User:Ankursinha/Videos How to submit

This page is just a brain storm on the "How to submit a video for inclusion into Fedora videos". There's already a page up, but I feel a step by step guide is warranted to get people started easily.

Steps: submitter

• Think up a topic
• Does it need a video or a screen cast?
• Do you have the required hardware?
  • Webcam/Video recorder
  • Microphone
  • Test them using Cheese!
• Do you have the required software?
  • Screen casting: LIST HERE
  • Video editing: LIST HERE
• Plan your video
  • What are you going to focus on: an entire application, a feature of an application, how to use it for a specific task?
  • What is the targeted audience: dummies, advanced? (We should list this in the video header too!)
• Write up a transcript
  • Writing a transcript before making a screen cast helps in syncing the audio and video up properly.
  • The transcript needs to be submitted to aid us in addition of subtitles.
  • A video will need to be transcribed later, of course.
• Record the audio
  • This is where the transcript comes in handy
  • Sit in a quiet environment. Keep a bottle of water with you.
  • Speak clearly, pronouncing each word with as much clarity as possible.
  • Time your sentences/clauses correctly to sync with the activities in the video.
• License it correctly: CC by SA unported LINK EXPLAINING LICENSE
• Add a license declaration file
• Tar it all up!
  • Video/screen cast
  • Audio
  • License
  • Anything you'd want us to keep in mind while we process it for publication.
• Send it to us!
  • You can email us the material, but since we expect it to be large in size, we prefer if you upload it all someplace and email us the link instead.
• Wait for video to be published!

Steps: Fedora video team members

• Receive video from submitter
• Check files
  • Video
  • Audio
  • License declaration
  • Special comments
• Test video
  • Is the file good?
  • Is the quality of the video good? Resolution/clarity/colours
  • Does the transcript sync properly with the video?
• Test audio
  • Is the file good?
  • Is the audio clear
  • Does the transcript follow the audio properly and in sync?
• Videos team reviews video and gives karma
  • If karma is above threshold, proceed to processing and publishing
  • Otherwise contact submitter with suggestions
• Combine the audio, video
  • Test combined form
• Add branding
  • Add starting template
  • Contains title, author, targeted audience, license
  • Add ending template
  • Contains author, feedback link, audience, permalink, rss feed link to channel
• Translate transcripts
• Compose subtitles file (srt files. LINK ON HOW TO DO THIS HERE)
• Compose subtitles for translations
• Videos team checks finalized video and gives it karma
  • If karma above threshold, publish video.
  • Reprocess with changes/suggestions.
• Check published video.
• Market published video.
• Inform submitter.

Queries

• Trac instance required to keep it organized?
• Reward submitters/videos team helpers somehow? Can give them Badges? "Screencast ninja, vim ninja" etc?