1.0.x Software installation

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Galicaster is based on Open Source technologies.

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h6. 1.\- Install dependencies.

Galicaster requires the following software to be installed:

In ubuntu 11.04 and above, installing v4l-utils is recommended instead of ivtv-utils.

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$ sudo apt-get install \
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps gstreamer0.10-plugins-good \

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h6. 2.\- Check configuration.

Run the following commands in a shell in order to verify that all dependencies are installed:

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$ python --version
Python 2.6.6

$ python -c "import pygtk; pygtk.require('2.0')"
$ python -c "import pygst; pygst.require('0.10')"
$ python -c "import pycurl"
$ python -c "import icalendar"

$ gst-launch-0.10 videotestsrc num-buffers=25 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=800,height=600,framerate=24/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink
$ gst-launch-0.10 videotestsrc num-buffers=25 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=800,height=600,framerate=24/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! x264enc pass=5 quantizer=22 speed-preset=4 profile=1 ! queue ! avimux ! filesink location=out.avi
$ file out.avi
out.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 800 x 600, ~24 fps, video: H.264 X.264 or H.264
$ rm out.avi
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$ wget http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/galicaster-1.0.0.tgz
$ tar xzf galicaster-1.0.0.tgz
$ cd galicaster-1.0.0
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h6. 4.\- Configure Galicaster

* User privileges to control the recorder.

h6. 5.\- Opencast Matterhorn Connection

One of the key features of Galicaster is the connection to the publishing platform. If you are using Matterhorn as your media publishing and distribution system, you need to configure Galicaster to work as a Capture Agent and connect it to your core machine. Here are some tips to do so:

* Your Galicaster unit needs access to your Matterhorn Core network.
* Use a valid *host* URL. It may be a fully-qualified name or simply an IP address.
* If your Matterhorn Core is not running in the default port (80), then you need to explicitly include it in the URL (i.e. {{http://<host_name_or_ip>:8080}}).
* The use of the {{http://}} prefix is mandatory.
* You need to use a Matterhorn account which authenticates via Digest (usually, this account is set up in the {{config.properties}} file in your Matterhorn server). A regular account will not work.
* Remember to activate the connection in Galicaster (in the configuration file, section {{ingest}}, value {{active}}).
* A wrong workflow will raise an error in Matterhorn. Please make sure you use a workflow name that exists in the machine you connect Galicaster to.
* Check your Galicaster unit is registered as a Capture Agent in the Admin Tools section of your Matterhorn installation.
** The log (in {{/tmp/galicaster.log}}) will record any problem occurring on the connection to the Matterhorn server.

If your Galicaster is registered as a Capture Agent you should be able to receive the recording schedule, if any, and ingest any recordings in Galicaster to the Matterhorn Core. If this is not so, please review all the steps above and try again. The logs in Matterhorn and Galicaster will give you the hints to know what is failing.


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h6. 6.\- Run Galicaster

Galicaster Class is launched with the command:

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$ ./run_galicaster.py