Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:30:33PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 01/11/06, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan Pope wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18:29PM +, Nicholas Butler wrote: > > What I am thinking is if we got a whole load of instructional video > > clips together we could make an Ubuntu tutorial DVD. Since DVDs are > > getting cheaper and more people have access to broadband maybe this > > could be put up for download and distribution to new Ubuntu users with a > > copy of the Ubuntu Live CD? > > > > That's a really good idea. Putting it on DVD means you can include > guides for connecting to the internet etc. too (which would be > rendered pretty useless by a duff connection). Some people are > probably more comfortable watching a guide than using wikis/forums > etc. (i.e. less computer literate). > > Do we need guidelines for consistency or just let them evolve with practise? > I have been considering doing this for a while and have some random notes typed up on my personal wiki. http://popey.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?VideoDemos The guidelines *I* was going to work to are:- http://popey.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?VideoDemos/GeneralGuidelines If that helps. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
On 01/11/06, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18:29PM +, Nicholas Butler wrote: > What I am thinking is if we got a whole load of instructional video > clips together we could make an Ubuntu tutorial DVD. Since DVDs are > getting cheaper and more people have access to broadband maybe this > could be put up for download and distribution to new Ubuntu users with a > copy of the Ubuntu Live CD? > That's a really good idea. Putting it on DVD means you can include guides for connecting to the internet etc. too (which would be rendered pretty useless by a duff connection). Some people are probably more comfortable watching a guide than using wikis/forums etc. (i.e. less computer literate). Do we need guidelines for consistency or just let them evolve with practise? Martin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18:29PM +, Nicholas Butler wrote: > >> The next thing that occurs to me about the screencasts is . >> Will it be possible to amend the Audio channels to enable Loco Teams to >> translate the audio for another country ? >> >> > > Yup. > > Not sure it makes sense when all the GUI is in English though. > > But yes, you could (for example) make an audio recording (in the same way I > do) of the same > length then just use the script to replace the audio track with yours. No > probs. > > Cheers, > Al. > That video is great, something like would certainly make things easier for the users if they can see it being done rather than just reading it. Would it be possible to convert the video into MPEG2 format? What I am thinking is if we got a whole load of instructional video clips together we could make an Ubuntu tutorial DVD. Since DVDs are getting cheaper and more people have access to broadband maybe this could be put up for download and distribution to new Ubuntu users with a copy of the Ubuntu Live CD? Hope this makes sense. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
Nik Butler wrote: > 6. someone write it up ( baggsy ! ) and someone posts a small fridge > article ( Mr Sladen , can anyone post to the fridge ? ) > Anyone can write things, but only the editors [0] can post them. To get your story considered you can email it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dean [0] https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-fridge -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18:29PM +, Nicholas Butler wrote: > The next thing that occurs to me about the screencasts is . > Will it be possible to amend the Audio channels to enable Loco Teams to > translate the audio for another country ? > Yup. Not sure it makes sense when all the GUI is in English though. But yes, you could (for example) make an audio recording (in the same way I do) of the same length then just use the script to replace the audio track with yours. No probs. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
On 31/10/06, Nicholas Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The next thing that occurs to me about the screencasts is . > Will it be possible to amend the Audio channels to enable Loco Teams to > translate the audio for another country ? > It would be if they request the source which as far as I know from irc is audacity audio and the screencast .ogg put together in unison -- Seek That Thy Might Know -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
The next thing that occurs to me about the screencasts is . Will it be possible to amend the Audio channels to enable Loco Teams to translate the audio for another country ? Nik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
