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Galicaster is a Multistream Recorder and Player designed for mobile equipment without requiring a Internet connexion, allowing us to record, tag and review multistream material, all together in one application.
Galicaster is a Multistream Recorder and Player designed for mobile equipment without requiring a Internet connexion, allowing us to record, tag and review multistream material, all together in one application.
h5. Introduction
Galicaster is integrated in the [Opencast Matterhorn|http://www.opencastproject.org/matterhorn] project, an international, free, open-source effort on educational multimedia content from which we would benefit from, taking advantage of all the tools within to process and distribute educational material. Once Galicaster is settle in, we can edit and modify metadata, ingest Matterhorn Mediapackages, handle series of recordings ...
The main goal of the Galicaster Project is to develop an open solution to provide *flexible, state-of-the-art solutions for recording educational multimedia contents*, like lectures and conferences. Galicaster project is supported by [TELTEK Video Research|http://www.teltek.es].
Other important feature of Galicaster is that we can control in realtime the parameters of the capture (proper recording, volume characteristics, video quality...), viewing on place what we are recording.
Galicaster capture solution is compatible with [OPENCAST|http://www.opencast.org/]. Galicaster-based devices can work as improved Matterhorn capture agents. They can register as a capture agent, thus being able to receive scheduled recordings and ingest the resulting mediapackages automatically.
Galicaster is been developed with GStreamer and Python, so it is a heavy application fully based on free software.
*First trials - alpha version succeded*
h5. Main changes on Galicaster 2.1.0
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Recently we have tested our 0.65 version on a weeklong congress on fisheries and biology. We are more than satisfied with the results, having already a working, almost fully operational version.
Recently we have tested our 0.65 version on a weeklong congress on fisheries and biology. We are more than satisfied with the results, having already a working, almost fully operational version.
* Optionally set and report "Error" state to Opencast when the audio is below a threshold for longer than a set amount of time. (lowaudio plugn)
* Optionally set and report "Error" state to Opencast when the Galicaster HDD has less available space than a set threshold. (checkspace plugin)
* Send "Offline" status to Opencast before closing Galicaster (for OC > 2.3.0)
* Muxing a pulse audio soruce into a v4l2 video source to the same file. (multistream bin by @ppettit)
* Allow unlocking the Galicaster touchscreen through LDAP credentials. (lockscreen plugin)
* Added configurable tags to the mediapackage tracks through the profile configuration.
* Now in Galicaster a default series field for the mediapackage can be set for manual recordings.
* Bugfixing and code refactoring.
* Optionally set and report "Error" state to Opencast when the Galicaster HDD has less available space than a set threshold. (checkspace plugin)
* Send "Offline" status to Opencast before closing Galicaster (for OC > 2.3.0)
* Muxing a pulse audio soruce into a v4l2 video source to the same file. (multistream bin by @ppettit)
* Allow unlocking the Galicaster touchscreen through LDAP credentials. (lockscreen plugin)
* Added configurable tags to the mediapackage tracks through the profile configuration.
* Now in Galicaster a default series field for the mediapackage can be set for manual recordings.
* Bugfixing and code refactoring.
Some raw demos are available on the following links:
[http://opencastdemo.media.uvigo.es/engage/ui/watch.html?id=20d5b35f-0ad7-4515-a8d1-b833f153c69c]
[http://opencastdemo.media.uvigo.es/engage/ui/watch.html?id=9f53672e-cccd-4e11-9e42-0b55f522ac9b]
[http://opencastdemo.media.uvigo.es/engage/ui/watch.html?id=1a96b054-6d05-46de-8066-6072e6cae5cb]
[http://opencastdemo.media.uvigo.es/engage/ui/watch.html?id=20d5b35f-0ad7-4515-a8d1-b833f153c69c]
[http://opencastdemo.media.uvigo.es/engage/ui/watch.html?id=9f53672e-cccd-4e11-9e42-0b55f522ac9b]
[http://opencastdemo.media.uvigo.es/engage/ui/watch.html?id=1a96b054-6d05-46de-8066-6072e6cae5cb]
Full list of changes [here|http://wiki.teltek.es/display/Galicaster/Release+Archive]
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*Currently on development - working on the beta version*
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After the sucess first trials we are working hard on publishing our first beta version. Currently we are improving our video and audio control and solving some issues with the user interface.
*Currently on development - working on the beta version*
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After the sucess first trials we are working hard on publishing our first beta version. Currently we are improving our video and audio control and solving some issues with the user interface.
h5. Main changes on Galicaster 2.0.0
If you want any other information or you are interested on being a beta tester contact us. Keep posted\!
