From Libertarian Party of Mississippi state chairman Aaron Barksdale:

As many of you know, our live stream started was….less than to be desired. I have probably learned more about video production of a live event in just a few hours than I could have had I spent a year learning video production in a class. So, without further ado, here are a few pointers that I can tell you.

You DO…

•…want to make sure that the audio feed passes through the room’s PA system THEN using a patch cable take the audio from an open OUT into the “Mic In” line for whatever computer that you are using for the stream.

•…want to turn off the camera mics. Don’t worry, you’re still getting the audio from the patch cable.

•…get your video crew to show up several hours before the event to set up the video equipment prior to the event.

•…want to test out your streaming view HOURS before so that you can tweak whatever you need in order to make sure that your stream doesn’t end up white washed like ours

•…get a contract between you and ANYONE who is helping. In my haste to get this done, as I only came on board for planning this in the first week of January 2016, I failed to remember one simple fact…sometimes you can’t take people at their word. This would have solved a lot of my headache regarding this, especially if I had put a “Satisfaction” clause in the agreement.

•…make sure that you have adequate lighting…after all:



While I know many of you don’t agree with our committee’s decision to have all the candidates, this made for a much interesting event. I’m sorry for the technical difficulties, but know that the next time we do this, it will be different. Good luck in your corresponding state conventions. Please understand, I’m not happy about how the stream started. I am not making light at the poor quality. But now that it’s all over…what can I do? The only thing I can do is work to produce the video and offer advice for each of you to make your live streams better than mine so that we can hopefully share the candidates and the Libertarian Party with more than just LP members. We had a good number of registered LP members, but there were non-members there in person.

I would like to start the bidding on the banners…lol. Seriously I want to try and figure out a way that these can be used by everyone in turn.

Aaron Barksdale

Chairman

Libertarian Party of Mississippi