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

[jcsheffield at myphone.coop]

Nice picture :)

(It all sounds great, well done)


On 25/04/2023 10:21, Mike Harris wrote:
>
> 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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