For future Wikimanias I'm sure there are some chapters that could loan a video camera and just as importantly tripods - handheld video of a talk can be unsatisfactory. We may even be able to get the chapters to edit and upload their bit of the videoing to commons.
Regards WereSpielChequers > On 18 Jul 2015, at 17:57, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's a good idea too. Many Wikimedians have at least average quality > cameras with video capability. If we could sync average quality video to high > quality audio plus slide uploads to Commons, then I think we would do well. > Just note that many cameras are limited to taking a half hour of video per > file, which I heard is due to European laws that tax "video" equipment at > higher rates than "camera" equipment. This may require presenters to pause > briefly at half hour intervals for video recording to restart. > > Thanks, > > Pine > >> On Jul 18, 2015 3:26 PM, "Victor Grigas" <vgri...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> What if there was a sign up sheet for volunteers to record talks that aren't >> being recorded? >> >>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Tisza Gergő <gti...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Andrew Lih <and...@andrewlih.com> wrote: >>>> But I do want to say: the cost/benefit analysis needs to consider the >>>> quality of the viewers and not just the quantity. >>> >>> Even if we only consider the quantity, I wonder how the cost of making the >>> videos compares to the cost of bringing people here. For someone living in >>> a remote part of the globe, the cost of participation at Wikimania is >>> something like $1500-$2000 (plus whatever costs it incurs on the >>> organizers). Multiply that by a few hundred and the number you get is way >>> higher than the video production costs. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Victor Grigas >> Storyteller and Video Content Producer >> Wikimedia Foundation >> vgri...@wikimedia.org >> >> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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