Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset=utf-8
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3826.700.81\))
From: Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com>
In-Reply-To: <63995FB2-0B0E-4843-8B1D-D0509AB7BFDA@bangj.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 10:50:58 -0500
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Message-Id: <9CD10E78-598F-494A-8A56-41F44DBC7AAB@bangj.com>
References: 
 <CABcZeBPHvxsEm_DY8aqiSkFmyEJoOSynkvTtKZcgUwty-NSqOg@mail.gmail.com>
 <389f5ad1-d1e0-462c-b038-2ee171177dbc@gmail.com>
 <CABcZeBPr=Ff5-shLgKvQNGPFTXRnuTM7F8sUfzaBq5zWEh3n=A@mail.gmail.com>
 <CACsn0cnQ9MnLaOYDtOOhcW9Xc8NCvj72_sbJdk4DQfNkQJ1KKQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CABcZeBNQ=ggb7NWGO_61bhw9M3Xsczg7UH6DeCDpqrBJHaR1gw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAChr6Sxn3DTCH5vizkKTJyV68fibGW7_XvAkvo67WQ9r+JJDOg@mail.gmail.com>
 <63995FB2-0B0E-4843-8B1D-D0509AB7BFDA@bangj.com>
To: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Message-ID-Hash: KEIK5ZZDDSGLXS5XI6QZDRAM3ICAXK7R
CC: tools-discuss <tools-discuss@ietf.org>
Precedence: list
Subject: =?utf-8?q?=5BTools-discuss=5D_Re=3A_Session_audio_recording?=
Archived-At: 
 <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-discuss/qvhK_Q0FasiHSFdfBxtF_NEhclo>

Also, by using the data tracker, you can programmatically get a link to =
the YouTube. The IETFNext app does this and the source is on GitHub.

Tom

> On Nov 6, 2025, at 10:49=E2=80=AFAM, Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> I have discussed this in the past for use with the mobile apps.
>=20
> I had asked for all the individual raw files be archived for audio and =
video but this request was rejected. The problem seemed to be that the =
IETF didn=E2=80=99t want to provide the storage for this. So they =
generate a file to upload to YouTube and delete the originals.
>=20
> I wanted to play around with different ways to present the audio and =
video through the mobile apps such that you could have just audio and =
have it play in the background while driving or on a walk. Or switch =
between video and high quality synchronized slides.
>=20
> I also experimented with speech to text systems and speaker =
identification algorithms. But without a reliable source of the audio =
files, I lost interest in the project.
>=20
> Tom
>=20
>=20
>> On Nov 5, 2025, at 11:05=E2=80=AFPM, Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>>=20
>> Oh, some of them do have .m3u but I am not sure how that works. Maybe =
just a few paragraphs of documentation, since the feature already seems =
to be there  (but only sometimes? idk). How do we get the headphones =
link there?
>>=20
>> thanks,
>> Rob
>>=20
>> (not unaware that I am sending "how do I get the headphones button?" =
to an IETF list)
>>=20
>>=20
>> <Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 8.02.10=E2=80=AFPM.png>
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 2:50=E2=80=AFPM Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 2:46=E2=80=AFPM Watson Ladd =
<watsonbladd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 2:38=E2=80=AFPM Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 2:32=E2=80=AFPM Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> On 11/5/25 1:02 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
>>> Is there a straightforward way to just get the audio recording for a=20=

>>> given session?
>>>=20
>>=20
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> It's a fair question--sometimes they have had links for that from=20
>> MeetEcho, but this time around it seems like there are no mp3 files,=20=

>> only YouTube and Cloudflare video (which confusingly looks like=20
>> SoundCloud?).
>>=20
>>=20
>> These should be on BitTorrent, but in practice it doesn't matter.=20
>> YouTube works fine and the video overhead isn't too bad because it's=20=

>> just slides that don't really change most of the time over each =
frame,=20
>> and you need to show the "Note Well" without wasting everyone's time =
by=20
>> reading it out.
>>=20
>> What I'm looking to do here is not to avoid the bandwidth associated =
with
>> the video but to be able to download the audio so I can feed it into
>> a speech to text model.
>>=20
>> The model can also give you the baroque (is there any other kind) of =
ffmpeg invocation to strip out just the audio.
>>=20
>> Indeed it could, if the video were available for download at some =
official URL.
>>=20
>> -Ekr
>>=20
>>=20
>> -Ekr
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Tools-discuss mailing list -- tools-discuss@ietf.org
>> To unsubscribe send an email to tools-discuss-leave@ietf.org
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tools-discuss/
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Tools-discuss mailing list -- tools-discuss@ietf.org
>> To unsubscribe send an email to tools-discuss-leave@ietf.org
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tools-discuss/
>=20
>=20
> -----------------------------------------------
> Tools-discuss mailing list -- tools-discuss@ietf.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to tools-discuss-leave@ietf.org
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tools-discuss/