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| * '''Membership''' - 49 at 9th October 2007 * '''Mailing List''' - ubuntu-screencasts on lists.ubuntu.com |
* '''Membership''' - [[https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-screencasts|49]] at 9th October 2007 * '''Mailing List''' - [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-screencasts/|ubuntu-screencasts]] on lists.ubuntu.com |
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| * ''Translation'' - Recruit more transcribers and translators to build on the number we already have. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MonthOfScreencasts/TranslationStatus / http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Subtitle_Usage | * ''Translation'' - Recruit more transcribers and translators to build on the number we already have. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeam/TranslationStatus / http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Subtitle_Usage |
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| * ''Improve Accessibility'' - With subtitles (many already done) we can provide access to tutorials to people with hearing difficulties. Screencasts also provide access to tutorials for people with dyslexia. | |
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| * ''Eat our own dogfood'' - We only use free tools to make the screencasts. That includes qemu, xvidcap, avidemux, audacity and ffmpeg. | |
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| * ''Video podcast'' - Using free tools such as Feedburner and Miro we have maintained a solid subscriber base for the Month of Screencasts. This shows there are people who want to watch video tutorials, and will subscribe to watch regularly produced content. | * ''Video podcast'' - Using 3rd party tools such as Feedburner and Miro we have maintained a solid subscriber base for the Month of Screencasts. This shows there are people who want to watch video tutorials, and will subscribe to watch regularly produced content. * ''Video encoding'' - Using free tools such * ''Popular Screencasts'' - Some of our screencasts are incredibly popular. http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot & http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Downloading_and_Burning_an_Ubuntu_ISO are both over a year old but still get more views than any other screencast. * ''Search ranking'' - Google for ubuntu screencasts:- http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ubuntu+screencasts and we occupy most of the first page of hits. * ''Feedback'' - We get a lot of good (and a little not so good) feedback, and lots of suggestions for improvement:- http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/MoS2007#comment |
The screencast team was started in 2006 after some screencasts were made by members of the UK LoCo team. After a hiatus we built a community around screencasting. This involves production & hosting, transcription, translation and feed back to the team.
Key Details
Date - (9th October 2007)
Team Contact - Alan Pope <alanpope@ubuntu.com>
Membership - 49 at 9th October 2007
Mailing List - ubuntu-screencasts on lists.ubuntu.com
IRC - #ubuntu-screencasts on Freenode
Roadmap
Month Of Screencasts - Currently ongoing (and overrunning) we need to finish the 30 screencasts for the MoS 2007. http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/MoS2007 / https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MonthOfScreencasts2007
Translation - Recruit more transcribers and translators to build on the number we already have. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeam/TranslationStatus / http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Subtitle_Usage
Screencasting Screencast - We get asked for a "how to make screencasts" screencast at most meetings. This needs to be made, based on our "how to screencast" wiki page (which also needs some love):- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts
Screencasts in Ubuntu - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastsInUbuntuSpec - This spec aims to deliver screencasts directly on the desktop within a robust but compact player. We need to see this through UDS Boston with the aim of getting it in 8.04.
Make things easier - Making quality screencasts isn't easy. We need to look at ways to make that process easier for people to contribute to.
All in one screencasting - Somewhat blue sky thinking, we would like to spec up and help develop a desktop application which can perform many of the typical screencasting tasks over and above just recording screen activity.
Improve Accessibility - With subtitles (many already done) we can provide access to tutorials to people with hearing difficulties. Screencasts also provide access to tutorials for people with dyslexia.
Experience
Eat our own dogfood - We only use free tools to make the screencasts. That includes qemu, xvidcap, avidemux, audacity and ffmpeg.
HD Screencasts - We're the only people making screencasts about Ubuntu in HD720p.
Video podcast - Using 3rd party tools such as Feedburner and Miro we have maintained a solid subscriber base for the Month of Screencasts. This shows there are people who want to watch video tutorials, and will subscribe to watch regularly produced content.
Video encoding - Using free tools such
Popular Screencasts - Some of our screencasts are incredibly popular. http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot & http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Downloading_and_Burning_an_Ubuntu_ISO are both over a year old but still get more views than any other screencast.
Search ranking - Google for ubuntu screencasts:- http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ubuntu+screencasts and we occupy most of the first page of hits.
Feedback - We get a lot of good (and a little not so good) feedback, and lots of suggestions for improvement:- http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/MoS2007#comment
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