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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?