Yes, but not always as you want. The City reduced the level of freedom of information by making their Real Player non-recordable.
I posted a clip of my announcement of this blog during the Public Information Session, http://northvancouncilwatch.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-council-new-blog.html on 12 Dec and of Ron Sostad on 16 Jan http://northvancouncilwatch.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-council-new-blog.html.
Last week, I went to CNV website to record the Harbourside debate and make clips of Councillors statements but the City had blocked it. Are members of Council afraid of what they say at Council is given more attention? Important information is buried in the masses of video information that is extremely difficult to find for members of the public. The City already gives out minutes with video clips of the meeting so the same information can be displayed (http://www.cnv.org//server.aspx?c=1&i=124) and even transcribed for this blog so there is no reason to this restriction to full and easy to public information.
I had plans to post each phase of the Harbourside process on YouTube but this has now been blocked. The City portrays themselves as a fully open and accessible government until someone tries to use technology to raise awareness and opposition to the heavy pro-development path favoured by most of the Councillors and watch the heavy hand of secrecy came down fast.
George, if it's available on the web it should be downloadable. I'm quite overloaded right now but will look at this in the next few days. In the meantime trying Googling for RTSP download scripts/tools.
ReplyDeleteI was using the Real Player "recordable" function which CNV has turned off. Your computer skills in this area are way above mine but I know from downloading Big Brother 24 hour cam material that there will be a method. A couple of weeks and I'll have internet and not stuck in library using Wifi.
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ReplyDelete19. Video Recordings – File: 0550-01
Inquiry by: Councillor R.C. Clark
Councillor Clark inquired of Mayor Mussatto about video recordings on the City’s website and advised that they are not recordable at this time and asked if this issue could be looked at.
Mayor Mussatto requested that staff look into this.