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Changing the format of OctoPrint on Air? (Patreon)

Published:
2023-06-28 08:35:03
Imported:
2026-06

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In the last OctoPrint on Air I mentioned that I was thinking about changing the format a bit, and today I want to sketch out my current ideas, the reasoning for them, and ask for your opinion on this different approach.

You saw the big gap between OctoPrint on Air #51 and #52, and in #52 I explained why that happened. Preparing these videos takes a surprising amount of time, and doing them as live streams causes me quite some stress, no matter how often I've done this already. Between preparing 1.9.0 and the new camera stack on top of the usual madness, from February to June I simply lacked the resources to do a monthly live stream as well.

However, I also understand - also thanks to some feedback - that you like to have regular updates from me in shape of a devlog, where I tell you what I've been working on in person. On the other hand, the Q&A segment - which was the original reason to do these live - has seen less and less participation, so that seems to be a less important part for all of you. And the attendance of the the streams has gone down more and more as well, which makes me question the live stream approach altogether.

So here's my proposal. Instead of doing more or less monthly OctoPrint on Air live streams that mix devlog style and Q&A style content, how about we split these two things? OctoPrint on Air would get turned into a monthly prerecorded devlog, without the stress of a live stream and thus a better scheduling flexibility. And in addition to that, I'd do quarterly (roughly) Q&A live streams - or maybe even just live streams along of the lines of the Code & Chat format that I did a bunch of times at the start of the pandemic, and where people could also ask questions.

The devlog would see an exclusive Patreon prerelease for something like 48h or so, before it becomes generally available on YouTube. For the Q&A/Code & Chat streams, I'm currently leaning towards making them public and thus available to everyone from the get go, but that's just my initial idea.

So... what do you think? I'm open to alternative ideas and suggestions here, I'm really just trying to find a way to keep y'all informed (and possibly entertained) in a sensible and sustainable way 🙂

Let's hear your thoughts!

Comments

Chris Heerschap - cmh Printed Designs

I'm much less interactive, I watched a couple live, I watched a couple after the fact, but honestly I'm okay with less communication, especially if it makes it easier for you. I tried to come up with questions for the Q&A before but honestly there wasn't much I could think to ask. I think if you collected questions and did an infrequent prerecorded video to answer them.

Christian Wolf

Hey. I would be very fine with your suggestion. A little less feedback during your videos (devlog) but that is fair enough. I want to give you my personal experience here, though. I have done recordings and live performances for educational purposes (similar) with students. The live version was less work in total. The prerecorded video will have some edges and you will start to cut and rerecord parts of it. Cutting and merging takes significant amounts of time. In the end, I felt it simpler to just do it live and eventually make a (not optimized) recording. You will have to find whatever suits yourself best. Just be warned that you might need to find "your way".

foosel
>>113342640

Yeah, I'm familiar with this, which is why the plan is to just do it as if I was streaming, just without having to worry about technical issues, finding and appointment and so on. So the format you'll see is probably not going to change, you'll still see me authentically stumbling with words here and there and no special effects and cuts or whatever, just me talking as before, only less stressed ;)