video-team meeting in erkelenz for debconf6 [i've added infos I gathered after the meeting in square-brackets] participants ------------ Herman Henning Holger Topics ------ Motivation / Goals Processes Hardware Requirements Managing volunteers / schedules - "herding cats" 1. Motivation / Goals --------------------- - repeat the success of debconf5 - emphasize dvds (maybe release a beta in .mx) - improving sound(levels) to be more consistent - live-streaming not this time (again) - we dont have a working solution, don't have time for research, infrastructure is also lacking (uplink, streaming server [got an offer later]) 2. Processes ------------ Video-Mixing ============ - we talked about mixing digital streams, not analog - we wont have a video booth, if we want mixing we need our own solution - then we would also need several cameras _and_ operators (the booth made operating the cameras also easier, as mixing+some cams were combined) - there will be two talk rooms with simultaneous talks [confirmed] - if we go for a (software) solution, we need a box with two firewire-inputs - maybe a mix of a webcam (no zooming) and a dv-cam - research needs to be done _FAST_ - we have three month left - but: limited people as this as well?! only toresbe and herman -> maybe we wont have video mixing Better sound ============ - if we dont get cool video let's try to go for cool sound - level control (normalize in batches ? needs research.... Ben ?) - record sound extra ? (needs post-processing) - hook up the PA to the camera (might be difficult) We have no sound crew (VOLUNTEERS WELCOME)! [p2 volunteers to help - p2 is no crew though ;) ] Get the files online faster =========================== - we need user accounts on the machine(s) - we need a local fileserver - we need fast encoding servers with prepared scripts => get this requirements in taskjuggler! - "if you put a file in this directory, it gets encoded in all formats and uploaded/published automatically" - we need to have a (constant!) uplink(-share) of 300kbps (which allows us to publish 2GB per day) h01ger volunteers to prepare this 3. Hardware Requirements ------------------------ - radio microphones for the speaker & the audience - $localteam: research PA siutation and cable details (one room only) - get audiocables - we'll have two talks simultainiously - martin, john, $everybody: bring your own NTSC cameras (pal as backup) [can you dvgrab a ntsc tape from a pal camera ???] - serverspace: 2TB in .mx, 100-200GB on delenn in DA.de, batch-user-account on delenn - hermanr: research hardware dv-mixers (ca. 4000e), and send producer+model details to stockholm, maybe we get them sponsored :) - dedicated uplink bandwith for video: 300kbps minimum - gigabit-ethernet -> 2 gigabit-switches (between raid, processing servers & editing machines (in 2 rooms, so each rooms needs a gb-switch) - maybe mixing-server with dual-firewire(-card) - lots of tapes: 50 (!) h01ger, enter all this in taskjuggler! 4. Managing volunteers / schedules - "herding cats" --------------------------------------------------- - henning - hermanr - h01ger - toresbe - Ben Hutchings - p2-mate [confirmed] - pixie ? -> ask - John Lightsey ? -> ask - Martin Langhoff ? -> ask - Chris Halls ? -> ask - Cinelerra tutorial day during debcamp ???! - Even if you won't (want) to be able to help during debconf, we could use more volunteers _now_ for _RESEARCH & DESIGN_ regards, Holger
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