FrancoToile

Any annotation that goes beyond the size of the full transcript box leads to having a scrolldown bar appearing. However, it is impossible to scroll down, the screen and annotation flicker, and it makes it impossible to read the content of the annotation.

Simplest thing was to add more bottom-padding to the detailPanel in global.css, so that's what I did.

Any title (film, book, etc.) inserted in a <title> element within the titleStmt/title element does not show on the screen (see files sngl1 & sngl2)

Temporary improvement:
Modified the code in player.xql 40 from
let $title := $movie//tei:titleStmt/tei:title/text()
to
let $title := $movie//tei:titleStmt/tei:title/text() | $movie//tei:titleStmt/tei:title/tei:title/text()

Problem is that I eventually want to style any embedded titles, and the current approach isn't going to support that. I'll have to do some research to figure out how to parse the titleStmt element rather than just grab its text.

When generating an item in the list of related videos, the relatedList code in player.xql looked for
$relatedTitle := $related//tei:title
which I changed to
$relatedTitle := $related//tei:titleStmt/tei:title
so that only the title in the titleStmt would be returned and not all the title elements (e.g. of books, productions etc.) in the utterances

The space inserted between </ref> and <ref> is automatically deleted, which results in words annotated consecutively to be run together in the output xhtml. E.g. :
http://pear.hcmc.uvic.ca:8081/francotoile21/player.xql?id=accf1 (end of
6th paragraph)

in transcript.xsl added <xsl:text> </xsl:text> at end of template for tei:ref[@type='info'] to force a space to appear after the anchor in the xhtml generated from each tei:ref element

1. ES was informed by SA that amending the names of video files after they are uploaded on the server is fine, as long as we change all references to these files elsewhere (i.e. changing all references in the corresponding xml files). Therefore, all new videos have been added to the server and are visible on http://lettuce.tapor.uvic.ca/~florevid/media/ under the following (temporary) names: cltca1 & lafca1 (Gary), eduf2 & eduf3 (Jean-Philippe), prmf6 (Valentin), cltc1, frac1 & lafc1(Elvis), vepf1 & cltf4 (Pierre), fraf3 (Maeva).

2. To add a new xml file, indicate the following in the command box: [svn add [name of file].xml]

3. ES created a document with the list of the principal codes that are used for transcriptions (i.e. italics, interviewer's intervention, etc.) for future use. Document is saved on POMME and has been uploaded to Dropbox (cf. Liste des codes de transcription pour FrancoToile).

3. Transcripts for cltca1, lafca1, eduf2, eduf3 have been created and committed to Oxygen. These files are visible on FrancoToile21. Transcript for cltc1 has been created but not added to server's database as ES is awaiting CC's permission to do so (more details were sent by email to CC)

4. Latitude and longitude details for sngl1 and sngl2 were amended to reflect the country where these two speakers come from (i.e. Mali & Burkina Faso). ES also asked Dr. Niang where the recordings took place and he confirmed that he was in Burkina Faso and not Senegal as originally entered in the xml files.

5. New requests have been forwarded to SA with regards to the Google map:
a. Change the language from English into French in video descriptions visible on Google map for French interface (i.e. "name" becomes "nom", "location" becomes "lieu", "gender" becomes "sexe")
b. Change the word "location" for "lieu" on the Search page of the French interface.
c. In the xml files, ES added a comma between the [settlement] tag and the [country] tag for both residence and nationality, so that it displays better within the video descriptions available on Google map. SA believes that the comma should be part of the code and not as a text addition to the xml file, and he will look into creating the appropriate rule.
d. It was suggested that being able to choose several topics & age brackets from the drop-down lists of the Search page could be a good idea. It would allow to be more precise when selecting videos from databse. For example, one could find all videos where someone between "10-14" and "65+", is talking about "music", "language", and "cinema". The Search function would use AND (not OR).
e. ES got confused with the [stages of life] tag that is available in the xml files. The purpose of this tag is to be discussed with CC and SA will double-check if it's being currently used on the site (for example, as part of a site Search, etc.)
f. In the "topic/thème" drop down list on Search page, all the new topics that ES added as part of the newly added videos only display in the language they were entered (i.e. French) both on the French and English interfaces. Most of these topics will be deleted anyway as they make the list too long, and not easy to read and manage. However, one question remains: should there be a need to add a new [item] tag for the topic list (for example: music/musique), how should it be entered in Oxygen so that it displays and translates correctly on both interfaces of the website? Also, would it be a good idea to have these topics classified in alphabetical order in the drop down list?

