[Nfb-web] Looking for advice re streaming

[Bryan Schulz]

hi Arnold,

the cabling is easy as the xlr microphone cables are keyed and one plug has 
holes and the other end has the pins.
our troubles last year in missouri was the hotel promised a wired ethernet 
connection and yes, we had a cable but we didn't know the cable only ran to 
a wireless box and then a wireless signal floated to somewhere else.
Plus, while i was sitting at the equipment table the previous night trying 
to configure the hotel connection and test everything, people wouldn't tell 
me when they disconnected/connected cables to the microphones, so the 48 
volts were flowing from the mixer and two microphones were blown out.
we should probably discuss what programs and versions of software have 
worked well and how to know when the source has dropped.

Bryan Schulz
The BEST Solution
www.best-acts.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnold Bailey" <arnoldbail at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Looking for advice re streaming


> Hi Gary and all,
>
> I  just want to make a slight off tangent remark regarding holding a 
> class.
> This was the exact application of a Webinar that we discussed in another
> thread. I believe there a latent resource of webmasters who, I think, 
> would
> be a great (and cheap) resource for the NFB. It's certainly cheaper than
> consultants. I think there are many opportunities to share development 
> work
> for the overall NFB.
>
> Back on topic, I did some analysis work to determine if we could stream 
> the
> state convention a couple years ago, Bryan Schulz was really helpful in
> relaying his experiences and advice, which I summarized in a document 
> *which
> I have attached). It surely will give you a feel for the effort.
>
> I have a lot of programming, web and network experience and yet I couldn't
> commit to do the job of streaming the convention. I have zero audio 
> hardware
> experience and even less cabling expertise. My eyesight is such that doing
> connections and cabling would be insurmountable. I needed a sighted person
> who had that  experience.
>
> I hope that the document if helpful.
>
> Arnold
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, so it looks like this might have to be an in person meeting unless 
>> we
>> were awfully creative. This still wouldn't prevent us from doing it. I'll
>> keep looking for sources. I have to admit that I hadn't thought about the
>> hardware aspect or actually letting people have a hands-on experience, 
>> but
>> this is a good idea.
>>
>> Gary
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Schulz" 
>> <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:13 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Looking for advice re streaming
>>
>>
>>  hi,
>>>
>>> it would have to include hands on and people being allowed to bring
>>> in/setup their system.
>>> it would also have to have the main person throwing kinks into the event
>>> as the internet connection dropping out was a source of our irritation.
>>>
>>> Bryan Schulz
>>> The BEST Solution
>>> www.best-acts.com
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Donahue" <
>>> pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:31 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Looking for advice re streaming
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hello Gary and listers,
>>>>
>>>>   Could we explore the possibility of holding another Webmasters 
>>>> Seminar
>>>> at the National Center devoted to all things Internet audio and video
>>>> I.E.
>>>> streaming, podcasting, archiving, etc? Several affiliates have done
>>>> streaming successfully. Perhaps they could be invited to teach the rest
>>>> of
>>>> us the "Tricks" of the trade. Discussions concerning streaming of 
>>>> future
>>>> NFB
>>>> of Texas Conventions and other events have also occurred. Part of the
>>>> problem appears to be that there isn't one well-versed in how to do it 
>>>> in
>>>> our state. This is just food for thought.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Donahue
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wunder" 
>>>> <gwunder at earthlink.net>
>>>> To: "NFB Web" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>; "nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:16 AM
>>>> Subject: [Nfb-web] Looking for advice re streaming
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Missouri wants to do streaming and we have tried with varying degrees 
>>>> of
>>>> success. Where might we find information or classes to which we could
>>>> send
>>>> our convention streamer? We don't have a ton of money, but are glad to
>>>> make
>>>> an investment in his learning.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
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