Videos/Guidelines

Creating Videos - Guidelines

• We strongly recommend to use FOSS tools for video recording, however we understand that for some cases won't be possible. Please inform us.
• Videos should be edited using only FOSS tools and delivered only on FOSS formats (recommenced Theora)
• Videos must not have inappropriate language or content, and not attack other distros (Play well with others)
• Videos can have screen-casting, pod casting or any way that help represent Fedora
• Video licence must be CC friendly (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Sending your videos - Guidelines

• Send only in open video formats (see Open Source Video Codecs)
• Quality must be between XX and XX
• You must add the following info on your mail or link when sending a video (submitting videos to the trac):
  • Full Name and Nick (Wiki profile is a plus)
  • Video profile (Youtube, Vimeo, etc)
  • Tools used to record and produce this video
  • Download and preview link (last one not needed)
• Indicate your video category from:

Video Categories

• First Approach
  • Obtain Fedora and install Fedora
  • Fedora Live CDs
  • Fedora DVDs
  • Installation
  • Desktop overview

• Desktop Environments
  • GNOME Desktop Environment
  • KDE Desktop Environment
  • LXDE Desktop Environment
  • Xfce Desktop Environment
  • Window Managers

• Applications
  • Authoring and Publishing
  • Design Suite
  • Editors
  • Engineering and Scientific
  • Games and Entertainment
  • Graphical Internet
  • Graphics
  • Office/Productivity
  • Sound and Video
  • Text-based Internet

• Development
  • Cloud
  • Development Tool(s)
  • Development Library(ies)
  • Electronic Lab
  • Fedora Eclipse
  • Fedora Packager
  • GNOME Software Development
  • Java Development
  • KDE Software Development
  • Milkymist
  • OCaml
  • Robotics
  • Web Development
  • X Software Development

• Servers
  • DNS Name Server
  • Directory Server
  • FTP Server
  • Mail Server
  • MySQL Database
  • Network Servers
  • News Server
  • PostgreSQL Database
  • Printing Support
  • Server Configuration Tools
  • SSH Server
  • Web Server
  • Windows File Server

• Base System
  • Administration Tools
  • Base
  • Dial-up Networking Support
  • Fonts
  • Hardware Support
  • Input Methods
  • Java
  • Legacy Fonts
  • System Tools
  • Virtualization
  • X Window System

• Fedora SPINS
  • Games
  • Security
  • Electronic Lab
  • Robotics
  • SoaS
  • Scientific-KDE

For Further information Video Categories

Team Tasks

• Create Videos following the guidelines and interest of the community
• Check that the branding is being used correctly and provide recomendations
• Motivate people to send us their videos and link Fedora-Videos on their content
• Come up with a script for branding, such as the opening title, translations, etc
• Check appropriated licences for media
• Video sources MUST be available (for Fedora people and not f-people)
• Double check for videos content (license, model release agreement)

Process of Submitting Videos

• Make sure that the above guidelines are met.
• Open a ticket at the trac for the video submissions.
• Include all the required details which are mentioned above in the ticket.
• Post about the submission with the ticket number to the mailing list.
• Members of the team will review the submission and add the link to the wiki.

Submission Check-list for team members

1. License is CC friendly (CC BY-SA 3.0)
2. Video format is acceptable
3. Recorded on Fedora operating system (could be done in a virtual environment)
4. Content is appropriate
5. Comment on the trac ticket
6. Add the link to the wiki page if it satisfies above requirements

Team Requirements

• Trac ticketing instance
• Mailing list for discussions (which list?)