Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

[Allan caeg <allancaeg gmail com>]

My 2 previous messages were stuck because they're still waiting for mod 
approval (because it contained files). I just uploaded the image on 
imagehost.org so it would be less of a hassle. I attached the balsamiq 
files to the previous message .

Here's the mockup http://i.imagehost.org/view/0580/record

Please be kind. It's a very very rough draft :D

Allan

On Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 01:16 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Allan caeg wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 11:02 AM, Kirk Bridger wrote:
> > > I believe you've touched on the first to-do, and I don't agree that 
> > > it is mockups.
> > Exactly. I was having a hard time coming up with mockups, because I 
> > didn't know what features to include in the first place.
>
> When working on something remotely like this, sometimes I like 
> starting with some exploratory mockups first to tease out what kinds 
> of features might be needed (people tend to get excited when they see 
> them and call out suggestions :) ) Then you can go back and figuring 
> out which are really needed, yadda.
>
> Whatever process works is fine, though, of course! As long as we get 
> somewhere!! I'm sorry for forcing my notion of the way to go - I was 
> just trying to make sure things didn't die :)
> > > First we need to know what the tasks are going to be in the 
> > > application.  You've listed:
> > >
> > > - check audio is working
> > > - check video is working
> > > - check video runtime (current length)
> > > - start, pause, and stop recording video (and associated audio I 
> > > assume)
> > > - replay video with audio
> > > - mark timestamps in video
>
> Well they don't have to be overlayed on the video - just bookmarked, 
> using CMML. Then when you analyze you can click on the bookmarks to 
> jump the playhead to where you want to go... ?
>
> > > - add notes to specific timestamps in video
> > > - stitch videos together
>
> Are we assuming just one video stream?
>
> Also we need screen capture as well! So we could do the video of the 
> screen on the left, the video of the user on the right, record them 
> into one video and letterbox it so it has a standard aspect ratio?
>
> So then there should be an option maybe, screen capture only, or 
> screen capture AND user on the webcam right? Is there ever a reason to 
> record just the user on the webcam? I don't think so - but - you might 
> want to aim the webcam at a mobile device and record only that. So the 
> options are:
>
> - screencast only
> - webcam only
> - screencast + webcam
>
> We are also assuming write videos to disk right? Is there any 
> possibility to stream them so folks can watch remotely? (I don't know. 
> It should be possible technically.)
>
> > That's correct. This is a good starting point. Other than those 
> > features, it would be nice to have presets for different purposes 
> > like FGDs, software/website, mobile device (captured by webcam), etc.
>
> What is FGDs?
> > I suggest having four tabs in the app. Those are record, view (or 
> > playback), analyze, and present. I got that idea from the Morae apps.
> > > This is just summarizing your points.  I think we should come up 
> > > with a good starting list (maybe a little more than this) before we 
> > > start mocking things up.  Or we can start mocking up these tasks and 
> > > build from there..
>
> Either approach works!
>
> Do you have any interesting / inspiration screenshots to show from Morae?
> > > Should we move this to a dedicated mailing list rather than crowd 
> > > the usability ML?
> > Maybe. I just don't know how to set that up. Who can help here?
>
> Let's wait until we have something.
> > Btw, I refer to thewidgetfactory for available gtk+ widgets. Is there 
> > a better reference?
>
> There's also gtk-demo....
>
> ~m