At 02:55 PM 2/18/2002 -0800, you wrote: >What About LPB baton rouge studio? > >Perhaps you guys could look into establishing a local >show. Nonetheless they may be willing to permit the >group to utillize the studio floor. Check it out!
Oh lord.. BrlugTalk - Getting your Geek on! 7 PM Sunday CST. Regards, Dustin >TK > >--- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yup, agreed. I lived in Lafayette for about a dozen > > years (and miss it very > > much and would like to move back), and during that > > time had friends at AOC > > and would hang out there now and then. I've thought > > about the same thing as > > an AOC project: showing Internet, geeky type > > tutorials, etc., over AOC. > > > > But instead of actually photographing the monitor's > > screen, wouldn't it make > > more sense to run some kinda video capture app and > > then convert that file to > > video? I would think the quality would be much > > better and definitely save > > bits used, since only a few pixels would be moving > > at any one time. This is > > what made me think of by-passing broadcast video all > > together and to simply > > use some kinda multicast app like > > http://cvw.sourceforge.net/ or some other > > free desktop sharing app (are there any?). > > > > John Hebert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kris A. Wotipka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 11:53 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [brluglist] Videoing BRLUG Newbie Night > > Meetings > > > > > > > > > As a video nerd... > > > > > > Taping the meetings isn't much of a problem. > > Taping the > > > meetings and making > > > them understandable to someone watching later, > > especially > > > on-line is a huge > > > undertaking. > > > > > > The issue is in the details. To just videotape a > > "talking > > > head" lecturer is > > > one thing. But to show the details of what they > > are talking > > > about requires > > > either: > > > > > > 2 cameras & a scan converter (1 for wide, one for > > closeup's > > > at the speakers > > > position, and the scan converter to convert > > anything from the > > > computer to > > > videotape). I know from experience that you > > cannot shoot a > > > computer monitor > > > with any camcorder less that about $5000 unless > > you can set > > > the monitor to > > > exactly 60hz. You need a feature called clearscan > > which is > > > not available on > > > consumer models. > > > > > > or > > > > > > 1 camera, a excellent producer, and lots of free > > time after > > > the meeting to > > > run around and try to get closeups of everything > > the speaker > > > pointed out. > > > Plus post production facilities (editing) and > > someone to > > > transfer all of the > > > computer screens to a video friendly format. > > > > > > This though would be the perfect project for a > > Public Access > > > Television > > > Station since they have everything to do this > > with. > > > Unfortunately BR does > > > not have one of these. Anyone up for a road trip > > to Lafayette? > > > > > > sorry to rain on the parade. > > > > > > kw > > > > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games >http://sports.yahoo.com >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Information Systems Contractor http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
