[PLUG-AV] Moodle video review

James Bromberger james at rcpt.to
Wed Feb 15 16:08:31 WST 2012


Grant is due to get premiere approval this week. Funds by end of month.


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Jason Nicholls <jason at mindsocket.com.au> wrote:

>> We need to setup a better process for starting all the services, and a
>> means to actually monitor in realtime what is being recorded/streamed.
>>
>
>Yeah that was always the intent once things stabilized a bit but that
>hasn't happened yet thanks to changing equipment, flaky software (i.e. fw
>dying / needing human fixing), software updates, and boxes breaking :(
>Still, we can probably do better.
>
>It would be nice with some more reliable equipment - James any progress on
>the grant!??!?!?!
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>> Also the alsa capture script needs to be reworked to always use the
>> correct device. We can configure alsa to force the internal card to always
>> get a fixed id, our usea name based lookup.
>>
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>Ah this may have been caused by having the USB headset plugged in at boot?
>Unfortunately it seems to bump the onboard USB audio...
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>> I have a few ideas that I'll try and develop further, but I'd welcome any
>> suggestions. James I may want to grab the av2 box and a camera for a bit to
>> try out some stuff. I'll give you a call later on that.
>>
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>I don't think the setup process etc... has been updated since I last
>touched it. I think that's the place to start and then we can look at ways
>to automate bits. http://www.plug.org.au/projects/video/setupprocedure
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>Jason Nicholls
>jason at mindsocket.com.au
>0430 314 857


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