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Pretalx: Broadcast Tools (and more)

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This is a plugin for pretalx.

This adds the following features to your pretalx instance:

  • Lower Thirds ("Bauchbinden") for using with something like OBS
  • a "room info" screen, if you want to show information about the currently running talk outside the room
  • a pdf export containing information about a talk, so video helpers can have easy access to the needed information

Screenshots

The first two screenshots show the talk "Compatible static software" by "Stephanie Fisher", which was generated by the create_test_event command. The event color is #EA652D, a bright orange. The track color is #857EB0, a light purple. The last screenshot shows "Multi-layered encompassing paradigm" by "Michael Rodriguez".

Screenshot of "lower thirds" view. The box is located in the bottom quarter of the screen, taking about half the screen width. The box is mostly colored in the event color, with a small strip showing the track color at the bottom. Inside the box the talk title is shown in large text on top, the speaker name below that. On the bottom right of the box the configured info line is shown.

Screenshot of the "room info" view. The whole screen is coloured in the track color. On top of the screen you see the room name in small font, below that the talk title in large letters. Below that there's the speaker name listed. On the remainder of the screen you see a large QR code linking to the talk detail page in the schedule. The URL is also shown in plain-text below the QR code.

Screenshot of the first half of a pdf page. On the top you see a large text "DO NOT RECORD - DO NOT STREAM", because the speaker selected "Do not record" in the CfP. Below that you find information like event- and room-name, date and time, talk title, checkboxes for each speaker, length of the talk, talk abstract. Also you can find answers to select questions and notes entered inside pretalx on the pdf export. In this screenshot most info has been extended by adding lots of "lorem ipsum" text.

Development setup

  1. Make sure that you have a working pretalx development setup.
  2. Clone this repository, eg to local/pretalx-plugin-lower-thirds.
  3. Activate the virtual environment you use for pretalx development.
  4. Execute python -m pip install -e . within this directory to register this application with pretalx's plugin registry.
  5. Execute make within this directory to compile translations.
  6. Restart your local pretalx server. You can now use the plugin from this repository for your events by enabling it in the 'plugins' tab in the settings.

License

Copyright 2021-2023 Franziska 'kunsi' Kunsmann

Released under the terms of the Apache License 2.0