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Frikanalen - Complete TV station organised using the web
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3rd March 2013
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Do you want to set up your own TV station, schedule videos and +broadcast them on the air? Using free software? With video on demand +support using +free and +open standards? Included a web based video stream as well? And +administrate it all in your web browser from anywhere in the world? A +few years now the Norwegian public access TV-channel +Frikanalen have been building a +system to do just this. The source code for the solution is licensed +using the GNU LGPL, and +available from github.

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The idea is simple. You upload a video file over the web, and +attach meta information to the file. You select a time slot in the +program schedule, and when the time come it is played on the air and +in the web stream. It is also made available in a video on demand +solution for anyone to see it also outside its scheduled time. All +you need to run a TV station - using your web browser.

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There are several parts to this web based solution. I'll mention +the three most important ones. The first part is the database of +videos and the schedule. This is written in Django and include a REST +API. The current database is SQLite, but the plan is to migrate it to +PostgreSQL. At the moment this system can be tested on +beta.frikanalen.tv. The +second part is the video playout, taking the schedule information from +the database and providing a video stream to broadcast. This is done +using CasparCG from SVT and +Media Lovin' Toolkit. Video +signal distribution is handled using +Open Broadcast Encoder. The +third part is the converter, handling the transformation of uploaded +video files to a format useful for broadcasting, streaming and video +on demand. It is still very much work in progress, so it is not yet +decided what it will end up using. Note that the source of the latter +two parts are not yet pushed to github. The lead author want to clean +them up a bit more first.

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The development is coordinated on the +#frikanalen IRC +channel (irc.freenode.net), and discussed on +the +frikanalen mailing list. The lead developer is Benjamin Bruheim +(phed on IRC). Anyone is welcome to participate in the +development.

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+ + + Tags: english, frikanalen, nuug, video. + + +
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Dr. Richard Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation, give a talk in Oslo March 1st 2013
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Welcome to the world, Isenkram!
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22nd January 2013
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Yesterday, I -asked -for testers for my prototype for making Debian better at handling -pluggable hardware devices, which I -set -out to create earlier this month. Several valuable testers showed -up, and caused me to really want to to open up the development to more -people. But before I did this, I want to come up with a sensible name -for this project. Today I finally decided on a new name, and I have -renamed the project from hw-support-handler to this new name. In the -process, I moved the source to git and made it available as a -collab-maint -repository in Debian. The new name? It is Isenkram. -To fetch and build the latest version of the source, use

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-git clone http://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/isenkram.git
-cd isenkram && git-buildpackage -us -uc
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I have not yet adjusted all files to use the new name yet. If you -want to hack on the source or improve the package, please go ahead. -But please talk to me first on IRC or via email before you do major -changes, to make sure we do not step on each others toes. :)

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If you wonder what 'isenkram' is, it is a Norwegian word for iron -stuff, typically meaning tools, nails, screws, etc. Typical hardware -stuff, in other words. I've been told it is the Norwegian variant of -the German word eisenkram, for those that are familiar with that -word.

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Update 2013-01-26: Added -us -us to build -instructions, to avoid confusing people with an error from the signing -process.

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Update 2013-01-27: Switch to HTTP URL for the git -clone argument to avoid the need for authentication.

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- - - Tags: debian, english, isenkram. - - -
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