Currently watching a livestream for a conference. Big, international organization, and yet the stream is disastrous...
I remember these same issues from conferences I have been to, in-person, myself. The stream almost always failed in some way. And this is the same shit.
It's like, it's so bloated, and so tech-illiterate, as to be almost completely unusable. And yet it's ubiquitous. Eugh...
Most people use Streamyards or OBS anyway, when Zoom isn't good enough. I don't know that there's anything "better" though.
Bingo, most of what OP sees as Youtube failing is actually Streamyards shitting the bed, as is tradition.
Care to explain..?
Does YouTube use Streamyards or something..?
YouTube's built in streaming functionality is almost unuseable, so most people use Streamyards as an intermediary. Streamyards is mandatory if you want to do screen sharing, multiple cameras, playing videos, or other more sophisticated effects. But the way that Streamyards works is that all of its inputs are streamed to its servers and then the combined product is streamed to Youtube's servers. Streamyards often gets overwhelmed and when it does it glitches out.
Oh no, this was so much worse than that...
Single camera, back of the room (presumably) capturing both what was on screen and on the stage (yes, really), presumably even using the in-built camera mic...
Can't blame Youtube itself for those things, lol. But yeah, I would say that they definitely weren't using anything like that then, heh...
Amen. I agree with Ross Scott's take on new games. It always makes me feel out of touch with gamers when I hear people complaining how there just aren't any good games being made. If you're only looking for big budget corporate slop designed for the masses, then that's what you'll get. It's like listening to FM Radio and complaining that today's music is shit.
Yeah, unfortunately I wasn’t involved in any of the organizing of this, lol… I was just “attending” the session…
So I had literally no choice in any of that, whatsoever.
Not that I disagree in any way. It just wasn’t something I was able to choose or influence, unfortunately…
They absolutely sucked at the tech aspects (the organizers, this is), though, so there’s no way they would have been able to figure out a more “complex/less normie-friendly system, from their end, lol…
They managed to fuck this up, to a remarkable extent, which I would have thought takes some doing, ha.
In terms of hosting livestreams, which are the best if you were to rank them? Like people use Twitch a lot but people have been poached to YouTube thanks to more money but it sheer functionality which platforms are the best?
I dunno. Can Twitch host conference livestreams? That would be my question... Because this (Youtube) is terrible, lol...
Edit: which is ironic, seeing as it is coming to me from Japan, which, you would think, should be pretty good at tech shit like this, ha
I've seen twitch host live events many times, I don't know about conferences.
Unfortunately Japan isn't as high tech as they once were, they've been overtaken by South Korea and Taiwan. But they have good long term planning so a lot more stable compared to other regions.
Zoom and Teams is unironically better than YouTube for streaming (Zoom can’t even ingest rtmp yet, let that sink in). Most corps do use expensive streaming orgs like Brightcove, although it’s probably better for multinationals with money to burn on gourmet meals and exotic plants.
t. AV tech
Yeah, I don’t think these guys have all that much money, lol…
I complained that the sound was terrible (it was), and they said “We are doing our best, but our microphones are small”, lololol…
Nonprofit, fyi.
What’s the t. bit before AV tech? I’m sure I should know, but you mean that’s your role, or? 🧐
I'm happy for Viva's success, but it's sometimes hard to understand what skills he's bringing to the table besides being affable.