Linux.conf.au 2015 announces the Multimedia and Music Miniconf

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Submitted on 2014-09-13 20:39

Linux.conf.au 2015 are pleased to announce that the Multimedia and Music Miniconf will be part of the programme in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Miniconf’s website is at http://www.annodex.org/events/lca2015_mmm/ where the Call for Papers and other information will be published soon.

Multimedia and music are a significant part of how information is produced and consumed in our increasingly connected world. The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem provides a rich collection of software tools allowing the consumption and creation of multimedia. The Multimedia and Music Miniconf at LCA 2015 will bring users and developers together to present, discuss and experience what FOSS multimedia and music software has to offer for content consumers and producers alike. The miniconf will close with an informal demo/jam session to allow FOSS community members to showcase their creations and inspire others.

This miniconf will appeal to a broad range of community members who have an interest in multimedia and music on open source platforms - users and developers alike.

The Multimedia and Music Miniconf is being organised by Jonathan Woithe and Silvia Pfeiffer who have also convened previous Multimedia + Music miniconfs at lca in 2011 - 2014. Previous years' proceedings can be found at http://www.annodex.org/events/lca2014_mmm/

Jonathan, a Linux developer from Adelaide, Australia, has been a user since early 1990s, both privately and at work. Jonathan's primary open source focus is presently on software related audio and video production. He is one of the primary developers of the FFADO project (Free Firewire Audio Drivers ) and maintainer of the Fujitsu laptop driver in the Linux kernel.

Silvia has a long history of working on open media technologies through Annodex, Xiph, and more recently Mozilla and Google with the HTML5 video element and accessibility. At Google, she also became a WebKit/blink contributor. She is co-editor of the WebVTT and HTML5 specs at the W3C and now works for NICTA in Sydney. As well as the LCA Multimedia and Music Miniconf she has helped organise the LCA Digital Arts miniconf in 2006, and was an organiser of the Foundations of Open Media Software (FOMS) developer workshop in 2007, 2008, 2009, the two in 2010, the FOMS track at OVC 2011, and the ones in 2012, 2013. Silvia wrote the "Definitive Guide to HTML5 Video" in 2010.