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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:48:58 -0700
From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
To: Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>
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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.5 Workshop RealVideo streams -- next time, please get better audio.
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 08:46:33PM -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
> Randolph Bentson wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:45:31PM -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
> > > There is one major shortcoming of the recordings.
> > > Usually, only the comments of the presenter(s)
> > > can be heard.
> > 
> > I've heard of conferences where a wireless audience
> > microphone was put inside a Nerf ball.  It could
> > then be tossed to the audience member who wished
> > to speak.
> 
> Alternatively, you could hold your discussion on a
> classical music performance stage.  They usually
> have about ten or twenty suspended microphones over 
> the stage.  Then, you'd just need to mix the audio.

As one of the guys who was passing the mike around, I am a fan of the 
directional mike.  If you have ever used one of those, they are quite
nice and I think would solve the problem.
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Larry McVoy            	 lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitmover.com/lm 
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