[PLUG] What to do First Thursday?

[Mike C.]

"So, I've decided to produce instructional videos but make them available
as webinars-on-demand."

I don't understand why anyone wo go through all the trouble of trying to
figure out which webinar app to use if they'\re not conducting a live
seminar over the internet. This makes no sense to me.

I suggest looking into OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) which is open source
and free and installs on all Linux distros, BSD, Windows and MAC. Then just
post the video to Google Drive, Vimeo, YouTube, etc.

OBS might not be the ideal tool you're looking for but there are many more
like it. One of the key benefits of using this type of software is that you
have a lot more options for making your instructional videos more
interesting, useful and effective because you can add text, animation,
graphics and the like.

It's likely that Covid-19 is going to disrupt in person gatherings through
physical distancing until the end of Summer.



On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 7:23 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > I would like your help by expanding this video conferencing thread to
> > include webinar hosts.
>
> Further thinking has led me in a different direction. Live webinars require
> attendees to be available at a specific date and time and many of my
> clients
> and prospective clients would not be able to be free for an hour or so
> regardless of when the webinar is presented. This is true even in the
> current medical/economic situation as much manufacturing and food
> production
> is continuing (if the latter can find markets for their crops and
> livestock).
>
> So, I've decided to produce the instructional videos but make them
> available
> as webinars-on-demand. And I'll offer video conference calls about these
> subjects so the conference call thread does apply to me, too.
>
> I'm not in the computer/IT industries but I'll participate and contribute
> as
> I can so I, too, learn what works best for those of us running linux ...
> and
> current distribution versions, too. :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
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