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

Sat Sep 23 08:23:15 UTC 2006

fred, let me know if you want to use opensource all the way, including
the compression codec :)

no skype, no ichat, thats corporative and non-free.

G.I.S.S Is the system we have used for few years now, i've tried
already few times to call the attention to it here but phps my english
is bizarre, phps cause i dont use caps, but this time i do...-> Could
be the perfect match for melding few dis-localized events.. We have
done so already with the latin american lug's and few other parties..

Evidence?, here some screenshots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alejoduque/sets/72157594285009189/

Those where are taken from a webpage where people that have troubles
setting up mplayer or vlc for viewing the streams can run to, is a
java applet that allows the stream to appear on any browser (almost
all modern ones), we can set up one also for the summit plus of course
the direct stream url for those more experienced to chose.

The system has more than 200megas of bandwith all balanced in a free
Infrastructure of icecast servers... look at the map:
http://giss.hackitectura.net/map.html more servers (in blue) are
welcome specially in east and the south of america. we use the theora
codec and many stream via oggfwd, puredata, but from my experience i
recommend freej.. actually freej saves by default all what is stream
out to your hard drive..

If you are interested in setting the thing up, let me know, im on the
#altred channel on freenode... nick dspstv or kdag.

Or on this same list.

And about getting remote participation, is clear that the best thing
to have is an irc chat where people gathers to comment about the
streams and can send feedback to the people in the place..as said
before, it is charming.

tchuss,
/alejo

On 9/22/06, Laura Forlano <laura at nycwireless.net> wrote:
> 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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