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Add BBB notes and backstage
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@@ -20,35 +20,36 @@ This document is the general organizers' notebook that can be used as a starting
- [Create the public organizers&rsquo; notebook in the wiki](#starting-up-the-conference-planning-process-create-the-public-organizers-notebook-in-the-wiki)
- [Phases and lessons learned](#phases-and-lessons-learned)
- [Draft CFP](#phases-and-lessons-learned-draft-cfp)
- - [Announce](#orgc65a882)
- - [Process proposals](#org05d8ef4)
- - [Accept proposals](#orge98e249)
+ - [Announce](#orgc54b35e)
+ - [Process proposals](#orga69f2f4)
+ - [Accept proposals](#org1a0698c)
- [Draft schedule](#draft-schedule)
- - [Set up backstage and upload](#orge9a3c89)
- - [Post the schedule](#org1e7771f)
- - [Process uploaded files](#orgfd23289)
- - [Generate assets](#org80c461d)
- - [Prepare the infrastructure](#org033e054)
- - [Getting ready for captions](#org217ecc8)
-- [General infrastructure](#org59478a5)
+ - [Set up backstage and upload](#org8d4fef6)
+ - [Post the schedule](#orgda53020)
+ - [Process uploaded files](#orgfb02d97)
+ - [Generate assets](#orge3a49dc)
+ - [Prepare the infrastructure](#orgbe3ed00)
+ - [Getting ready for captions](#org58a27dd)
+- [General infrastructure](#org3881d33)
- [Icecast](#icecast)
- [Watching pages](#watch)
- [VNC](#vnc)
- [Streaming with OBS](#obs)
- - [Shell scripts](#org511ba94)
- - [IRC web client](#org6abc1fd)
- - [Etherpad](#orgd320fcc)
+ - [Shell scripts](#org18a331c)
+ - [Backstage](#backstage)
+ - [IRC web client](#org0e78085)
+ - [Etherpad](#org6cd335d)
- [Publishing media to the server and to the wiki](#media)
- - [Automated IRC announcements](#org005b5de)
- - [Manual IRC announcements](#org33f6301)
- - [Low-res stream](#orgd5b1661)
- - [Restream to YouTube](#org3875a88)
- - [Restream to Toobnix](#org678b044)
+ - [Automated IRC announcements](#org8972cd0)
+ - [Manual IRC announcements](#orgaa2f53d)
+ - [Low-res stream](#org6a806b3)
+ - [Restream to YouTube](#orgd90e577)
+ - [Restream to Toobnix](#org5d68580)
- [Other process notes](#other)
- [Adding another user to BBB](#bbb-user)
- [When a talk is cancelled](#cancel-talk)
- [When a talk Q&A changes method](#change-talk-qa)
- - [Ansible](#orgf87ae48)
+ - [Ansible](#org2f0dc69)
<a id="starting-up-the-conference-planning-process"></a>
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ Put inside double square brackets: `!template id=pagedraft`
- Put the speaker introduction right after the talk description for easier web page copying.
-<a id="orgc65a882"></a>
+<a id="orgc54b35e"></a>
## Announce
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ Put inside double square brackets: `!template id=pagedraft`
- Submit to <https://foss.events/>
-<a id="org05d8ef4"></a>
+<a id="orga69f2f4"></a>
## Process proposals
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ When proposals come in:
PUBLIC\_EMAIL
-<a id="orge98e249"></a>
+<a id="org1a0698c"></a>
## Accept proposals
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ For each talk:
- Add missing items to plan
-<a id="orge9a3c89"></a>
+<a id="org8d4fef6"></a>
## Set up backstage and upload
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ Lessons learned:
- Next year, let&rsquo;s get upload.emacsconf.org in place as the domain name so that people don&rsquo;t try to FTP files to it.
-<a id="org1e7771f"></a>
+<a id="orgda53020"></a>
## Post the schedule
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ Lessons learned:
- Update talks.md to refer to watch.md as well
-<a id="orgfd23289"></a>
+<a id="orgfb02d97"></a>
## Process uploaded files
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ Process:
3. <elisp:emacsconf-publish-backstage-index>
-<a id="org80c461d"></a>
+<a id="orge3a49dc"></a>
## Generate assets
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ Process:
- Splice together into a file that will be processed with subed-record-compile-video.
