| 1 | = Restream = |
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| 3 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 7 | This page documents how to use restream. |
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| 9 | The restream system is currently only available to MF/PL system administrators. |
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| 11 | == Setup == |
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| 13 | 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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| 15 | Next, login to dee.mayfirst.org as root: |
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| 17 | {{{ |
| 18 | ssh root@dee.mayfirst.org |
| 19 | }}} |
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| 21 | 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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| 23 | {{{ |
| 24 | restream mfpl |
| 25 | }}} |
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| 27 | Then, check for the stream at: https://a.stream.mayfirst.org:8000/mfpl.webm |
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