[lug] Recording presentations?

[Davide Del Vento]

I too think good solutions are expensive.

For video, one option is to spit the signal from the VGA cable and
record it from there: transparent to the speaker and good quality
(analog though). Maybe on ebay we could find an old, cheap device able
to do this.
Screen captures at the speaker computer are an option, but with
different OSes, distros, versions and the likes will make this very
cumbersome, IMHO.

The poor man version of dedicated video capture would be a second,
dedicated, webcam recording the screen: set to a higher resolution,
lower compression and lower fps (even 0.5fps I think will be still
acceptable for the screen).

Just 0.02$
Dav

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:35, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> I'm looking for ideas on taking recordings of tech talks and/or broadcasting
> them.
>
> My goals are:
>
> good sound quality
> 5 fps or better
> capture the instructor, the white-board, and the instructor's screen
>
> My intent is to record and/or broadcast BLUG presentations, CLUE
> presentations, and/or study sessions.
>
> My ideas so far are:
>
> A webcam seems sufficient for capturing the instructor, but fails with the
> whiteboard.
> recordmydesktop seems good for most screen-capture, but it breaks down if
> you switch to a TTY
> Maybe always running a VM is necessary if you need to use and record the
> TTY.
>
> David L. Willson
> Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
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> ----- "Bill Smith" <wpsmithii at msn.com> wrote:
>> I'd like that too. Bill Smith
>>
>>
> ________________________________
> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 20:49:09 -0700
>> From: beandaemon at gmail.com
>> To: clue-talk at cluedenver.org
>> Subject: [clue-talk] recording the VM presentations?
>>
>> Any chance I could persuade somebody into recording the VM presentations
>> tomorrow?  I'd be curious to hear them, but I won't get back into town in
>> time.
>>
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