[757labs] Presentation A/V

[telmnstr at 757.org]

> So i finally checked out the video of Ken's talk at 757.rb (which you
> can embed in the post FYI, and i have added) and i can't help but
> think maybe we really need a way to pull video right off of the
> presenter's laptop... Because you can barely read the slides as they
> are. I love the idea of going direct-to-web with this stuff (because
> we all know how editing of videos never actually happens *cough* space
> balloon *cough*) but this is like sub-VHS quality. :(
> Ethan, you'd probably know best what it'd take to get video off of
> laptops (assume presenters have VGA or DVI i guess?). Thoughts?

That is directly off of the laptop. The VGA video is fed through a box 
that produces a composite video feed which is brought into the mix.

There is a little bit of noise, probably from the long cable run, or 
something.

The slides are dark. I need to post Jeremy's video. It just has no sound.

I'd love a box that has composite video in, composite video out, that 
superimproses audio level meters like camcorders do. Hmmm.