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1.2.0 Hardware recommendations

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h4. Touchscreen

The Graphical User Interface of Galicaster is designed in a user-friendly, easy-to-use, big-sized style, making it suitable for tactile devices, specially high resolution touchscreens. However, there's nothing against using it with a classic mouse and keyboard interface.

Any touchscreen compatible with your distribution will fit with Galicaster.

h4. Capture Devices 

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h5. Documentation
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* [Hardware recommendations|Hardware recommendations]
* [Software installation|Software installation]
* [Upgrading from older versions]
* [User's Guide|User Guide]
* [Cookbook|Galicaster:Cookbook]
* [FAQ|Galicaster:FAQ]
* [Quick installation guide|Galicaster:1.2.0 Quick installation guide]
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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.
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h6. Video Capture Card

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|| Component \\ || Known Good Hardware || Notes \\ ||
| Processor & Motherboard \\ | Intel i3 Processor \\
4GB RAM | Not much CPU is needed, since the video capture card encodes the video stream by hardware |
| Video Capture Card \\ | Hauppauge PVR-250 \\
Hauppauge PVR-350 \\
Hauppauge HVR-1600 \\ | The audio is also captured with this card |
| VGA Capture Card \\ | VGA2USB \\
VGA2USB-I \\
VGA2USB LR \\
VGA2USB LR-I \\
VGA2PCI \\ | |

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h6. WebCam USB

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|| Component \\ || Known Good Hardware || Notes \\ ||
| Processor & Motherboard \\ | Intel i7 Processor \\
4GB RAM | As both video streams need encoding, there is a higher CPU demand |
| WebCam \\ | USB Logitech HD Pro Webcam \\ | Valid for all web cameras compatible with V4L2 |
| Sound Card | Linux compatible | |
| VGA Capture Card \\ | VGA2USB \\
VGA2USB-I \\
VGA2USB LR \\
VGA2USB LR-I \\
VGA2PCI \\ | |

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h6. HD unit

|| Component \\ || Known Good Hardware || Notes \\ ||

| Processor & Motherboard \\ | Intel i5 Processor \\
4GB RAM | As both video streams need encoding, there is a higher CPU demand |

| HD capturer \\ | Blackmagic Intensity Pro \\ Blackmagic Decklink SDI | Sound embebed or analog\\ HDMI or Component |

| Sound | Embbebed | |

In the [cookbook|Galicaster:Cookbook] section there are solutions for setting a capture card in Linux.