improving audio/video quality of pharo days recordings
Hi, we had a small discussion on discord about improving the audio/video quality of recordings of past pharo days, where many recordings are really hard to see (or completely unreadable), or the presenter is really hard to understand (especially if they speak quietly or have a strong accent). Obviously making really good recordings requires several people to focus on it (which is hard on a small meetup), however two things could be imho introduced that could help a lot, with little demand on attendees. 1) clip-on microphone * camera's mic will not capture good sound from 10 meters away over a crowd of people making noises 2) VGA recorder (which goes between the presenter's computer and projector) * then we would have crisp video and not relying on the quality of the camera in fact this is very common format where in the final video you see primarily the VGA output, and not camera capture from a distance (only on the presenter), e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2WjJbmmoM Unfortunately I am not attending Pharo Days this year (scheduling conflict), so I can't help on-site, but I could help with post-processing where possible, e.g. converting the raw audio/video/VGA streams into one (as in the linked video) or something. Peter
Thanks for the help. We will see what we can do but these videos are always a problem to the point I was not sure that we will record them. Last year thibaut did a great job and I will ask him. On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Peter Uhnak <i.uhnak@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
we had a small discussion on discord about improving the audio/video quality of recordings of past pharo days, where many recordings are really hard to see (or completely unreadable), or the presenter is really hard to understand (especially if they speak quietly or have a strong accent).
Obviously making really good recordings requires several people to focus on it (which is hard on a small meetup), however two things could be imho introduced that could help a lot, with little demand on attendees.
1) clip-on microphone * camera's mic will not capture good sound from 10 meters away over a crowd of people making noises 2) VGA recorder (which goes between the presenter's computer and projector) * then we would have crisp video and not relying on the quality of the camera
in fact this is very common format where in the final video you see primarily the VGA output, and not camera capture from a distance (only on the presenter), e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2WjJbmmoM
Unfortunately I am not attending Pharo Days this year (scheduling conflict), so I can't help on-site, but I could help with post-processing where possible, e.g. converting the raw audio/video/VGA streams into one (as in the linked video) or something.
Peter
Peter Uhnak wrote
clip-on microphone
Yes! Even a cheap lapel mic like the Sony ECM-CS3 would make a world of difference ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/improving-audio-video-quality-of-pharo-days-recordings... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Ok we will have a mic now I do not know how to record it. On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:18 AM, Sean P. DeNigris <sean@clipperadams.com> wrote:
Peter Uhnak wrote
clip-on microphone
Yes! Even a cheap lapel mic like the Sony ECM-CS3 would make a world of difference
----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/ improving-audio-video-quality-of-pharo-days-recordings- tp4944070p4944334.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
I've been reading around this topic, and just picked out some good bits... The big question is, do you want presenters to be tethered? http://www.micreviews.com/guides/top-10-best-wireless-microphones But wireless can have problems... http://www.instructables.com/id/Problems-with-Wireless- Microphones-And-How-To-Fix-/ https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-affordable-audio- video-setup-for-filming-conferences-and-events So an alternative can be to use a pocket recorder and mix the audio in later... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nITukcOL44M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgAVcHGMGiA Screen capture can be via any software. Make sure it can also capture audio so everything can be synchronised later. This looks like an interesting option... https://obsproject.com/ cheers -ben On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.self@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok we will have a mic now I do not know how to record it.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:18 AM, Sean P. DeNigris <sean@clipperadams.com> wrote:
Peter Uhnak wrote
clip-on microphone
Yes! Even a cheap lapel mic like the Sony ECM-CS3 would make a world of difference
----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/improvin g-audio-video-quality-of-pharo-days-recordings-tp4944070p4944334.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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