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Mixlr Issues and the future of Live Shows (That’s Latin for UStream). Not a Joke.

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Look, I am a fan of an April Fool’s Joke, but this ain’t it. Promise.

If you have joined us over the last few weeks after the Mixlr revamp of their site and widget for the live shows, it has been difficult. I’m sorry about it. I know it’s not my fault, but I’m still sorry about it.

Going forward, I’d like to propose 2 things;

1. Assist Mixlr in resolving their issues. Please take some time and email support@mixlr.com with information on what issues you experienced during the live show on 3/31. I would include;

What did you use to connect to Mixlr (iphone, Computer, Operating System (Windows, Apple), Twitter login, Email login, Facebook login, etc)?
If you had trouble even logging in, let them know the specifics about that, please.
If you experienced loss of sound, give specifics of that (was it once in awhile, stuttering sound, loss until you had to log in again, etc)
If you experienced locking up, freezing, etc.

Please give them all the information you can. We do want to help them resolve the issues we are having. I know it may be alot of work, but the more information we can give them, the better they can resolve the issues.

IN THE MEANTIME —

As of 4/7 we will be trying UStream (Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustream).
Cons;

They do play ads. I don’t choose the ads.

Pros;

It’s been around a long time, and I believe many of the issues have been ironed out.
The chat has moderators.
There is a Viewing app for almost all Smartphones: http://www.ustream.tv/everywhere
The sound is good.
The versatility for (very good) “surprises” that could occur during a live show, so I’m happy about that.

The same:
You need to setup a free login account to chat. I would ask that you would set one up today, please (This will save time and confusion on live show day). We will take a hard look at the built in chat and see if it meets our needs.

I will be placing the widget on the http://live.onceuponatimepodcast.com

We *may* do a test show in the next few days to see how it goes before Saturday, so keep an eye on @ouatpodcast

010 FAM OUAT – Great Emails from Awesome Listeners

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This was our fifth live show using MIXLR.com.

Thank you all who joined us, listened and chatted it up on the Mixlr.com chatroom! We appreciate all of you!

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OUAT – A little feedback on our live shows, please.

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So, we’ve done the mixlr live shows for a few weeks – what do you think? The day and time works for us. We may need a week off here and there, but I think for the most part it will be Saturdays at 7PM Pacific Time.

Apart from that, what do you think? Is the sound okay? I know that some have a slower internet connection, and I don’t know how to remedy that except by uploading it for downloading it later. Do we interact enough with the folks joining via the mixlr chat room and Twitter? Do you like the comment feature (as a chat-like interaction platform) on mixlr?

Is it easy to set and/or listen on mixlr? Can all countries listen easily?

The only thing I would like is a moderator for the comment area. I am thinking that everyone is playing nice with each other, but I would like someone to be my eyes there to keep the experience fun for everyone. I don’t know enough about the comment device to block or ban undesirables that may join us in the future. We may have to move to a chat platform with a moderator level in place. I’m not trying to be big brother, and I’m not on a power trip. I care about all of you, and we have many ages of people and people with different sensibilities and I want to try to make this an inclusive and welcoming as possible. I know, I’m the “half full” guy.

So, let us know what you think. These live shows are another bit of success as we continue to build this OUAT fan community. We welcome your feedback. Thanks.

OUAT Podcast Live Audio Show – Tonight 1/28/12 7PM PT

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Join us!

Visit our Live show page here to listen and interact:

http://www.onceuponatimepodcast.com/ouat-live-show/

Note: We will using Twitter @ouatpodcast for questions, input and interact. We will do our best to keep up with comments from the mixlr widget.

Note: We will not be able to answer comments posted to the blog here on the live show. Thanks.

OUAT – We are recording Feedback and More – live tonight 7PM PT!

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Yup, we will be using MIXLR.com to broadcast (with some interaction with you guys on Twitter) and record our Feedback and More episode tonight at 7:00PM Pacific Time. Here is a widget you can listen with. We don’t know if this will be a weekly thing, but we will see how it goes.