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Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that? | Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that? | ||
== Recommendation from the Hive Mind / Brain Trust == | |||
* Use Zoom to stream to YouTube as a first test. | |||
* <span class="highlight">[[Streaming for Dummies]]</span> | |||
== Video Casters == | |||
Multi-stream to YouTube, Twitch, etc. | |||
* https://zoom.us/ - Ability to stream to [https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115001777826-Live-Streaming-Meetings-or-Webinars-Using-a-Custom-Service Facebook, YouTube, Custom] Possibly easiest to set up and to stream to multiples service. Has screen sharing and white board. | |||
* https://streamyard.com/ - Ability to stream to [https://streamyard.com/ Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Periscope, Twitch] | |||
* https://obsproject.com/ - Difficult to use, but people use it. | |||
* https://restream.io/studio - Ability to stream everywhere. Monthly subscription to consider. Advanced features but easy to use. | |||
== Video == | == Video == | ||
* https://www.youtube.com/ - Should be considered the canonical stream. Could be linked to your existing YouTube channel. | |||
* https://www.twitch.tv/ - Could be simulcast here, too. Why not? | |||
* https://www.pscp.tv/ - Since, you're announcing on Twitter, it makes sense to simulcast here. | |||
* https://facebook.com/ - Access to normies. | |||
* https://jitsi.org/ | |||
* https://mixer.com/ | |||
== Video Tools == | |||
* https://streamlabs.com/ | |||
* | |||
* https://obsproject.com/ | * https://obsproject.com/ | ||
== Not Video == | == Not Video == | ||
* WordPress - If you're going to create a website, you should use this. Highly configurable and very widely used by devs. | |||
* Medium | * Medium - Easy to get up and running, but not configurable. | ||
== Community == | == Community == | ||
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* [https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePortal/ Reddit] | * [https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePortal/ Reddit] | ||
* Discord | * Discord | ||
* [https://mightynetworks.com/ Mighty Networks] - costs money but allows you to provide courses, organize topics well, and users can find people near them to build local community. | |||
== Pros and Cons == | == Pros and Cons to Consider == | ||
* Technical overhead | * Technical overhead | ||
* ability for people to ask questions live | * ability for people to ask questions live | ||
* audience/reach | * audience/reach | ||
Latest revision as of 02:49, 19 May 2020
Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that?
Recommendation from the Hive Mind / Brain Trust
- Use Zoom to stream to YouTube as a first test.
- Streaming for Dummies
Video Casters
Multi-stream to YouTube, Twitch, etc.
- https://zoom.us/ - Ability to stream to Facebook, YouTube, Custom Possibly easiest to set up and to stream to multiples service. Has screen sharing and white board.
- https://streamyard.com/ - Ability to stream to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Periscope, Twitch
- https://obsproject.com/ - Difficult to use, but people use it.
- https://restream.io/studio - Ability to stream everywhere. Monthly subscription to consider. Advanced features but easy to use.
Video
- https://www.youtube.com/ - Should be considered the canonical stream. Could be linked to your existing YouTube channel.
- https://www.twitch.tv/ - Could be simulcast here, too. Why not?
- https://www.pscp.tv/ - Since, you're announcing on Twitter, it makes sense to simulcast here.
- https://facebook.com/ - Access to normies.
- https://jitsi.org/
- https://mixer.com/
Video Tools
Not Video
- WordPress - If you're going to create a website, you should use this. Highly configurable and very widely used by devs.
- Medium - Easy to get up and running, but not configurable.
Community
- Discord
- Mighty Networks - costs money but allows you to provide courses, organize topics well, and users can find people near them to build local community.
Pros and Cons to Consider
- Technical overhead
- ability for people to ask questions live
- audience/reach