[BLU/Officers] Next meeting

[Federico Lucifredi]

Hi John,
   sorry for the late reply. I definitely would like to keep the talk, and the slides are 90% ready already — for once we are ahead of the curve. 

  We can use my Red Hat Bluejeans room, but that probably is capped at a fixed number of attendees. I am not sure what is the limit, I usually do not call meetings with more than a dozen people — I am not a fan of management by large meetings ;-)

Best -F

> On Apr 24, 2020, at 2:10 PM, John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi, Federico. 
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> We're hoping to evaluate both BlueJeans and StreamYard in order to compare them to Jitsi. Do you think we could use your BlueJeans account to test out its capabilities? 
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> We have you in the BLU calendar for June 17 with the topic "How Many Ways Can You Fail? A Taxonomy of Corporate (in)Decision". Are you still available to give a talk that evening? Perhaps we could use your BlueJeans account for that meeting. 
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> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:57 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just gave streamyard another try. Screen sharing works fine, with options to share the screen, a window, or a browser tab 
> 
> The green screen feature is disabled in firefox, and when I tried to turn it on, it suggested using google chrome. 
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> When I tried it in google chrome, it probably worked, but I didn't have a green screen behind me, so it only overlaid a few random bits of my background that must have matched the color it was looking for. 
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> The free tier supports text banners, both static and scrolling. Custom logos, overlays, and backgrounds require a paid account.
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> Streaming to youtube worked well.
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> I need additional people to test with, including someone to post comments on the youtube end of the live stream.
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:45 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 4:11 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> I gave StreamYard a quick try. It seems to work well with youtube live streaming. 
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> The 6 participant limit is probably the biggest issue. 
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> It is specifically for the moderator/panel/speaker 2-way video use, with 1-way streaming , 2-way text chat to multiple streaming services for everyone else.
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> Things to test: 
> * Live streaming with multiple participants
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> If you want to see pro examples, the LIVE segments on youtube.com/whiskycast/ (Weds & Friday) are streamed with StreamYard. 
> * Screen/Window sharing during a presentation
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> I do NOT know if it has that / how it works, as I've only seen headshots tiled/zoomed/wiped.
> * Chat window integration with youtube live stream's chat
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> Works for YT-live and Periscope at least.
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 3:01 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> I took a look at streamyard's pricing. They have a free tier with a maximum of 6 on-screen participants. Combined with live streaming and merged chat streams, it looks like another good option to consider. 
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> Perhaps we could give it a try tomorrow afternoon? I figure we should have a minimum of three participants. Who's avalable for 7:00 pm on Friday, April 24?
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> I might be ... will be watching Mark's live stream from 5 to 6.30 :-D 
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