Comments on: Blender Conference 2006: What to Tape ?

By: rcas

rcas — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:30:48 +0000

@filipp: I'm glad I could help out :) .

By: filipp

filipp — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:11:22 +0000

Big thanks for all the comments and to people who took the survey (and to Rui for posting this!). The results are getting quite interesting – there're clearly some sessions in the second room that people would rather follow.

If possible, please direct further questions and comments to the forum thread:
http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9832

(just so's I don't miss any) :)

By: rcas

rcas — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:25:33 +0000

@RC: I think YouTube will have its share, don't worry.

@Jean: That sounds cool too :) .

By: Jean-Sébastien Guillemette

Jean-Sébastien Guillemette — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:04:22 +0000

One thing I'd like to see, apart from the presentation of course, are the actual attendants. I mean, the people that will be there. Would be cool to film some of them (as many as possible) and make them talk about themselves a bit. It's always cool to "meet" and learn about the different members of the community.

And stay tuned, we'll also have video from the Montréal Conférence ;)

By: RC

RC — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:30:28 +0000

Couple suggestions. I agree that you should focus more on the presentations than the speakers. You only really need to see the person every once in awhile, especially if the audio is good. It's much more important to see what it is they came to show everyone. I also think if you can record 1st gen sources for the presentation rather than off video screens, that would be better. Maybe next year.

Also, if not video, it would be nice if some of the more verbal oriented sessions were available as podcasts.

And I have to say that one of the flash video sites like Google or YouTube is great for distribution. Flash movies seem to work with the least amount of hassle compared to anything else.

By: rcas

rcas — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:07:53 +0000

@Marty: I'm sure someone will post bittorrent files in a tracker once the files are out.

@konrad8ha: This is great news, an additional Unofficial "Paparazzi". Hopefully we can combine some efforts, yes. Filipp has a thread at Blender.org Forum, you might want to drop by: http://blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9832

By: konrad8ha

konrad8ha — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:50:10 +0000

I'll bring my Mini-DV Canon as well, but I'm not quite sure what to record yet.

But I think the more pressing issue will be sound. I'd be happy to provide my IRiver (trusty MP3-player by HP with a line-in) for recording sessions directly during the conference.

In any case, thorough video/audio documentation would really be great and I'd be willing to help. Is there a place (forums, mailing-lists) where details of this can be discussed more in-depth?

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:29:17 +0000

My only hope is that when the videos are released that they are viewable and a decent size. I honestly dont mind waiting extra time to download them. Also maybe distributing via bittorrent would a really good thing.

Im really keen to see the node compositing stuff, and the mechanical workshop.

By: rcas

rcas — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:50:02 +0000

@Zxayant: If they aren't by default I will convert them with FFMPEG, might have a slight delay in the release of the converted files, but I can make them available, just poke me after the conference.

@patdog: Hehe, from what I know people are doing their best to have several "sources" and do editing as soon as possible so all you guys can have a look at it. But for now I can only report on our official Paparazzi and he really needs the feedback, so please do the survey :) .

@Ben: One more can't hurt, one great thing would be to have someone doing live moving around movies, taping things happening all over De Waag. But that is hard to do, specially to keep the Camera Steady :) . Nevertheless there is the need to record several places.

@Unreal.Blender: I think that most of it will be available afterwards, lets hope we can get enough people to record and edit.

By: Unreal.Blender

Unreal.Blender — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:11:26 +0000

If only all of it could be recorded…… :'(