I know this was talked about in years past but I thought it was time to bring it up again.
I'd like to see a DVD released showing all the presentations from the AMSAT Symposium. Being that I won't be able to make it (lack of funds) this year I hate to think I'll be missing out on all the information that will be disseminated. If it was possible to buy the proceedings with a DVD of the symposium included (for an extra price of course) I think many of us that couldn't make it would be most appreciative and would make the purchase.
Just an idea.
73s, Eric Christensen, W4OTN AMSAT Area Coordinator - Southeastern Virginia USA AMSAT Member 35360 http://www.ericsatcom.net
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On 5 Sep 2007, at 03:48, Eric Christensen wrote:
I'd like to see a DVD released showing all the presentations from the AMSAT Symposium.
To do a reasonable job of producing a DVD video of each presentation is quite a task - It takes more than simply pointing a video camera at the slides which are often unreadable or the audio is c$£p. It would be better to get a simple audio recording and then listen to that whilst looking at still images of the slides.
At the AMSAT-UK colloquium this year I collected together as many of the presentations as I could and converted each to a format viewable as a slide show in a web browser. I'd liked to have all the presentations and if I'd managed to get it set up the Audio recordings as well.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,198/
John
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Hi John, Yeah you're probably right. Looking back on the Def Con 15 presentations that they sent out on DVD and posted on the Internet someone did a pretty good job of merging video with the presentation and the audio. Not being in that field one can only guess what kind of hardware/software they were using.
Audio files would be better than nothing. Heck, I could load them up on a CD and listen to them to and from work!
73s, Eric Christensen, W4OTN AMSAT Area Coordinator - Southeastern Virginia USA AMSAT Member 35360 http://www.ericsatcom.net
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John Heaton wrote:
On 5 Sep 2007, at 03:48, Eric Christensen wrote:
I'd like to see a DVD released showing all the presentations from the AMSAT Symposium.
To do a reasonable job of producing a DVD video of each presentation is quite a task - It takes more than simply pointing a video camera at the slides which are often unreadable or the audio is c$£p. It would be better to get a simple audio recording and then listen to that whilst looking at still images of the slides.
At the AMSAT-UK colloquium this year I collected together as many of the presentations as I could and converted each to a format viewable as a slide show in a web browser. I'd liked to have all the presentations and if I'd managed to get it set up the Audio recordings as well.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,198/
John
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John,
After spending 13 years in television broadcasting I can attest to the fact that providing full motion video of the proceedings would be a big job and take up a lot of bandwidth. You'd need quite a few DVD's. Also, shooting the screen with a video camera would result in a relatively low resolution and poorly lit image. Your suggestion is a good compromise - capture the presenter's audio and link it to the slide presentation. You could add a few shots of the presenter and the audience to add some intimacy.
73,
Juan - WA6HTP
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Heaton Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:52 AM To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Video of the AMSAT Symposium
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On 5 Sep 2007, at 03:48, Eric Christensen wrote:
I'd like to see a DVD released showing all the presentations from the AMSAT Symposium.
To do a reasonable job of producing a DVD video of each presentation is quite a task - It takes more than simply pointing a video camera at the slides which are often unreadable or the audio is c$£p. It would be better to get a simple audio recording and then listen to that whilst looking at still images of the slides.
At the AMSAT-UK colloquium this year I collected together as many of the presentations as I could and converted each to a format viewable as a slide show in a web browser. I'd liked to have all the presentations and if I'd managed to get it set up the Audio recordings as well.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,198/
John
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