Run the following commands in a shell in order to verify that all dependencies are installed:
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$ python --version
Python 2.6.6
$ python -c "import pygtk; pygtk.require('2.0')"
$ python -c "import pygst; pygst.require('0.10')"
$ python -c "import pycurl"
$ python -c "import icalendar"
$ gst-launch-0.10 videotestsrc num-buffers=25 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=800,height=600,framerate=24/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink
$ gst-launch-0.10 videotestsrc num-buffers=25 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=800,height=600,framerate=24/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! x264enc pass=5 quantizer=22 speed-preset=4 profile=1 ! queue ! avimux ! filesink location=out.avi
$ file out.avi
out.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 800 x 600, ~24 fps, video: H.264 X.264 or H.264
$ rm out.avi
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h6. 3.\- Download software
Download the software from [this site|http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/galicaster-1.0.0-rc1.tgz].
Uncompress it using tar:
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$ tar xzf galicaster-1.0.0-rc1.tgz
$ cd galicaster-1.0.0-rc1
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h6. 4.\- Configure Galicaster
Galicaster configuration is in the file {{conf.ini}}.
You can configure all the parameters of the application on it, such as:
* Operation mode: if the user has access to the Media Manager or not.
* Devices used in the capturer, and their configuration.
* Server information to ingest.
* User privileges to control the recorder.
The simplest way to get started with Galicaster is dowloading any of the pre-existing {{conf.ini}} files for any of the reference configurations proposed:
* As [Galicaster Class|Galicaster:Galicaster Class]:
** [Video Capture Card configuration|Hardware recommendations#videocapturecard] \- [conf.ini|http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/configs/hau_class/conf.ini]
** [WebCam USB configuraion|Hardware recommendations#webcamusb] \- [conf.ini|http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/configs/webcam_class/conf.ini]
* As [Galicaster Mobile|Galicaster:Galicaster Mobile]:
** [Video Capture Card configuration|Hardware recommendations#videocapturecard] \- [conf.ini|http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/configs/hau_mobile/conf.ini]
** [WebCam USB configuraion|Hardware recommendations#webcamusb] \- [conf.ini|http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/configs/webcam_mobile/conf.ini]
In the Section [Config File] you will find a description of all section of {{conf.ini}} file.
h6. 5.\- Running
Galicaster Class is launched with the command:
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$ ./classexec
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In the [F.A.Q.|Galicaster:FAQ] section you can see some common questions about Galicaster.