Engineers.SG Volunteers Training (4 Aug 2018)

Presented at HackerspaceSG

Transcript

1. Saturday, 4 Aug 2018 Engineers.SG Volunteers Training 1
2. Michael Cheng @coderkungfu
3. Engineers.SG Engineers.SG is a 
 not-for-profit community initiative created to help document the Singapore tech and startup scene.
4. 4 First recording done on 30 Oct 2013 at Singapore PHP User Group
5. Why Engineers.SG? • Created to answer the question, "where are the engineers in Singapore?", Engineers.SG seeks to be the place for anyone to get to know, learn and interact with the Singapore tech community. • On the site, you can find a curated list of videos recording of local tech meetups and events. 5
6. Meetups We Record 6
7. Some Stats • ~2700 videos, ~9000 subscribers on YouTube • Website: 18k page views / month • YouTube Channel: 36k views / month • 40 conferences recorded so far • Upcoming: YOW Singapore, PHPConf.Asia • We have trained 50+ volunteers so far 7
8. 8 Website
9. 9 YouTube Channel
10. 10 Some kind words from presenters
11. How do we do it? 11
12. Streamline the Capture Workflow • Capture all the inputs (video, screen capture and audio) at the same time. • Feed all the sources into a laptop via USB. • Software video mixer that lets us record, stream and edit the video feeds live. • No video post-production required. • Video files are ready to be uploaded at end of session. 12
13. 13 Video Splitter Video output Video input Presenter’s Laptop Screen video capture tool Webcam Wireless microphone Software Video Mixer
14. 14 Video Splitter Video output Video input Presenter’s Laptop Screen video capture tool Webcam Wireless microphone Software Video Mixer
15. 15 Audio Processing
16. 16 Audio Processing
17. 17 • Title • Description • Organization • Presenter Info • Links to Slides • Link to Event Page
18. Pre-Meetup Procedures 1. Get permission from meetup organizers, ensure presenters are ok. 2. Get volunteers to sign up for meetup slot. (http://bit.ly/ esg-schedule), set to be allocated. Volunteer should register for meetup. 3. Collect designated set 1 day before (or on day itself). 4. Reach meetup at least 30 mins before. 18
19. Post-Meetup Procedures 
 (Video files are < 1.5GB) 1. Copy out video file. 2. Upload to http://upload.engineers.sg 3. Video should appear on Engineers.SG within the hour. 4. Return set (if possible). 5. Inform Facebook Chat Group. 19
20. Open Source Resources • GitHub Wiki (https://github.com/engineersftw/gitwiki) • Video Tutorial • https://bit.ly/esg-video-tutorial • Website: https://github.com/engineersftw/website • OBS Studio (http://obsproject.com) 20
21. Our Team in Action 21
22. 22 Started out as a Single camera
23. 23 First conference we recorded was GeekCampSG in 2014
24. 24 Typical recording setup
25. 25 Video camera pointing at the speaker
26. 26 Video camera pointing at the speaker
27. 27 Avermedia Live Gamer Portable - Screen capture tool
28. 28 Mixed into a Windows laptop
29. 29 Software video mixer - Open Broadcaster Software
30. 30 Audio recording with condenser mic or wireless lapel mic
31. 31 Audio recording with wireless lapel mic
32. 32 Sometimes we use an sound mixer
33. 33 Backup audio recording (Zoom H1 Audio Recorder)
34. 34 Carrier cases (cos we have lots of gear)
35. 35 We do have a cable management problem…
36. What’s in our bag? 36
37. Screen Capture: Video adapter cables Mini Displayport to HDMI Displayport to HDMI HDMI to VGA VGA to HDMI USB-C to HDMI
38. 38 Some of our volunteers
39. 39 Some of our volunteers
40. Join Us! Support Us! • Email us: admin@engineers.sg • Follow us on Twitter: @EngineersFTW • Like our page: https://www.facebook.com/engineersftw/ • Support Us! https://engineers.sg/support_us • Schedule: http://bit.ly/esg-schedule 40
41. Questions? 41
42. Hands-On Session 42
43. Michael Cheng @coderkungfu