Right, I thought that would be the case, but thought I'd throw it out
there anyway.
Even if making those 2 options back into 1, I still prefer "Processing
Options" over "Media Characteristics". In my opinion, I'd prefer the
question be less like "tell us about the media so we can decide what to
do with it" and more like "what do you want us to do with your media?".
I think the latter is more direct, and preferable to me as an admin.
It reminds me of scanner software that always wants me to describe what
I'm scanning, rather than simply asking me what kind of output I want of
the scanner. I always have to guess at which description will give me
the output I want. Maybe it is a photo that I'm scanning, but I want it
to scan to a PDF? In this case I would need to choose "Document"
instead of "Photo", to fool it into giving me a PDF instead of JPG. I'd
prefer to be asked directly what I want the scanner to do. In the case
of an admin uploading videos, I think they would prefer the same.
Thanks!
Michelle
On 1/19/2011 12:17 PM, Judy Stern wrote:
Good suggestions, Michelle.
I should have been clearer, however, that, for the time being, we're looking to
do a quick and dirty UI fix (i.e. something that can map directly to the
existing flavors). I'm pretty sure that changing the processing steps is out
of the question.
Less of a big deal, though, to make it a question about processing (rather than
about the Media); would want to move down to the Processing box in the UI in
this case.
Or, if we leave it where it is, does "Media Characteristics" seem any better than
"Media Description"?
Judy
On Jan 19, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Michelle Ziegmann wrote:
Judy,
Thanks for initiating this - as a user this would be very helpful.
I suggest changing the wording of "Media Description", because I don't think a
description of their media is the real question - if we wanted them to describe the
media, we need to provide other options. If not checked, it seems like they are failing
to provide a description.
Instead, we're really asking how they want the media processed, right? So
another way to ask is this:
Media Processing Options:
[ ] Segment media by slides or scene changes
[ ] Process text on each segment (video OCR)<-- (only available if the
previous option selected)
I realize I just complicated things by breaking this into 2 processes, which
may not be possible. But in my use, I've often wanted to have the media
segmented, but not have OCR done. For example, a produced video with several
scenes but no text; a VGA stream from a document camera of a diagram or
mathematical content. It would be nice to select one without the other.
Hope that's helpful!
Michelle
On 1/19/2011 11:42 AM, Judy Stern wrote:
We've heard a number of complaints about (and seen in user testing) how confusing the
Media Type dropdown is (this is the control where you choose Presenter or Presentation,
aka "flavors").
I'm proposing a minor change to make this clearer to new users.
http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/New+design+for+Flavors+for+MH-5049
Would appreciate comments, suggestions for improved wording. If you're a user
(or have watched users use the admin UI) does the text make more sense? If
you're a developer, am I misrepresenting?
tia,
Judy
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