-<a id="org033e054"></a>
+<a id="orgbe3ed00"></a>
## Prepare the infrastructure
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ Checklist:
- [ ] Icecast
-<a id="org217ecc8"></a>
+<a id="org58a27dd"></a>
## Getting ready for captions
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ Onboarding:
- Send backstage information <elisp:emacsconf-mail-backstage-info-to-volunteer> . (Can be sent to all captioning volunteers with <elisp:emacsconf-mail-backstage-info-to-captioning-volunteers>)
-<a id="org59478a5"></a>
+<a id="org3881d33"></a>
# General infrastructure
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ so that the year is updated in the configuration.
This is on live.emacsconf.org and can be restarted with `/etc/init.d/emacsconf restart`.
-<a id="org511ba94"></a>
+<a id="org18a331c"></a>
## Shell scripts
@@ -508,7 +509,87 @@ Setup:
- Set up the assets/music directory
-<a id="org6abc1fd"></a>
+<a id="backstage"></a>
+
+## Backstage
+
+Update this with <elisp:emacsconf-publish-backstage-index>
+
+Explanation of files:
+
+<table>
+
+
+<colgroup>
+<col class="org-left">
+
+<col class="org-left">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;original.mp4/mov/webm</td>
+<td class="org-left">original file as uploaded by the speaker</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;reencoded.webm</td>
+<td class="org-left">converted to .webm format and compressed</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;reencoded.opus</td>
+<td class="org-left">audio only</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;normalized.opus</td>
+<td class="org-left">normalized audio</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;reencoded.vtt</td>
+<td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, WebVTT format</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;reencoded.json</td>
+<td class="org-left">WhisperX word data</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;reencoded.srt</td>
+<td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, SRT format</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;reencoded.txt</td>
+<td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, plain text</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;main.vtt</td>
+<td class="org-left">edited captions</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;main&#x2013;chapters.vtt</td>
+<td class="org-left">chapter markers</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;main.txt</td>
+<td class="org-left">captions as text</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="org-left">&#x2013;main.webm</td>
+<td class="org-left">version for streaming based on the most recent resources</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+
+<a id="org0e78085"></a>
## IRC web client
@@ -530,7 +611,7 @@ connection exhaustion errors. Is that something we can plan now or would
you like me to bring it up a few days before the conference?
-<a id="orgd320fcc"></a>
+<a id="org6cd335d"></a>
## Etherpad
@@ -566,7 +647,7 @@ Switching it back to `TO_STREAM` and calling
You can generate the index with `emacsconf-publish-update-media`.
-<a id="org005b5de"></a>
+<a id="org8972cd0"></a>
## Automated IRC announcements
@@ -575,7 +656,7 @@ Success:
- [ ] When a talk starts playing, it is announced in the relevant channel
-<a id="org33f6301"></a>
+<a id="orgaa2f53d"></a>
## Manual IRC announcements
@@ -584,17 +665,17 @@ Success:
- [X] You can /opall, /conftopic, and /broadcast
-<a id="orgd5b1661"></a>
+<a id="org6a806b3"></a>
## Low-res stream
-<a id="org3875a88"></a>
+<a id="orgd90e577"></a>
## Restream to YouTube
-<a id="org678b044"></a>
+<a id="org5d68580"></a>
## Restream to Toobnix
@@ -617,10 +698,11 @@ Success:
## When a talk is cancelled
1. Update the status to CANCELLED.
-2. Update the schedule with <elisp:emacsconf-update-schedule>
-3. Regenerate the intros (before, after). <elisp:emacsconf-stream-generate-in-between-pages>, then use <elisp:subed-record-compile-video> in the intros file.
-4. Sync the new intros to the /data/emacsconf/shared/$YEAR/assets/intros directory.
-5. Regenerate the pads: <elisp:emacsconf-pad-prepopulate-all-talks>
+2. Rejig the schedule if needed, and update with <elisp:emacsconf-schedule-update-from-info>
+3. Update the published schedule with <elisp:emacsconf-update-schedule>
+4. Regenerate the intros (before, after). <elisp:emacsconf-stream-generate-in-between-pages>, then use <elisp:subed-record-compile-video> in the intros file.
+5. Sync the new intros to the /data/emacsconf/shared/$YEAR/assets/intros directory.
+6. Regenerate the pads: <elisp:emacsconf-pad-prepopulate-all-talks>
<a id="change-talk-qa"></a>
@@ -635,7 +717,7 @@ Success:
6. Regenerate talks.json: <elisp:emacsconf-publish-talks-json-to-files>
-<a id="orgf87ae48"></a>
+<a id="org2f0dc69"></a>
## Ansible