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Galicaster Cube2

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h4. What is Galicaster CUBE2 ?

Galicaster CUBE2 is a mobile multistream recording station designed for mobile operations.

At first glance, CUBE2 has a *15" tactile widescreen integrated* in the case which provides mobility and a quick set up. A wireless keyboard and touchpad may be included with the unit, and the screen is powered through the computer, thus symplifing wiring and installation, *reducing the space and time needed for setting up the recording station*.
At first glance CUBE2 main characteristic is its *case-integrated 15" tactile widescreen*. Together with a wireless keyboard and touchpad integrated*, CUBE2 provides mobility and a quick set up with minimun wiring, thus symplifing installation and *reducing the space and time needed for setting up the recording station*.

From a hardware point of view, it is a powerful unit based on Intel's Core i7, with a extremely silent box and power supply and a computer based on heavy duty components.

- *Prepared for automatic-manual and online-offline functioning*
Galicaster CUBE2 is meant for mobile offline operations providing human control over the recordings. However it can be connected to an Opencast Matterhorn server, receiving schedules and uploading recordings automatically for processing and publishing just after the recording, thus minimizing the time between recording and publication and improving the automatization of the system. The uploading can be made manually anytime, when the unit is connected to a network.
Galicaster CUBE2 is meant for mobile offline operations providing human control over the recordings. However it can be connected to an Opencast Matterhorn server, receiving schedules and uploading recordings automatically or manually, minimizing the time between recording and publishing.

- *Adaptable to many video devices*
Galicaster CUBE2 is addaptable to compatible with many video devices, from USB webcams to profesional cameras, and compatible with most signals formats: composite, components, svideo, HDMI, SDI, DV ... It also captures synchronously from VGA sources (a laptop or a computer, for instance) and audio sources such as microphones, audio mixers or a MP3 player.

- *Easy change between device combinations*
Galicaster CUBE2 will walk you through the selection of combinations of this devices, known as profiles. Therefore, you can use the same unit to record just one video or install a multicamera environment and shift between profiles in a few clicks. Profiles also provide a quick way to change between parameters like resolution, framerate ...

- *All media accesible and operative*
GaliCUBE2 also features a repository with all the recorded media, with a comprehensive set of operations to manage the collection: sorting old recordings, deleting many recordings in a single operation, sending and resending media to the distribution channels, ingesting to Opencast-Matterhorn servers, adding information to the recordings, etc.

- *Flexibility on codec encodingc and bitrate selection
Galicaster software provides a high flexibility on recording matters. Galicaster allows you to choose the encoding and bitrate of each of your streams (typically 2 videos and 1 audio) giving the option of creating light files ready to be published without further processing . Also, recordings can be exported from the separated stream-style (each source in one fil) to a *customizable side-by-side composition of the original files.
Galicaster allows you to choose the encoding and bitrate of each of your streams - typically 2 videos and 1 audio - giving the option of creating light files ready to be published without further processing.


h5. SD + DVI

Ideal to keep using your SD video cameras.
* Camera: Svideo, Composite and Components on PAL/NTSC formats.
* Slides: VGA/DVI/HDMI framegrabber, capturable resolutions includes Full HD.
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{panel}h5. FW + DVI

Adapted to legacy DV video cameras.
** Camera: DV-PAL through firewire.
** Slides: VGA/DVI/HDMI framegrabber, capturable resolutions includes Full HD.