Video recording, equipment, and volunteers

At past DrupalCons, we've had video recording equipment set up so that we can record sessions for posterity, and for those who couldn't make it. Let's do it again!

• DRScales The main element we need to capture for each session is the audio - pictures are great, but the majority of these presentations will be viewed on the move. We must aim to provide slides synced to a good quality audio track as minimum. Anyone who has a laptop or digital recorder available to encode the audio mix of each session would be greatly appreciated.
  • According to Jeff from the AV company, each room will have a Mackie mixer with RCA line outs. Projectors will have DVI output. The AV person to talk to on site will be Goose.

Cameras are great too as they can do both!

I can volunteer video equipment (camera, tapes, power, etc.)

• mfb: video camera (canon hv20), tripod

I can volunteer audio equipment (microphones, amp, etc.)

• mfb: mp3 recorder
• Shai: Olympus D-30 recorder
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• ghankstef@drupal.org: Sony MZR30 Minidisc recorder and lav mic. I won't be there but am sending the recorder along with Drew from Gorton Studios. I can host mp3s or vids too.

I am willing to run a camera for at least a half-day

• Bevan
• mfb

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I can offer hosting space for the videos afterward

• wundo
• archive.org -- a good permanent home and has enough bandwidth now ;)
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Room logistics

• How many rooms are there?
  • Four session rooms and one birds of a feather room. The birds of a feather room will include two 6' projection screens and projectors in oposite corners. (The entire room can be used for birds of a feather talks but there will be two dedicated screens in the room, too.)
  • All rooms have Mackie mixers with RCA outputs (probably other outputs too).

Streaming

Add live streaming logistics here.

Post production

• DRScales
  I will be providing an ftp to upload the content to relevant session titles - this means anyone with any other relevant content is welcome to upload it for inclusion - I will then be syncing the slides and adding titles before uploading the final content to archive.org/youtube/whichever looks best.
• Shai I'm willing to help with the post production audio/slide-synching. Let me raise the issue: How are we going to collect the slides? Presenters can be hard to get their presentations from, mostly because they are all abuzz with talking to folks right after a session and don't won't to fuss with downloading their presentation to give to someone. Or has someone thought this through. Also: DRScales: the amount of post production you are talking about is huge. I think initially we should post audio and post slides. Maybe we can get people to volunteer to help with the postproduction work? But I think getting the raw audio and slides up at the archive.org spot would be a great contribution.
  • mfb casts vote for archive.org, you can upload DVD or HD quality video via FTP.
• DRScales
  Containers for all sessions can be found here at archive.org
  Login and FTP details to follow