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Offline tekmageTopic starter

AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« on: September 27, 2018, 06:18:09 AM »
Hi All,

I wanted to poll the community to see how everyone feels about how to watch the broadcast.  Thanks to the hard work of Michael Trebilcock maintaining both yt.rexx and ffplay to support the latest changes YouTube made to live streaming.   If this holds we can watch youtube live streams from Amiga NG systems.

Our other option is to leverage the NSV format which is supported by Mplayer.  The challenge is I need to set up servers and manage it all.

If for some reason you can't make the show and want to watch from home, please respond to the poll.

Thanks!
Bill "tekmage" Borsari
 
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Offline Sbaitso

Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2018, 07:16:02 PM »
Thank you for all you do every year with the broadcast and to all the other "behind the scenes" folks who help as well.  I always enjoy watching and I hope for a good turnout at the show this year. 

If you need help testing any of the feeds, etc. just let me know.
 

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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2018, 07:02:22 PM »
I just want the audio/video synched better.  20 seconds off last year.
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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2018, 10:52:53 PM »
KennyR wrote:

But in the end, who really cares. AmiWest broadcasts are forty-five minutes of listening to people having problems setting up presentations or the hotel wifi, followed by several hours of filming empty chairs at the sound of people talking in the distance. And if you're really lucky, a presentation you can either see or hear but never both.

It really should be put out of its misery. It was sad 15 years ago. Now it's worse.


@KennyR
Thank you your kind words.
As one of the co-founders of AmiWest..

I'm sorry that you find us ready to be put down. (ouch) really?
I want you to know that our little user group endeavor is all voluntary and the little
budget we have is mostly to pay the hotel and it's services (i.e. net access)

WE know that this is not the broadcast quality our many followers want,
But it is what we can afford.
You could, if you wish, bring your knowledge and resources to help,
and make our little show better.

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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2018, 11:45:14 PM »
KennyR wrote:
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But in the end, who really cares.
Those with an interest in Amiga.
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AmiWest broadcasts are forty-five minutes of listening to people having problems setting up presentations or the hotel wifi...
Having a live webcam all the time means capturing the good moments (like the presentations) and the mundane moments (when nothing is really happening except for technical problems).
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...followed by several hours of filming empty chairs at the sound of people talking in the distance.
Again another mundane moment. Just like watching any other, 24-hour, live webcam from any other location in the world. Of course, like any other live webcam, you are free to walk away (and hopefully, you won't miss anything.)
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And if you're really lucky, a presentation you can either see or hear but never both.
If you cannot see/hear it on the webcam, then wait for the high-def video to be posted (which will be done this year, thank goodness).

Truly,
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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2018, 09:47:13 AM »
I would love to view the AmiWest show using a stream. (youtube would be nice with my X5000 and YT.rexx)

Keep up the good work

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Offline tekmageTopic starter

Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2018, 06:24:01 AM »
Hi All,

I'm going to broadcast via youtube again.  Those with Amiga OS4 systems can stream live youtube via YT.rexx on OS 4 Depot: http://www.os4depot.net/share/video/misc/yt.lha.  I've gone ahead and posted the YT.rexx docs online here: http://www.amiwest.net/broadcast/YT_HTML/

I'd recommend getting it setup before the show, there are a few steps to go through to get it working.  The Bloomberg live channel is a great way to test everything is working.  I'll try to get the AmiWest website updated in the next few days.

Cheers,
Bill "tekmage" Borsari
 

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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2018, 04:48:16 AM »
Thanks for the work you put into the broadcasts. Very appreciated!!
 

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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2018, 05:01:22 AM »
Thanks for the work you put into the broadcasts. Very appreciated!!

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Offline tekmageTopic starter

Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2018, 05:20:15 AM »
Thanks.  This year I bought a studio light kit from Amazon.  Should help brighten up the speaker so it will look much nicer on the video.  It's the first year I have them so hopefully we'll get it all figured out and make it look good.  Enjoy the show!
 

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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2018, 02:04:26 PM »
Great, thank you! When is the stream starting and what's the YouTube address?
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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
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Offline Sbaitso

Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2018, 02:43:52 PM »
For the latest updates as well as information on how to donate to the broadcast, please visit the AmiWest broadcast page at: http://amiwest.net/broadcast/.

Schedule:
Saturday Oct 13th:

    9:30 AM - Stream start
    5:00 PM - Show end
    7:00 PM - Banquet start
    10:00 PM - Banquet end

Sunday Oct 14th:

    9:30 AM - Stream start
    5:00 PM - Stream end / Show over


Be warned that the internet connection at the hotel has been unreliable in the past. We could see issues with the stream dropping or cutting out.

This year we will be broadcasting with youTube. For AmigaOS 4 users they can install the YT.rexx tool http://www.os4depot.net/share/video/misc/yt.lha and FFMPEG http://www.os4depot.net/share/video/convert/ffmpeg.lha to watch youtube live steams. We have posted the YT.rexx docs http://www.amiwest.net/broadcast/YT_HTML/ to help folks get things set up.

When the time comes just click the link below:

Saturday broadcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPfvLYoEZHY
Sunday broadcast - NEW LINK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sGFlVYemsU

The video's will be on youTube after the event on this channel http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeJYhevphgCZwgm1hS_2z4w

We will be monitoring the feedback on the streams on the AmigaWorld IRC server on the channel #amiwest. Connection details can be found here http://amigans.net/index.php?function=viewpage&pageid=6
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Offline Sbaitso

Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2018, 02:51:16 PM »
Bumping this back up top since the broadcast begins today.  If I'm able to locate a presentation schedule I will add it here.
 

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Re: AmiWest 2018 Broadcast
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2018, 07:08:38 PM »
New URL for the Sunday Broadcast is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sGFlVYemsU

Alex Carmona has completed his presentation.

Coming up will be....
Paul Rezendes will be demoing MorphOS, followed by a gaming demonstration with Bill Borsari and then Alex Perez of Rabbit Hole Computing. Bill will then have another interview with Daniel due to the audio problems on the original.

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