Software installation

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Galicaster is based on Open Source technologies.

Before starting the installation process, please make sure that:
* Your equipment meets Galicaster's [Hardware Recommendations|Galicaster:Hardware recommendations].
* You are running a Linux-based OS. The recommended distribution is [Ubuntu 10.10|http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/cdimage/releases/10.10/release/] .

* 4. Configure Galicaster,
* 5. Check Matterhorn Core connection,

Galicaster requires the following software to be installed:

* Gstreamer
* python-setuptools and pip
* iCalendar
* pyCurl
* Capture card configuration tools

In ubuntu 11.04 and above, installing v4l-utils is recommended instead of ivtv-utils.

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$ sudo apt-get install \
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps gstreamer0.10-plugins-good \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-setuptools
$ sudo pip install icalendar
$ sudo apt-get install python-pycurl
$ sudo apt-get install v4l-conf ivtv-utils guvcview

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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$ tar xzf galicaster-1.0.0-rc1.tgz
$ cd galicaster-1.0.0-rc1

Galicaster configuration is in the file {{conf.ini}}. All the application parameters can be set up in this file, such as:

* Operation mode of the application: I.e. whether Galicaster will work as [Galicaster Class|Galicaster:Galicaster Class], designed to be used in a classroom environment, or as [Galicaster Mobile|Galicaster:Galicaster Mobile], a portable recording station.
* 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:
* Operation mode [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]
* Operation mode [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]

* Your Galicaster unit need access to your Matterhorn Core network.
* Use a valid *host* URL. The IP address is suitable too.
* Include the port on the URL, if it's not a default one (for instance host:1234)
* Your Matterhorn account should allow Digest, a regular account won't work.
* Remember to activate the connection (config file, section _ingest_, value _active_).
* A wrong workflow will raise an error, so check it too.
* Once running, check if your Galicaster unit is registered as a Capture Agent, on the admin tools of the Matterhorn worker.
** The log (in /tmp/galicaster.log) would record if any trouble connecting to the Matterhorn server, too.

Galicaster Class is launched with the command:

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$ ./run_galicaster.py
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The [Galicaster:User Guide] section contains Galicaster's user manual. Should you have any questions, please visit the [F.A.Q.|Galicaster:FAQ] section where some common questions are already answered.