Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasts was:Linux in an Audio Environment

2009-07-20 Thread Chris Weaver
Thanks for the links. I'll download the torrent and have a watch. I think the real issue is the numerous audio "frameworks" on Linux such as ALSA, OSS, Pulseaudio etc etc each with their own advantages and disadvantages, hence making tweaking a system problematic. - chris 2009/7/17 Alan Pope >

[ubuntu-uk] Screencasts was:Linux in an Audio Environment

2009-07-17 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/17 Chris Weaver : > Wow that sounds incredibly opportune! I'm down in London sadly but would > certainly appreciate a video link. > A while ago Tony Whitmore made some screencasts showing how we edit and mix the audio for the podcast using free software on Ubuntu. It shows how we get from a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 12:41:32PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > I've come across this, but didn't think to give any input. From now, > count me in. I hope others will think about it, too, because the > potential of the work that could be done here's so far untapped, IMHO. > Excellent. > I did ment

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-03 Thread TheVeech
On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 11:14 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:58:47AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > > Yes, but maybe it's a case of pooling our talents. E.g. you're > > especially good at the narration but, I might be able to help with > > others on ideas and scripts. Other people m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:58:47AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > Yes, but maybe it's a case of pooling our talents. E.g. you're > especially good at the narration but, I might be able to help with > others on ideas and scripts. Other people might want to do storyboards, > and so on. > Thank you for t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-03 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 13:13 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:50:57PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > > About the medium, how about also getting a bunch of us to spend some > > quality time collaborating on a series of screencasts, then distributing > > them on video sites, via bittorre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-02 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 22:16 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > To an aside, as there appears to be people belonging to various LUGs on the > list, and I know it's not proper here, but how about setting up a central > repository on the main LUG site for all these leaflets we've done in the > past? Stop re-

[ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-02 Thread Ian Pascoe
eaflets we've done in the past? Stop re-inventing the wheel type of thing. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 02 May 2007 13:13 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets On Wed, May 02, 2007

[ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-02 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:50:57PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > About the medium, how about also getting a bunch of us to spend some > quality time collaborating on a series of screencasts, then distributing > them on video sites, via bittorrent and even on CDs to be handed out to > the public? > An

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-23 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 19/11/06, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Robert K. Day wrote: > > On Saturday 18 November 2006 23:46, Tony Arnold wrote: > > [snip] > >> As it is, there is no guarantee the site is owned by > >> who you think it it > > [snip] > > > > Well, there is; it's a .gov.uk address, which is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Tony Arnold
Robert K. Day wrote: > On Saturday 18 November 2006 23:46, Tony Arnold wrote: > [snip] >> As it is, there is no guarantee the site is owned by >> who you think it it > [snip] > > Well, there is; it's a .gov.uk address, which isn't publically registerable > and is only used for government webs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Robert K. Day
On Saturday 18 November 2006 23:46, Tony Arnold wrote: [snip] > As it is, there is no guarantee the site is owned by > who you think it it [snip] Well, there is; it's a .gov.uk address, which isn't publically registerable and is only used for government websites. Robert -- rkd on irc.freenode

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 10:23:55AM +, Matthew East wrote: > Could the people who are working on these maybe post to the ubuntu-doc > list and show off their work? That way, we can discuss whether they > might be suitable for us in one of those ways, give some feedback, and > maybe get some more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > Just a thought - lots of folk, like myself, do not use 6.10 but the > > previous issue. Also, from what I have read, 6.10 is not yet as stable > > as Dapper. More about that some other time. > > > > That's a good point. Most of the stuff so far actually isn't very different > between dapper

[ubuntu-uk] Screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Matthew East
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, I've noticed lots of screencasts being produced on this list. I think it would be really cool if the discussion could move to an international list, because these are things which could benefit all English speakers, and aren't limited in any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 09:05:04AM +, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > > That entirely depends on which CD you rip as you point out in your own mail. > > Of course it does. For example, my wife teaches French and uses CDs as > part of the course. It is perfectly legal to copy these CDs and to >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Norman Silverstone
> That entirely depends on which CD you rip as you point out in your own mail. Of course it does. For example, my wife teaches French and uses CDs as part of the course. It is perfectly legal to copy these CDs and to distribute them to the students. > > > >* Burning ripped audio to CD > > As abo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 11:33:24PM +, Andy wrote: > On 18/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >* Ripping an audio CD > > Is that a wise thing to do? Isn't it kind of stupid to record yourself > committing a crime, especially if your going to say 'Hi I'm Alan Pope' > at the beginning.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Andy wrote: > oh and if you think that riping your legally purchased CDs should be > legal then there is a petition: > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/privatecopy/ > I know many do not believe online petitions work, but this is on a > government domain, so maybe it will do some good. I shall be signi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Andy
On 18/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Ripping an audio CD Is that a wise thing to do? Isn't it kind of stupid to record yourself committing a crime, especially if your going to say 'Hi I'm Alan Pope' at the beginning. Not sure if you used to watch 'Police Camera Action' but I'm su

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 02:26:57PM +, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I wonder if some instruction on how to copy files from the PC to a CD or > DVD would be useful. Especially how to set up so that the CD or DVD can > be used on a session by session basis. Also such things as copying > CDs or DVDs

[ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Norman Silverstone
I wonder if some instruction on how to copy files from the PC to a CD or DVD would be useful. Especially how to set up so that the CD or DVD can be used on a session by session basis. Also such things as copying CDs or DVDs and making backups and restoring. I use K3b for copying etc because I find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasts

2006-11-10 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 01:05:53PM +, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > I hope this topic isn't getting old! I just thought I'd point out that > I've had a little look around: if any one is interested in doing the > installation one it's really simple to install qemu (I didn't look at > xen - though

[ubuntu-uk] Screencasts

2006-11-10 Thread Jonathan Roberts
I hope this topic isn't getting old! I just thought I'd point out that I've had a little look around: if any one is interested in doing the installation one it's really simple to install qemu (I didn't look at xen - though I don't believe it would be much harder) and running the installation as