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diff --git a/organizers-notebook.md b/organizers-notebook.md index 7a663664..ec5d75c8 100644 --- a/organizers-notebook.md +++ b/organizers-notebook.md @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ This document is the general organizers' notebook that can be used as a starting - [Getting ready for the conference](#pre-conf) - [During the conference](#conf) - [After the conference](#phases-and-lessons-learned-after-the-conference) +- [Ideas for improvement](#ideas) - [General infrastructure](#general-infrastructure) - [Linode instance sizes](#general-infrastructure-linode-instance-sizes) - [File uploads](#upload) @@ -179,6 +180,21 @@ Replace { and } with [ and ]. [2023](file:///home/sacha/proj/emacsconf/wiki/2023/cfp.md) +### Update dates + +<file:///home/sacha/proj/emacsconf/lisp/emacsconf.el> +<file:///home/sacha/proj/emacsconf/lisp/emacsconf-erc.el> + + +### Update the IRC topic + + (erc-cmd-OPALL) + (erc-cmd-CONFTOPIC (emacsconf-replace-plist-in-string + `(:year ,emacsconf-year :cfp-deadline ,emacsconf-cfp-deadline) + "Getting ready for EmacsConf ${year}! Call for proposals: https://emacsconf.org/${year}/cfp by ${cfp-deadline}, volunteer: https://emacsconf.org/volunteer/")) + (erc-cmd-DEOPALL) + + ### Lessons learned - Maybe incentivize proper timezone specification by saying we can translate times to their local time? @@ -473,7 +489,7 @@ rsync -avze ssh root@bbb:/var/bigbluebutton/ bigbluebutton/ ssh root@66.175.208.243 ’dd if=/dev/sda bs=5M ’ | dd of=bbb-img-2024-12-08.img status=progress The img can be loaded with -sudo losetup –find –show bbb-img-2024-12-08.img +sudo losetup –find –show bbb-img-2024-12-08.img sudo mount /dev/loop10 test cd test @@ -518,7 +534,7 @@ cd test ### Process the Q&A recordings and live presentations -- Save answers videos as –answers.webm. +- Save answers videos as –answers.webm. - From the pad file: emacsconf-extract-copy-pad-to-wiki - update cache - Set `QA_PUBLIC` property to t as each Q&A gets processed. @@ -580,6 +596,53 @@ emacsconf-mail-template-ask-volunteer-for-mailing-address ### Process the lessons learned +<a id="ideas"></a> + +# Ideas for improvement + +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 [sub-seg](https://gitlab.com/jun8git/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? + + <a id="general-infrastructure"></a> # General infrastructure @@ -674,7 +737,7 @@ Success: You can watch at <https://live.emacsconf.org>. 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. @@ -828,67 +891,67 @@ Explanation of files: </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–original.mp4/mov/webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--original.mp4/mov/webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">original file as uploaded by the speaker</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–silence.mp4/mov/webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--silence.mp4/mov/webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">silence sample if uploaded by speaker</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">converted to .webm format and compressed</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.opus</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.opus</code></td> <td class="org-left">audio only</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–normalized.opus</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--normalized.opus</code></td> <td class="org-left">normalized audio</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.vtt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.vtt</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, WebVTT format</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.json</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.json</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX word data</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.srt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.srt</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, SRT format</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.txt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.txt</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, plain text</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main.vtt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main.vtt</code></td> <td class="org-left">edited captions</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main–chapters.vtt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main--chapters.vtt</code></td> <td class="org-left">chapter markers</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main.txt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main.txt</code></td> <td class="org-left">captions as text (optional)</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main.webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main.webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">version for streaming based on the most recent resources</td> </tr> </tbody> @@ -932,6 +995,13 @@ Lessons learned: - After 2024: Added pronouns and pronunciation to the pad template since that’s what the hosts will be looking at +The pad is at front0.emacsconf.org + +Non-JS way to get plain text or HTML of a pad: ex: + +- <https://pad.emacsconf.org/orgmeetup/export/txt> +- <https://pad.emacsconf.org/orgmeetup/export/html> + <a id="media"></a> @@ -1102,7 +1172,7 @@ ssh root@bbb ’dd if=/dev/sda bs=5M ’ | dd of=bbb-img-$(date “+ ### Spinning BBB up again -<span class="timestamp-wrapper"><span class="timestamp">[2025-01-22 Wed] </span></span> … actually, this ran into some issues with the certificate, so I’m just going to do a reinstall. +<span class="timestamp-wrapper"><span class="timestamp">[2025-01-22 Wed]</span></span> … actually, this ran into some issues with the certificate, so I’m just going to do a reinstall. Previous notes @@ -1267,7 +1337,7 @@ backup on live: ## To play the other stream -- 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 diff --git a/organizers-notebook/index.org b/organizers-notebook/index.org index 0da79919..991eb24b 100644 --- a/organizers-notebook/index.org +++ b/organizers-notebook/index.org @@ -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 |