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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 

Three reference configurations are proposed, but other combinations are posible:
* [Video capture and VGA or DVI desktop|#videocapturecard]
* [HD Webcam and VGA or DVI desktop capture|#webcamusb]
* [HD video capture and HDMI desktop capture|#hd]

For instance: The audio may be recorded independent from the video capture card, though it's not usually recommended.


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h5. Documentation
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# [Configuration manual|Galicaster Configuration].
#* [Input profiles]
# [User's Guide|User Guide]
#* [FAQ|FAQ]
* [Quick installation guide|Quick installation guide]
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h3. 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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webcam
h3. 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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h3. HD unit
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|| 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, SDI or Component |


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