[HacktionLab] Video and audio streaming and recording at HL: notes & needs

[Mike Harris]

I've put the plan up at 
https://hacktionlab.org/index.php?title=HacktionLab_Sheffield_2023_Streaming_Set-up 
and also added a nifty diagram of how it might look.

Mike.

On 25/04/2023 07:20, Mike Harris wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> @Nick_Sellan and myself spent some time last night looking at set-ups 
> for streaming and recording at HL in June.  We came to the conclusion 
> that it was definitely doable and here's a summary of what we found out.
>
> I'll start with what we need first, then go on to our set-up.
>
> We are up for doing it but feel *we need a couple of others who are 
> also up for it*, so that we are not 'stuck' doing it and can between 
> us coordinate to attend others' talks and give our own, if we are.
>
> We wonder if *someone has a spare Linux laptop (or desktop)* (Nick can 
> provide the spec) that they could dedicate to the event to be the 
> streaming laptop.
>
> *Co-ordinating with Gareth*, we'll need to double check how the room 
> can be set up and that it's suitable (light wise, physical space, 
> access to a screen to project onto) before lugging the equipment to 
> Sheffield.
>
> And here's the summary:
>
>  1. Using an install of BigBlueButton <https://bigbluebutton.org/> and
>     GreenLight <https://bigbluebutton.org/2018/07/09/greenlight-2-0/>
>     we can do a video conferencing type presentation with a presenter
>     sharing a screen and their own laptop camera, and a fixed video
>     camera in the room.
>  2. We can have a separate audio set-up with a fixed ambient mic for
>     the room and a fix mic for the speaker.  We also have a wireless
>     mic that could be used.  The audio will come into a small mixer,
>     as will any audio from the speaker's laptop.
>  3. The speaker's laptop is connected to a video projector/screen
>     directly and audio out via the aforementioned mixer.
>  4. We have a laptop dedicated to being the streaming laptop,
>     streaming the room audio and fixed video.
>  5. We can record every session using the BBB setup.
>  6. At AbbeyField House we have two rooms and felt that we could have
>     one with this set-up in and the other without.  So to be recorded
>     streamed you'll need to be in the room, and being recorded or
>     streamed is not compulsory if in the room.
>  7. We felt the set-up would work for both 'presenter' style talks
>     with slides etc, a group discussion, a hybrid of the two, and also
>     for a remote speaker.
>
> Nick took notes from our discussion and experiments, so for more in 
> depth thoughts and notes GOTO:
> https://pad.kanthaus.online/hacktionlab-streaming?view
>
> There's a recording of our experiment if you'd like to see the quality 
> and have a laugh at https://socialcoop.meet.coop/nic-dgl-xso-zib (it's 
> the longer of the two recordings, taken on the 24th April).
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Mike.
>
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