User:Niteshnarayan/video tutorials/Guidelines

Guidelines First draft, Feel free to contribute :)

= Creating Videos - Guidelines =
 * We strongly recommend to use FOSS tools for video recording, however we understand that for some cases won't be possible. Please inform us.
 * Videos should be edited using only FOSS tools and delivered only on FOSS formats (recomend Theora)
 * Videos must not have inappropriate language or content, and not attack other distros (Play well with others)
 * Videos can have screencasting, podcasting or any way that help represent Fedora
 * Video licence must be CC friendly (CC BY-SA 3.0)

= Sending your videos - Guidelines = (submitting videos to the trac)
 * Send only in open video formats (see List of Open Source Video Codecs)
 * Quality must be between XX and XX
 * You must add the following info on your mail or link when sending a video:
 * Full Name and Nick (Wiki profile is a plus)
 * Video profile (youtube, vimeo, etc)
 * Tools used to record and produce this video
 * Download and preview link (last one not needed)
 * Indicate your video category from:

Video Categories

 * First Approach
 * Obtain Fedora and install Fedora
 * Fedora Live CDs
 * Fedora DVDs
 * Installation
 * Desktop overview


 * Desktop Environments
 * GNOME Desktop Environment
 * KDE Desktop Environment
 * LXDE Desktop Environment
 * Xfce Desktop Environment
 * Window Managers


 * Applications
 * Authoring and Publishing
 * Design Suite
 * Editors
 * Engineering and Scientific
 * Games and Entertainment
 * Graphical Internet
 * Graphics
 * Office/Productivity
 * Sound and Video
 * Text-based Internet


 * Development
 * Development Tool(s)
 * Development Library(ies)
 * Cloud
 * Electronic Lab
 * Fedora Eclipse
 * Fedora Packager
 * GNOME Software Development
 * Java Development
 * KDE Software Development
 * Milkymist
 * OCaml
 * Robotics
 * Web Development
 * X Software Development


 * Servers
 * DNS Name Server
 * Directory Server
 * FTP Server
 * Mail Server
 * MySQL Database
 * Network Servers
 * News Server
 * PostgreSQL Database
 * Printing Support
 * Server Configuration Tools
 * SSH Server
 * Web Server
 * Windows File Server


 * Base System
 * Administration Tools
 * Base
 * Dial-up Networking Support
 * Fonts
 * Hardware Support
 * Input Methods
 * Java
 * Legacy Fonts
 * System Tools
 * Virtualization
 * X Window System


 * Fedora SPINS
 * Games
 * Security
 * Electronic Lab
 * Robotics
 * SoaS
 * Scientific-KDE

For Further information Video Categories

= Team Tasks =
 * Create Videos following the guidelines and interest of the community
 * Check that the branding is being used correctly and provide recomendations
 * Motivate people to send us their videos and link Fedora-Videos on their content
 * come up with a script for branding, such as the opening title, translations, etc
 * Check appropiated licences for media
 * video sources MUST be availables (for Fedora people and not f-people)
 * double check for videos content (license, model release agreement)

= Process of Submitting Videos =
 * Make sure that the above guidelines are met.
 * Open a ticket at the trac for the video submissions.
 * Include all the required details which are mentioned above in the ticket.
 * Post about the submission with the ticket number to the mailing list.
 * Members of the team will review the submission and add the link to the wiki.

= Submission Check-list for team members =
 * 1) License is CC friendly (CC BY-SA 3.0)
 * 2) Video format is acceptable
 * 3) Recorded on Fedora operating system (note could be done inside a virtual environment)
 * 4) Content is appropriate
 * 5) Comment on the trac ticket
 * 6) Add the link to the wiki page if it satisfies above requirements

= Team Requirements =
 * Trac ticketing instance
 * Mailing list for discussions (which list?)