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diff --git a/organizers-notebook.md b/organizers-notebook.md index 7a663664..b7fa7347 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 +596,70 @@ 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: + - general design improvements? + - [This is what the talks page looks like when there’s no schedule yet](https://web.archive.org/web/20240806134541/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/) + - [This is what the schedule page looks like before the conference](https://web.archive.org/web/20241108132608/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/) + - [This is what a talk page looks like before the conference](https://web.archive.org/web/20241208042046/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/literate/) + - [This is the watch page for the general track](https://web.archive.org/web/20241208034535/https://emacsconf.org/2024/watch/gen/) + - [This is the same talk page after the conference, with the videos, notes, and captions](https://web.archive.org/web/20241212145433/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/literate) + - [This is what the talks page looks like after the conference](https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/) - list of resources + - timezone translations in the schedule SVG, on the schedule page, etc. + - countdown on talk pages? + - 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? + - how do we manage the fallback/switchover in case we need to go back to shared VNC? + - 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? + - automate or cross-train more people in what Sacha does (coordination, infrastructure) to reduce bus factor and increase awesomeness +- 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: + - add read-only non-JS links to pads; make the pads viewable through the web instead of being downloaded + - upgrade to latest versions + - Etherpad (deployed 1.9.7) + - DONE - BigBlueButton (deployed 3.0.12, which is the latest as of 2025-08-02) + - Consider 3.1 beta? new interface, probably new bugs; see if it’s worth it? + - Icecast? alternative? + - customize BigBlueButton welcome, slides, title, branding + - change the default presentation (maybe someone can make a PDF?) <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#change-the-default-presentation> + - modify the default landing page <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#modify-the-default-landing-page> + - change the default welcome messages <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#change-the-default-welcome-message> + - change the favicon <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#change-favicon> + - change the default logo <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#changing-the-default-logo> + + - check out BigBlueButton live captions? + - figure out if we can connect to or reuse the etherpad in BigBlueButton? + - figure out how to record separate audio streams in BigBlueButton because the audio mixing is sometimes terrible (some people’s audio streams end up much louder than others). Related: <https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/12302> , but not sure how to actually do it… +- Other: + - panel? some thoughts: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/emacsconf-panel> + - unconference? + + <a id="general-infrastructure"></a> # General infrastructure @@ -674,7 +754,7 @@ 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 +908,67 @@ 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 +1012,13 @@ 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 +1189,7 @@ 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 +1354,7 @@ 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 |