This is a lesson about finding out the hard way. I had the brilliant idea to record a computer training session on WebEx and then convert it to .mov or .wmv to import intoCamtasia for editing. Seemed like a pretty easy process. Except it didn’t work!
After multiple attempts at converting, with the WebEx converter, I decided to look up the issue on online forums. I didn’t see anything positive. I then asked a couple of people I work with if they had ever tried to convert WebEx video. They had . . . and it didn’t work.
Now this isn’t meant to be a WebEx bashing session, but if I had tested it out first, I would have realized that I should have recorded right to Camtasia instead of trying to convert the WebEx recording. I could have saved myself a lot of time AND rework. Now I have to go back and have the person who performed the training do it all over again.
Not a great outcome, but a great lesson in making sure that I try new things out ahead of time, no matter how good it sounds.
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