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Why you need Galicaster

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h3. It's multistream
Galicaster records multiple video and audio stream, synchronously.
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h3. It's automatic
You can schedule recordings remotely. They will start and stop automatically. Afterwards, the recording will be send to a designated Opencast Matterhorn server.
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h3. It's free
Galicaster is released on a share license that allows you to download and use it for free.
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h3. Audio and video live feedback
Every stream is previewed on its graphical interface. In addition audio is monitored with a vu-meter and visual warnings. Remote monitoring is also available
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h3. Media management
All the recordings you make can be browsed, played, deleted, zipped etc. on the very same machine.
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h3. Helping the user
Lecturers and operators can supervise the recordings easilly. A red pilot let you know you're on air, and warnings prevent you to leave the microphone muted or disabled.
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h3. Records in any format.
Plenty of compatible capture cards allows you to record in any format: S-Video, Composite, VGA, DVI, SDI, DV, Component, HDMI.
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h3. No VGA scaler needed.
No need for a VGA scaler or other adaptors, Galicaster does all the work. It detects when the laptop signals is down and let you reattach it again.

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h3. Adaptable and flexible units.
Galicaster is suitable for many computers: rack, laptop, pc.
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h2. What do you need to use Galicaster?

# A powerful computer or laptop, a Intel i7 covers every option but an i5 may be enough, with a graphics card
# Some capture cards, for example:
#* PAL/ NTSC: Hauppauge PVR-350 (with HW encoding), Digitus USB 2.0 Video Grabber among others.
#* DV: Any DV Firewire card
#* VGA or DVI capture: Ephiphan framegrabers, NCast Digitizers
#* HD webcam: Logitech c920
#* SDI: Blackmagic Decklink SDI

#* HDMI: Blackmagic Intensity Pro
# Install Ubuntu 12.04

# Follow our install guide starting [here|Galicaster:Download [here|1.2.0 Download Galicaster]

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