Audio/video recording and multi-player

[rubyzqz]

Hi Jeremy,

I have some general questions regarding setting up an online experiment that involves collecting audio/video recordings and potentially assigning pairs of subjects to hear or see each other in a joint session.

I was wondering that, when screening participants’ recording quality before the start of the study, is it possible to connect the recorded audio/video file to another server, such as MATLAB, so that we can run our own code on MATLAB to examine the sound quality and determine in real-time whether they can move onto the experiment?

Also, can we do multi-player studies where paired participants can interact through audio or video?

Thanks for the help!
Ruby

[Jeremy]

Hi Ruby,

Unfortunately what you’re describing won’t be feasible with PCIbex, or you’d need to code so many extra layers that it doesn’t really make sense to use PCIbex as a starting point.

PCIbex is ill-suited for any sort of multi-player study at the moment. Judging from a quick look around, it looks like there are some resources: Empirica, oTree, nodeGame, TurkServer, and there might be more. I have never designed an online synchronuous experiment, and am not familiar with those tools, so I can’t speak to how user-friendly they are.

Jeremy

[rubyzqz]

Thanks Jeremy! I’ll check out those platforms.

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