Video from January meeting ?

[abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)]

Limiting this to the video/audio capture wuld be sufficient.
Post-prooduction can sill be a volunteer opportunity; perhaps
a different volunteer team for each month's video editing.

A quick, low-res "rough-cut" could be posted initially, and a
more polished cut later after editing.

One thing I'm disappointed at is that Google Video doesn't
support the ogg container format, the theora video codec, or
the vorbis audio codec. Ideally I'd like to make BLU videos
available in a patent-free open format like ogg.

On 1/20/07, Martin Owens <doctormo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I love the idea but...
>
> The problem is that it wouldn't just be a software problem, it would be a
> hardware issue too. finding commodity available parts to pull it off would
> seem hard and perhaps audaciously expensive.
>
> On the software side you've got numerous problems with syncing and how the
> camara knows how to cut it up into a stylised edit with minimal user input.
>
> But it could be a killer app... well not so much killer, perhaps a petty
> thief.
>
> Best Regards, Martin Owens
>
> On 20/01/07, Al Wheeler <alfred_j_wheeler at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > This inspires a thought for a possibly not so easily achieved (Linux
> > based of course) open source project, "coordinated video recording
> > system for meetings".
> >
> > One camera recording the audience the other recoring the chair, panel,
> > presentation, whatever... Using motorized tripods, sound triangulation,
> > etc., the application automatically focuses on the primary audience
> > speaker otherwise just pans and does momentary cameos and any other
> > standard busy bee activity, and the application automatically keeps
> > track of primary presenter otherwise just centers on main "stage"
> > activity, pans, and does momentary cameos, etc. Afterward, a separate
> > related supporting "editor" application automatically knits the
> > recordings into a common expression of the event for whatever purpose.
> >
> > Easy to jot down, but may not be so easy to deliver.
> >
> > Dwight E Chadbourne wrote:
> >
> > >"I'm curious what the status of the video recording is.
> > >Regards,
> > >Josh"
> > >
> > >Absolutely terrible.  I really need to get a tripod and not be so shy
> > >about getting up front.  Lots of heads bald as mine.  Very amateurish...
> > >Sorry about that.
> > >
> > >The audio came out well though.  I was thinking I'll take the audio from
> > >the mpeg4 and make ogg and mp3.  I should be able to give you a link to
> > >that in a couple of days.
> > >
> > >There are some short video clips of you that do look pretty good.  I
> > could
> > >send you them maybe this week end.  Suitable for blog posting and the
> > >like.
> > >
> > >- Eric C.
> > ><SNIP/>
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