[UPHPU] New Site Resource!

[Jonathan Duncan]

You probably already know about the videos running under the  
navigation but I thought I would post an image of it for you:

http://screencast.com/t/7GTgTv6sMke

I am on a Mac, this was Safari, looked the same in Firefox.

Regards,
Jonathan


On 26 May 2009, at 22:12, Victor Villa wrote:

> Greets All,
>
> Before I tell you about the new web resource, let me first say 2  
> words.
>
> ----> IT'S BETA <-----
>
> k, that said, let's get to the good stuff.
>
> Over the last several months I've been recording the meetings on a  
> video
> level.  Screen Capture.  I've finally muscled up enough time to  
> produce them
> (over Memorial Day Holiday), and they are posted.  Here ->
> http://uphpu.org/meetinglibrary/
>
> Now, I know its not perfect.  it's beta.  I welcome comments and  
> feedback.
> Some of the videos, especially the later 2 with PiP are larger  
> (filesize).
> I'm working on increasing the quality and lowering the filesize.   
> I'd be
> interested to know if you like the PiP, ie, you find it helpful, or  
> no.  In
> some cases like Josh Tolley's Fun with SQL it would have been  
> essential, as
> he does some stuff on a white board, but alas, the camera video  
> proved a
> little harder to work with though i will revisit it as time permits.
>
> One of the challenges I face is the screen size.  for example in Kevin
> Carter's CakePHP where he does a lot of coding, its important to see  
> what it
> is he is typing.  Another side of that challenge is finding the  
> right codec
> and codec settings that keep legible what he is typing.
>
> Whew!  So all that to say this is a work in progress.  I am looking at
> streaming video for the presentation but i don't forsee that  
> occuring for
> another couple of months as bandwidth / throughput are issues that  
> spring up
> fast, especially when streaming video at the size we need.
>
> So, enjoy them.
>
> Info i'm looking for (please just reply directly to me and not group):
>
> About playback:
> - did it play for you? (the player is flash based, not sure what linux
> distros may have issues)
> - did it take a long time to buffer?
> - any weirdness in the video?
>
> About capture:
> - did the PiP help in any way?
> - how was the audio?
> - recommend a codec?
>
> thx
>
> mj/v
>
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