[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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