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diff --git a/2021/meetings.org b/2021/meetings.org index 34127d5f..207be277 100644 --- a/2021/meetings.org +++ b/2021/meetings.org @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ :CUSTOM_ID: ongoing-projects :END: +- Tech + - Figuring out a better streaming workflow (speakers & OBS) + - CDN with Nate Saltes: mplsCorwin, bandali + - Review whether we need FH’s BBB instance: mplsCorwin & bandali + - Subtitles/transcripts: sachac, bhavin192 - Calendar, connecting with meetups: sachac - Streaming infrastructure for meetups?: bandali, sachac @@ -24,9 +29,128 @@ - Diversity outreach: gopar, sachac, zaeph - Finding a parallel monthly day for EmacsConf prep meetings - Write-up for streaming with FLOSS -- Review whether we need FH’s BBB instance: mplsCorwin & bandali - Mediation project between MELPA and org-mode’s core: zaeph +* February 27, 2021 meeting +- Agenda + + - Check-in + + - Follow-ups from last week + - Podcast update + - bandali said he might have a version of the podcast that we could review + - bandali is almost done with editing the first episode + - Some re-recording might be warranted for the start and the end + - He’s aiming for a preview version by [2021-02-28 Sun] + - The editing workflow has been figured out, and gopar might be able to handle the editing for episode 2 + - Release plan + - Order + - 1: EmacsConf + - 2: Maxima with Fermin + - 3: ERC + - Tentative agenda + - [2021-02-28 Sun] 1st episode for us to review (no pressure!) + - Tentative schedule + - Tue or Wed if we’re not worried about the intro music + - We do not have an intro song yet + - In January, bandali talked with shoshin in the #emsig channel for commissioning an intro, but shoshin didn’t have much time to work on this because of work + - TODO Maybe we could try pinging him again? + - Could we put out a call for people to submit their intro? + - Reddit + - No news segment for the two first one + - We still don’t have an intro song + - TODO Find an intro song + + - Future topics + - bandali & gopar: They could invite zaeph to talk about the crowdfunding or any related projects + - So far, no proper agenda for the guests, but something that we might figure out in the coming weeks + - TODO Try to come up with a list of people to get on the show + - EmacsConf’s FLOSS streaming facility + + - bandali updates + + - In March, bandali might have more time on his hands, and he might have time to prepare his presentation for LibrePlanet + - (date of the talk: [2021-03-20 Sat], deadline for submitting the slides: [2021-03-08 Mon]) + + - Nice progress on Jami, and Amin might be done within 2 weeks + + - bandali is planning to have some time to invest into writing the guide on streaming with FLOSS + - Some progress has been made, but it’s been mostly ad-hoc with the people who asked + - Tentative date for a rough draft: [2021-03-27 Sat] + - Tentative date for a release: mid-April (but again, no pressure! ಠ_ಠ) + + - Negative feedback on the quality of one of the recordings + - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o1qwAjleGk][EmacsConf 2020 - 12 - One Big-ass Org File or multiple tiny ones? - Leo Vivier - YouTube]] + - The stream resolution is 720p with an external monitor to avoid rescaling the video + - One of the bottlenecks with the previous EmacsConf was the rescaling + - Setup: Laptop 720p + Streaming to 1080p + - This year, it looked nicer + - bandali does not think he’s got enough computing power to handle 1080p + - 2 days of 1080p streaming might be too much for bandali’s unit (understandably) + - Questions + - Do we agree that the quality was sub-par, for this talk or for others as well? + - bandali: Probably ‘yes’, and we knew it going into it; this is one of the reasons why we encouraged pre-recordings + - The pre-recordings had good quality (streamed at 720p, but published at the native resolution, which was up to 2k) + - It was very readable, and there wasn’t a time when bandali couldn’t read what was on the screen + - The shared video with BBB sometimes was subpar + - The problem + - Ways to solve the problem + - Composing the window maximally with OBS + - mplsCorwin: Using OBS and asking the speakers to stream to a URL that we’d provide to them; it’s EZPZ. + - Corwin has had real success with OBS, so that all his kids can have OBS running, and Corwin can bounce them via nginx + - TODO Let’s figure out an OBS-based workflow for webcam/screen feeds + - Having multiple tracks for speakers + - Offline talks + - Pre-recs + - Live talks + - Easy + - BBB + - Intermediate + - OBS & streaming to address + + - FH’s BBB sitrep + - zaeph: No news from EmacsSF, so I’ll assume it’s next week; which also means that we’ve got no data + - At least + + - CDN for the videos + - We got an offer for EU-based hosting (France & Germany) + - yang@freenode + - This would help us address the slow DL for EU viewers + - bandali is investigating FLOSS CDN options + - mplsCorwin: Definitely an offer we should take them up on + - Can we deploy a FLOSS CDN to handle those different servers? + - FH has a partnership with PacketFrame + - FLOSS CDN app, developed by Nate Sales; Corwin did some work with them on an org-inspired, lambda-based workflow; PoC underway + - CDN for video content is a bit of a weird usecase + - Optimisation is definitely done within routing-layer: ‘IP address, and network addresses which are specifically create subnets for delivery; beyond that, it’s just the usual caching thing’ + - Could we get Nate Sales on board to help us with this topic? + - Let’s try to do it on the [2021-03-13 Sat], or any time during the following week + - mplsCorwin is sending them a note and will keep us in touch + + - zaeph: EmacsBerlin update + - They might be interested in a BBB instance + - Michael Albinus (maint of TRAMP) is interested in working with me on advanced optimisation (for org-roam and org-mode) + + - Mailing list + - bandali will ping bhavin192 for which email they want + - He didn’t have the time to do it yet; the TZ aren’t nice. + - Any other news? + + - ERG update + - Today, weare meeting with Mark Dawson from ~M-x Research~ + + - zaeph’s crowfunding + - sitrep + - Discussion + - On funding for the dev of Emacs’s core + - RMS might have made a comment that financing Emacs should be done with FLOSS tools (e.g. non-free JS) + - [[https://en.liberapay.com/][Liberapay]] might be a solution + - mplsCorwin: ‘The fact that we have multiple string-manipulation librairies is a sign of sickness in the community’ + - Related to Perl and CPAN + + - FSF sponsorship + - zaeph: No update + * February 20, 2021 meeting - Discuss distribution of meetings / podcasts |