[nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems

[Ashley and Landon Coleman]

I think that the stream that David Dunphy did last night for NABS was 
much better than the one this morning. IMO. I hope they can figure out a 
better way of streaming that is reliable.
Ashley





On 7/3/2014 12:06 PM, Littlefield, Tyler via nabs-l wrote:
> The stream does keep going up and down, which is quite sad. The 
> recording was much much better than the NABS recording last night 
> though. Whoever was doing it kept clearing his throat and you could 
> hear him touching the laptop, where the internal mic would pick it up. 
> If they could keep the stream up it sounded pretty good, at least for 
> the 5 minutes of scholarship speeches I was able to tune in for.
> On 7/3/2014 12:02 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l wrote:
>> Hello Peter,
>>
>> I most definitely agree with you. The poor quality of the online 
>> stream was
>> really getting on my nerves this morning. If it remains this way 
>> throughout
>> the rest of the convention, I am not quite sure if it is really worth 
>> the
>> time and effort. With all the computer gurus and engineers within the 
>> NFB, I
>> am rather surprised we cannot produce a quality online stream for the
>> convention. In my opinion, they should either put the resources 
>> necessary to
>> provide a quality online stream, or simply not provide the online 
>> stream in
>> the first place.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Elizabeth
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Donahue [mailto:pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:06 AM
>> To: Elizabeth Mohnke; National Association of Blind Students mailing 
>> list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>>
>> Good morning everyone,
>>
>>      This problem occurs every year. If they put as much funding in 
>> to insure
>> a high-quality stream that works properly this wouldn't happen every 
>> year.
>> I'm sure glad our church doesn't try to "Cheap" its Internet 
>> broadcasts. If
>> this organization believed in doing things first-class it would 
>> invest more
>> in to its ability to broadcast various events and would empower its 
>> members
>> to create income sources to enable them to increase their 
>> contributions to
>> the NFB and other causes to among other things improve the quality and
>> reliability of it's Internet broadcast capabilities. If Cornerstone 
>> Church
>> can do this so can the NFB. Sorry you are having so much difficulty. 
>> We're
>> glad we're not wasting our time. Thanks for saving us the hassle.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'"
>> <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 8:23 AM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>>
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> Is anyone else besides me trying to listen in on the Board of Directors
>>> meeting this morning? When I click on the link to listen to the online
>>> stream, all I get is the Spanish translation. Anyone else experiencing
>>> this
>>> issue? There is not any contact information for any problems with the
>>> online
>>> stream, so thought I would post this on the email list to see if anyone
>>> else
>>> was experiencing this problem, and perhaps find someone who could 
>>> resolve
>>> this issue.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Elizabeth
>>>
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