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

[Mike Harris]

Thanks on both counts :)

On 25/04/2023 11:50, jcsheffield at myphone.coop wrote:
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> 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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