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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:54:03 -0700
From: Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>
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To: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.5 Workshop RealVideo streams -- next time, please get 
 better audio.
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Larry McVoy wrote:
> 
> 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.

Are you talking about one of those "eavesdropper" 
parabolic microphones?  Are you thinking of having 
someone on stage redirecting the microphone as
each speaker starts talking?  It could work well,
but you'd either lose the first few words each
person in the audience said or need to go to a
"hand raising/acknowledgement" to create a pause
during which the microphone could be redirected.

	Miles
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