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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] TEDxManchester - 2nd October 2009 (daytime)
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Tim Dobson |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] TEDxManchester - 2nd October 2009 (daytime) |
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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:13:07 +0000 |
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Michael Dorrington wrote:
> Tim Dobson wrote:
>> Michael Dorrington wrote:
>>> Tim Dobson wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>> I've been booked onto this since July.
>>> Looking forward to putting the case of Free Software and freedom to them
>>> with you.
>> So I've just looked through the speakers list and recognised a few faces.
> [snip]
>
> They did use some free software at the event. They used VLC[1] to play
> the TED videos (on a non-free OS) and they used (open?)SUSE[2] on the
> mixing desk to monitor (and record?) the videos.
Actually they used the GPL-licenced Ingex video recording system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingex
http://ingex.sourceforge.net/
Ingex Studio which is what they had on their mixing desks runs primarily
on OpenSUSE.
There's a segment in BBC R&D TV episode two where one of the developers
talks at some length about it:
http://welcomebackstage.com/2009/06/rdtv-episode-2/
Speaking of BBC R&D tv, there are videos of the TEDxManchester talks
for anyone who wasn't there:
http://welcomebackstage.com/2009/11/rdtv-episode-3-tedxmanchester-special/
Tim