[Red5] users group?

[Toni Cavallo]

As a total newbie the lack of documentation is a huge frustration, as is the
lack of places to turn for help.

For example: 
I posted a question this morning about a failed install after having spent
several hours searching high and low to try and find an answer without
success... and still don't know if im doing something wrong or have
discovered a bug??

This is the first time ive encountered and used a mailing list of this sort
so if this is not the right place for my type of question, where else can I
or any other newbie turn for advice??

Toni


-----Original Message-----
From: red5-bounces at osflash.org [mailto:red5-bounces at osflash.org] On Behalf
Of Paul deCoursey
Sent: 01 October 2007 22:57
To: red5 at osflash.org
Subject: Re: [Red5] users group?

 From what I have seen over the past few months on this list is there is 
an increased interest in RED5.  This interest seems to be spurring more 
and more beginner questions, questions that could be dealt with if there 
was better documentation.  As a result I have also seen a decrease in 
help due to the increased volume.  This is affecting users that have 
more technically advanced questions as well.  My gut feeling is that 
this will eventually resolve itself, but what I see now if the downward 
spiral, the user base is narrowing because the community can't keep up 
with the demand. The biggest stumbling block I have to stepping up to 
the plate and helping more people out is the utter lack of documentation 
and the sparse/inaccurate commenting within the source to attempt to 
figure things out in order to help provide documentation.  I would like 
nothing for than for this project to be useful for more people, but it's 
a steep hill to climb.

So I don't think another group would solve the problems here, I think 
better documentation is the key.  If all these newbie issues were 
documented then the list has the potential to be more useful.



Derrick Anderson wrote:
> i hear where you're coming from- i'm a noob myself but very interested 
> in an OOS solution for RTMP and many times feel a bit overwhelmed with 
> all of it.  i think that comes with the territory of using open source 
> software, i would love to contribute but don't have the java knowledge 
> required.  i just tough it out and learn as i go- a good beginners 
> resource would go a long way i think, whether it be a group, forum, 
> just a plain list of articles on osflash, something though...
>
> d.
>
>
>
> On 10/1/07, *Phil Clyde* <pclyde at usa-american.net 
> <mailto:pclyde at usa-american.net>> wrote:
>
>     There a number of out here that are not within the same scope
>     as many of the people within this group. I feel invisible most
>     of the time because of "stupid" questions. Is ANY ONE
>     interested in making a newbie users group for RED5?
>     I will host it and give the keys to whom ever is willing
>     to maintain it and not mis inform new users? please reply
>     phil at learnxgroup.com  <http://phil@learnxgroup.com>
>
>     Maybe use FLV examples for new users and potential
>     new developer's?
>
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