Brief Documentation 1.2.0 rc1

In order to taste what new features are coming with Galicaster 1.2.0 a Release candidate is released with a brief documentation.

Prerequisites

To try this release you must fulfill these prerequisites:

• Install Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bits recommended)
  • Update all packages on the Update Manager
  • Activate the additional drivers for graphics card
  • [Recommended] Deactivate screensaver (Brightness & Lock configuration)

• Install dependencies
  • sudo apt-get install libfaac0
  • sudo apt-get install python-pip python-setuptools
  • sudo pip install icalendar

• Install Epiphan driver:
  **For 64 bits machine with kernel 3.2.0-24 or newer in this link

• Hauppauge and Blackmagic drivers are included on Ubuntu 12.04

• Configure your udev rules as in previous releases: LINK to COOKBOOK

Once you have your unit ready to go

Migrate Mediapackage for 1.1.x to 1.2.x

Mediapackages are compatible with both versions but we have included new information concerning the status of the operations. Then, only one file will be modified, the others will remain unaltered.

To do so:

• Download this script <<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>><
• Move it to your Galicaster 1.2 directory, configurated onthe repository you want to migrate
• Run it on a terminal: python script.py

Install Galicaster:

• Download the package:
• Run Galicaster with mock devices (bars, static and noise)
• Download the profiles and copy then on ~/profiles
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New features:

If you have used Galicaster before, you won't find many changes visually. Most of the work has been focused on new Operations upon packages, provida a Profile matrix and improve the Ingest service.
Other internal changes will be visible on further releases, when we release new plugins and features that are not ready yet.

Profiles

A profile is a group of tracks configurated to run together to record a Mediapackage. Each profile can have one or many tracks, usually from 1 to 4 (two videos and two audios). You can shift between profiles on the profile menu, clicking on Load Profile on the left bottom corner of the welcome page.

When you change a profile it's automatically loaded. If anything goes wrong, you will receive a message on the Recorder area.
You can try another profile anytime you want, without leaving the program. You have to leave the program to edit any profile, if you have knowledge to do so.

New operations

We have included two new operations: export to zip and make a size by size.
Note: Size by size operation only works on mediapackages with 2 videos (audio could be both in or out the video track), the audio will be get from the track with presenter flavor (either video or audio)

When you run Galicaster you

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