+ Started the VideoLink and DVswitch projects for use in DebConf
+ video production
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+ Mostly working on kernel stuff
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What is DVswitch?
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A software system that supports video mixing, recording and streaming
- Designed particularly for the needs of technical conferences that
- want to record and stream on a limited budget. Now used more
- widely, often without streaming.
+ Primarily designed for free software conferences:
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+ Record and stream for maximum community benefit
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+ Budget is usually quite limited
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+ We have eager volunteers but not much time to train them
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+ Now used more widely, often without streaming
Mixing is live - a requirement for streaming, and a way to
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Requires a script to coordinate mixer and source startup -
an annoying complication
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- Improvement: tally lights
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+ Later enhancement: tally lights
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Next release: sources run as RTP/RTSP servers and mixer
connects to them as a client
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Original protocol: mixer runs a network server; sinks run
as clients and receive DIF over TCP
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- Improvement: sink reports whether it will record; mixer can
- start, stop and cut recording
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+ Later enhancement: sink reports whether it will record;
+ mixer can start, stop and cut recording
Next release: file and pipe sinks built into mixer along with an