Video Tutorials

[likwid8]

Hi, I been a member of vcdhelp for merely a year now and it has greatly improved my skills among other on how to convert and create fantastic media types that will play successfully on my dvd player and so forth..

My incoming idea to this topic would be maybe to try different settings to to the way we learn new stuff, maybe a video tutorial on how-to could emphasize and make things a little easier for people with new frontiers.\

Yet my idea might have been discussed in the past, but I see no reason why it shouldnt be done, nowadays that webspace has been clearly more freely and more inexpensible, and with the help of this channel, we can make a 10 minute tutorial with good quality and decent resolution at a good adviced size of memory, heck maybe even streaming video.... I dont want this to go off hand and become a lame thread but seeing is believing and people willing to help, we can reach out to the people....

I currently own a webspace server with 100 megs untouched... and that surely can fit quite a few tutorials... Basic requirements would not be so much greatly, just your knowledge, a webcam, and/or dv cam or whatnot and ur set to go, well here is my 2 cents, I dunno but I am currently making my first tutorial with audio/video in it.

If anyone would like to check it out (members/admins/etcc.) please reply or anyone who has any feedback on this would glady be appreciated, thns alot for reading this and I hope I made someone think about higher possibilities about this magnificent website...


Cheers

[adam]

I have actually considered doing this as well, it seems like the easiest way to teach someone a process. You don't even even need a web cam or dv camcorder, there are programs like hypersnap which can capture your desktop in real time. Just click go and go through the settings in all the programs and you got a nice tutorial. I think ultimately webspace is the limiting factor here, but it looks like your off to a good start.

[BJ_M]

its a good idea but prepared for some serious bandwidth issues , i help run a site with video taped hardware reviews and it goes through 600-700+ gig a month in bandwidth usage ... and thats with less users on that board than here (they have just over 10,000 reg users on that sites forum) ..

to stream 10 users at once - you need dual t1 or t3+ (dsl and cable would not cut it -except maybe 1 or 2 user at a time)

We found best quality - easy to stream was with windows media file.

I also help set up a net radio station that does about 600gig a month but got colocated at 2 breweries (sponsers) .. hmmm sponsers ? maybe SoFo or Ulead or someone would kick in a little bandwidth.

[likwid8]

Well yes I agree, bandwith is an issue that limits this site from doing so...

But I do consider having an indivual site just for video tutorials, I will be the first to chip in if considered and voted yes. I am upon this 100% and see no questions why this shouldnt be brought upon.

There are many servers available to offer such bandwith...But the question from anyone will be... yes i know...

"who's going to afford all that?" well I dunno wut to say, I wish it could happen and I would chip in, but since it may not happen for a while at least, I hope I got the Moderaters thinking for the next website update

hehe ok take care

[donpedro]

Sounds like good idea. I see that it might be a problem, but it sound good

[BJ_M]

another question would be : would you be willing to pay ? and how much ?

to put it in perspective - it costs about $1000 a month for unlimited burstable 100Mbps connection (with a oc-192 and multiple oc-48 backbone for redundancy) and 1000gig bandwidth traffic on a dedicated server (dual xeon 2.4 rack w/ 4 gig mem and 3 x 36 gig scsi raid 5,Triple-redundant hot-swap power supplies, supermicro system )
($400 a month for 400GB traffic)

[adam]

Just setup an irc channel. Get a handful of people with cable modems to run servers. The files can be very low res and bitrate so the size doesn't have to be that big. Its a one time download for each guide, and after you got it you can share with others if the servers are full. If people can setup file swapping channels where they serve 800MB files then you could certainly do the same with files which are ~25mbs-50mbs.

[BJ_M]

true

[likwid8]

Good Idead.... Going to be preparing to do that...

Will mods/admins/webmaster allow me at all to connect this site to the Irc channel whatsoever?

[likwid8]

Just one thing...

Im starting right now as I speak... I would like to know a name for the channel, I have prepared a bot from a friend and getting servers asap, I would like a channel name so we can start...

also- Its located in efnet