Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2008 Videos

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

Hi Baris,

Thanks for getting to this!

We can definitely work something out.  Ping me if you need help and I can help
you find who to send them to...

Cheers,

behdad

Baris Cicek wrote:
> Hi; 
> 
> Wanted to save list from its abandonment and give some info about GUADEC
> 2008 videos. 
> 
> People might remember we recorded talks on core days in bigger rooms.
> These records delivered to me as miniDV cassettes and for a while I had
> nowhere to convert them to data. 
> 
> Last two months someone gave me a hand and ripped all those cassettes
> and now I have ~40 GB of videos. However work on those haven't finished
> yet. Since most of the audio is very poor. I wish those volunteers
> informed me about that, then it could have been much more easier to
> fix. 
> 
> Now I need to adjust volume (read: increase and filter noise) on videos
> and convert them to theora files (they were ripped in non-free format). 
> 
> But since those actions mostly be automated, I don't think it would take
> more than a week. 
> 
> I don't plan to upload those videos one by one since I believe in
> 'bandwidth of transportation' should not be underestimated as Tenenbaum
> stated. 
> 
> I'm planning to mail DVDs to a location where gnome.org data servers
> stay (I think Canonical, USA) and a kind sysadmin there can put them
> online. I haven't shared this idea with sysadmins yet but in case they
> don't find it applicable I'll try to find a faster connection than mine
> and upload files that way.
> 
> So if everything goes well, finally videos can be reachable by February
> this year (hiding me behind the better late than never mantra). 
> 
> Regards,
> Baris Cicek
> 
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