On 10/10/17 19:20, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:54:56AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 10/10/17 08:18, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 03:27:14PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>>> On 08/10/17 22:31, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >>>>>> One other issue: I notice the DSLR doesn't always keep the speaker in >>>>>> focus when autofocus is enabled. It is a Nikon D800. Can anybody with >>>>>> more experience comment on this? Is there anything I can do to get the >>>>>> autofocus working well? >>>>> "flawless autofocus" is a utopia. I have a friend who is a professional >>>>> cameraman; he tells me pros never use it, they use manual focus instead. >>>>> It's the only way to reliably keep things properly in focus. >>>> The challenge with manual focus on a DSLR is that the screen on the back >>>> of the camera doesn't give a sharp image even when it is in focus >>> Another option could be to use the autofocus to focus on the speaker, >>> and then switch it off. It will then remain in focus on the spot where >>> it was. >> This can be a good option for situations where the speaker can't move a >> lot (e.g. they are behind a desk or podium) > Right. > >>> Alternatively, use a smaller crop on the camera (the smaller the sensor, >>> the larger the field of view), and use aperture priority mode to get an >>> aperture opening that is as small as possible. If you do it right, you >>> can get the entire stage set in focus, and you shouldn't need to change >>> the focus at all (but you'll need more light to be able to do so). >>> >>> At any rate though, again, a DSLR isn't the best option to do video >>> with. Yes, you can do it, but it's not necessarily the best choice. >> Agreed, but DSLR with video capability is very common these days and in >> those cases where a full video setup is not available it could be useful >> to give people a cheat-sheet for what we've discussed > Our long-term goal is to be able to ship a box with enough gear to do a > recording with our Debconf cameras to miniconfs. Once we have that, this > wouldn't be necessary anymore. > > (obviously that doesn't help for events that aren't Debian events, or > where nobody we know will be present, but still) > >> The upload from Prishtina has finished, it is under >> >> vittoria.debian.org:/home/pocock/2017-10-07-prishtina >> >> I've started to receive slides by email, I'll rsync them to vittoria >> when I have the lot. > For clarity, the meetings-archive currently doesn't hold any slides. > Traditionally, we've been adding those to annex.debconf.org.
In this case, I was anticipating that the slides might be edited into the final videos and so copies of them could be kept with the raw data (audio and video files) >> Can you suggest how volunteers can retrieve and play with these files >> now? I'd like to notify them on the FLOSSK list (Kosovo) and Open Labs >> forum (Albania) > I'm working on the necessary changes for sreview, and then people will > be able to manage them through there. For that though, I'd need to know > what the start time (preferably at as small a resolution as you can > manage) of the different WAV files is. Currently that's kindof unclear. > > If you want to absolutely not do that, then hrm, we'll have to think of > something else. > I think the WAV filenames are UNIX timestamps stat.txt shows the end time for each recording, I think those are CET (UTC+2) The video files may also contain some meta-data with timestamps. We didn't quite run to schedule though. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Debconf-video mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-video
