re: the errors, I assume you added those to the talkpage of the files on commons? That way someone could actually see if it can be fixed :)
thanks! eia 2009/9/4 Bod Notbod <bodnot...@gmail.com> > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM, phoebe ayers<phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > - videos of all the talks!!!! > > As someone who is unlikely to be able to ever attend a Wikimania > unless it comes to London I'd like to express my gratitude for all the > effort that's gone into that. I've watched quite a few and intend to > watch many more. > > There is, however, room for improvement on this front. So here's what > I would like to see, in terms of video, from the next Wikimania: > > 1. Some of the videos have issues (eg, absent sound for part of the > talk or audio track slowed down to the extent that people sound like > orcs). It would be good if whoever uploads the video would view the > content and try to solve such issues before making them available. If > it's not possible to solve the issue it would be good if they could > annotate the video (eg "sound absent until 2:48") so people are > forewarned and can fast forward to the watchable portion. > > 2. On many videos, if not most, it is impossible to see the content of > the slides. Could videos be uploaded in higher resolution? Obvious > downsides: larger file size, more bandwidth required. Or maybe all > presenters could be encouraged to upload their presentation slides (I > know some already do this) so people can view along as they listen to > the audio of the talk. > > 3. On the videos with a Q&A segment the audience often doesn't have a > microphone so the viewer can't hear the questions. Could more talks > provide the audience with a microphone? And where this isn't possible, > could speakers be encouraged to repeat or summarise the question for > the benefit of the camera? > > 4. More of an observation than a recommendation: as I've watched the > videos most of their respective talk pages have not yet been > contributed to (they're red links). The same can be said for their > entries in the Wikimania schedule. I thought more people would be > wanting to discuss the content of the talks. > > Despite my various gripes it's really great to have so many videos, so > thanks to everyone involved. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
