The Media Center – Professional Media Production Made Easy

The Vetmeduni Media Center is the central hub for bringing teaching and research to the forefront. Ranging from concise educational clips and immersive 3D models to expert podcasts, this is where modern formats are created to make science accessible and engaging for the public and students alike.

Researchers and educators should be able to dedicate their full attention to their specialized expertise, without getting bogged down by technicalities. The underlying technology supports this creative process—flexibly, professionally, and with a focus on the future. The center provides a modern environment dedicated to the realization of audio, photography, and video content, as well as interactive learning assets and Virtual Reality (VR) applications.

Overview of Studios and Services

The infrastructure on offer ranges from intuitive self-service areas to professional production environments:

• One Button Studio: Enables teaching staff to create high-quality educational videos fully automatically at the push of a button. The entire studio setup is activated via a single switch—no prior technical knowledge or extensive post-production is required.

• Podcast Studio: A soundproof environment for the professional recording of podcasts and high-quality audio content for up to four people.

• Video Studio & Control Room: A high-end studio for more complex productions, PR formats, and expert discussions (such as the "VetmedTalk" format). This infrastructure is used exclusively for supervised projects.

• VR/XR Lab and Photo Studio: A space dedicated to developing immersive learning scenarios via Virtual Reality, professional object photography, and the generation of highly detailed 3D scans for digital education.

• Media Editing & Equipment Rental: Equipped with high-performance editing workstations (Mac/Windows) and intuitive post-production software. Additionally, this area serves as the central hub for university members to rent professional media equipment.
  
   

The VetMediathek – Vetmeduni's Powerful Online Media Archive

The VetMediathek is the central hub for all audiovisual content at Vetmeduni. The archive currently houses over 150,000 veterinary medicine media assets and, extending far beyond mere administration, serves as the dynamic core of modern teaching. All media utilized by students on the university's learning platform, Vetucation (Moodle), are embedded directly from the media archive into the respective courses using forward-looking standards (such as IIIF). During this process, the didactically structured descriptive texts prepared by the educators are automatically transferred to the learning course. Since all updates within the database are synchronized immediately and in real time, the course content consistently remains up to date without requiring any additional manual effort. Consequently, the VetMediathek represents both a highly efficient infrastructure for daily academic life and the audiovisual memory of Vetmeduni.

Copyright – It Pays to Be Informed

Being familiar with copyright law is essential to ensure legal compliance. The Copyright Act (UrhG) defines the conditions under which the works of others may be used and provides the corresponding protection. The department provides specially prepared information for employees—such as the document "Copyright for Teaching Stuff"—to summarize the most important rules of the UrhG in an easily understandable way.

Data Protection – A Mandatory Aspect of Media Production

When producing media (images, videos, podcasts, etc.) in which individuals are visually or audibly identifiable, the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) must strictly be observed. This regulation establishes all the requirements that legitimize the processing of personal data—including in the context of media (recording, editing, storing, etc.). As a rule, this requires consent forms or model release agreements, which must be signed prior to recording. The department is available to advise and support university members in these matters.