Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of restream

Timestamp:

Oct 13, 2016, 3:52:34 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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+= Restream =
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+Jitsi meetings are an excellent way to invite a handful of people to a web-based video conference. However, if more than a dozen or so people connect, the quality can start to degenerate. As a result, jitsi is not a useful way to broadcast a meeting to a lot of people.
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+Restream allows us to take a jitsi meeting and send the video and audio to our icecast servers, which are designed to handle hundreds of simultaneous connections.
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+This page documents how to use restream.
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+The restream system is currently only available to MF/PL system administrators.
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+== Setup ==
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+First, ensure you have joined the jitsi meeting using the browser you intend to use for your own participation. This step ensures you are granted moderator rights.
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+Next, login to dee.mayfirst.org as root:
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+{{{
+ssh root@dee.mayfirst.org
+}}}
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+Next, launch the stream specifying the final part of the jitsi URL. In other words, if your jitsi meeting is at https://meet.mayfirst.org/mfpl, you would specify "mfpl" as the only argument, e.g.:
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+{{{
+restream mfpl
+}}}
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+Then, check for the stream at: https://a.stream.mayfirst.org:8000/mfpl.webm
+