6. To be discussed with CC: what is information to be used for Google map? Should it be where the person grew up, where the person lives, or where the recording took place? ES will discuss this with CC during next meeting and notify SA accordingly.
Note 1: Currently, the information regarding "location" that is displayed on Google map is what is entered under "residence" in the xml file.
Note 2: ES wanted to check the Excel sheet that CC created and that contains some information on the interviewed people (i.e. where they live, their age, etc.), but XL documents cannot be opened on the HCMC's computer.

7. Also to be discussed at next meeting with CC:
a. the topics (les thèmes) that best describe the videos and that provide a list that is neither too long or too difficult to choose from.
b. the new videos (Jordan) to be edited and added to the site + transcripts to be done
c. create a CD with Pierre's videos
d. identify the type of subjects that would be the most needed to expand the video database
e. retrieve, if possible, missing video (Yoanna, education primaire, prmf5)

8. Next step is the creation of transcripts for all remaining new videos.

1. All transcripts have now been reviewed and committed to the server. ES asked SA to upload them on FrancoToile21.
2. ES sent an email to SA (copy to CC) with a list of all the technical problems noticed while reviewing transcripts.
3. 10 new videos have been given to SA and are to be uploaded onto the site. ES sent an email to CC with suggestions of id for videos (e.g. cltf2, etc.) Will pass on CC's decision to SA as soon as it is received.
4. One video (prmf5 - primaire France 5 - Yoanna) is still missing. Once received ES will review and update the transcript that is currently on the website.
5. Next steps are :
a. create new Oxygen files and enter transcripts for new videos (9 transcripts to be done from scratch + 1 to be entered in Oxygen)
b. upload new videos and transcripts on website
c. Receive Jordan's videos from CC, edit, transcribe and add them to the site.
d. copy Pierre's video to CD.

Following Jamie's earlier posts to this blog (here and here), I downloaded and installed ffmpeg2theora and handbrake. Not sure exactly where the installer put ffmpeg2theora as it didn't tell me, but I was able to invoke it. I installed handbrake into the applications directory.

To create the ogv file, I executed from the command line:
find path/to/mov/folder -name *.mov -exec ffmpeg2theora --videoquality 6 {} \;

To create the mp4 file, I used handbrake's GUI, set the codec to H.264, the Video Quality to Constant Quality 20, and the framerate to Same as Source. I was unable to execute the same thing from the command line.

1. ES recorded Maeva and edited her video (can be viewed by CC on Dropbox; also has been saved on POMME)
2. All new transcripts have now been entered on Oxygen and uploaded on FrancoToile21
3. ES is now reviewing all transcripts on FrancoToile21 to correct all possible mistakes, and identify potential technical problems. So far 4 files have been reviewed (accf1, ancf1, ancf2, cltf1). The following problems have been identified and reported to SA:
a. the space situated between a closing [ref] tag and an opening [ref] tag is automatically deleted.
b. the [title] tag does not work when inserted in the title of the video. For example, in sngl 1 and sngl2, the title of the films (which has been entered between [title] tags in Oxygen) does not display in the title of the videos. Also, the [title] tag does not display in italics when inserted in the description of the video. For example, in sngl 1 and sngl2, the title of the films (which has been entered between [title] tags on Oxygen) does not display in italics.
c. when an annotation goes over the [div] box of full transcript, a scroll down bar appears and interferes with the displaying of the annotation. Basically, it keeps flickering and it is impossible to read the content of the annotation. See the last annotation in full transcript of file accf1 to see this problem in action.
4. ES had a conversation with CC today. The next steps are to (a) correct the newly added transcripts on FrancoToile21 so that they can go live; (b) add the newly recorded and edited videos; (c) create and enter the transcripts on Oxygen for these new videos; (d) identify with CC the type of subjects that would be the most needed to expand the video database.

Entered the following new annotated transcripts on Oxygen :
lsrq1, mixc1, mixh1, mixm1, prmf1, prmf2, prmf3, prmf4, prmq1, prmq3, prmq4, prmq5, prmq6, pscf1, secf1.
ES asked SA to upload these files on the FrancoToile21 server for later review.

Note: One video is still missing (i.e. prmf5.mov) - ES will prepare and enter a new annotated transcript when the video is provided.