Re: [Debconf-video] Help: last review for videoteam text which goes to DC10 report
2011/3/13 Natalie Mayer-Hutchings <soubrette@decadent.org.uk>:
> Hi Tassia
>
> Ben just asked me to proofread this, so I've inserted my suggestions into
> the text. Let me know if you disagree with any of them - the last sentence
> of the first paragraph was a bit ambiguous, and Ben and I disagreed on the
> meaning, but I've included Ben's suggestion here.
>
Hi Nattie!
Thank you for the suggestions, they were all accepted :-D
I'm copying video team list so that other people can comment on this.
Cheers,
Tássia.
>
>> DebConf is one of the most productive times for Debian development
>> throughout the year. Even though the majority of code is not necessarily
>> written during those days, many team meetings take place and it is a great
>> opportunity for people to share ideas and plan what to do after the end of
>> the conference. So much is discussed and achieved during Debconf that
>> those who want to take part in Debian but are unable to attend may feel
>> like they are missing out.
>
>
>> Thanks to the video team, DebConf is not limited to those who are able to
>> be away from home and work for one or two weeks. Two talk rooms were
>> broadcast to the entire world during all of DebConf10, and the footage was
>> archived for future access. During the talks, those who wanted to take
>> part in a discussion, ask questions or give feedback could use the IRC
>> channels for each talk room and someone at the venue would act as a
>> communication relay.
>
>> Countless ideas have been proposed during Debconf talks and BOFs,
>> discussed by the audience (both at the venue and remotely) and worked on
>> afterwards. For example, Joey Hess' Constantly Usable Testing proposal
>> would have had only a minor impact if it had not been properly introduced
>> to other developers. Furthermore, the talk was archived, enabling
>> prospective contributors to access it in the future.
>
>> Setup
>>
>> The video setup consists largely of software components rather than
>> expensive proprietary hardware. Not surprisingly, all the software used
>> by the video team is free software, so it is possible to make use of the
>> team's expertise without great expense.
>
>> Typically, there are cameras pointing to the speaker and audience,
>> microphones to get audio from the speaker, audience and ambiance, as well
>> as a slide capturing device. The video is grabbed via firewire and
>> transfered to the central mixer through a gigabit ethernet link. Using
>> the DVswitch mixer, the director in charge mixes the video in real time,
>> switching between different video and audio inputs, and is even able to do
>> picture-in-picture displays. From the mixer machine, there is an uplink
>> to the encoding server which then broadcasts to a worldwide network of
>> streaming servers. The resulting mixed stream is saved for later archival
>> encodings, along with redundant DV tape recordings from the main cameras.
>
>> Numbers
>>
>> The DebConf videoteam has existed since DebConf5. Its work has been used at
>> numerous free software conferences, such as FOSDEM, LCA2011, PyCon and various
>> other events.
>>
>> The Debconf10 video team consisted of the 42 members (plus 4 honorary
>> members) listed at http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Videoteam/Help.
>> This collective work resulted in the production of 76 videos during the
>> conference, making up 45 GB of processed data (out of roughly a terabyte
>> unprocessed). All 455 recorded videos from past Debconfs (starting from
>> Debconf5) are available for download at http://video.debian.net.
>
>> All in all, people have been grateful for the video team's efforts, as
>> shown at http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Videoteam/Thanks. Thanks
>> to those who put their appreciation in words there - much appreciated! :)
>
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