Re: Video recordings

[Andrew McConachie <[e-mail]>]

On 3 Jun 2025, at 22:03, Robert Sparks wrote:

> Bringing several threads together:
>
> We are (and have been for some time) looking for other streaming 
> solutions to use in addition to YouTube. We are taking the 
> requirements for unhindered access into account in that search, 
> particularly in light of YouTube's recent changes in requirements to 
> view videos.
>
> Video streaming will be a topic at next week's (10 June) Tools Team 
> call. Those calls often cover topics like this one and more 
> participation is encouraged. A calendar and a link to subscribe to all 
> upcoming Tools Team calls can be found at
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/upcoming?show=tools
>
> Some background:
>
>  *
>
>    We currently have between 300K and 400K minutes of video (around
>    2.5TB) growing at about 60K minutes (300G) per year.
>
>  *
>
>    YouTube shows us that about 600K minutes were streamed in 2024.
>
>  *
>
>    We are making sure that we have copies of the recordings stored
>    somewhere other than YouTube.
>
> RjS

I’m a user of IETF Youtube videos and I probably watch between 5-10 
videos per IETF meeting. I skip and scan through some of them as I look 
for the bits that I’m interested in. I’ve sung the praises of IETF 
videos every chance I’ve had and really really appreciate the IETF 
putting their meetings online.

Speaking as a user, here are the requirements I would like to see:
-available to the public Internet in a format accessible to everyone
-perpetual archiving of video content in an open format, this could be 
handled separately from hosting.
-streamable, or downloadable through an open protocol(eg. bittorrent, 
sftp, scp)
-If it’s going to be streamed recognise that people jump around in 
videos so it needs a smart buffering algo.
-reasonably decent search functionality. It doesn’t have to be great, 
people just need to find stuff that they know already exists.
-Lots of Javascript and cookie nonsense is annoying, but it’s not a 
dealbreaker for me. However, please don’t force me create a new 
account for some website or service.

—Andrew