571279 - Firefox 4 beta UI video

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(mozilla.org :: Video, task, P1)

Description

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Alex is going to do a short 3 minute video on the overview of the UI, but touching specifically on:
1) Hope Tab
2) Apps Tabs
3) Tabs on Top
4) Firefox Button
5) Switch to Tab

We need this live for the June 22nd beta launch date, so it would be great to have this done by June 17th.

Thanks

Comment 1

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

Bug 571274 was just filed for a similarly sized project during the same time period.  We can't expect rainer to do both of these plus the mobile video for Caitlin (bug 569636) during the same 4 day period.

Questions:
- which video is most important
- which, if any, could we delay to buy time for the other videos?
- can we get more notice next time?

Comment 2

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

And, of course -- if we're out of options and have to get external help let's do that sooner than later so we can get this stuff done.

Comment 3

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

> - which video is most important
 Faaborg, according to rainer, could potentially film and edit the piece
himself.  So, i think it's really only one video from our side. faaborg, can
you confirm? Worst case scenario, Mayumi and I can film!

> - which, if any, could we delay to buy time for the other videos?
Really then, rainer just needs to worry about the Welcome video from our side. 
> - can we get more notice next time?
Absolutely.

Comment 4

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

The other problem I see with this is that it's going to require actual screen footage of the UI, which might be late in coming.

IMO this video can be done without Rainer's involvement, it'll just require a Screenflow license for Faaborg who can narrate as he does a screencast of what's going on. Bonus marks for pictures of his pretty face, but the key value prop here is a quick visual overview of what's different.

Comment 5

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

I'm fine with working on the Firefox UI video (after effects with audio narration on screen cap or mockups).  I wouldn't mind Rainer's help with setting up lighting for a quick video shoot of me introducing it though (~15 seconds of footage).

Comment 6

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

quick update: video is in progress and should be done late today

Comment 7

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

Attachment: Export settings for FLV

I need to know the exact export settings for the FLV fall back video.  Let me know if I should change anything.

Also, for Theora I'm planning to export at 852px × 480px

Comment 8

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

Here's all of the files for the UI video:

http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/temp/beta1/

That should be everything you need, but If for some reason you need to re-encode anything, this is the source file to use:

http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/temp/beta1/userInterface-beta1-720.mp4

Comment 9

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Alex--awesome video!  I'll upload this to http://videos-cdn.mozilla.net/

Comment 10

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

We also need to upload this video to YouTube--Alex, can you send me the file (yousendit or whatever you want to use?)

Thanks!

Comment 11

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

Laura, when uploading the video to the firefoxchannel on YouTube, be sure to use this file, it's supposed to have the exact settings for the best quality on YouTube:

http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/temp/beta1/userInterface-beta1-720.mp4

Comment 12

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Thanks Alex--

here's the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nx-qWHdTOQ


Not public yet, but it looks fantastic!

Comment 13

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

yep, looks good.  Steven: let me know if the FLV fallback video was created correctly.

Comment 14

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

New files with a much better audio bitrate:

http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/temp/beta1/betterAudio/

Laura: I tested uploading this file to YouTube:

http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/temp/beta1/betterAudio/userInterface-beta1-720-320.mp4

this was the result:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GGINh5cxDc

audio seems considerably crisper than the earlier files, not sure why Premiere uses only 64kbps as the default for their YoutTube HD setting but it seems to be a bad idea.

Comment 15

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Awesome--I will upload this better version tonight.

Thanks for doing that Alex!

Comment 16

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Just uploaded the new version up to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGChvBRdRmw

Comment 17

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED on http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/features/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGChvBRdRmw