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I completely agree there is a lot of garbage in a lot of video content, but if you can take advantage of the audio visual capacity you can get a lot. An example

I completely agree there is a lot of garbage in a lot of video content, but if you can take advantage of the audio visual capacity you can get a lot. An example, Just watching a master craftsman do something can reveal a lot of tiny differences in technique that add up to a lot, but may not be written down explicitly.

the_af 10y ago
Agreed, watching someone do something with his/her hands is (almost always) better than reading about it. But consider another scenario: a video of someone showing you how they type some code while talking about it. This sort of videos are unbearable to me, and I don't understand how some people can enjoy them. I'd rather read the code in text form, at my own pace.
- douche 10y ago
  My god, I hate coding videos. There is nothing more frustrating than a command-line Linux video. A.) I cannot copy/paste what you typed into your terminal into mine from a youtube video. Give a decent transcript with the steps enumerated.
  - shabble 10y ago
    I wonder if anyone has tried to build a ttyrec[0]/termrec player with synchronised audio? Then you have the best of both worlds. Adding some sort of out-of-band overlays (like iTerm2/3 annotation maybe[2]) for extra commentary would make it truly amazing. ..Looks like no, but in teh future plans of [1] at least. I'm not sure how the production workflow would go - I guess you'd - record your terminal session, perhaps with live audio recording. - if tools existed (which they afaik don't really), being able to clean up your ttyrecs to remove typos, speed up slow typing etc, would be amazing) - Maybe rerecord a commentary/narration audio on the edited visuals, and add any annotations. - publish, and glory in your multimedia educational creation! (As I continue to think about it, I'm tempted to try to build this. I wonder if it would get used?) [0] http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/ http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/ [1] http://tty-player.chrismorgan.info/#drop-in-video-replacement http://tty-player.chrismorgan.info/#drop-in-video-replacemen... [2] https://www.iterm2.com/img/screenshots/v3-screen-shots/iterm2-annotations.png https://www.iterm2.com/img/screenshots/v3-screen-shots/iterm...

the_af 10y ago

Agreed, watching someone do something with his/her hands is (almost always) better than reading about it. But consider another scenario: a video of someone showing you how they type some code while talking about it. This sort of videos are unbearable to me, and I don't understand how some people can enjoy them. I'd rather read the code in text form, at my own pace.

douche 10y ago
My god, I hate coding videos. There is nothing more frustrating than a command-line Linux video. A.) I cannot copy/paste what you typed into your terminal into mine from a youtube video. Give a decent transcript with the steps enumerated.
- shabble 10y ago
  I wonder if anyone has tried to build a ttyrec[0]/termrec player with synchronised audio? Then you have the best of both worlds. Adding some sort of out-of-band overlays (like iTerm2/3 annotation maybe[2]) for extra commentary would make it truly amazing. ..Looks like no, but in teh future plans of [1] at least. I'm not sure how the production workflow would go - I guess you'd - record your terminal session, perhaps with live audio recording. - if tools existed (which they afaik don't really), being able to clean up your ttyrecs to remove typos, speed up slow typing etc, would be amazing) - Maybe rerecord a commentary/narration audio on the edited visuals, and add any annotations. - publish, and glory in your multimedia educational creation! (As I continue to think about it, I'm tempted to try to build this. I wonder if it would get used?) [0] http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/ http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/ [1] http://tty-player.chrismorgan.info/#drop-in-video-replacement http://tty-player.chrismorgan.info/#drop-in-video-replacemen... [2] https://www.iterm2.com/img/screenshots/v3-screen-shots/iterm2-annotations.png https://www.iterm2.com/img/screenshots/v3-screen-shots/iterm...