Video Conference/Seminar

Contents

System	>2 Participants	Screen Sharing	Software	Costs	Recording
Y27H36, H.323		-	special HW	UZH: already paid
SWITCHinteract / Adobe Connect			Browser Plugin	UZH: already paid
SWITCHcast
Vidyo http://www.switch.ch/de/videoconf			App, Browser Plugin,mobile	UZH: already paid	-
Lotus Samtetime			Browser	UZH: already paid	?
Skype	paid subscription necessary	=2 , >2 ?	Skype (Linux, Windows, Mac)	Free with 2 participants	-
ooVoo				Free	?

First choice

Video & Screensharing
SW:
- Participants: Browser with Flash Player.
- Speaker: for sharing the screen an Adobe plugin is necessary. Under Windows/ Mac it installs on the fly.
Sessions can be recorded (flv) and cutted inside the browser.
Recordings will be hosted under http://collab.switch.ch
Different Roles: host, speaker, participant

http://www.switch.ch/de/videoconf
- For own videoconferences
- For participating a conference with the own computer.
  - Calling-someone-from-your-Vidyo-Desktop-Client: https://help.switch.ch/de/videoconf/Calling-someone-from-your-Vidyo-Desktop-Client/
Start 'vidyo' always via login to https://help.switch.ch/de/videoconf/

http://teamviewer.com
Sharing: only 1 to 1
Client often change the version number, older clients are incompatible with newer versions.

Browserbased: FF,IE, Safari / Win, Mac, (Liunx)
Lotus Account an der UZH, die anderen Teilnehmer benoetigen keinen Lotus Account.
https://meeting.uzh.ch
Die Partei die den Bildschirm freigibt, benoetigt JAVA
- Freigeben unter Linux scheint nicht zu funktinieren. Anzeigen ist ok

with the Tripod

You can also use the Logitech Conference Camera from the IMATh or the Webcam integrated in the Notebook, but keep in mind that the quality is not really good.

You can stream different sources:

There are some options for the Audio source:

You can stream to any streaming platform you one option is Youtube

The software we use is Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) which is allready configured for the IMATH Youtube channel
- to start the stream just hit Start Streaming and you are live

You can record the Conference or the Seminar with the camera

You can safe it directly on the camera and copy it afterwards via USB
you can record it on to the laptop using OBS, the Video will be safed under C:\users\<user>\videos
- To record with OBS hit Start Recording

After the recording you can edit and render the Video with a Macbook from the IT-Group or your own Notebook and upload it to:

Open Broadcaster Software which can be obtained here: https://obsproject.com/de/download