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akzy wrote: ↑10:52 Sun 05 Feb 2023 The other option is that we host a youtube live stream.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑10:34 Mon 06 Feb 2023 I'm talking to Zak about having 2 (or more) machines running tomorrow night. The tentative plan is that Zak can broadcast via YouTube but we can have people joining remotely on a Teams / Zoom / WhatsApp / Other link with one per person per PC around the table. That should give both a clear view of Zak and The Awards Presentation for people not in the room while also allowing them to contribute almost as easily as if they were sitting at the table.

Please could anyone who has a laptop or tablet who is attending on the evening and who'd be willing to allow it to be used to host a remote attendee, bring it with them?

flash_uk wrote: ↑11:04 Mon 06 Feb 2023

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑10:34 Mon 06 Feb 2023 I'm talking to Zak about having 2 (or more) machines running tomorrow night. The tentative plan is that Zak can broadcast via YouTube but we can have people joining remotely on a Teams / Zoom / WhatsApp / Other link with one per person per PC around the table. That should give both a clear view of Zak and The Awards Presentation for people not in the room while also allowing them to contribute almost as easily as if they were sitting at the table.

Please could anyone who has a laptop or tablet who is attending on the evening and who'd be willing to allow it to be used to host a remote attendee, bring it with them?

I'm no AV guru Alex, but I have a suspicion that setup will create problems with audio feedback, having two (+) microphones active.

flash_uk wrote: ↑11:04 Mon 06 Feb 2023

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑10:34 Mon 06 Feb 2023 I'm talking to Zak about having 2 (or more) machines running tomorrow night. The tentative plan is that Zak can broadcast via YouTube but we can have people joining remotely on a Teams / Zoom / WhatsApp / Other link with one per person per PC around the table. That should give both a clear view of Zak and The Awards Presentation for people not in the room while also allowing them to contribute almost as easily as if they were sitting at the table.

Please could anyone who has a laptop or tablet who is attending on the evening and who'd be willing to allow it to be used to host a remote attendee, bring it with them?

I'm no AV guru Alex, but I have a suspicion that setup will create problems with audio feedback, having two (+) microphones active.

flash_uk wrote: ↑11:04 Mon 06 Feb 2023

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑10:34 Mon 06 Feb 2023 I'm talking to Zak about having 2 (or more) machines running tomorrow night. The tentative plan is that Zak can broadcast via YouTube but we can have people joining remotely on a Teams / Zoom / WhatsApp / Other link with one per person per PC around the table. That should give both a clear view of Zak and The Awards Presentation for people not in the room while also allowing them to contribute almost as easily as if they were sitting at the table.

Please could anyone who has a laptop or tablet who is attending on the evening and who'd be willing to allow it to be used to host a remote attendee, bring it with them?

I'm no AV guru Alex, but I have a suspicion that setup will create problems with audio feedback, having two (+) microphones active.

akzy wrote: ↑14:06 Mon 06 Feb 2023 https://youtube.com/live/7IMamF9i1Rw?feature=share

Let's go for the usual 5;30 for 6;00pm kick-off. Stream to start at 6;15 to properly commence at 6;30pm. 15mins is enough to battle techinical difficulties... right?

PhilW wrote: ↑16:54 Mon 06 Feb 2023

flash_uk wrote: ↑11:04 Mon 06 Feb 2023

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑10:34 Mon 06 Feb 2023 I'm talking to Zak about having 2 (or more) machines running tomorrow night. The tentative plan is that Zak can broadcast via YouTube but we can have people joining remotely on a Teams / Zoom / WhatsApp / Other link with one per person per PC around the table. That should give both a clear view of Zak and The Awards Presentation for people not in the room while also allowing them to contribute almost as easily as if they were sitting at the table.

Please could anyone who has a laptop or tablet who is attending on the evening and who'd be willing to allow it to be used to host a remote attendee, bring it with them?

I'm no AV guru Alex, but I have a suspicion that setup will create problems with audio feedback, having two (+) microphones active.

I've done similar on several occasions. Multiple machines within the same room to provide multiple views works well, but you can only have a single speaker and microphone (on the same machine) active to avoid feedback or echo issues (depending on separation). Multi-microphones would work if pre-mixed to single machine, as would multi-speaker driven from same machine, but if you're keeping it simple using mic/speaker on each device then enabling from multiple different machines means that the transmission timing causes issues and echo cancellation tends to get in a mess.

Recommend enabling the most central machine's mic (USB webcam mic often superior to laptop built-in btw), and same machine's speaker (option to use a USB or Bluetooth speaker also, for more volume than typical laptop speaker provides). We've used the centrally placed webcam mic & BT speaker combo with multiple other machines as view-only effectively.

akzy wrote: ↑17:59 Sun 05 Feb 2023

nac wrote: ↑15:29 Sun 05 Feb 2023 I'll print.

Legend. Many thanks Neil.

nac wrote: ↑11:16 Tue 07 Feb 2023

akzy wrote: ↑17:59 Sun 05 Feb 2023

nac wrote: ↑15:29 Sun 05 Feb 2023 I'll print.

Legend. Many thanks Neil.

Done.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑18:49 Mon 30 Jan 2023 I have found the bottle I wanted to bring. I shall be bringing Fonseca 1963.

winesecretary wrote: ↑13:40 Tue 07 Feb 2023 If you are not pre-pouring generally, please nevertheless pour some for me as I won't be there until about 1845 (train arrives Marylebone 1820 all being well).