Video killed the radio star? New Behind The Headlines show format!
- Thread starter Niall
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Just an FYI, on a newer Android tablet device (6 months old) the video and audio refused to play the live show in Chrome browser. When trying "audio only" the play/stop buttons flickered back and forth non-stop every half second or thereabout. Not sure why. I installed Firefox mobile and tried that, audio worked and was slow to start. I didn't try video on Firefox mobile.
The new format is really excellent......it seems to strengthen the connection / signal for me seeing you guys! 
Great work Mikey...it looks very professional. Glad you enjoyed the process too!
A huge thank you to all the folk involved with this great show!
I'm glad that the video project became a success! We live in an internet video age, and nowadays something like 60% of all internet traffic is video. However, we'll continue to parallel-broadcast audio-only versions and add them to our radio archive.
The special thing about our live audio and video streaming setup is that we don't depend on third-party servers or services. It's all made and provided by us. And quite honestly, I had lots of fun making it!
Great work Mikey...it looks very professional. Glad you enjoyed the process too!
A huge thank you to all the folk involved with this great show!
One 'gotcha': The video stream is limited to 1 copy per logged in Sott user. Make sure there is only 1 tab open across all your devices, then reload that tab and retry.
Can't fix the slow start unless I increase bandwidth - the buffer size is fixed in browsers, unfortunately.
The stream format is WebM with VP9 video and Opus audio, supported only relatively recently. Can't switch to a more widespread codec like H264 due to upload bandwidth constraints.
It goes into storage for the summer!
I'm a hirsute, sudoriferous celt, so the beard has to go when working on outdoor/construction projects during hot, sticky weather.
That's my story anyway!
Nice job guys! Livestreamed guests would be interesting.
The system is ready for it!
I guess it's just a matter of time...
