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This video of a FOSDEM talk about Forgejo's forge federation work has the slideshow fullscreen, with a camera feed of speaker Michael Jerger inset in the corner;
https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5610-show-and-tell-federation-at-forgejo/
This is the way.
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The camera feed takes up only about 1/10 of the screen, and Michael takes up only a 1/4 of that. It would be better zoomed in a bit.
But even at that size, I can see the expressions on Michael's face, as well as hearing him. Humanising him more effectively than just showing the slides and the audio of him speaking would.
I've seen talk videos where the slideshow is inset instead of the speaker, making the slides very hard to see. Even with the video fullscreen. This is not the way.
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@strypey its a volunteer run event, which means theres a variance with the camera work.
I tend to be a physical performer which has been lost with the panning and lack of tracking.
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> volunteer run event ... variance with the camera work
Fair enough. Not expecting professional camera work. But maybe at the editing and posting stage, software could be used to automate centering the subject and zooming in?
> I tend to be a physical performer which has been lost with the panning and lack of tracking
I'm guessing the wide frame was an attempt to account for speakers who pace? : )
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