[activities] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Re: Experimental Live video streaming from SLUG tomorrow!

Hi Tim,

I've managed to get it working reliably with the flash stream. But, as
you know, I'd much prefer the html5 stream. :-)

With HTML5, I get the stream and it works for a few minutes, but
invariably stops and then just sits there. I run Firefox nightly,
6.0a1 build of 22nd May.

It seems that the problem is that once the player stalls (probably
because it runs out of buffered video data), it doesn't restart again
when it has more buffered. It just goes into stalled mode. I say that
because if I hit pause and play again, it recovers and plays again.

Not sure what could be done to overcome this, but to be honest, it
kinda works for me. :-)

Nice work on the setup, btw!

Cheers,
Silvia.


On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Tim Ansell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Couple of tips,
> The system supports HTML5 (H264, Ogg Theora and WebM) and Flash streaming,
> this should cover most desktop browsers. The system does not support mobile
> systems yet (which includes the iPad), it might work, but it's more likely
> it won't.
> If you are having problems viewing the video, please try the following
> things and send me a report.
>
> Try switching to the SD stream. You can do this two ways, one by clicking
> the HD button in the corner twice, or by going to
> http://tims-video.appspot.com/slug?hdoff=True
> Try switching to the Flash stream. You can do this by going
> to http://tims-video.appspot.com/slug?flashonly=True
> Try switching to both the Flash SD stream. You can do this by going
> to http://tims-video.appspot.com/slug?flashonly=True&hdoff=True
>
> If the stream freezes at any time, please try and reload.
> If you have other problems like the sound being quiet or the display being
> wrong in anyway, or if you can't get the stream to work, please send me an
> email with the following details;
>
> Browser Type (Chrome, Safari, IE, etc)
> Exact Browser Version (a screenshot of the about page would be awesome!)
> Operating System - as much detail as possible (IE Ubuntu Lucid 64bit)
> The speed and type of Internet connection you have. (IE ADSL, Cable, ADSL2
> and 256k, 6M). You can find this information in your ADSL model.
> Please go to  http://www.speedtest.net/ and send me the numbers the widget
> reports.
> Anything else you think is important.
>
> Thanks
> Tim
> On 26 May 2011 10:01, Tim Ansell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>> I'm currently trying to set up live video streaming for events held at
>> Google like FP-Syd, SLUG and SyPy. Tomorrow at SLUG we are going to try a
>> second round of testing. There is no guarantee that it will work at all, so
>> please don't rely on the stream but if your bored and want to help out,
>> please do join in!
>> If you would like to participate in the trial, please go to the following
>> URL from 6pm onwards;
>>   http://tims-video.appspot.com/slug
>> As a backup the following JustinTV channel should also be transmitting the
>> same stream, please use the primary video channel to help with testing.
>>   http://www.justin.tv/mithro1
>> The system has twitter and IRC integration, so tweet with the #sydlug
>> hashtag, and join the irc://irc.freenode.org/#slug IRC channel.
>> Tim 'mithro' Ansell
>
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