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Welcome to Video Dev Days 2019
The VideoLAN non-profit organization is happy to invite you to the multimedia open-source event of the summer!
For its eleventh edition, people from the VideoLAN and open source multimedia communities will meet in Tokyo to discuss and work on the future of the open-source multimedia community.
This is a very technical conference, focused on low-level multimedia.
Traveling to Japan
You should consider staying a bit longer to Japan, if you can afford a few extra days.
You should take care of your passport and, if applicable, your visa very quickly!
Rémi has written a short guide about that: traveling advice for Japan.
Sponsorship for Japan
If you want VideoLAN to sponsor your trip, you should read the Sponsorship Policy.
Schedule
Friday November 8th
Community bonding day!
Da Tokyo game
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Meeting tbd
Address : tbd
Evening drinks
19:30 Evening drinks at the...
Sponsored by Mozilla.
(NB: food is not provided there)
Saturday November 9th
Planning
Time | Auditorium |
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08:30 - 09:00 | Registration & Breakfast |
09:00 - 09:25 | Welcome words by Jean-Baptiste Kempf, VideoLAN |
09:25 - 09:40 | AV1: in the end, what got in? by Pascal Massimino, Google |
09:40 - 10:05 | Dav1d: a fast new AV1 decoder by Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Ronald Bultje |
10:05 - 10:30 | rav1e: the best rust AV1 encoder by Thomas Daede, Mozilla |
10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee Break! by the Coffee committee |
10:50 - 11:20 | FFv2 by Rostislav Pehlivanov, FFmpeg |
11:20 - 11:50 | x265: an update by Pradeep Ramachandran, MCW |
11:50 - 12:15 | VLC 4.0 by Jean-Baptiste Kempf, VideoLAN |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break! by the Lunch committee |
Goodies distribution will start at 14:00
Time | |
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14:00 - 18:00 | Meetups |
19:30 - ??:?? | Community Dinner by the Dinner committee |
VideoLAN community dinner
Dinner will be at 19h30, located at Port de Javel Haut.
Sunday November 10
Time | Description |
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09:00 - 09:30 | Breakfast |
09:30 - 12:00 | Lightning talks
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12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch by the Lunch Committee |
14:00 - 18:00 | Unconferences |
20:00 - ??:?? | Unofficial Dinner by the Unofficial Dinner Committee |
Unconference schedule
Time | Description |
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06:30 - 07:00 | Beyond Breakfast Coffee by VideoLAN |
Practical information
Location / main venue
The meeting is happening at the IIJ HQ:
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. Iidabashi Grand Bloom 2-10-2 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0071 Japan
Accomodation / Hotel
TBA
Transportation
Be sure to get a Suica or Passmo near-field payment card to take the metro or train conveniently. If however you hold a valid JR Pass, you can take the JR services, notably the Yamonote loop and the Chuo-Sobu transversal lines, at no costs by showing your pass at the manned gate.
NOTE: VideoLAN does not refund taxi, car rental and public transport.
Tokyo-Haneda (HND) airport transfer
From the airport to IIJ:
- Tokyo monorail from the airport to Hamamatsucho station.
- JR Yamanote line local train from Hamamatsucho toward Tokyo/Ueno to Akihabara station.
- JR Chuo-Sobu line local train from Akihabara to Iidabashi station.
Travel time: about 50 minutes.
Tokyo-Narita (NRT) airport transfer
From the airport to IIJ without JR Pass:
- Keisei Skyliner express train from the airport to Keisei-Ueno station.
- 600 meters walk south from Keisei-Ueno to Toei metro Ueno-Okachimachi station.
- Toei metro Oedo line to Iidabashi station.
Travel time: about 90 minutes.
You can buy advance Keisei train tickets online here at a slight discount. But if you really want to save, you should take the slower Keisei main line limited express train instead of the Skyliner.
For JR Pass holders, that is a alternate all-JR route:
- JR Narita Express train from the airport to Tokyo central station.
- JR Chuo line local train from Tokyo to Ochanomizu station.
- JR Chuo-Sobu line local train from Ochanomizu to Iidabashi station.
Tokyo central station transfer
If you come by bullet train:
- JR Chuo line local train from central to Ochanomizu station.
- JR Chuo-Sobu line local train from Ochanomizu to Iidabashi station.
or:
- Tokyo metro Tozai line from Otemachi to Iidabashi station.
Tokyo-Ueno station transfer
If you come by bullet train from North/East Japan:
- JR Yamanote line local train from Ueno to Akihabara station.
- JR Chuo-Sobu line local train from Akihabara to Iidabashi station.
Means of payment
Japan remains a cash country. VISA and MasterCard cards are not universally accepted. Instead you will need to withdraw cash from an international ATM. You can find them in 7-11 convenience stores, and at office hours, in Japanese post offices.
Be sure to check your bank fees on foreign withdrawals and foreign payments before you leave. For instance, debit card fees are typically lower than credit fees. For safety of mind, you may exchange a 20,000 or 30,000 JPY in advance from your local bureau de change. Be sure to compare fees and avoid airport bureaux as their rates are usually awful.
For day-to-day small transactions, you should procure a Suica (from JR East) or Passmo (from Tokyo Metro) near-field payment card. It can be used not only for public transports, but also convenience stores and many shops. For large transactions at hotels, you can use your debit or credit card.
Power supply
In Tokyo the electrical supply is:
- Voltage: 100 V
- Frequency: 50 Hz
This is different from almost anywhere else, so check the markings on your electrical adapters before you come.
Power sockets follow the Type A standard, the same as in North America. They are physically incompatible with European and Commonwealth connectors. So if you come from Ye Olde Continent, you will need passive adapters. Buy adapters BEFORE YOU COME!!! In Japan, you will mostly find adpaters for Japanese going to Europe, not for Europeans coming to Japan.
Also note that Western Japan uses 60 Hz, so look out for that if you will be visiting Kansai.
Internet
Please bring your own internet.
Contact
The VideoLAN Dev Days are organized by the board members of the VideoLAN non-profit organization:
- Jean-Baptiste Kempf,
- Denis Charmet,
- Konstantin Pavlov, and
- Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen.
You can reach us here.