hi again I'm gonna forward my reply (below) and you query to the list.
in order to stream to the classroom you need a laptop with wireless or IP network access and you need a projector that will handle digital output (which is most of them) Progressive downloads (streaming) is a pain in the ass. Don't go there! All that said, I would NEVER (ever) recommend that a faculty person opt for streamed delivery over DVD. I consider myself somewhat savvy and possessing considerable sang froid when it comes to using tech to teach, and I can tell you from considerable experience that it's always a total crap shoot--an experience totally dependent on network vagaries and equipment quirks. Classes here start at 10 min after the hour, typically, which means you have 5-10 minutes to run into the class, boot out whomever is in there milling around from the previous class, whip out your lap top, VGA and audio cables, find the input box and hook them up, test the sound level, pray that the projector is working and that the network is not acting hinky. Not my idea of a good time. Gary > > > Subject: Remote Streaming to Classrooms > > Newsreel would like to call on the "wisdom of the list" to answer a > technical question. How difficult is it to stream content from a remote > (not campus) server directly into a classroom? Can it be run directly > through a video projector or does it need a laptop with an internet > connection? What are the potential glitches we might encounter? > Finally, does it make a difference if the content is streamed using real > time (RTMP) or progressive streaming? Please answer off-line to > [email protected]. Thanks. > > > > If you could tell me how to post this or post it for me, I'd greatly > appreciate it. I have returned from my two week sojourn in Kyoto; many > cherry blossoms, many Zen temples, no post-tsunami stress syndrome. It's > the end of term so we should be able to schedule our long-postponed > lunch date. > > > > Best Wishes > > Larry. > > > > Lawrence Daressa > California Newsreel > 500 Third Street, #505 > San Francisco, CA 94107 > phone: 415.284.7800 x302 > fax: 415.284.7801 > [email protected] > www.newsreel.org > > > > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
