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On 13/08/2011 11:32 AM, Jason Nicholls wrote:
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cite="mid:CAFFDWXrd790+t6C6RwyUhrWZza03ZV7GP9V0rXqT1WrNW=RzYw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Just a bit of encouragement, since releasing the
Luakit video from Tuesday it's been downloaded 44 times by unique
IPs:<br>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">root@pot:/var/log/virtualmin# grep
-i 'Luakit-mason.mp4' plug.org.au_access_log | awk '{ print $1}'
| sort | uniq | wc -l<br>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">44<br>
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I think that's pretty good!
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That's great. Well done all, especially Jason who mixed on the night
and took the time to encode and upload the video after the fact.<br>
<br>
I'm pleased the XLR mic worked well this time. We did miss all the
questions from the audience - I hadn't planned on passing it around
and the cable was behind some obstacles. <i><b>Shall we plan to
pass around the wired mic next month?</b></i><br>
<br>
The banner looked good this month, but was mostly too far beside the
speaker to get in shot. Looked great in the room, but I suspect we
need to think again about the background for the speaker. <i><b>Ideas</b><b>
people</b><b>?</b></i><br>
<br>
We need some serious practice at camera work - particularly framing,
and coordination between mixing desk and camera ops (ie, the mumble
aspect I keep going on about). I grabbed the cam at the back of the
room on Tuesday and took us to a tight (close) shot of Mason which
framed up nicely, especially when it was shrunk into a
Picture-in-picture window. Keeping the camera wide may seem natural
when you're in the room, but when all you can see is whats on
screen, its a different matter. That's why I put the mixing desk at
the rear of the room; if you can't see or hear it using the screen
and headphones, then neither can the people watching (whereas, if
you overhear the person at the front then you may not notice that
its dead on the stream!). <br>
<br>
Next month I'd like to get an extra PC if we can, running dvsink to
a full screen display for the presenter to see -- what's called a
"confidence screen". <i><b>Anyone got anything to use?</b></i><br>
<br>
<b>Lastly, we need more people turning up and getting involved! </b>Between
running network cables, testing connectivity, running and connecting
power, connecting cameras, running audio cables, there's a lot to do
in 45 minutes or so between having access to the venue and starting
the stream.<br>
<br>
James<br>
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