[amsat-bb] New Symposium Livestream Link

[John Brier]

Yes, I know it is a lot of work to do what you're doing. It seemed adequate
to me but I guess sometimes the speakers are more soft spoken and some
stream viewers might not hear as well as most.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 12:26 Jim White <jim at coloradosatellite.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the effort Paul.
>
> Jim
> On 10/18/2019 10:25 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>
> This is a very amateur setup. It’s my iPad on a tripod.
>
> Unfortunately, I have no way of wiring in direct audio from the podium or
> moving a speaker.
>
> For future Symposia, we will put an adequate streaming solution into the
> checklist documents.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:07 John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I could hear them.
>>
>> Obviously the camera is using an internal mic and not connected to the PA
>> system at all. I believe previous symposium streams used a phone held in
>> the hand. At least it is stationary now!
>>
>> Maybe next time audio can be fed into the camera directly, or at the very
>> least it will be closer to a speaker.
>>
>> For the ARISS contact we did a while back we set a laptop on a chair and
>> used its built in webcam and I wired a Bluetooth speaker into the mixing
>> board and stuck it next to the laptop's internal mic. It was ugly but it
>> worked fine.
>>
>> Perhaps someone can wire a Bluetooth speaker next to the camera/phone for
>> the symposium.
>>
>> At a documentary video workshop I did they said audio is the most
>> important
>> part about video. If you have crappy video you can at least call it
>> artistic but if you don't have audio you have nothing!
>>
>> Since then I have always tried to have good audio in all my video. Low/bad
>> audio is the first sign of amateur video because it's so easy to forget as
>> you can't tell it is bad at the time, though you can tell if the picture
>> is
>> bad as soon as you look at the LCD or viewfinder.
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 11:44 Jim White via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks for the streaming.  I was on at the start.  Unfortunately it's
>> > impossible to hear the speakers.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > On 10/18/2019 9:12 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> > > ‪This morning’s session of the 2019 AMSAT Symposium is now live at
>> > > https://www.facebook.com/AMSATNA/videos/437822883756835?sfns=mo‬
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> > Opinions expressed
>> > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
>> of
>> > AMSAT-NA.
>> > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>> > program!
>> > > Subscription settings:
>> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions
>> > expressed
>> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> > AMSAT-NA.
>> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
>> program!
>> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>