From: Chad Fowler Date: 2005-10-07T04:30:25+09:00 Subject: Re: RubyConf video, audio, streams and recordings? On 10/6/05, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: > > On Oct 6, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Ryan Leavengood wrote: > > > On 10/6/05, James Edward Gray II wrote: > > > >> > >> I think a Podcast for each presentation would be too cool for > >> words. :) > >> > > > > Most definitely. What if podcasts were available for presentations on > > the night after those presentations, along with web-based slides that > > you could check out while listening to the podcast? That would be > > wonderful. > > > > Come on, we are the Ruby community, surely someone can set up a Ruby > > script to automate all this, as long as someone can digitally record > > the presentations and the presenters provide their slides in some > > common format. > > > > We could even use BitTorrent for the podcast downloads so no server is > > too bogged down (though Ezra's offer sure is nice as well.) > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > I am cross posting this to the rails list as well. We want > podcasts and video from RubyConf! > > Yes please lets make this happen. I have this server till the > end of the year and it has a very light load on it right now. My > account has unlimited bandwidth every month on a fat 100Mbit pipe and > I have plenty of HD space left. So come on! Lets use my bandwidth for > something good. I will create an ftp account for anyone who wants to > upload media from RubyConf and i will take the responsibility of > creating and maintaining a web page for people to download the media > from. > Anyone going to RubyConf that would be kind enough to record > some video or audio please contact me on or off list and I will set > up the necessary ftp accounts and whatnot. I have learned so much > from everyone here that its only fair I donate a little something > back. Maybe I will just install Typo and make a post about each media > file as they come in with attribution and description. > > I hope we can get some kind souls to take pitty on all of us rubyists > who can't afford to make it to San Diego > > Thoughts? > > Cheers- > If someone wants to bring an extra laptop and baby sit the recordings, I believe we can make this happen. I don't know the exact specs on our audio equipment, so any volunteer will need to show up with a fairly extensive collection of Radio Shack adapters. We will be running everything through a mixer, so I'm sure it will be possible to get good audio. Email me directly at chad chadfowler com if you're interested. -- Chad Fowler http://chadfowler.com http://rubycentral.org http://rubygarden.org http://rubygems.rubyforge.org (over one million gems served!)