[LINK] Audio/Video in the recording/presentation of research was Re: IFIP Digital Library

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Wed Aug 20 08:48:31 AEST 2008


Stilgherrian wrote:
> On 19/08/2008, at 9:12 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> Not to mention the cost. What we probably expect is TV quality  
>> presentations,
>> which involve significant sound and video recording and editing  
>> equipment and
>> skilled personnel. And most TV shows are a formula - with the same  
>> "actors".
> 
> Most conferences are a formula too, and any competent audio-visual  
> company will have established routines for "doing" a conference.
> 
> There's a whole essay to be written here about how the initial cost  
> and complexity of traditional AV gear meat that "trained  
> professionals" were required, which in turn meant that certain  
> production values prevailed. There was ONLY the professionals stuff,  
> so that's where expectations were set.
> 
> However these days the equipment is relatively cheap. and the  
> distribution costs tending to zero. The key issue is the salience of  
> the material, not whether we have a well-list made-up HDTV picture of  
> the presenter's face. So even a recording with flaws is of value to  
> the specific audience which wants it.
> 
> Um, but enough on that theme for now...
> 

Perhaps you missed the point of my presentation. It was about open source 
software (Kino running on a Linux laptop), full uncompressed video editing, 
consumer camcorder and Open Source video compression (Ogg). However, you still 
need skills & bodies to do the editing. See also: 
<http://www.ramin.com.au/linux/video-capture-editing-using-kino.shtml>

Marghanita
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