Features

Updated to Galicaster 1.2.0

Galicaster is a software aimed to record, browse and play multistream media.
Tactile
It is based on Python, Gstreamer and GTK.

Running

• Automatic or manual control
• Works online and offline
• Remote monitoring and control through VNC media
• Works on Ubuntu 12.04

Audio and video formats capturing - depending on HW

• Webcams and HD webcams
• S-Video or Composite PAL or NTSC
• VGA and DVI up to 2k
• DV cameras
• HD cameras
• HDMI
• Line or Microphone level through in-board sound card
• USB audio devices

Opencast Matterhorn compatible

• 1.2 and 1.3 OC-MH Compatible
• Posses as a capture agent
  • Scheduling
  • Track selection
    • Track selection block available
  • Admit series
  • Constant communication
    • CA-server communication frequency configurable
  • Automatic ingestion
    • Enhanced ingestion service: nocturne ingestion, manual ingestion
• Series harvest and edition
  • Series can be set after a recording was made - on the Media Manager
• Works offline
• Worker & Capture Agent on the same machine
• Monitoring through VNC technology

Recording media

• Live preview of every stream
  • Vu-meter included
• Streams are recorded separated, thus enhancing adaptability
• Handle more than 2 video-streams, depending on CPU capacity
• Records multiple audio streams
• Input profile selection
• Pause recording available for v4l2 compatible devices
• Metadata edition, keyboard necessary
• Visual warning on audio mutted or device off.

Future improvements

• Basic encoding manager

Manage Media

• Operations over mediapackages
  • Zip media
  • Create side-by-side copies of the media
• Ingest media to Opencast Materhorn
  • Compatible with 1.2 and 1.3
• Series
  • Harvest of series
  • Series re-assignation
• Media graphical browser
  • Sort by date, name, presenter, size, length, series and operation status
  • Playback
  • Metatadata edition
  • Seek available
  • Delete available

Know supported cards and capture devices

• UVC webcams, i.e., Logitech C Series Webcam
• Epiphan VGA2USB DVI2USB, VGA2PCI and DVI2PCI
• Blackmagic Intensity Pro and Decklink SDI
• Hauppauge PVR Series
• NCast digitalizers - those compatible with kernel 3 NCast drivers
• Bluecherry non-hardware cards

In general any v4l2 compatible card is suitable to be used. This is also valid for any pulse compatible audio device.