Re: [CODE4LIB] livestream suggestion

2012-11-15 Thread Nate Hill
For some reason I felt like it needed to be more complicated than that. Maybe it doesn't... I would like to be able to promote a link to the livestream ahead of time... on posters and whatnot... I'd also like to be able to record at the same time, but maybe that is a different issue. On Thu,

Re: [CODE4LIB] livestream suggestion

2012-11-15 Thread Toby Greenwalt
The Hangout automatically records and posts to your YouTube channel. (Here's the one from last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV4quyuu0SMfeature=plcp) The link is a little tricky. You can link to your YouTube page, and the video will automatically appear when the Hangout goes live. (For

Re: [CODE4LIB] livestream suggestion

2012-11-15 Thread Mike Smorul
Adobe Connect's academic pricing isn't too prohibitive on a per-host session. If you're looking at just straight streaming and don't mind codeing red5 is a pretty decent flash streaming server. Ustream and their more commercial Watershed offering is pretty nice and the production software makes

Re: [CODE4LIB] livestream suggestion

2012-11-15 Thread Jason Griffey
I think you could solve the link problem with just a webpage. Embed the channel, send people to the page, done. We looked at a BUNCH of options for American Libraries Live (first episode TOMORROW, people. Tune in) and hangouts was by far the easiest to deal with, for the best quality. Jason On

Re: [CODE4LIB] livestream suggestion

2012-11-15 Thread Toby Greenwalt
Oh headslap, the embedding! I forgot about that feature. Way to overcomplicate the solution, Greenwalt. On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Jason Griffey grif...@gmail.com wrote: I think you could solve the link problem with just a webpage. Embed the channel, send people to the page, done. We

Re: [CODE4LIB] livestream suggestion

2012-11-15 Thread Gary McGath
On 11/15/12 10:10 AM, Mike Smorul wrote: Ustream and their more commercial Watershed offering is pretty nice and the production software makes it pretty easy to switch between sources (desktop, webcam, etc). The service charges per attendee minute, so if you expect a lot of traffic, this may

Re: [CODE4LIB] livestream suggestion

2012-11-15 Thread Ahniwa Ferrari
I second the nomination for Google Hangouts. It's more robust than you think and there's a lot of untapped potential. You can find out quite a bit more here: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Gary McGath develo...@mcgath.com wrote: On