Live Video!

We’re going to be streaming live video from BarCampBrighton2, using Yahoo’s new Live service. This will allow anyone from around the Web to tune in and watch the talks.

Yahoo Live makes it really easy to start broadcasting your own TV channel. However, there is no option to join groups… until now.

I’ve put together a Greasemonkey userscript called YLiveGroups that lets you join a group and see who else is online, so that you can keep track of the different broadcasts. At the moment, there is just one group: BarCampBrighton2.

The script was started on Wednesday evening and has just basic functionality at the moment, but expect to see some enhancements over the weekend – the script will tell you if an update is available.

Using YliveGroups

First, make sure you’re using the Firefox browser. Next, install Greasemonkey. Restart Firefox and install YLiveGroups. Then head on over to Yahoo Live.

You’ll see people who are at BarCamp in orange and others in blue. Those who are currently broadcasting video are shown in bold. So plug in and get streaming!

For more information about the project, including some technical details about how it was built at – YLiveGroups: Live Video at BarcampBrighton2.