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authorsamuelig <samuelig@web>2020-09-22 12:46:49 +0000
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@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ in XDC 2020 with the COVID-19 virus. Also, it is possible to organize a hybrid c
X.Org Foundation Board of Directors may change how the conference is going to be some months before
XDC, but taking into account the organizers' opinion.
-For organizing a virtual/hybrid conference, we need a good video streaming platform, ideally open-source,
-where both speakers (for talk presenting) and attendees (for QA) can join. It should have recording capability or stream it to a third-party service that has it (e.g. Youtube).
+For organizing a virtual/hybrid conference, we need a good video conference platform, ideally open-source,
+where both speakers (for talk presenting) and attendees (for QA) can join. The recording can be done either locally by organizers, or automatically by streaming it to a third-party service like Youtube.
We expect a similar number of simultaneous users like in physical conference (average <150 people, peaks of >200 users).
Good open-source alternatives available in 2020 are [Jitsi](https://jitsi.org) and [Big Blue Button](https://bigbluebutton.org/).
It is usually recommended to stream the video to another third-party service in order to have a
-fallback read-only stream/recording, like Youtube or similar, to unload the main stream in case it is overloaded.
+fallback read-only streaming, like Youtube or similar, to unload the main one in case it is overloaded.
XDC 2020 organizers wrote a very good report on what a virtual XDC organization entails from the A/V point of view. Read it [here](https://blog.hiler.eu/xdc-2020/).