[ale] (last?) ALE-Central Meeting May 21

[George Allen]

Would Jitsi be an option? An open source Google hangouts type software.
https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi https://jitsi.org

They had it on Hak5 a while back.
-George
On May 17, 2015 8:27 AM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found a polycom hdx 7200 that was acquired on a grant and not used yet.
> It is the cats meow of video conference gear.
>
> Emory may have the upstream connection gear that is used to provide data
> out to clients. The box itself can handle 4 remote clients directly. The
> camera has a remote that supports pan, tilt, zoom and focus
>
> I'm looking at several tools that will provide full control and do some
> really slick stuff. Upload the presentation and it's "played" over video
> along with the video feed of the speaker. It also supports adding remote
> video as tiles on the main screen. It also supports saving the conference
> in several video container formats (using ffmpeg).
>
> Given my schedule and the general complexity of the setup and testing
> time, it's highly likely I won't get this working by Thursday. But I have
> to get it working as it's needed for faculty interviews very soon.
> On May 17, 2015 6:32 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/17/2015 06:02 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Likewise, last meeting I attended took me almost 2 hours to get there.
>> GPS said
>> > it was 32 miles...  I don't feel good wasting that much time sitting
>> still and
>> > burning gas.  Virtual meetings would be wonderful.
>>
>> A live video setup is non-trivial folks. Getting good audio is VERY
>> hard.  Will
>> someone volunteer to attend **every** meeting to do the A/V stuff?
>> Or perhaps a company can sponsor the Linux-compatible equipment for ALE
>> to own?
>> * webcam (talking head part)
>> * video capture/passthru VGA/HDMI device (presentation screen part)
>> * microphone(s)
>> * audio mixer
>> * assorted cables
>> It is about $220 (ballpark) at the cheapest. I have some small experience
>> with
>> this. Maybe Aaron can suggest options too?
>>
>> BTW - other groups stream using google-hangouts and a single camera to
>> get both
>> the speaker and presentation. Normally, the presentation cannot be read
>> and
>> background noise in the venue makes listening painful. Perhaps there is a
>> way to
>> use hangouts to capture a presentation screen, assuming the presenter is
>> willing?
>>
>> Or we can go 100% virtual and use a cross-platform conferencing solution.
>> That
>> normally prevents the big players like webex ... I've used mikogo before
>> - it is
>> VERY nice - but it isn't cheap. There is a monthly subscription AND it is
>> licensed to an individual. I do not have a license.
>>
>> Maybe there are better options?
>>
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