On 29 March 2016 at 23:12, Anuvrat Parashar <anuvrat@anuvrat.in> wrote:
Namaste
We need video equipment for recording talks and workshops conducted at pydelhi meetups. Could someone here suggest what to buy and how much it would cost?
How important is the need for this, and what is the quality of recording that we are after? Also, where does this need stem from? Who has asked for this? Do we have a target audience in mind? Do we have statistics on how many people actually visit archives for past talks? Are we getting ahead of ourselves here in terms of mandating video recording? - I would submit that first we ask our speakers even in PyDelhi meetups for slides beforehand: No slides approved by the organising committee,no talk. Period. Put the slides up on something like slideshare.net, and only move to video after there is demonstrated interest there. - Is a random guy having some experience with a VCR enough, or are we after more professional quality: I cannot answer this as I have never yet seen it fit to sit through a video tutorial. Given Internet bandwidth restrictions in India, I also do not see who in in a possible target audience would actually benefit from this. IMHO, let's not jump into any kind of financial commitments (even given that these will be small) without understanding why we are doing this. And, should we agree that this is necessary, let's look for a sponsor for the equipment. Regards, Gora