Do You Use YouTube Live Events to Host Hangouts On Air?
(Note: We aren't talking about Live Streaming with Encoders, bit rates, etc.)
If so, what is the best way save the comments on YouTube made during the broadcast?
I know the host can copy/paste to another document before ending the broadcast but is there a better way?
Thanks.
I don't know. Same problem with Quick or Custom in that chat doesn't save.
ReplyDeleteChad LaFarge any ideas?
I'm listening in here. Very interesting - especially since I believe hosting #HangoutOnAir through Live Events is soon the only way to play it?!
ReplyDeleteThis kind of stuff will be super interesting in the #HHtW context later on, btw!
ReplyDeleteNiilo Alhovaara I'm hopeful some useful tips will result.
ReplyDeleteI'm absolutely certain that will be the case Andrew Hatchett!
ReplyDeleteI don't know of another way. That is exactly how we started doing it last month. After the show ends I copy and paste the entire chat into a Google Doc. I then paste the link to the chat along with the link and description of the show in the Past Shows section of our website. It looks like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8dIXUtb8U4QdU5yS3E2M0hWUE0/view?usp=sharing
ReplyDeleteAndrew Hatchett - We had been doing this, starting from the YouTube side, but having the HOA on Google+ in a community, turning OFF the YouTube comments. We want all of the comments in the Community -- Now we use BHOA for all of the above
ReplyDeleteGary Solomon Looks good!
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ReplyDeleteA few options come to mind...
ReplyDelete► Create a GPlus Event to track comments... requires GPlus Account
► Use a Facebook Post... requires Facebook
► Use a Twitter Hashtag... requires Twitter
► or... encode separately and include the YouTube Chat on top of your stream... in fact, you could have screen regions created and ready to display for each of the above. Switch using a nice transition to address people's posts/tweets, etc.
My great hope is that, one day, we'll be able to talk them into having Chat be more like comments, by selection.
Thanks Chad LaFarge - food for thought here.
ReplyDeleteJust commenting to follow the discussion. It seems like the current setup requires you to figure out where your viewers are (G+, FB, Twitter, etc) and setting up a commenting option there.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, Google's YouTube Live Streaming Product Manager, uses the Custom option and all comments are always on the screen. I don't know how she handles spam comments though which would certainly bother me.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xilZD-G7Jp8
She tries to understand the concerns of gamers and does a much better job of doing that than I do.
I'm looking at Live HOAs right now and comments are coming in under the video while the live chat to the right is disabled. With the Custom you can't write live comments under the video I believe.
ReplyDeleteCraig Long yes I see what you mean. I think that is the way it works if you run the HOA from Google+. If you start the HOA from YouTube Live Events, even with chat turned off, the comments aren't enabled.
ReplyDeletePeggy K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbgacCznhRk&index=8&list=PLU12uITxBEPF203-D7gvc7QRt55AOnAXl
ReplyDeleteSo this is from G+ I guess.
Peggy K Not sure how to tell.
ReplyDeleteCraig Long test it? 😉
ReplyDeleteBarbara Macdonald Live Streams using "Custom", yes... normally not HoA, as gaming would require an encoder to do screen region capture (screen share tool not nearly fast enough for game play). I believe she uses OBS, which allows her to bring in YouTube Live comments. I use XSplit Broadcaster, which allows the same.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't think that the issue of not allowing Comments on HoA's that were started from YouTube Live, while live, would be intended behavior, and I do know it's been reported before, at least to the Hangouts team.
I'd also love to see custom thumbnails before the broadcast, which is there for custom YTL, but not HoA from YTL, but I get the sense there're aware and interested in pursuing that, as well. I'm not in a position to know with certainty... and if I were, I bet I wouldn't be able to mention it, all forward-looking and what-not.
I'd love to see the ability to do real live streaming from a standard Chromebook or Chromebox [sigh].
ReplyDeleteAndrew Hatchett Here is your chat at your channel URL/live:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS8r5b8HTiZLbHJWt_F7I9g/live
Andrew Hatchett It isn't going to work because even though you, Andrew, can watch the HOA at youtube.com/stream the viewers can't watch the HOA at channeURL/live. When they click to watch the HOA at channelURL/live they are taken away from that page to the regular HOA watch page where the chat does not save.
ReplyDeleteNow you could give them the link to the permanent popout chat https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?is_popout=1&v=8UjPRzLRBrI
but that might be inconvenient.
Thanks for testing all this Craig Long - I didn't know the popout chat could still be accessed after the video was archived.
ReplyDeletePeggy K I'm still somewhat confused on the whole thing. Not sure my testing resolved anything useful.
ReplyDeletePeggy K Are Andrew's comments here?:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/live_chat?is_popout=1&v=8UjPRzLRBrI
I only see my comments now. BTW this is the Stream Now chat not the regular YouTube Live Event chat which definitely does not save.
Craig Long I only see your comments - I also commented.
ReplyDeletePeggy K Yeah can you check again please? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS8r5b8HTiZLbHJWt_F7I9g/live
ReplyDeleteor here: https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?is_popout=1&v=8UjPRzLRBrI
I still see my comments - do you see them?
ReplyDeletePeggy K Yeah and do you see mine?
ReplyDeleteCraig Long yep!
ReplyDeletePeggy K Thank you
ReplyDeleteYou can make a personalized chat URL.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that's a great solution if you want a separate discussion for each video
ReplyDeletePeggy K No it isn't but YouTube would have to save the chats for that to happen.
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