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

[Jim Kinney]

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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