05.05.11
TechBytes Video Episode #1: Finally, We’re On
Summary: TechBytes video debugging and special coverage about SeaMonkey, the extensive software suite; we also cover Minecraft and few other topics
THIS is still somewhat of a prototype, but it is also our first episode of TechBytes Video, which required us getting a lot of technical difficulties resolved. The content was not coordinated and we hope people enjoy it nonetheless. We ought to stress that the audio show will continue separately as usual (this weekend, however, is a special one because of the Royal Wedding and Bank Holiday). We will produce audio shows at least once a week as visual element is not needed for a lot of the issues we cover, such as copyrights, patents, and songs that are freely (and legally) shareable.
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Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Bytenotes: unusually, since we were still working on technical matters rather than anything like content for the show (it is not scripted or prepared really), just before recording the first episode of their new show Roy and Tim were experimenting with video as they attempted to debug an audio-video synchronisation issue, as well as screen size issues. The tests involved us going through SeaMonkey as proof of concept.
YouTube: First Layout Draft for Episode #1 of TechBytes Video
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YouTube: Very Rough Draft for Episode #1 of TechBytes Video
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Needs Sunlight said,
May 6, 2011 at 4:11 am
I vastly prefer the audio-only format of TechBytes.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
May 6th, 2011 at 4:23 am
It will still be produced, maybe even more regularly than before. We are also assembling the content in this site. One thing we tested yesterday was the possibility of doing both video and audio at the same time, in addition to audio-only shows (with different guests at each show).
saulgoode Reply:
May 6th, 2011 at 8:00 am
There are a couple of easy ways to split the audio tracks from an OGV file.
One is to use the ‘oggSplit’ command from the OGGvideotools package.
For example,
$ oggSplit techbytes-video0000.ogv
unknown type ID 7e4d122b
creating file
creating file
creating file
The “unknown” (timeline) and “theora” (video) files can be ignored/deleted. The “vorbis” file provides the audio track.
Another option is to use the “oggz-rip” command from liboggz (this tool may already be present on your system).
For example,
oggz-rip techbytes-video0000.ogv -c vorbis >techbytes-audio0000.ogg
The ‘-c vorbis’ option specifies the content type that is to be extracted. Note that the output needs to be redirected to a file (else it will be displayed in your terminal as ASCII garbage).
saulgoode Reply:
May 6th, 2011 at 8:01 am
There are a couple of easy ways to split the audio tracks from an OGV file.
One is to use the ‘oggSplit’ command from the OGGvideotools package.
For example,
$ oggSplit techbytes-video0000.ogv
unknown type ID 7e4d122b
creating file
creating file
creating file
The “unknown” (timeline) and “theora” (video) files can be ignored/deleted. The “vorbis” file provides the audio track.
Another option is to use the “oggz-rip” command from liboggz (this tool may already be present on your system).
For example,
oggz-rip techbytes-video0000.ogv -c vorbis >techbytes-audio0000.ogg
The ‘-c vorbis’ option specifies the content type that is to be extracted. Note that the output needs to be redirected to a file (else it will be displayed in your terminal as ASCII garbage).
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
May 6th, 2011 at 9:40 am
Thanks for the detailed tip. Tim is finding out about merging/decoupling and currently we also look into the possibility of making a high-quality audio version that includes songs in between parts. Your recommendations will help.
Basically, I had a good think about this and it might be good to return to guest shows (like the one with Jono) for the audio sessions and do both video and audio for the shorter ones. It helps make everything tidier, too. But we’re still just learning how to do it properly.
Needs Sunlight said,
May 6, 2011 at 5:59 am
There seems to be a gap between section 1 and section 2 introduced by the editing.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
May 6th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Yes, there was an error. We’re still in beta quality.