{"podcast":{"title":"AV SuperFriends","slug":"av-superfriends-2789935","podcast_index_feed_id":2789935,"rss_url":"https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.avsuperfriends.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/9/c/5/99c5cb06cde00ed7d959afa2a1bf1c87/otr-139-show-art-1x1-20260607-bakc8na38n.png","author":"AV SuperFriends","episode_count":282,"summary":"The AV SuperFriends are AV and eLearning nerds who embrace the challenges that come with managing audiovisual systems and resources within a higher education environment. Most of us have had similar experiences and seek to find answers in an ever-changing audiovisual world. We engage the higher education audiovisual community through podcasts, videos, panel discussions, interviews, and social media to share ideas and solve problems. Our shared experiences and your own will lead to new and creative solutions. In summary, we are going to steal all your ideas and share them with everyone.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T06:19:08.997739+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935"},"episode":{"title":"AV SuperFriends: Perspectives from InfoComm 2026 - OpenAVC","slug":"av-superfriends-perspectives-from-infocomm-2026-openavc","published_at":"2026-06-30T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935/av-superfriends-perspectives-from-infocomm-2026-openavc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935","url":"https://www.avsuperfriends.com/episodes/perspectives-from-ic26-open-avc","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/avsuperfriends/AVSF-IC26-Perspectives-01-06172026-OpenAVC.mp3?dest-id=2412569","summary":"In this Perspectives episode from InfoComm 2026, we sit down with Aaron Todd of OpenAVC for a conversation that goes well beyond a simple product demo. OpenAVC is an open, platform-agnostic AV control platform aimed at breaking the industry's long-standing dependence on locked-down hardware ecosystems and expensive proprietary boxes just to run simple room controls. Aaron walks through the philosophy behind the project, how it can run on everything from Windows and Linux to Raspberry Pi and even Android tablets, and why AV control should increasingly be treated as a software problem rather than a hardware purchase. We also get into GitHub, community contributions, driver support, AI-assisted development, and why open tools like this could be especially meaningful for higher ed teams trying to stretch budgets, extend the life of existing systems, and build the workflows they actually need. This one leans into the bigger story: open control, cost savings, higher-ed relevance, and the \"why are we still doing it this way?\" disruption angle. https://www.linkedin.com/company/openavc","meta_description":"In this Perspectives episode from InfoComm 2026, we sit down with Aaron Todd of OpenAVC for a conversation that goes well beyond a simple product demo. Op…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1253,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/av-superfriends-2789935/episodes/av-superfriends-perspectives-from-infocomm-2026-openavc/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935/av-superfriends-perspectives-from-infocomm-2026-openavc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}