Srikanth,The Theora (.ogv) format you are talking about, I don't think has a good
quality, instead we should use Matroska (.mkv).
Konarak Ratnakar.
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 02:35:40 -0800
From: parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Creating video of Indian Editors
"We Edit Wikipedia"
Subha,
What about the Indian English Community?
Noopur,
Thanks for the ideas, but one small suggestion. Format- Keep it OGV.
We can't be promoting an open project with a closed format video no?
Konark,
Good to see young brains like you volunteering on this.
Ashwin,
Can I have a link please?
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Nitika & MikeLynch & some others have just begin working in this field
and a prototype video on how to create an account has been made. Imho
these efforts should be combined.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Konarak Ratnakar <konarak.11(a)live.com> wrote:
Hey,
+1 to this, I can help(composing, editing).
Konarak.
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:10:06 +0530
> From: noopur.raval(a)gmail.com
> To: wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org;
> wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en]
Creating video of Indian
> Editors "We Edit Wikipedia"
>
> Hey Subhashish,
> I think it's a great idea. In case people are
thinking of recording
> such a video, I would love to help you edit and
here are some
> suggestions for community members:
>
> 1) Put it on your next meetup agenda. Do it in the
meetup itself
> 2) It could be one single person saying "I
edit wikipedia" or a group.
> More than 1 is welcome
> 3) For editing purposes, it is better if you
record video in room with
> LESS noise and MORE light
> 4) Try and keep video in MPEG, Avi or MP4, so that
while editing we
> don't have to convert and lose quality.
> 5) You can use any normal digital camera, even
your (iphone) camera :P
> Just try and minimize shaking.
>
> Cheers
> Noopur
>
> 2012/2/7 Subhashish Panigrahi
<subha(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> > Deal all,
>>
> > As a part of helping the community to reach
out to more people apart
> > from
> > the presentations, handouts, FAQs and mailing
list support we also have
> > need
> > for more visuals. Audio/Video clips
containing Indian Wikipedians
> > sharing
> > their message "I EDIT WIKIPEDIA" or
"I EDIT AN INDIAN LANGUAGE
> > WIKIPEDIA" or
> > "WIKIPEDIA IS HELPING ME DOCUMENTING MY
HERITAGE" will create impact
> > among
> > people and motivate them to contribute to
Wikipedia. Many people use
> > Wikipedia in a daily basis without being
aware of they can also [Edit]
> > it,
> > social media, Youtube, mails containing link
to such a video can be used
> > to
> > reach this message to them. Moreover, such
videos which are already
> > there in
> > Outreach (
outreach.wikimedia.org) Bookshelf
might make some people feel
> > it's
> > project being managed by some foreigners.
Seeing some real Indians
> > editing
> > Wikipedia with the Main page of an Indian
language background will
> > definitely make this message clearer.
>>
> > If there is a fairly good no of community
members located in anywhere in
> > India (e.g Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai
community) we can ask the
> > community
> > members say it altogether aloud apart from
one/two community members
> > speaking in their own language. I will be
posting the details in the
> > community village pumps, you are allowed to
send as many people's
> > footage as
> > you can provided the video and audio quality
are reasonable good. We
> > will be
> > collecting footage from all the communities
and do a post production.
>>
> > Subha
> > Community & Program Support, India
Program
> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>>
> >
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