David Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sat, Nov 03, wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 09:32:41PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > > >Video is problematic. > > > >You really need the ability to focus on the speaker and the > >projection screen, or you need something like 2 or 3 cameras > >focused on particular areas that the speaker walks into and out > >of. > > > >Otherwise, it's useless. > > Better is for the video editor to have the presentation available > to insert directly into the video. > > The question is is it really worth it to put 8-10 hours of work > into producing a video of the KPLUG meetings? > > It's probably not really worth it. Recording audio will be, if > you can get the quality good enough to really hear it. Setting a > portable audio recorder by the speaker is probably going to just > be unpleasant to listen to.
I don't think it's worth the work and effort to do video for a regular meeting. I only suggested audio because it's relatively simple. My Olympus voice recorder can do a decent job. It won't sound particularly professional, but the results aren't unpleasant. Plus, it could take a lapel mic and do much better. The nice part is that it requires no real prep. You put the recorder in a pocket and the mic on your shirt, and press record. Don't want to be recorded? Don't put on the mic. If the quality of a particular recording doesn't work out, then it doesn't get posted, and no one feels like they've invested tons of resources into something that turned out to be a waste. Even just set on the podium, though, I think this voice recorder would do fine. Unfortunately, I am unable to leave work early enough to arrive any earlier than 7:30, often later. The Zen may do the trick, or we may find out otherwise. An actual voice recorder would likely to a better job than an mp3 player, but it's not like we would lose anything for giving it a spin. Wade Curry syntaxman -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
