[Inpycon] How to record videos of talks?

[Siddharta G]

Hi Shrini,

If you want to do it yourself, there are a few ways to go with this.

The simplest is to get a web camera, and attach it to a laptop/desktop with
a decent Internet connection. Position it so that the projector & speaker
are visible. Then sign up for ustream.tv and broadcast via the site. Not
only will you get live streaming of the talk, it automatically gets recorded
and archived so you can view it later.

Another way is to use a screencasting software on the presentation laptop.
Connect a mic to the laptop and start recording when the presentation
starts. You'll get the slides with the voiceover, but you won't have a
direct video of the speaker.

The most professional (& expensive) way is to get a proper video camera,
connect the mic to the camera audio in and record the presenter. At the same
time, run the screencasting software on the laptop to record the
presentation (or you can use a second video camera for this). You can then
use a video editing software to load the presentation video and use a
picture-in-picture feature to play the presenter video in a box on the side.
You can then write out the edited video on to a DVD or upload it somewhere.
Typically a professional guy will do all this for you, so you just have to
call him (see Vijay's post above).

--
Siddharta
http://toolsforagile.com

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are planning to record videos on various FOSS topics with various
> speakers.
> We bought a digital video cam.
>
> Need suggestions on how to record the videos?
>
> How to record the projector output and the speaker?
> What are the hardware and cables we require?
> How to add a small box in the video to show the speaker?
>
> What is the software you use to mix the videos?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
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