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Hi all,<br>
So, pretty good. We had some very thrilled people watching streams
from Katanning, Queensland (Tim), and other locations. I think we
hit 5 unique IPs watching at one time, supplimenting the 13 people
at the meeting.<br>
<br>
We had one DV capture PC fail on us; was working when I turned it on
first time, but then it rebooted and died. Havent investigated
further; swapped it out. We only ended up with one camera on the
night (mine) on Jason's tripod. Twinpact worked brilliantly, but
text was not readable after it was half-scaled and encoded with the
params we used.<br>
<br>
We ended up having to use a UCC quad core machine to do the
encoding. We managed to borrow a 48 port gigabit switch for the
transfer from UCC (thanks to Bob, and fo rthe shell on the host to
encode, and for the net access on Loftnet. We also had to borrow
powerboards/extn cables from UCC, and patch leads.<br>
<br>
As noted on the main PLUG list, we tried to use the line in feed
from the wireless mic reciever via the audio-out on the JVC camera
when we needed an audio in; this mean terrible audio for the first
20 minutes or so. We also couldn't adjust the audio level of the
lapel mic - it was very quiet.<br>
<br>
DVswitch itself worked well - Picture in Picture was very popular.
We switched audio sources and video streams pretty well, including
the pre-recorded video that I streamed out to people.<br>
<br>
Time delay between live in the room and watching the stream come
back was 10+ seconds. Shame it was so laggy, but if you weren't in
the room I don't think it mattered.<br>
<br>
Mumble - didn't get this set up in time on the DVswitch host.<br>
<br>
<br>
All equipment is back at my place right now.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Next steps:<br>
<ol>
<li>identify what needs to be changed with current equipment (no
spend) so we can do the next talk</li>
<li>identify what equipment we would like to get</li>
<li>get a grant proposal into Linux Australia for this</li>
</ol>
<br>
<br>
1. What to fix now<br>
I'd start by getting mumble working, and checking the dead machine.
We need our own power boards - which Patrick was going to bring but
he didn't make it, Ethernet cable and switch. We also need to get a
second PAL DV camera available. <br>
<br>
2. This is the hard part. Jason is suggesting 2nd hand Mac Books,
for around $400 - $500. Sure beats lugging 5 PCs up to UCC. Has
built in firewire, and an audio connection (was it head phones and
mic input at the same time)? As to tripods; I had a friend recommend
a Sony Sony VCT-60AV camcorder tripod for around $115 + PP - but
thats got a remote zoom control on the handle that works on Sony
cameras.<br>
<br>
The most worrying aspect is the very low availability of camcorders
these days with firewire. Has live streaming from camcorders all
but disappeared?<br>
<br>
3. We cant do this until we resolve what we' want to do in 2.<br>
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