From 1ae6355bc543bff056f7635699358993850c9b33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 12:00:37 -0400 Subject: Update --- 2021/prepare.md | 178 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 178 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2021/prepare.md (limited to '2021') diff --git a/2021/prepare.md b/2021/prepare.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e800a40e --- /dev/null +++ b/2021/prepare.md @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@ +[[!meta title="Notes and tips on preparing your talk"]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2021 Amin Bandali"]] + +This page contains notes and tips for our speakers on preparing their +talks and presentations. Please read through the list and consider it +while preparing your talk. If you have any questions, concerns, or +suggestions please feel free to write to one of the organizers +directly (e.g. ), or write to one our organizational +mailing lists: the public list, or the private + list, depending on the nature of the +matter you would like to discuss. + +Note: being part of a wiki, this page is subject to change (including +by you!); so please check back every now and again for any changes and +updates. + +[[!toc levels=4]] + +### Guidelines for conduct + +Please review our [[guidelines for conduct|conduct]] when preparing +your talk, to make sure we're all on the same page and strive to make +the event a great experience for all. If you're not sure whether your +talk or presentation style meets the guidelines laid out in the +guidelines for conduct, we'd be happy to help. You can email Sacha +Chua at to chat more about this. + +### Recording your talk + +To help EmacsConf 2021 run smoothly, please prerecord your talk. and +send us your video(s) by **November 7** at the latest (three weeks +before the conference), to allow us enough time to do any needed +processing (e.g. format or codec conversion) in preparation for the +event. Please consider submitting a prerecording as early as possible +so that we can see if volunteers can caption your video to make it +more accessible and searchable. + +To make it easier for organizers and attendees to correctly pronounce +your name, please start your video with something along the lines of: + +"Hi! I'm ${NAME} and I'll be talking about ${TOPIC}." + +Please **send your prerecording(s) via email to **, +either in form of attachments (if reasonably small), or direct link(s) +to download from elsewhere. If you have a script or notes, please +include it as well so that we can use it to help us with captions. +You can also send us additional information to include on the wiki +page for your talk, such as links to other pages or additional videos. +If you need help, please e-mail . + +To record your video, you could use any of the following pieces of +free software, depending on your needs: + +- [OBS](//obsproject.com) +- [SimpleScreenRecorder](//www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/) +- [vokoscreenNG](//linuxecke.volkoh.de/vokoscreen/vokoscreen.html) +- [peek](//github.com/phw/peek) +- [ffmpeg](//trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop) + +You might find the following free software programs useful for editing +your video recordings: + +- [Kdenlive](//kdenlive.org/en/) +- [Blender](//www.blender.org) +- [Pitivi](http://www.pitivi.org) + +Per GNU Project's +[Guide to Formats](//audio-video.gnu.org/docs/formatguide.html), we +prefer to receive prerecorded videos in formats unencumbered by +software patents, such as `video/webm` (WebM-encoded video files, with +`.webm` file extension) and `video/ogg` (video files encoded with the +Theora video codec, encapsulated in an Ogg transport layer, with +`.ogg` or `.ogv` file extension). However, if for one reason or +another you are unable to send us your prerecorded video in one of the +above formats, you may submit them in other common formats, like +MPEG-4 (`.mp4`), and we will try to convert them to our preferred +formats on your behalf. + +*Prepare recorded video in 720p; WebM formatted if possible.* + +> The conference broadcast will be in +> [720p](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p) (1280px x 720px, +> progressive) using the [Webm](https://www.webmproject.org/) video +> format. The closer to this format submitted video files arrives in, +> the less work for volunteers. + +After you send in your video, if you've indicated that you'd like to +do live Q&A, we'll set up a tech-check call with you. We'll post details here closer to that time. + +Thank you so much for helping with EmacsConf 2021! + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3