I can certainly make the request.
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Rich Bowen, mobile edition
rbo...@rcbowen.com
On May 1, 2014 11:36 PM, "Marvin Humphrey" <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
> aOn Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:00 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote:
> > On 29 April 2014 00:44, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
>
> >> Some attendees are requesting video for one of the talks I gave which
> >> wasn't on the video track ("Releasing Apache Software"). I figured I'd
> >> wait until the audio became available, then sync it up with slide
> playback
> >> and publish the result on YouTube. (Yes, once the audio is up,
> individual
> >> listeners can just load the slide PDF and sync it on the fly manually --
> >> but it's important to me that people who need to see this presentation
> see
> >> it and absorb it, so I'm willing to put in extra work to make it easy to
> >> consume.)
> >>
> > What a good idea, I might do the same, can you give me an idea of how to
> do
> > such a sync (tools etc).
>
> The general technique is:
>
> 1. Export the slides as individual images.
> 2. Create a movie with the audio as a track.
> 3. Place the slides at appropriate locations.
> 4. Export, upload, etc.
>
> The main tools I'm using are iMovie and Keynote, but the approach is not
> specific to those apps.
>
> Rich, does the Linux Foundation offer the option of simply capturing slide
> output for talks? I'm guessing that would be easier (and thus cheaper)
> than
> full-on video production, since all you need is something automatic in
> between
> the computer and the projector. For technical presentations, the slides
> usually make for more compelling and informative visuals than focusing on
> the
> speaker anyhow.
>
> If the cost is reasonable, I think the ASF should consider making it
> policy to
> capture slides/audio for all future ApacheCon presentations and publish the
> result to YouTube.
>
> Marvin Humphrey
>
