[wsfii-discuss] Live video conference - for real?

Fri Sep 22 15:15:05 UTC 2006

Hi Fred.

We're using iChat to do a video-chat with an iSight camera.  It is  
compatible with AOL IM and any video camera.  There is a free program  
called Conference Recorder (http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ 
conferencerecorder/) that can be used to record the chats.  The new  
version of Mac OS is supposed to support multiple participants but  
I've never used this feature.

I would love to see the video from WSFII since I am unable to attend  
in person this year.

Best,
Laura

On Sep 22, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Michael Lenczner wrote:

> fyi
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Fred Pook <fredpook at gmail.com>
> Date: Sep 22, 2006 7:18 AM
> Subject: [wsfii-discuss] Live video conference - for real?
> To: Discuss list on the World Summit on Free Information
> Infrastructure <wsfii-discuss at lists.okfn.org>, WSFII Summit Orgenizers
> - Dharamsala <Wsfii at lists.tibet.net>
>
>
> Hi,
> Does anybody on the list have experience with setting up Live Video
> feeds and/or Video conferencing?
> What setup was used?
> Did it work even with multiple participants?
> Was it open-source/free software?
> Where there any subscription costs involved?
> Was it possible to record while broadcasting?
>
> I am asking all this because I want to make sure we will have at least
> some form of live video coming from Dharamsala during the AirJaldi
> Summit and WSFII starting 22th october. I constantly hear
> announcements of video confs but I actually never have seen one happen
> for real.
>
> For instance to day is OneWebDay and announced "NYCwireless will be
> hosting a live video conference with community wireless groups around
> the world" but where do I find it today?
>
> I've done some research and found two solutions interesting:
> 1 is free software based on Java,Ogg.Theora - http://www.freecast.org/
> 2 is commercial but priced "friendly" - http://www.sightspeed.com/
>
> Any help here?
> Thanks Fred
>
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