1. The ubuntu UK team meet and decide that screen casts will be a > benefit to show new users around > 2. we discuss the issues and alan and others take time to work out > what can be done > 3. a video is produced ( well done President Pope ) > 4. new users watch it and benefit from it. > 5. we can see the effective workings of a community idea > 6. someone write it up ( baggsy ! ) and someone posts a small fridge > article ( Mr Sladen , can anyone post to the fridge ? ) > This is something I've wanted to do for a long while but some of the tools available at the moment aren't that reliable :( but count me in for sure. If I can do it I will:) -- Seek That Thy Might Know -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 06:47:41PM +, Nik Butler wrote: > Awesome! > \o/.oO( Yay! ) ( ) |'| Can someone do a couple of open office impress slide for us? One that basically says who we are and some URLs, logos and suchlike. It needs to leave room for the Subject of the talk, the name of the person who made the talk and their own email and/or website details. If someone could create something then whoever creates a screencast can record an ogg of say 10 seconds of each, one for the start, and one for the end of the video. I am thinking some kind of creative commons licence would be appropriate also. Anyone fancy that? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
Norman Silverstone wrote: > That was most instructive and what an excellent way to demonstrate how > to do things with Ubuntu. 1. The ubuntu UK team meet and decide that screen casts will be a benefit to show new users around 2. we discuss the issues and alan and others take time to work out what can be done 3. a video is produced ( well done President Pope ) 4. new users watch it and benefit from it. 5. we can see the effective workings of a community idea 6. someone write it up ( baggsy ! ) and someone posts a small fridge article ( Mr Sladen , can anyone post to the fridge ? ) Or in otherwords Awesome! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 04:40:44PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > That is really brilliant! As I've not really used IRC much before, I > actually learned a few things too! > That worked then :) Thanks very much. > > * Run xwininfo to find out the xwindows window-id of the qemu window > > Presumably this ID is fed to recordmydesktop? > Yes. For example in one terminal I type this:- $ qemu -hda edgyxchat.qcow -net nic -net user -m 512 -soundhw all Then, once it's running elsewhere I run xwininfo and then when prompted click on the qemu window. This is the result:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xwininfo xwininfo: Please select the window about which you would like information by clicking the mouse in that window. xwininfo: Window id: 0x323 "QEMU" Absolute upper-left X: 651 Absolute upper-left Y: 51 Relative upper-left X: 5 Relative upper-left Y: 24 Width: 1024 Height: 768 Depth: 24 Visual Class: DirectColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x32c (not installed) Bit Gravity State: ForgetGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: no Corners: +651+51 -5+51 -5-231 +651-231 -geometry 1024x768-0+27 Then I run recordmydesktop like this:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ recordmydesktop --nosound -windowid 0x323 Initial recording window is set to: X:651 Y:51Width:1024Height:768 Adjusted recording window is set to: X:650 Y:50Width:1024Height:768 Initializing... Capturing! At this point it's now recording. I go to the qemu window (or indeed whatever window I am recording) and do the demo. When finished I flick back to the recordmydesktop window and hit CTRL+C and this happens.. Done. Written 96797 bytes (96797 of which were video data and 0 audio data) Shutting down.. Goodbye! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Job done. > > * Run recordmydesktop specifying the option to NOT record audio. > > Is that because the sound recording int recordmy desktop is poor or is > it a human interaction thing? > In a nutshell, the latter. I find it hard enough to steer the mouse, take in all the dialogs, think about what I'm going to say without the extra hassle of actually saying it. When I later recorded the audio I made numerous mistakes. So the ability to edit the audio in a simple audio editor like audacity, or in my case, just restart recording again, was beneficial. Given the lack of decent video editors on Linux I figured this would be a prudent decision. Don't get me wrong though, I am not saying the audio has to be perfect, but it certainly helps to be understood if you're not "uhm"-ing and "ahhm"-ing all the time whilst recording. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
> Alternatively you can watch a video about it :) > > "I made this" > > http://quickones.org/videos/20061031_xchat.ogg That was most instructive and what an excellent way to demonstrate how to do things with Ubuntu. I do hope someone could use the technique to make other instructive videos such as use of the terminal. Thanks for the lesson. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasting was: for those unsure how to get on to irc..
Alan, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:43:17AM +, David Morley wrote: >> for those unsure how to get on to irc here is a short how-to >> www.davmor2.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gaimopen.html >> > > Alternatively you can watch a video about it :) > > "I made this" > > http://quickones.org/videos/20061031_xchat.ogg That is really brilliant! As I've not really used IRC much before, I actually learned a few things too! > * Run xwininfo to find out the xwindows window-id of the qemu window Presumably this ID is fed to recordmydesktop? > * Run recordmydesktop specifying the option to NOT record audio. Is that because the sound recording int recordmy desktop is poor or is it a human interaction thing? Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
