Hi All
Sotouthampton University have used a webcam to record talks at 
seminar/conferences.
The quality of video and sound from skype can be quite good.
I would think most LUG members have webcams to experiment with.
John Eayrs  
On Sunday 03 February 2013 10:49:09 Tony Whitmore wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> On 02/02/13 23:43, Chris Dennis wrote:
> > I think it was Alan Pope who used to video HantsLUG talks, and he became
> > adept at creating good presentations from them, complete with titles and
> > stuff.
> 
> No, it was me. Though I did use Alan's video camera in the early days.
> 
> > If Alan is reading this: did you find a way to directly capture what's
> > being shown on the screen in the meeting room as well as videoing the
> > speaker?
> 
> I took the slides from the presenter and generated images of each slide
> in JPEG, PNG etc. Then I used a video editing programme to insert the
> slide at the appropriate juncture.
> 
> That technique doesn't work for live demonstrations of course. VGA
> scanning kit is expensive, but having the speaker run screen recording
> software (like recordmydesktop) might be a workable alternative.
> 
> > Do you have any tips for the next generation of HantsLUG
> > videographers?
> 
> Audio, as you pointed out, is important. If you don't have access to a
> video camera that has an external microphone socket, then you could
> record it separately and dub it on afterwards. For example connect a
> lapel microphone to a laptop running audacity.
> 
> > Does anyone have the necessary equipment and skills (and inclination) to
> > do this properly at future meetings?
> 
> Nope. :)
> 
> Tony
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