X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/c7c06c63b9a6e1adaa114f6aec91dbeb781a33e6..1201acd75739f98472e5c5fced8b3a7a3b1072b8:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 4ae82b14f1..e788da2c9f 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,59 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Frikanalen - Complete TV station organised using the web + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Frikanalen___Complete_TV_station_organised_using_the_web.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Frikanalen___Complete_TV_station_organised_using_the_web.html + Sun, 3 Mar 2013 07:15:00 +0100 + <p>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 +<a href="http://www.digistan.org/open-standard:definition">free and +open standards</a>? 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 +<a href="http://www.frikanalen.no/">Frikanalen</a> have been building a +system to do just this. The source code for the solution is licensed +using the GNU LGPL, and +<a href="http://github.com/Frikanalen">available from github</a>.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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 +<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/">beta.frikanalen.tv</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.casparcg.com/">CasparCG from SVT</a> and +<a href="http://www.mltframework.org/">Media Lovin' Toolkit</a>. Video +signal distribution is handled using +<a href="http://www.ob-encoder.com/">Open Broadcast Encoder</a>. 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.</p> + +<p>The development is coordinated on the +<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23frikanalen">#frikanalen IRC +channel</a> (irc.freenode.net), and discussed on +<a href="http://lists.nuug.no/mailman/listinfo/frikanalen">the +frikanalen mailing list</a>. The lead developer is Benjamin Bruheim +(phed on IRC). Anyone is welcome to participate in the +development.</p> + + + Dr. Richard Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation, give a talk in Oslo March 1st 2013 http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Dr__Richard_Stallman__founder_of_Free_Software_Foundation__give_a_talk_in_Oslo_March_1st_2013.html @@ -492,50 +545,5 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address - - Welcome to the world, Isenkram! - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Welcome_to_the_world__Isenkram_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Welcome_to_the_world__Isenkram_.html - Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0100 - <p>Yesterday, I -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_prototype_ready_making_hardware_easier_to_use_in_Debian.html">asked -for testers</a> for my prototype for making Debian better at handling -pluggable hardware devices, which I -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lets_make_hardware_dongles_easier_to_use_in_Debian.html">set -out to create</a> 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 -<a href="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/isenkram.git">collab-maint</a> -repository in Debian. The new name? It is <strong>Isenkram</strong>. -To fetch and build the latest version of the source, use</p> - -<pre> -git clone http://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/isenkram.git -cd isenkram && git-buildpackage -us -uc -</pre> - -<p>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. :)</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><strong>Update 2013-01-26</strong>: Added -us -us to build -instructions, to avoid confusing people with an error from the signing -process.</p> - -<p><strong>Update 2013-01-27</strong>: Switch to HTTP URL for the git -clone argument to avoid the need for authentication.</p> - - -