Hi, We're planning to launch a video stream. We do not have anything yet (no camera, no computer, no software, only a Linux server that will do the broadcasting with icecast installed). Has anyone ever done such a thing? What hardware do you suggest? What software can be used (both for Linux and Windows on source side). Can Icecast be used for this video streaming purpose (on server side)? If yes, what additional packages are needed to be installed (using Debian Sarge). Is Theora ready for usage? If this is what you suggest, how does it work? Well I think it's enough of questions for now. :) Thanks in advance. Yours, Jacint
Oh sorry, I forgot to Google first... I found this: http://www.oddsock.org/guides/video.php So the questions that remain: how do you use from Windows and what hardware do you suggest? Yours, Jacint Balint Jacint wrote:> Hi, > > We're planning to launch a video stream. > We do not have anything yet (no camera, no computer, no software, only > a Linux server that will do the broadcasting with icecast installed). > Has anyone ever done such a thing? What hardware do you suggest? What > software can be used (both for Linux and Windows on source side). Can > Icecast be used for this video streaming purpose (on server side)? If > yes, what additional packages are needed to be installed (using Debian > Sarge). Is Theora ready for usage? If this is what you suggest, how > does it work? > Well I think it's enough of questions for now. :) > > Thanks in advance. > > Yours, > Jacint > > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast >
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 10:19:51PM +0200, Balint Jacint wrote:> Hi, > > We're planning to launch a video stream. > We do not have anything yet (no camera, no computer, no software, only a > Linux server that will do the broadcasting with icecast installed). > Has anyone ever done such a thing?Yes!> What hardware do you suggest? WhatI've used several miniDV camcorders with ieee1394 outputs and an ~2GHz laptop. Not sure if I would recommend this, but it has worked for me so far.> software can be used (both for Linux and Windows on source side). CanI've heard flumotion and vlc/vls can do this job, but I haven't used them, yet.> Icecast be used for this video streaming purpose (on server side)? Ifyup.> yes, what additional packages are needed to be installed (using Debian > Sarge). Is Theora ready for usage?theora works well for me.> If this is what you suggest, how does > it work? > Well I think it's enough of questions for now. :)We did live video and audio streams of the LAC2005: http://lac.zkm.de/2005/ The wiki is still up: http://footils.org/cms/pydiddy/wiki/LinuxAudioConference2005 I've continued using a similar settup to stream meetings hosted here at RFA. I'm doing another one tomorrow evening. Basically I get digital video from a camcorder via ieee1394 into a laptop. Inside the laptop my toolchain is: dvgrab | ffmpeg2theora | oggfwd It works fairly reliably. I'm looking for other options, though, so anything you come up with would be interesting to hear about. -- Eric Dantan Rzewnicki | Systems Administrator Technical Operations Division | Radio Free Asia 2025 M Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036 | 202-530-4900 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact network@rfa.org.
PD works very well for streaming theora to icecast...i ahve made a patch that allows you to mix 2 video4linux devices, movies, text overlays and jpeg, then send it w audio to icecast2 if u want it i can point u at it it could also support ieee1394 if i could only get the pix_2pdp patch to work adam On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:> On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 10:19:51PM +0200, Balint Jacint wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We're planning to launch a video stream. > > We do not have anything yet (no camera, no computer, no software, only a > > Linux server that will do the broadcasting with icecast installed). > > Has anyone ever done such a thing? > > Yes! > > > What hardware do you suggest? What > > I've used several miniDV camcorders with ieee1394 outputs and an ~2GHz > laptop. Not sure if I would recommend this, but it has worked for me so > far. > > > software can be used (both for Linux and Windows on source side). Can > > I've heard flumotion and vlc/vls can do this job, but I haven't used > them, yet. > > > Icecast be used for this video streaming purpose (on server side)? If > > yup. > > > yes, what additional packages are needed to be installed (using Debian > > Sarge). Is Theora ready for usage? > > theora works well for me. > > > If this is what you suggest, how does > > it work? > > Well I think it's enough of questions for now. :) > > We did live video and audio streams of the LAC2005: > http://lac.zkm.de/2005/ > > The wiki is still up: > http://footils.org/cms/pydiddy/wiki/LinuxAudioConference2005 > > I've continued using a similar settup to stream meetings hosted here at > RFA. I'm doing another one tomorrow evening. > > Basically I get digital video from a camcorder via ieee1394 into a > laptop. Inside the laptop my toolchain is: > dvgrab | ffmpeg2theora | oggfwd > > It works fairly reliably. I'm looking for other options, though, so > anything you come up with would be interesting to hear about. > > -- > Eric Dantan Rzewnicki | Systems Administrator > Technical Operations Division | Radio Free Asia > 2025 M Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036 | 202-530-4900 > CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION > This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the addressee and > may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any > unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly > prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact > network@rfa.org. > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast >Adam Hyde ~/.lv r a d i o q u a l i a http://www.radioqualia.net Free as in 'media' contact: email : adam@xs4all.nl