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h5. Introduction

* Live audio and video feedback over a touch interface.
* "Recording" red light sign
* Visual alarm on muted or low level audio.
* No scaler needed for VGA input.
* Advanced media manager, allowing playback, metadata edition and sorting and export operations.
* Opencast Matterhorn compatible, performs schedule and automatic ingestion.
* Basic manual controls of the recording: starting, stopping and pausing.
* Remote monitoring via VNC.
* HD and SD recording supported from HD-SDI, HDMI, component and composite video sources.
* Support for RTP network cameras and Datapath capture cards.
* VGA and DVI presentation recordng supported.
* Accepts multiple audio sources.
* Opencast-Matterhorn 1.4 compatibility.
* REST interface plugin.

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h5. Main Goal

Galicaster can be used as an automatic in-room recording solution for the classroom, keeping the professor informed and in control, or it can be used as a mobile unit, perfect for recording meetings and conferences.

Our main goal is the creation of *an aplication adaptable to different scenarios and equipment*. So far, two Galicaster configurations have reached a mature state of development:Fixed [Galicaster in the Class|Galicaster Class]room and [Galicaster for Mobile|Galicaster Mobile] operation.
* *Galicaster in the Classroom:* The idea is to deploy Galicaster in a classroom environment with a basic set of controls and a tactile interface. It works automatically but some manual actions are available to the lecturers, such as muting the audio or pausing/playing/stopping the recording if desired.
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* *Galicaster for Mobile operation:* The idea here is to buid a a complete portable recording station, providing full control on the recorded media. Operators can get real-time feedback from cameras and microphones, so that they can react immediately against any unexpected situation, manage a repository with all the recording media, delete many recordings in a single operation, send and resend media to distribution channels, label tracks, etc.

h5. Technologies

Both applications are *based on Python and GStreamer*, both long term projects supported by large communities, ensuring their adaptability to most of the operating systems in the UNIX family. They can also be adapted to multiple kinds of hardware, expanding the possibilities to record with many types of devices such as laptops, HD Webcams, TV Cameras, video players, microphones ...
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h5. Galicasters around the World

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*Room equiped with Galicaster Classroom KIT*
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*Opencast Matterhorn Unconference UK - February 2012*
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