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

I have plans to build in a little debugger which asks you questions about if
the video presentation works and tries a bunch of other settings.

I get a lot more diagnostics from the flash stream (you can see it as the
bars which run across the top).

Tim

On 27 May 2011 20:07, Silvia Pfeiffer <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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