I'm sure that having nice videos (which have all been awesome) aren't cheap, nor are they easy to produce. It's unfair to trivialize the production and editing of high-quality material.
That said, a thought I've been surprised no one has suggested is a crowdtilt/kickstarter-style campaign to get the videos released immediately on youtube/vimeo. If there's sufficient demand, then the costs can be recovered (and the events can be in the black), and if not, then they'll go on InfoQ without any complaints. $400 would be likely too steep for me personally, but $100 is certainly reasonable. On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Cedric Greevey <cgree...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Rich Morin <r...@cfcl.com> wrote: > >> On Mar 24, 2013, at 18:44, Cedric Greevey wrote: >> > Where are these costs coming from? ... >> >> To get professional results, you need more than a camera >> on a tripod. For example, someone has to: >> >> * keep the camera on the speaker >> > > The speaker can stay approximately in one place, or, any random person can > be paid minimum wage to rotate the camera. Cost: $0-8 per hour. I'd not be > surprised if there are automated solutions for this, involving some > motorized gadget in the tripod head and some invisible-to-human-eyes mark > or reflector on the speaker's clothing perhaps, and then there'd be only a > one-time cost (plus some trivial amount of electricity). > > >> * get clean copies of the slides >> > > Whoever is giving the presentation should have these already. > > >> * merge the slides with the video >> > > A lot of computers are shipping with free no-frills video editing software > these days that probably suffices for this. > > >> * create assorted web pages, etc. >> > > Youtube will create a page for your video for you if you upload it there, > and a page for your channel/account/whatever listing all of your videos > that are uploaded to Youtube. There are other sites that will do similar > things. For ongoing series, there are sites optimized for that, too, > usually with .tv domains. > > >> * ... >> >> Outfits like InfoQ and Confreaks do a very good job, but >> they use professional staff (who expect to be paid). > > > And I'm guessing what they're doing is obsolescent, if not already > obsolete, in that it can be done about as well for a lot less money. If > they're charging $400 a video I smell a market ripe for disruption. > > >> I'm >> delighted that these folks provide high-quality recordings >> of talks, at no cost or inconvenience to me. > > > It seems that the delays before the videos get posted, and not having > control over when videos get posted, qualifies as an "inconvenience", or > this thread wouldn't exist. > > >> It's also wonderful to have a local meeting recorded by a >> volunteer, but I _really_ don't want this to be the way our >> conferences are recorded. I can wait a bit for the editing; >> clean results are more important than saving a month or so. >> > > Why are you so convinced that a volunteer couldn't do a good job? > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
