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@@ -587,6 +587,53 @@ emacsconf-mail-template-ask-volunteer-for-mailing-address
 :PROPERTIES:
 :CUSTOM_ID: phases-and-lessons-learned-after-the-conference-process-the-lessons-learned
 :END:
+* Ideas for improvement
+:PROPERTIES:
+:CUSTOM_ID: ideas
+:END:
+
+How can we make EmacsConf better for participants? Speakers? Volunteers? People who come across the videos afterwards?
+
+- Emacs:
+  - view Etherpad (read-only): might be able to query something like https://pad.emacsconf.org/2024/export/html or https://pad.emacsconf.org/2024/export/txt
+  - view upcoming talks, countdown?
+  - resources, past talks
+  - ??: Collaborative real-time editing? Not sure crdt.el or collab-mode can scale up as far as we like; how would we test this?
+- HTML/CSS/JS:
+  - countdown on talk pages?
+  - timezone translations in the schedule SVG, on the schedule page, etc.
+  - prettier viewers for videos, captions
+  - make it easier to see the talk/pad/IRC at the same time?
+  - easy timestamp jumping
+- Volunteers:
+  - better documentation
+  - share to OBS from local? Maybe vdo.ninja?
+  - meeting layout?
+  - countdown to switch over to the next talk, or easier manual control; web or command-line interface to control it?
+  - make it easier for people to join as hosts or check-in volunteers?
+  - improve backstage experience?
+- Processing:
+  - audio normalization: better workflow, more people helping
+  - noise removal (many speakers don't have external mics)
+  - Makefile improvements
+  - captioning:
+    - simplify common edits
+    - reflowing? check out [[https://gitlab.com/jun8git/sub-seg][sub-seg]]
+  - handle last-minute uploads
+  - validation: make sure audio, video, and caption times agree
+- Infrastructure:
+  - upgrade to latest versions
+    - Etherpad (deployed 1.9.7;
+    - BigBlueButton
+    - Icecast?
+  - publish read-only non-JS links to pads; make the pads viewable through the web instead of being downloaded
+  - customize BigBlueButton welcome, slides, title, branding
+  - check out BigBlueButton live captions?
+  - figure out if we can connect to or reuse the etherpad in BigBlueButton?
+- Other:
+  - panel? some thoughts: https://pad.emacsconf.org/emacsconf-panel
+  - unconference?
+
 * General infrastructure
 :PROPERTIES:
 :CUSTOM_ID: general-infrastructure
@@ -677,7 +724,7 @@ Success: You can watch at https://live.emacsconf.org.
 - [X] Schedule is correct
 
 New year:
-1. ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml prod-playbook.yml --tags live
+1. ~ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml prod-playbook.yml --tags live~
 2. Republish with elisp:emacsconf-publish-watch-pages.
 3. Update front:/var/www/live.emacsconf.org.
 
@@ -830,19 +877,19 @@ Update this with elisp:emacsconf-publish-backstage-index
 
 Explanation of files:
 
-| --original.mp4/mov/webm | original file as uploaded by the speaker                 |
-| --silence.mp4/mov/webm  | silence sample if uploaded by speaker                    |
-| --reencoded.webm        | converted to .webm format and compressed                 |
-| --reencoded.opus        | audio only                                               |
-| --normalized.opus       | normalized audio                                         |
-| --reencoded.vtt         | WhisperX captions, WebVTT format                         |
-| --reencoded.json        | WhisperX word data                                       |
-| --reencoded.srt         | WhisperX captions, SRT format                            |
-| --reencoded.txt         | WhisperX captions, plain text                            |
-| --main.vtt              | edited captions                                          |
-| --main--chapters.vtt    | chapter markers                                          |
-| --main.txt              | captions as text (optional)                              |
-| --main.webm             | version for streaming based on the most recent resources |
+| ~--original.mp4/mov/webm~ | original file as uploaded by the speaker                 |
+| ~--silence.mp4/mov/webm~ | silence sample if uploaded by speaker                    |
+| ~--reencoded.webm~  | converted to .webm format and compressed                 |
+| ~--reencoded.opus~  | audio only                                               |
+| ~--normalized.opus~  | normalized audio                                         |
+| ~--reencoded.vtt~  | WhisperX captions, WebVTT format                         |
+| ~--reencoded.json~      | WhisperX word data                                       |
+| ~--reencoded.srt~       | WhisperX captions, SRT format                            |
+| ~--reencoded.txt~       | WhisperX captions, plain text                            |
+| ~--main.vtt~            | edited captions                                          |
+| ~--main--chapters.vtt~  | chapter markers                                          |
+| ~--main.txt~            | captions as text (optional)                              |
+| ~--main.webm~           | version for streaming based on the most recent resources |
 
 Other files might also have been uploaded by the speaker, such as slides or notes.
 
@@ -1259,7 +1306,7 @@ docker exec -it greenlight-v2 bundle exec rake user:create["USERNAME","EMAIL","P
 :CUSTOM_ID: other-process-notes-to-play-the-other-stream
 :END:
 
-- mpv --profile=full https://live0.emacsconf.org/gen.webm
+- ~mpv --profile=full https://live0.emacsconf.org/gen.webm~
 - Change the channel topic to note that discussion can be in the other channel
 
 ** When a system is down