[Noisebridge-discuss] streaming video, teleconferencing and more

[Praveen Sinha]

Well ideally, to me, what I'd want is some sort of multiplexible video
conferencing thing, which I think skype has, but there may be some other
apps out there as well (thinking about client side ease of us as well as
ours) -- I hate closed protocols too, but what are some of the security
issues with skype?

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am opposed to using Skype for a number of reasons, not the least of which
> includes it being a closed protocol.  I just can't get behind something that
> has had so many security issues, whether it effects us or not.
>
> I will agree that Skype is easy to set up, but it's only available as a
> point-to-point connection, which prevents it from serving the purpose we're
> looking to fulfill here.  If a single person can't participate, it's great.
> If even 2 can't, it fails.  Same goes for the user-panned webcam.
>
> For more participatory events, it would be nice to have a fish-eye.  I
> think a 360 one would be too much and probably make the viewer nauseous.
> Besides, people who don't want to be seen online should have somewhere to
> participate too.
>
> Christie
>
> --
> Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total
> obliteration.
> - Bene Gesserit Litany
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 03:29:51PM -0700, Praveen Sinha wrote:
>> > So my next questions to you all -- noisebridge is starting to produce
>> some
>> > really cool sounding sessions and I can only make a small percentage of
>> > stuff I'd like to be involved in.  I don't have a lot of video
>> experience,
>> > but:
>> >
>> > 1) Anyone have any suggestions/designs for some sort of rig we could use
>> to
>> > capture video/audio of events, for the purpose of streaming online?
>> >
>>
>> I actually have the dorkbot camera guy's contact info for just this
>> question.  I'll drop him an email this evening asking for
>> recommendations (I don't believe he's on the list).
>>
>> > 2) I think it would be amazing to be able to videoconference with other
>> > hackerspaces (or whomever) on the wall...  With the projector, and
>> skype,
>> > this could be really straightforward... But are there better approaches?
>>  My
>> > employer, for example, has a room called "Virtual Isabel", where the
>> room is
>> > replicated in second life, and people in the physical room talk with the
>> > avatars in the virtual room, and the virtual room sees a live stream of
>> the
>> > physical room...
>> >
>>
>> I like the idea of having a better telepresence setup, though not
>> anything nearly as advanced as what you've got at work.  Also, I don't
>> currently have, and would rather not create, a SL account (call me
>> closed-minded and old-fashioned if you must, but, well, it's apt).
>>
>> (IIRC, you and I had chatted about this for ML talks back at the
>> beginning of those, as far back as December.  I'd love to see us push
>> through it now, but haven't wanted to step into it myself just yet.)
>> --
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