Hello, On 9 June 2010 22:57, Michael Sparks <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Richard Taylor > <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > May be we could try to get volunteers to cover the sessions in the same > > way as we do the session chairs. So we could set up a table on the wiki > > and ask people to volunteer to cover AM or PM for each room. > > > > If we can get each session covered it would then be a matter of getting > > the instructions written down so that they can be followed with as > > little training as possible. Perhaps we could prepare some simple > > cue-cards that can be kept with the cameras so that someone could do it > > at short notice with out needing you to show them what is required. > > Good ideas. Incidentally, I hadn't used a camcorder before last year, > and learnt a lot as I went, but simple cue cards for things would be > good. When I chatted to John on the phone we weren't clear whether the > cameras he's got can be used whilst plugged into a DC supply (or if > they could be plugged in directly at all). If that isn't the case > then this plan goes out the window. > These cameras are cheap for a reason, for example Sanyo quote a DC supply( replaces the battery pack) but in practice this isn't available anywhere. But I have a contingency plan so hopefully they will be running off mains. If not we will have to work with a one hour battery life and have plenty of spare batteries available. Nore is there a mic input, but I guess if the talks are being recorded anyway we can always mix in a separate audio track, presumably with modern electronics this shouldn't be a problem like it was in the days of Standard-8 and mag tape recorders. > > > If we could get more than 1 external HD we could could speed up the > > transfer from the SD cards so that it might be doable over lunch. A bank > > of 4 laptops each with a external HD, or may be a small NAS or a switch, > > feeding everything into one machine. > > We (Linux Emporium/Clockwork) can supply a laptop or small desktop for this. > A NAS would probably be a bad idea --simply because you're throwing > another thing into the mix. > > > I don't have access to SD cards - so I can't help there. > > I have just ordered 6 16Gb Kingston Class 4 SDHC cards. np. I'll probably get one to simply find out how long transferring > 16Gb off one takes. (Gives a baseline to see how awkward this will be) > > > I would certainly volunteer to cover some of the sessions (especially > > those that I was chairing). > > Much appreciated. My aim would be to have as long a load on the person > caretaking each camera, simply because then we'd hopefully get more of > the conference recorded :-) > > We need a (physical) meeting in the near future to sort out the whole audio/video thing, with our guys and Rhubarb Radio. How about Saturday 25th, to coincide with the next PyWM meeting? Best wishes, John -- EuroPython is coming! - http://www.europython.eu - 17th-24th July 2010, Birmingham, UK
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