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Re: Preparing UTFPR for the video team



On 17/08/2018 22:42, rattusrattus@debian.org wrote:
> On 16/08/18 23:42, Rodrigo Siqueira wrote:
> 
> 
>> we have the following hardware with us:
>>
>> * Opsis
>> * minipc
>> * Splitter HDMI
>> * Cameras (borrowed from the university)
>>
> 
> I hope that the cameras have SDI or HDMI outputs.  Take the output from
> the Camera(s) into your PC running Voctomix.  We have used Black Magic
> capture cards.
> 
> However you probably want to think about sound as well :-)
> 
> The room that you are using may not need mics and a PA system for the
> speakers to be heard by the audience in the room (then again it might)
> 
> However you *will* need microphones (and almost certainly a sound mixer)
> so that you can capture the audio from the talk for the recording (and /
> or stream).
> 
> Take the sound mixer output and feed that into the audio input of one of
> the camera(s).  - if the room needs a PA system as well the feed a 2nd
> output from the mixing desk (foldback / fx loop if available) into the
> room PA system.
> 
> 
> Typically you need one microphone for each person presenting a talk -
> head worn mics tend to be the best for this because your talk speakers
> are probably not that used to being recorded.  if you give them a
> headset mic it doesn't matter which way the are facing the microphone
> always remains in the same relative position to their mouth....
> 
> Hand held mics are OK (We tend to use these for Audience questions) they
> can also be used for talks with more people than you have headset mics.
> 
> it is important that whoever is seeking uses a microphone otherwise they
> will not be heard on the video.  Q&A can be hard.  Questions from the
> audience should be asked using a microphone for that purpose (but if
> they are simply shouted out from in the room then get the speaker to
> repeat the question for the benefit of the video stream / recording).
> 
> Finally we tend to use a pair of general all purpose mics to pic up the
> ambient noise in the room (clapping, laughter and possibly the
> occasional comment shouted out if the mic is close enough).  Whist these
> are NOT essential they can be greatly beneficial if you have enough mics
> available (and a big enough mixing desk)

A good breakdown of audio equipment we use and how we lay it out can be
found on the video-team docs site [1][2]

[1] https://debconf-video-team.pages.debian.net/docs/room_setup.html

[2] https://debconf-video-team.pages.debian.net/docs/hardware.html#audio


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