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

Sun Sep 24 15:50:40 UTC 2006

Hi Alejo,

On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:23:15AM +0200, kdag wrote:
> fred, let me know if you want to use opensource all the way, including
> the compression codec :)

I want that ;)

> 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..

I've seen G.I.S.S. involved in streaming lots of interesting projects,
but have never seen it presented on its own, or managed to get my head
around it properly with the scattered documentation. It seems like the
perfect fit for streaming WSFII activities because it's FLOSS from the
ground up, and based on an existing decentralized network of peers..
perhaps if we can use this list to consolidate questions and answers,
then write some docs, we could make it work for WSFII.

I have lots of questions:

- Is G.I.S.S. is a network of interconnected servers that provide
  FLOSS-based ogg theora video streaming capabilities for like-minded
  groups to use?

- Can WSFII use this network to stream activities from Dharamasala?

- What kind of equipment/software do we need to provide a stream source
  to the G.I.S.S.  network? Which online resources do you recommend for
  helping with setting up a stream source?

- What kind of equipment/software do we need to watch a stream? What
  online resources do you recommend for helping with that?

- Can groups who have contributed to WSFII join the network and offer
  resources? If so, what's needed? For example, What other kind of help
  does the GISS project need that we might be able to offer

- I think there are lots of other questions - such as how to integrate
  IRC chat with streaming, and how to allow the non-amplified,
  non-formal parts of the programme to be streamed and shared as well as
  the official bits.. but perhaps we can develop this thread and
  document it on the WSFII wiki.

Erm. I don't know which wiki to use though... any offers?

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