[PLUG-AV] [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched!

Thu Sep 24 13:45:28 UTC 2015

Hi Tim,

The av Guys in PLUG are talking about it, we're pretty keen to get a couple. We'll let you know as soon as we've cleared it through the committee.

Regards,

Euan

On 24 September 2015 9:12:50 PM AWST, Tim Ansell <mithro at mithis.com> wrote:
>We just announced the Opsis Champion Program (
>https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis/updates/1823). If you are
>interested in getting access to the device early, please do contact me.
>
>Tim 'mithro' Ansell
>
>On 23 September 2015 at 09:04, Euan <euan at dekock.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well done Tim. Good on you for persevering.
>>
>> We're running out of excuses to stay on FireWire and SD video.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Euan
>>
>> On 22 September 2015 3:39:06 PM AWST, Tim Ansell <mithro at mithis.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> If you've been to a Linux Australia event, you may know that I have
>too
>>> many projects <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR4i-XJDGCM>!
>Recently
>>> there has been a major milestone for one of them, the TimVideos'
>>> HDMI2USB.tv project has launched our first piece of open hardware,
>the
>>> Numato Opsis board.
>>>
>>> The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video
>platform
>>> for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed
>to give
>>> the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything
>from
>>> real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art
>and
>>> even general FPGA-based video research. I've included more
>information at
>>> the end of this email.
>>>
>>> The board is now crowdfunding on CrowdSupply.com at
>>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis and while we have
>already
>>> reached 100% of our goal, we want to get the board into the hands of
>as
>>> many people as possible, because the more people using FOSS
>hardware, the
>>> better it gets! (In a semi related note, CrowdSupply.com was
>recently endorsed
>>> by Richard Stallman and the FSF
>>>
><https://www.crowdsupply.com/free-software-foundation-endorses-crowd-supply-for-respecting-users-software-freedom>
>too.) If
>>> you could share the campaign with anyone you think who might be
>interested
>>> that would be extremely helpful!
>>>
>>> The HDMI2USB.tv firmware, which will also run on the Opsis board,
>was
>>> recently used to record a user group in Chicago US. You can see a
>very
>>> happy Carl in this photo ->
>>> https://forum.digilentinc.com/gallery/image/63-carl-has-success/ -
>It's
>>> been a long road to getting to this stage and I'd like to thank all
>the
>>> support for Linux Australia and the LA community. *We couldn't have
>done
>>> it without you all!*
>>>
>>> For those who don't know me or what I'm trying to do, here is some
>more
>>> background information;
>>>
>>> A long while back I got involved with doing recording and streaming
>>> conferences like LCA and got the idea that anyone, both conference
>and user
>>> group, should be able to record their proceedings without needing to
>know
>>> anything about A/V.
>>>
>>> You can watch a talk that I gave at LCA2012 about my first attempt
>to do
>>> this on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rCoCRmcrPlM . Shortly after the
>talk
>>> I came to the conclusion that the software and hardware available at
>the
>>> time was not up to the task - they just didn't have the programmatic
>APIs
>>> and debugging information available to really build a fool proof
>system.
>>> This spawned the TimVideos.us <http://code.TimVideos.us> project
>which
>>> has been plugging away trying to fix the problem (you can see a
>later
>>> talk I gave at LCA2014 at https://youtu.be/jtuzEQaG0Vc). You may
>have
>>> seen us running around at LCA2015 earlier this year which we helped
>stream
>>> and record.
>>>
>>> One of the big tasks of the project has been trying to make an open
>>> hardware capture platform which has been designed with being
>debuggable in
>>> mind. Our attempt at his is called the HDMI2USB.tv project and Joel
>>> Stanley gave a talk about the hardware at LCA2015
>>> https://youtu.be/O4D-6IPX308 . At that time we where stilling using
>a
>>> closed prototyping platform called the Digilent Atlys but where in
>the
>>> process of developing our second attempt at doing an open hardware
>board.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you once again!
>>>
>>> Tim 'mithro' Ansell
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> Numato Opsis: FPGA-based open video platform
>>> An open platform for recording, routing, and manipulating HDMI and
>>> DisplayPort video signals.
>>>
>>> The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video
>platform
>>> for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed
>to give
>>> the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything
>from
>>> real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art
>and
>>> even general FPGA-based video research.
>>>
>>>
>>>    - *A*: HDMI Out 1
>>>    - *B*: HDMI Out 2
>>>    - *C*: HDMI In 1
>>>    - *D*: HDMI In 2
>>>    - *E*: DisplayPort Out
>>>    - *F*: DisplayPort In
>>>    - *G*: USB 2.0 Device / JTAG Programmer / UART Adapter
>>>    - *H*: Expansion Port (TOFE, not PCI-Express compatible)
>>>    - *I*: microSD (underside of board)
>>>    - *J*: USB 2.0 OTG
>>>    - *K*: Gigabit Ethernet
>>>
>>> As a collaboration between the TimVideos.us
><http://code.timvideos.us/> live
>>> event streaming project and FPGA development board manufacturer
>Numato Lab,
>>> the Opsis is the ideal device for the HDMI2USB.tv
><http://hdmi2usb.tv/> video
>>> capturing firmware, which allows for “fool-proof” video recording
>from any
>>> computer. Enabling direct acquisition of video streams in realtime
>to a
>>> computer through the USB 2.0 interface or sent over the network
>through the
>>> Gigabit Ethernet interface, the Opsis is a vital component within
>the
>>> complete conference recording solution envisioned and pioneered by
>the
>>> TimVideos.us project.
>>> Example Applications
>>>
>>> The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of
>use
>>> cases, many of which we probably haven’t considered. That said, we
>had
>>> certain use cases in mind when we designed the system.
>>> Running HDMI2USB Firmware
>>>
>>> The Opsis was designed to run the HDMI2USB <http://hdmi2usb.tv/>
>firmware
>>> developed by the TimVideos.us project. This firmware makes it easy
>to build
>>> automated conference/event recording systems.
>>>
>>> The diagram below shows one such simple scenario. The HDMI output
>from
>>> the laptop is fed into the Opsis, which forwards it to an external
>monitor
>>> and simultaneously allows another computer to capture the output via
>the
>>> USB 2.0 interface. The HDMI2USB.tv firmware emulates a standard UVC
>webcam,
>>> allowing any video software, such as Skype, Google Hangouts, or
>WebRTC, to
>>> then send it to an online audience.
>>>
>>>
>>> *A simple setup*
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>    -
>>>
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