SpoutBreeze Presentation in ZKI workshop "On the further development of BigBlueButton" on February 26, 2021

1. The Open-Source Webinar Platform
Powered by BigBlueButton - The Open-Source Web-Conferencing Platform
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2. Why SpoutBreeze?
• What BigBlueButton does well:
• BigBlueButton has almost all the needed features to create webinars.
• BigBlueButton can host 100 to 300 concurrent users into a single meeting.
• What BigBlueButton is not doing:
• BigBlueButton cannot broadcast meeting to RTMP and HLS endpoints.
• BigBlueButton cannot host many hundreds or even thousands concurrent users into
a single meeting.
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3. The Companies Behind SpoutBreeze
Frictionless Solutions (USA)
• Founded in 2014.
• Supports the pharmaceutical, biotech
and medical device industries.
• Focuses on the management of PhRMA
compliant Healthcare Provider.
• Strategy and planning, meeting logistics
services for marketing events and
conferences.
• Named to INC. 5,000 List of America’s
Fastest-Growing Private Companies [1]
RIADVICE (Tunisia)
• Founded in 2013.
• Contributing to BigBlueButton since 2013 and
very actively since 2015.
• Became an official commercial support
provider for BigBlueButton in 2020.
• Focuses on DevOps transformation.
• Helped customers in 31 countries.
• 652k BigBlueButton conference in 2020.
[1] - https://www.prweb.com/releases/frictionless_solutions_named_to_inc_5_000_list_of_americas_fastest_growing_private_companies/prweb16956023.htm
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4. The Name
Spout
• Noun:
• a pipe or tube on a container through
which you can pour liquid out
• a stream of liquid coming out of
somewhere with great force.
• SYNONYM fountain
• Verb:
• [transitive, intransitive] to send out
something, especially a liquid, in a
stream with great force; to come out of
something in this way.
Breeze
• Noun
• [countable] a light wind
• [singular] (informal) a thing that is easy to
do.
• Verb
• + adv./prep. to move in a cheerful and
confident way in a particular direction
• Cultural/Tunisia:
• The breeze is highly appreciated during
summer nights after a hot day, it spreads
jasmine's flower smell into the air.
* Defintions: www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
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5. The High-Level Overview
• An external platform linked to BigBlueButton.
• No need to recompile BigBlueButton.
• A streaming player that interacts with the ingoing BigBlueButton meeting.
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6. How it works – Step 1
• Create a new “Streaming Endpoint” entry in the web admin console.
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7. How it works – Step 2
• A new “Start Broadcasting” action button is injected into the “Actions”
menu.
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8. How it works – Step 3
• The user selects a “Broadcasting Endpoint” that he already configured in
the web management console.
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9. High Level Architecture
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10. Detailed Architecture & Technologies
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11. The Open-Source Community
• GitHub:
• https://github.com/spoutbreeze
• Website
• https://spoutbreeze.org
• Twitter:
• @spoutbreeze
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12. Thank you
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