Engineers.SG Volunteers Training (4 Aug 2018)

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Saturday, 4 Aug 2018 Engineers.SG Volunteers Training 1

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Michael Cheng @coderkungfu

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Engineers.SG Engineers.SG is a   not-for-profit community initiative created to help document the Singapore tech and startup scene.

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4 First recording done on 30 Oct 2013 at Singapore PHP User Group

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Why Engineers.SG? • Created to answer the question, "where are the engineers in Singapore?", Engineers.SG seeks to be the place for anyone to get to know, learn and interact with the Singapore tech community. • On the site, you can find a curated list of videos recording of local tech meetups and events. 5

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Meetups We Record 6

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Some Stats • ~2700 videos, ~9000 subscribers on YouTube • Website: 18k page views / month • YouTube Channel: 36k views / month • 40 conferences recorded so far • Upcoming: YOW Singapore, PHPConf.Asia • We have trained 50+ volunteers so far 7

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8 Website

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9 YouTube Channel

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10 Some kind words from presenters

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How do we do it? 11

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Streamline the Capture Workﬂow • Capture all the inputs (video, screen capture and audio) at the same time. • Feed all the sources into a laptop via USB. • Software video mixer that lets us record, stream and edit the video feeds live. • No video post-production required. • Video files are ready to be uploaded at end of session. 12

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13 Video Splitter Video output Video input Presenter’s Laptop Screen video capture tool Webcam Wireless microphone Software Video Mixer

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14 Video Splitter Video output Video input Presenter’s Laptop Screen video capture tool Webcam Wireless microphone Software Video Mixer

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15 Audio Processing

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16 Audio Processing

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17 • Title • Description • Organization • Presenter Info • Links to Slides • Link to Event Page

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Pre-Meetup Procedures 1. Get permission from meetup organizers, ensure presenters are ok. 2. Get volunteers to sign up for meetup slot. (http://bit.ly/ esg-schedule), set to be allocated. Volunteer should register for meetup. 3. Collect designated set 1 day before (or on day itself). 4. Reach meetup at least 30 mins before. 18

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Post-Meetup Procedures   (Video ﬁles are < 1.5GB) 1. Copy out video file. 2. Upload to http://upload.engineers.sg 3. Video should appear on Engineers.SG within the hour. 4. Return set (if possible). 5. Inform Facebook Chat Group. 19

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Open Source Resources • GitHub Wiki (https://github.com/engineersftw/gitwiki) • Video Tutorial • https://bit.ly/esg-video-tutorial • Website: https://github.com/engineersftw/website • OBS Studio (http://obsproject.com) 20

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Our Team in Action 21

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22 Started out as a Single camera

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23 First conference we recorded was GeekCampSG in 2014

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24 Typical recording setup

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25 Video camera pointing at the speaker

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26 Video camera pointing at the speaker

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27 Avermedia Live Gamer Portable - Screen capture tool

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28 Mixed into a Windows laptop

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29 Software video mixer - Open Broadcaster Software

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30 Audio recording with condenser mic or wireless lapel mic

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31 Audio recording with wireless lapel mic

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32 Sometimes we use an sound mixer

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33 Backup audio recording (Zoom H1 Audio Recorder)

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34 Carrier cases (cos we have lots of gear)

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35 We do have a cable management problem…

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What’s in our bag? 36

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Screen Capture: Video adapter cables Mini Displayport to HDMI Displayport to HDMI HDMI to VGA VGA to HDMI USB-C to HDMI

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38 Some of our volunteers

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39 Some of our volunteers

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Join Us! Support Us! • Email us: [email protected] • Follow us on Twitter: @EngineersFTW • Like our page: https://www.facebook.com/engineersftw/ • Support Us! https://engineers.sg/support_us • Schedule: http://bit.ly/esg-schedule 40