What to Know BEFORE Getting Started

To ensure the safety of yourself and AOC’s gear/facilities, please review our brief safety video and adhere to all safety measures when using AOC’s small TV studio.

COLLECT YOUR SHOW’S ASSETS

• Digital assets include any digital photos, videos, graphics, songs, audio clips, etc. that you intend to use within your program. Upload these assets to a hard drive or flash drive before your reservation.

• We recommend adding a prefix to your filenames to make them easier to search in the Tricaster software. (For example, you made add the date and your initials in this format: yyyymmdd_FL_filename). Be sure to separate your filename from your prefix with an underscore [_].

  • Graphics

    • Acceptable File Types: .jpg .png .bmp

    • Image Resolution should be no less than 720x480 pixels at 72 pixels per inch (ppi),

  • Video Clips

    • Acceptable File Types: .mov .avi

    • Video resolution should be no less than 720x480 pixels.

  • Audio

    • Acceptable File Types: .wav .mp3

PREPARE YOUR’S SHOW’S TEXT ASSETS

• Planning to have a co-host or guest talent on your show? Make a list with the proper spelling of each of your talent’s names and preferred titles.

• Make a list of your show’s contact info, websites, and social media handles and/or your guest talent’s contact info. This info can be displayed on-screen using the Tricaster software in the Director’s Booth.

DID YOU KNOW AOC CAN HELP YOU DISTRIBUTE YOUR CONTENT TO MORE VIEWERS?

Let us help you get your voice and your vision shared! AOC will broadcast ANY locally-produced content, submitted by members OR non-members, FOR FREE on your our TV channels (LUS 3&4 and COX 15&16) and our YouTube page: AOC Community Media.

Once your footage is ready to air, submit it to us with the button below (You can also find this button through the Make Media > Submit Programming tab on our Homepage). AOC depends on you to share your content with us so we can demonstrate and highlight the support our organization is providing to the Acadiana community.

(***Remember: Your content belongs to you! You maintain 100% ownership rights to all content you produce. AOC simply serves as the distribution hub by which your voice is amplified.***)