* Full media engine upgrade from GStreamer 0.10 to GStreamer 1.x
* Recorder logic refactoring to improve code mantainability and reusability
* Base S.O. migration from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 16.04
* LDAP authentication based login
* Refactored Opencast ingest module and added features like "select the workflow to ingest with"
* New external plugins architecture loading from pip or .dep packages
* New virtual keyboard plugin
* New PTZ VISCA camera control plugin
* Fixed bugs (See all of them in [Github CHANGELOG |https://github.com/teltek/Galicaster/blob/2.0.0/CHANGELOG])
* Recorder logic refactoring to improve code mantainability and reusability
* Base S.O. migration from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 16.04
* LDAP authentication based login
* Refactored Opencast ingest module and added features like "select the workflow to ingest with"
* New external plugins architecture loading from pip or .dep packages
* New virtual keyboard plugin
* New PTZ VISCA camera control plugin
* Fixed bugs (See all of them in [Github CHANGELOG |https://github.com/teltek/Galicaster/blob/2.0.0/CHANGELOG])
*Other pages*
h5. Key Features
[GALICASTER:Roadmap]
* Live audio and video feedback over a touch interface.
* "Recording" red light sign
* Visual alarm on muted or low level audio.
* No scaler needed for VGA input.
* Advanced media manager, allowing playback, metadata edition and sorting and export operations.
* Opencast Matterhorn compatible, performs schedule and automatic ingestion.
* Basic manual controls of the recording: starting, stopping and pausing.
* Remote monitoring via VNC.
* HD and SD recording supported from HD-SDI, HDMI, component and composite video sources.
* Support for RTP network cameras and Datapath capture cards.
* VGA and DVI presentation recordng supported.
* Accepts multiple audio sources.
* Opencast-Matterhorn 1.4 compatibility.
* REST interface plugin.
* "Recording" red light sign
* Visual alarm on muted or low level audio.
* No scaler needed for VGA input.
* Advanced media manager, allowing playback, metadata edition and sorting and export operations.
* Opencast Matterhorn compatible, performs schedule and automatic ingestion.
* Basic manual controls of the recording: starting, stopping and pausing.
* Remote monitoring via VNC.
* HD and SD recording supported from HD-SDI, HDMI, component and composite video sources.
* Support for RTP network cameras and Datapath capture cards.
* VGA and DVI presentation recordng supported.
* Accepts multiple audio sources.
* Opencast-Matterhorn 1.4 compatibility.
* REST interface plugin.
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h5. Main Goal
Galicaster can be used as an automatic in-room recording solution for the classroom, keeping the professor informed and in control, or it can be used as a mobile unit, perfect for recording meetings and conferences.
Our main goal is the creation of *an aplication adaptable to different scenarios and equipment*. So far, two Galicaster configurations have reached a mature state of development:Fixed [Galicaster in the Class|Galicaster Class]room and [Galicaster for Mobile|Galicaster Mobile] operation.
* *Galicaster in the Classroom:* The idea is to deploy Galicaster in a classroom environment with a basic set of controls and a tactile interface. It works automatically but some manual actions are available to the lecturers, such as muting the audio or pausing/playing/stopping the recording if desired.
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* *Galicaster for Mobile operation:* The idea here is to buid a a complete portable recording station, providing full control on the recorded media. Operators can get real-time feedback from cameras and microphones, so that they can react immediately against any unexpected situation, manage a repository with all the recording media, delete many recordings in a single operation, send and resend media to distribution channels, label tracks, etc.
* *Galicaster in the Classroom:* The idea is to deploy Galicaster in a classroom environment with a basic set of controls and a tactile interface. It works automatically but some manual actions are available to the lecturers, such as muting the audio or pausing/playing/stopping the recording if desired.
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* *Galicaster for Mobile operation:* The idea here is to buid a a complete portable recording station, providing full control on the recorded media. Operators can get real-time feedback from cameras and microphones, so that they can react immediately against any unexpected situation, manage a repository with all the recording media, delete many recordings in a single operation, send and resend media to distribution channels, label tracks, etc.
h5. Versatility
Galicaster can be used alone, but it is *virtually adaptable to any publishing platform*, since it keep all the recording metadata and video and audio tracks are recorded separately. Proof of this is the combined [Galicaster and Opencast Matterhorn|Galicaster and Opencast, the best match] installation which is already in production at the University of Vigo.
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Galicaster can be seamlessly integrated with a wide variety of environments: low-cost, flexible equipments; best-performance, customized installations; existing campus-wide infrastructures; media distribution platforms, etc.
h5. Technologies
Both applications are *based on Python and GStreamer*, both long term projects supported by large communities, ensuring their adaptability to most of the operating systems in the UNIX family. They can also be adapted to multiple kinds of hardware, expanding the possibilities to record with many types of devices such as laptops, HD Webcams, TV Cameras, video players, microphones ...
h5. Technologies
Both applications are *based on Python and GStreamer*, both long term projects supported by large communities, ensuring their adaptability to most of the operating systems in the UNIX family. They can also be adapted to multiple kinds of hardware, expanding the possibilities to record with many types of devices such as laptops, HD Webcams, TV Cameras, video players, microphones ...
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