Re: [Manycouches] [Tools-discuss] Proposal to discontinue live mp3 audio streams at IETF meetings

[Robert Sparks <[e-mail]>]

On 10/7/20 10:52 AM, Tom Pusateri wrote:
>
>> On Oct 7, 2020, at 5:20 AM, Alexandre Petrescu 
>> <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I would also think about the following: if the one stream per room is a
>> hardware problem, is that problem related to the use of old mixing
>> stations?  I remember having seen at room back in f2f ietf meetings some
>> mixing stations with these numerous linear potentiometers.  These are
>> outdated tools.
>>
>> Nowadays people use PCs with large screens and virtual potentiometers.
>> These dont have limitations in terms of numbers of channels.  There is
>> programmatical freedom in the way channels are defined, used and sent
>> around.
>>
>> If a limitation is in hardware, there is advantage to be gained from
>> migrating to software functionality.
>>
>> (I might be trying to persuade the already convinced here, but I wanted
>> to say that, because it is strange to hear about hardware limitations in
>> audio, with 110V/220V nearby and all space and coffee).
>>
>> Alex
>
> The physical audio hardware is more of a limitation of the space. You 
> have rooms with separate sound systems with microphones and speakers 
> for a physical audience. Each stream needs to be tied into the 
> existing room sound system.
>
> You could use a computer in each room to pipe that sound over the 
> network to a central stream server but now we’re just talking about 
> where it’s being served from. My previous description was meant to 
> describe that computer in that room connected to that sound system.
I don't think we need to worry about it anymore other than understanding 
how it informed the model that we've used to date. When we have a 
physical system in the future that's room based, we'll plumb things back 
to sessions.
>
> Tom