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h5. Hardware

Para esta primera release se proponen dos configuraciones de referencia. La primera usando una cámara web USB y la segunda usando una Video Capture Card como Hauppauge PVR350. En ambos casos se recomienda usar una VGA Capture Card del modelo VGA2USB o superior.
In this release, two reference configurations are proposed. One uses an USB web camera the other uses a video capture card, such as the Hauppauge PVR350. In both cases, using a VGA capture card model VGA2USB or superior is recommended.

h6. Video Capture Card
|| Component \\ || Known Good Hardware || Notes \\ ||
| Processor & Motherboard \\ | Intel i3 Processor \\
4GB RAM | No se necesita mucha CPU, ya que la video capture card codifica el video por hardware |
4GB RAM | Not much CPU is needed, since the video capture card encodes the video stream by hardware |
| Video Capture Card \\ | Hauppauge PVR250 \\
Hauppauge PVR350 \\
Hauppauge HVR1600 \\ | El audio también se captura a través de esta tarjeta |
Hauppauge HVR1600 \\ | The audio is also captured with this card |
| VGA Capture Card \\ | VGA2USB \\
VGA2USB-I \\
|| Component \\ || Known Good Hardware || Notes \\ ||
| Processor & Motherboard \\ | Intel i5 Processor \\
4GB RAM | Al codificar los dos vídeos se necesita más CPU |
4GB RAM | As both video streams need encoding, there is a higher CPU demand |
| Video Capture Card \\ | Hauppauge PVR250 \\
Hauppauge PVR350 \\
Hauppauge HVR1600 \\ | |
| WebCam \\ | USB Logitech HD Pro Webcam \\ | Valido con todas las webcam USB compatibles con Valid for all web cameras compatible with V4L2 |
| Sound Cartd | Linux compatible | |


Galicaster is based on Open Source technologies.

Para probar esta primera release se recomienda el uso de Ubuntu 10.04 LTS sobre el hardware antes descrito.
El proceso de instalación se compone de cinco pasos: Install dependences, check configuration, dowload software, config and execute.
The recommended OS for this release is Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
The installation process consists of five steps: installing dependencies, checking configuration, downloading software, configuring and running.

h6. 1.\- Install dependences.
* Capture card configuration tools

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$ sudo apt-get install \
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse \
h6. 2.\- Check configuration.

Launch the configuration checker commands from the command line to verify that all dependences are installed:
Launch the following commands from a shell to verify that all dependencies are installed:

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{code}

h6. 3.\- Download software

Download and extract the software from [this site|http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/galicaster-1.0.0-rc.tgz].

Uncompress it using tar:


h6. 4.\- Config galicaster
h6. 4.\- Configure Galicaster

The values are in the file {{conf.ini}}:
Sections:

* {{basic}}
** {{repository}}: path to the working folder.
** {{admin}}: enables admin mode (True\|False)
** Example:
{code:none}
Example:
{code}
[basic]
repository = /mnt/videos/Repository
{code}

* {{screen}}
** {{right}}: Name of the video device to be shown in the right screen (None to deactivate).
** {{left}}: Name of the video device to be shown in the left screen (None to deactivate).
** {{cursor}}: Shows or hides the cursor. (True\|False)
** Example:
{code:none}

* screen
** right: Name of the video device to be shown in the right screen (None to deactivate).
** left: Name of the video device to be shown in the left screen (None to deactivate).
** cursor: Shows or hides the cursor. (True\|False)

Example:
{code}
[screen]
right = Epiphan
{code}

* {{ingest}}
** The data to connect Galicaster to an Opencast-Matterhorn server.
** Example:
{code:none}
{code}
[ingest]
default = True
{code}


* {{trackN}}
** Values common to all devices:
*** {{name}}: Name assigned to the device.
*** device: Tipo de dispositivo. {{device}}: Device type. (v4l2\|vga2usb\|webcam\|hauppage\|pulse)
*** {{flavor}}: Matterhorn "flavor" associated to the track. (presenter\|presentation\|other)
*** {{location}}: Device's mount point in the system (p.ej. (e.g. /dev/video0).
**** For PulseAudio devices run:
{code:none}
$ pactl -list | grep "Source" -A 5
{code}
and use "Name:" as the "location" {{location}} field.
*** {{file}}: The file name where the track will be recorded.
*** {{active}}: Whether the device will be played and recorded. (True\|False)
** Values in audio (pulse) devices:
*** {{playing}}: Indicates if the audio, apart from being recorded, is played. (True\|False)
*** {{vumeter}}: Activates data sending to the program's vumeter. (True\|False) Only one device should be activated.
*** {{amplification}}: Gstreamer amplification value: < 1 decreases and > 1 increases volume. Values between 1 and 2 are commonly used.
** Example:
{code:none}
Example:
{code}
[track1]
name = Hauppagge
h6. 5.\- Running

Galicaster Class is launched by running with the command:

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