Aaron, if you want to run with it, I have a tripod! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron S. Joyner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] requirements for classes...
> As Rock pointed out, recording something already low-bandwidth friendly > would be very different than the situation you propose of recording > entire meetings. I don't think we have the bandwidth resources to do > that and provide it available over the web, yet. On the other hand, I > wouldn't be too opposed to DV'ing the meetings, and providing copies of > them on DVD for archival by TriLUG. I have a nice Sony MiniDV cam, > although I would need to purchase or in some way acquire a tripod > suitable for extended recording. Net result being that TriLUG could > develop an archive, and potentially sell the DVDs (to cover the cost of > media), to those club members who might be interested in catching back > meetings. Another option would be keep one copy of each meeting in the > TriLUG library (retaining a backup copy, of course), and if someone > wanted to check out the DVD and make their own copy, that would be > perfectly acceptable. > > If we can compress a meeting acceptably, where it could be delivered > digitally, that's just an added bonus. I don't think that's too far > beyond realistic, but it would take some experimentation to find what an > acceptable compression level is, for both viewing and bandwidth > considerations. At the very least, we should make the audio available, > as that's a piece of cake. > > Aaron J. > > > Turnpike Man wrote: > > >A semi similar discussion came up, some by yours truely, on digital video > >archives of the monthly meetings, in particular for those who miss the > >speaker/presentation. This was quickly nixed due to a few reasons: > > > >1. Who would be responsible for taking the video (I couldn't volunteer myself > >b/c I can hardly make it to the meetings when I want to, much less training > >sessions.) Requires ownership of a DV cam and the ability to make it available > >at all functions. > > > >2. Who will dedicate time to do the capture and compression of said > >video/audio? > > > >3. Who will store it... HD storage is apparently an issue for TriLUG iirc. > > > >4. And based on the above, cost and hardware resources are the final slam > >(including the bandwidth limitations we have). > > > >If you want to see this discussion, I'm sure you can search for it in our > >archives, it happened in the last 6 months or less and I was one of the > >involved parties. > > > >So, in light of the above, it would seem TriLUG does not have the resources. I > >would like to think that a group of this caliber could change that. Are we > >soliciting enough donations? I mean, if the web pages that got us to the > >video/audio archives of the meetings and training classes gave ad space based > >on donations to help us deliver services... would anyone really be that upset?? > > I for one would love to see these types of things implemented, but I > >unfortunately don't currently have the time to offer to help make it happen. > >Maybe someone who can will step forward. > > > >laters, > >David M. > > > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >>Thus Quoth "Timothy A. Chagnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Yes, the protocol (rfb?) that vnc uses is wicked simple and can be > >>>snooped by just capturing the data stream and playing it back with a > >>>slightly modified vncviewer. Really just mouse & keyboard to server and > >>>chunks of image to client. You need a man-in-the middle sort of proxy. > >>>I set it up for a client last year that wanted to keep records of > >>>emergency (fix-the stupid M$-SQL server) off-hours vnc stuff. > >>> > >>> > >>So, with TriLUG's cooperation, we could not only have on-line > >>classes, but we could archive them for later replay by those > >>for whom the class starting time is a problem. > >> > >>How difficult would it be to capture the voice path for playback > >>in the same way? > >> > >>Are there any of the "requirements for classes" we _haven't_ > >>demolished yet? > >> > >>-- > >>Steve Holton > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > >http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
