Comments on: How NOT to film a keynote http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/ Fortiter Et Recte Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linux Conference Australia 2010 streamed live, from NZ at the blog of Chris http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-6100 Linux Conference Australia 2010 streamed live, from NZ at the blog of Chris Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:19:22 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-6100 [...] quick look at B’Dale’s talk on LSB appears good. Finally, someone has gotten it right (it just took the Kiwis to do it! Thanks [...] [...] quick look at B’Dale’s talk on LSB appears good. Finally, someone has gotten it right (it just took the Kiwis to do it! Thanks [...]

]]> By: Chris http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5118 Chris Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:18:21 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5118 Hey Dave, Might be worth looking into, but I guess at the very least some basic training with standard equipment wouldn't go astray :-) -c Hey Dave,

Might be worth looking into, but I guess at the very least some basic training with standard equipment wouldn’t go astray :-)

-c

]]> By: dave http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5117 dave Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:06:29 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5117 Actually, the talk about stop-motion video from that River Valley page includes exactly the kind of screen use I mentioned, including live video of the audience. I wonder how Kaveh is achieving that and if it can become standard practice? http://river-valley.tv/stopmotion/ Actually, the talk about stop-motion video from that River Valley page includes exactly the kind of screen use I mentioned, including live video of the audience. I wonder how Kaveh is achieving that and if it can become standard practice?

http://river-valley.tv/stopmotion/

]]> By: dave http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5116 dave Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00:13 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5116 I wonder how much it would cost for a box that sits between the presenters laptop and the projector and records everything passing through? The work by Kaveh Bazargan linked above is excellent but appears manually intensive (I'm guessing he's matching the slides to video by hand) If the box was a networked computer with an appropriate capture card then, as well as storing for later muxing together, you could live stream it with very low bitrates (until the presenter quits showing slides and fires up some HD video). You could then select to watch/hear any and all of the simultaneous streams at appropriate rates for each. There's commercial products that will combine talking heads and powerpoints but I doubt there's anything shrinkwrapped that will cope with a software demo, live coding and/or command line action. I wonder how much it would cost for a box that sits between the presenters laptop and the projector and records everything passing through? The work by Kaveh Bazargan linked above is excellent but appears manually intensive (I’m guessing he’s matching the slides to video by hand)

If the box was a networked computer with an appropriate capture card then, as well as storing for later muxing together, you could live stream it with very low bitrates (until the presenter quits showing slides and fires up some HD video). You could then select to watch/hear any and all of the simultaneous streams at appropriate rates for each.

There’s commercial products that will combine talking heads and powerpoints but I doubt there’s anything shrinkwrapped that will cope with a software demo, live coding and/or command line action.

]]> By: Conference recordings and harassment | Geek Feminism Blog http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5111 Conference recordings and harassment | Geek Feminism Blog Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:22:28 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5111 [...] or making a slidecast of their slides and the audio of the talk. (Note that the latter can also be considerably more useful than visuals of the [...] [...] or making a slidecast of their slides and the audio of the talk. (Note that the latter can also be considerably more useful than visuals of the [...]

]]> By: Chris http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5103 Chris Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:46:04 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5103 That's quite clever, and looks good too :-) Thanks for the link. -c That’s quite clever, and looks good too :-) Thanks for the link.

-c

]]> By: saulgoode http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5102 saulgoode Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:04:18 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5102 Kaveh Bazargan of River Valley Technologies (http://www.river-valley.com/) provides some excellent examples of how to record and edit presentations at conferences; showcasing the output of the video projector separately and allotting just a small portion 5-20% of the screen for an inset of the speaker at the podium. Videos from some of the presentations at this year's Libre Graphics Meeting can be viewed at http://river-valley.tv/conferences/graphics/lgm-2009 Kaveh Bazargan of River Valley Technologies (http://www.river-valley.com/) provides some excellent examples of how to record and edit presentations at conferences; showcasing the output of the video projector separately and allotting just a small portion 5-20% of the screen for an inset of the speaker at the podium.

Videos from some of the presentations at this year’s Libre Graphics Meeting can be viewed at http://river-valley.tv/conferences/graphics/lgm-2009

]]> By: Chris http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5085 Chris Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:41:53 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5085 Hey Julien, Thanks for the comment. Yep, this is always an issue but some basic training could vastly improve what we get. The notes are good to have on-line and could be spliced into the video like a second camera (even better than), but this doesn't work in a conference type situation where time is limited. Anyway we all appreciate the videos, it's just frustrating when you find something you're really interested in, only to discover it's useless to you :-( -c Hey Julien,

Thanks for the comment. Yep, this is always an issue but some basic training could vastly improve what we get. The notes are good to have on-line and could be spliced into the video like a second camera (even better than), but this doesn’t work in a conference type situation where time is limited.

Anyway we all appreciate the videos, it’s just frustrating when you find something you’re really interested in, only to discover it’s useless to you :-(

-c

]]> By: Julien Goodwin http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5084 Julien Goodwin Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:36:54 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5084 The reason it happens at LCA (at least) is that getting enough volunteers who can barely operate a camera is hard enough, ones who *actually* can without being "too smart" is impossible. Most presenters make their slides available via USB which is why there's no real chasing of the screen in the video's. (My half of the LCA08 video team hat on for probably the last time) The reason it happens at LCA (at least) is that getting enough volunteers who can barely operate a camera is hard enough, ones who *actually* can without being “too smart” is impossible.

Most presenters make their slides available via USB which is why there’s no real chasing of the screen in the video’s.

(My half of the LCA08 video team hat on for probably the last time)

]]> By: Matthew http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/10/09/how-not-to-film-a-keynote/comment-page-1/#comment-5082 Matthew Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:02:45 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1254#comment-5082 Yeah totally agree!! What's the point in filming it, if I can't actually see what Linus is doing! Or was it done on purpose, the Linux plumbers rubbing our noses in it, giving us a sample of what we missed :P Linux conference tend to have a heap of technical guys, so why can't they use common sense??? There watching the damn thing, at least film what they were watching! Yeah totally agree!!

What’s the point in filming it, if I can’t actually see what Linus is doing! Or was it done on purpose, the Linux plumbers rubbing our noses in it, giving us a sample of what we missed :P

Linux conference tend to have a heap of technical guys, so why can’t they use common sense???
There watching the damn thing, at least film what they were watching!

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