6:58 p.m.
On 04/12/2017 10:18 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
- Wifi not sufficient to stream all sessions. Recorded sessions and
post
after (except for diversity panel which streamed.) Should make a policy
on this probably. (Q: what if we streamed audio-only? Would this save
bandwidth?)
This is something I should have probably blogged about too (thanks Mo
for pulling all of this feedback together).
I'd like to make a case for this year's Flock to also put extra
consideration into planning out how our talks are recorded and documented.
As some background context, I processed all of Flock 2016's recordings
on YouTube after they were uploaded en masse. All of the talks are
documented here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flock_2016_Talks
Because of this, I am familiar with some of the successes and challenges
that happened, and also followed along with discussions and feedback on
social media pages / comments after we published all of the videos.
Consequentially, I'd mostly like to request improved recording
infrastructure for this year's Flock.
In 2015 and 2016, recording laptops for each room have been used to
record the talks. Talks are recorded using Cheese and then the raw
recording file is uploaded directly to YouTube. Last year, the OpenQA
room's laptop had a faulty microphone, and all talks in that room are
without audio. We also lost all of the files for part of Day 1 and all
of Day 2 for Picasso (keynote room).
Flock is a valuable opportunity where a large part of the Fedora
community gathers together in person to work on key parts of the
project. Not only are the discussion topics valuable for attendees to
reference back later on after the event, but the talks are also a key
opportunity for us to communicate the things we're working outward with
a wider audience beyond the contributor community. This was something
that was commented on heavily after Flock in our public presences
(social media accounts, Telegram community groups, etc.). People noted
that many interesting talks weren't recorded or documented (or had audio
issues) and also noted that even the recorded ones were difficult to
follow because sometimes speakers were off-camera or their slides
weren't available with the recording (and the slides were off-camera, so
a lot of context was missing).
I see it as a valuable opportunity for us to invest heavier into
improved video infrastructure for this year to both help communicate
outward about the things we're doing to a wider (and very interested)
audience and to help contributors reflect back on our discussions and
topics throughout the year (and be able to follow what's happening from
the recordings). And especially seeing how widely the Fedora community
is dispersed and how we'll never be able to fund everyone to make it to
Flock, wherever we host it, I see it as a valuable investment for our
contributors at home who want to follow along remotely as best they can.
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Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com