Re: Video of meetings
On 07/26/2011 01:38 AM, Ben Scott wrote: if anyone wants, I'd be happy to record a meeting. Doing it well enough for anybody to want to watch is tricky. At least expect to need a camera-man and a decent zoom lens. A wireless lavaliere mic is needed for good sound. But then if there's any essential A/V content, that's really hard to capture. We've brainstormed about doing something with a VNC recorder and somehow mux-ing that with the presenter video stream. I think the Google Tech Talks probably use non-cheap gear. I did some audio recordings of DLSLUG talks, spent the requisite 3x time to edit them, and got only couple nibbles on the downloads. But audio-only of a talk with an interactive shell demo is lame. -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner BFC Computing, LLC http://bfccomputing.com/ Telephone: +1.855.SW.LIBRE Email, IM, VOIP: b...@bfccomputing.com VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf Social networks: bill_mcgonigle/bill.mcgonigle ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Video of meetings
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Bill McGonigle b...@bfccomputing.com wrote: Doing it well enough for anybody to want to watch is tricky. Doing it well is hard, agreed. But in this age of shaky, grainy, noisy YouTube videos, doing it good enough is becoming more viable. I've done some proof-of-concept tests and gotten surprisingly good results relative to the setup (e.g., $200 point-and-shoot camera mounted on a table tripod). (This is for record-and-upload-later. Not real time.) I'll have to bring said setup to a meeting, try recording, and upload the result to YouTube for consideration. It will at least give us a baseline to compare against. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Video of meetings
Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Bill McGonigle b...@bfccomputing.com wrote: Doing it well enough for anybody to want to watch is tricky. Doing it well is hard, agreed. But in this age of shaky, grainy, noisy YouTube videos, doing it good enough is becoming more viable. I've done some proof-of-concept tests and gotten surprisingly good results relative to the setup (e.g., $200 point-and-shoot camera mounted on a table tripod). *YouTube*? Heck--after growing up on *movies* like `The Blair Witch Project' and *TV shows* like `Battlestar Galactica', all with liberally-applied `MTV-style' camerawork, I find anything that's *not* shaky and generally lacking in cinematic refinement to be *completely unwatchable*! And don't get me started on audio! ;) -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Video of meetings
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: *YouTube*? Heck--after growing up on *movies* like `The Blair Witch Project' and *TV shows* like `Battlestar Galactica', all with liberally-applied `MTV-style' camerawork, I find anything that's *not* shaky and generally lacking in cinematic refinement to be *completely unwatchable*! Please shake your monitor when reading my messages. ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Video of meetings
Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com writes: That said, in this particular case, we're not missing out on *too* much. I don't think I've been to a LUG meeting in some time that didn't have several people with high def video cameras built-in to their handheld computers (AKA cell phones). One advantage of such devices is they often have radios built-in to do live streaming if you want. Oh, come--there must be some LUG meetings without any tech-geeks, *somewhere*..., mustn't there? :) (actually, there's a subtle-but-serious suggestion, written between those lines...) -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Video of meetings
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: ... if GNHLUG meets the requirements for this program ... It does not: This donation is available to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation... It finally happened. People had been threatening for years that we might miss out on something if we didn't get an IRS tax exemption. That said, in this particular case, we're not missing out on *too* much. I don't think I've been to a LUG meeting in some time that didn't have several people with high def video cameras built-in to their handheld computers (AKA cell phones). One advantage of such devices is they often have radios built-in to do live streaming if you want. Alternatively, I just bought a Canon point-and-shoot camera which does movies, too. Seems to do a fairly good job for what it is. I also have a tripod. if anyone wants, I'd be happy to record a meeting. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
