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Hardware

In this release, two reference configurations are proposed. One uses an USB web camera the other uses a video capture card, such as the Hauppauge PVR350. In both cases, using a VGA capture card model VGA2USB or superior is recommended.

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
 
WebCam USB

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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
Video Capture Card
Hauppauge PVR250
Hauppauge PVR350
Hauppauge HVR1600
 
WebCam
USB Logitech HD Pro Webcam
Valid for all web cameras compatible with V4L2
Sound Card Linux compatible  

The cookbook section will find solutions for setting capture card in linux

Software Installation

Galicaster is based on Open Source technologies.

The recommended OS for this release is Ubuntu 10.10
The installation process consists of five steps: installing dependencies, checking configuration, downloading software, configuring and running.

1.- Install dependences.

Galicaster requires the following software to be installed:

  • Gstreamer
  • python-setuptools and pip
  • iCalendar
  • pyCurl
  • Capture card configuration tools
$ 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 \
    gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-setuptools
$ sudo pip install icalendar
$ sudo apt-get install python-pycurl
$ sudo apt-get install v4l-conf ivtv-utils guvcview

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

2.- Check configuration.

Launch the following commands from a shell to verify that all dependencies are installed:

$ 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
3.- Download software

Download the software from this site.

Uncompress it using tar:

$ tar xzf galicaster-1.0.0-rc.tgz
$ cd galicaster-1.0.0-rc
4.- Configure Galicaster

Galicaster se configuran en el archivo conf.ini.

La forma mas sencilla de empezar a probar galicaster es descargar alguno de los ficheros conf.ini para cada una de las configuración de referencia propuestas:

The values are in the file conf.ini:

Sections:

  • basic
    • repository: path to the working folder.
    • admin: enables admin mode (True|False)
    • Example:
      [basic]
      repository = /mnt/videos/Repository
      admin = True
      
  • screen
    • right: Name of the video device in the track list to be shown in the right screen (None to deactivate).
    • left: Name of the video device in the track list to be shown in the left screen (None to deactivate).
    • cursor: Shows or hides the cursor. (True|False)
    • Example:
      [screen]
      right = Epiphan
      left = Hauppagge
      cursor = True
      
  • ingest
    • The data to connect Galicaster to an Opencast-Matterhorn server.
    • Example:
      [ingest]
      default = True
      username = matterhorn_system_account
      host = http://admin.matterhorn.es:8080
      password = CHANGE_ME
      workflow = full
      
  • trackN
    • Values common to all devices:
      • name: Name assigned to the device.
      • device: Device type. (v4l2|vga2usb|webcam|hauppage|pulse)
      • flavor: Matterhorn "flavor" associated to the track. (presenter|presentation|other)
      • location: Device's mount point in the system (e.g. /dev/video0).
        • For PulseAudio devices run:
          $ pactl list | grep "Source" -A 5
          

          and use "Name:" as the location field.

      • file: The file name where the track will be recorded.
      • active: Whether the device will be played and recorded. (True|False)
    • Values in audio (pulse) devices:
      • playing: Indicates if the audio, apart from being recorded, is played. (True|False)
      • vumeter: Activates data sending to the program's vumeter. (True|False) Only one device should be activated.
      • amplification: Gstreamer amplification value: < 1 decreases and > 1 increases volume. Values between 1 and 2 are commonly used.
    • Example:
      [track1]
      name = Hauppagge
      loc2 = /dev/hauprevideo
      loc3 = /dev/haupreaudio
      location = /dev/haucamera
      file = CAMERA.mpg
      device = hauppage
      flavor = presenter
      active = False
      
      [track2]
      name = Epiphan
      active = False
      location = /dev/screen
      file = SCREEN.avi
      device = vga2usb
      flavor = presentation
      
      [track3]
      amplification = 2.0
      name = AudioSource
      vumeter = Active
      location = alsa_input.usb-046d_081d_96D1FD90-00-U0x46d0x81d.analog-mono
      file = sound.mp3
      device = pulse
      flavor = presenter
      active = False
      playing = False
      
      [track4]
      name = Webcam
      videocrop-left = 160
      videocrop-right = 160
      caps = image/jpeg,framerate=25/1,width=1280,height=720
      active = False
      location = /dev/webcam
      file = CAMERA.avi
      device = mjpeg
      flavor = presenter
      
5.- Running

Galicaster Class is launched with the command:

$ ./classexec
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