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Galicaster is based on Open Source technologies.
Before starting the installation process, please make sure that:
- Your equipment meets Galicaster's Hardware Recommendations.
- You are running a Linux-based OS. The recommended distribution is Ubuntu 10.10 .
- Your capture devices are configured as indicated in the Cookbook.
The installation process consists of five steps: installing dependencies, checking configuration, downloading software, configuring and running.
1.- Install dependencies.
Galicaster requires the following software to be installed:
- Gstreamer
- python-setuptools and pip
- iCalendar
- pyCurl
- Capture card configuration tools
In ubuntu 11.04 and above, installing v4l-utils is recommended instead of ivtv-utils.
$ 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
2.- Check configuration.
Run the following commands in a shell in order 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-rc1.tgz $ cd galicaster-1.0.0-rc1
4.- Configure Galicaster
Galicaster configuration is in the file conf.ini. All the application parameters can be set up in this file, such as:
- Operation mode of the application: I.e. whether Galicaster will work as Galicaster Class, designed to be used in a classroom environment, or as Galicaster Mobile, a portable recording station.
- Devices used in the capturer, and their configuration.
- Server information to ingest.
- User privileges to control the recorder.
The simplest way to get started with Galicaster is dowloading any of the pre-existing conf.ini files for any of the reference configurations proposed:
- Operation mode Galicaster Class:
- Operation mode Galicaster Mobile:
In the Section Galicaster configuration you will find a description of all section of conf.ini file.
5.- Running
Galicaster Class is launched with the command:
$ ./run_galicaster.py
The User Guide section contains Galicaster's user manual. Should you have any questions, please visit the F.A.Q. section where some common questions are already answered.