On Mar 6, 2007, at 2:35 p, Kim Kohen wrote: >> Sad story. They should at least video record the conferences and sell >> the DVD's it would be so awesome. > •••• > agreed - was discussed at length a couple of years back but boned by > RS. They're probably fearful of a drop in actual attendances.
I was told the main problem was the expense: getting professional videographers to video dozens of sessions over a three-day period and edit all the footage into DVDs would be extremely expensive (do the math). You'd also have to do some major setups to ensure proper sound recordings, lighting, and other factors. They'd have to sell a huge number of DVDs to justify the expense (and they would lose some conference revenue too). I suggested just sticking a camcorder on a tripod in the back of each presentation room and whatever you get you get, but the quality would be extremely poor. For example, where would you focus? If you do a wide view to get _both_ the presenter and the projected display, the screen information would be tiny and unreadable. Cutting back and forth between presenter and screen would be difficult, and editing in screenshots of presentation graphics later would be a huge amount of work. Certainly much more work than RS would have time for themselves -- they'd have to outsource and that would be expensive. Also, the sessions are informal and the presenters tend to move around a lot and refer to on-screen graphics frequently, and sometimes don't go by the script (like when audience interest provokes a different direction). You'd really have to have professional videographers manning the cameras. Once I started thinking about the details, I came to the same conclusion. What might work, however, would be to do a simple audio recording of each session. Bundle an MP3 audio file with a PDF of the presentation for the listener to follow along and you'd have a pretty decent learning tool that wouldn't cost much to produce. Marc Zeedar Publisher, REALbasic Developer magazine www.rbdeveloper.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
