I'm trying to build a setup for a church. As someone preaches the audio gets recorded real time onto a CDR. They also pipe the audio output (3.5mm Mic) from the soundboard into a handheld MP3 player as a backup if the CD fails to record. If I get a laptop the mic jack should be able to accept this signal as well, but wouldn't the 3.5 mic signal be mono? Headphones seem to have stereo so maybe a 3.5 mic jack can as well?
the audio phase is the primary need right now, but being able to possibly record video would be a huge bonus. They also have a few security cameras covering their parking lot, which are piped into an old school VCR and tube TV. I was thinking maybe they could convert to a wireless camera system kit that comes with a software package, and maybe they could have an audio recording program like Nero or Audacity recording the sermons but also have the wireless camera setup viewable on this same laptop. Someone told me you can't view video from one input while recording audio on another on the same computer. Is this true?? The cameras wouldn't have audio, just black/white video most likely. If they have to get 2 PCs so be it.
There's a lot of info there, hopefully someone can tell me limitations and possibilities of a system like this. Any help and suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance.
the audio phase is the primary need right now, but being able to possibly record video would be a huge bonus. They also have a few security cameras covering their parking lot, which are piped into an old school VCR and tube TV. I was thinking maybe they could convert to a wireless camera system kit that comes with a software package, and maybe they could have an audio recording program like Nero or Audacity recording the sermons but also have the wireless camera setup viewable on this same laptop. Someone told me you can't view video from one input while recording audio on another on the same computer. Is this true?? The cameras wouldn't have audio, just black/white video most likely. If they have to get 2 PCs so be it.
There's a lot of info there, hopefully someone can tell me limitations and possibilities of a system like this. Any help and suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance.