and slurring. Furthermore, those who can
add true feelings to what they are reading are most certainly not getting paid
enough!
Of
course, what they are given to read does make a difference, and when it is not
right, their job becomes exponentially harder.
Despite countless attempts at proof-reading, there was/is quite a bit
about the text of [The Crackerhead Chronicles] that wasn’t right, and correcting
those mistakes has taken a lot time and energy.
In all
fairness, I anticipated the actual recording and video editing process as being
a lot more fun than what I wanted to participate in. For I did not even realize that there was
such a program as [Windows Sound Recorder] before I started this project—let
alone that it was already included as part of Windows 7 on my computer.
Oh, but
wait—there’s more! For I am using a
microphone that came with our first computer back in 2000, and I can hardly
hear what has been recorded without cranking up the speaker volume to 100%.
So,
some amplification was needed, and that has involved two more programs that I
never knew existed before. For
[Audacity] can amplify recordings, but it will only work with mp3 and WAV
files. Therefore, [Free Audio Converter] was needed to convert the WMA files from Windows Sound Recorder to a WAV file,
and then used to convert the amplified WAV files to mp3 before they are be
added to the video.
The
video itself has not been as much of a nightmare as I thought it might be
beforehand. For I played around with
Windows Movie Maker a time or two before while trying to produce some
WhiteHeart videos, and the Windows Live Movie Maker that I now have to work
with is easier to get along with in many regards.
Still,
if anything was really easy to do, He wouldn’t be having me do it—now, would
He? Sigh.
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