[FM Discuss] Theora Book Sprint

[adam hyde]

On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 00:32 +0200, David Kuehling wrote:
> Hi,
> 

hi David :)

great that you are comining!

> just entered this list to get in touch about the Theora Book Sprint next
> week.  
> 
> On the workshop website
> (http://www.sommercampworkstation.de/?page_id=116), it says
> 
>   "Each workshop node is limited to 10 places, so please pre-register!
>   This registration is a first indication or preference, cross-talk and
>   collaboration between these nodes is encouraged"
> 
> Is this for real?  What kind of participation do you expect?

no its not for real. it applies to the other workshops, we are an
exception. the organisers havent communicated this. I think we will have
about 6-8 people.

> 
> In case you wonder what kind of context I'm coming from: I'm an early
> adopter of Theora for private use (DVD-ripping etc), have submitted
> minor patches to some Theora-related projects (annodex, mplayer), and
> have been following the theora mailinglists for a couple of years now.
> 
> Relevant experience for the sprint would be handling Theora video on the
> Linux command line, and programming for the liboggz, libogg and
> libtheora APIs (if relevant at all).  Or let's just wait for monday to
> see where I can help.
> 

sounds great! I can see there are many places you can help, but lets
talk monday/.

> BTW due to some unfortunate deadlines this week, I can only attend about
> 2/3 of the time (my job is in Berlin, just as the workshop).  Hope
> that's not too inconvenient.

its cool that you can come for any period :) many thanks for making the
committment.  also, there is no fee for book sprint participants despite
the websites statement

adam

> 
> cheers,
> 
> David
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