[IMC-Video] cantennas, community wireless and live video streaming

[lotu5]

At our hacklab on wed night, I tried to use a long range directional
antenna setup for 24k audio streaming and it was too slow for even that.
And we weren't using a cantenna, but a store bought directional antenna.
Maybe the problem was that the connection itself was being used by too
many people, as its an open community wireless network. 

i've cc'ed our local wireless folks who run that base station, maybe
they know. 

  lotu5


On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 14:38 +0700, Sasha Costanza-Chock wrote:
> Using a cantenna greatly extends wireless range but it is line of sight 
> only. It's not an impossible scenario but it's not something you can 
> show up at an event and expect to just use a cantenna, find an open 
> access point within line of sight, connect your camera to your laptop to 
> the cantenna and be good to go ... it would require going to the 
> location before hand, locating the access point, testing the whole 
> setup, if you wanted to have any remotely reliable ability to tell 
> people you'd have a working stream at a given net address at a given day 
> and time.
> 
> adam wrote:
> > nup, they are the best ;)
> > 
> > 
> > ..on Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:03:57AM +1000, and wrote:
> >> A couple of good resource guides for streaming are
> >>
> >> http://www.streamingsuitcase.com/frame.html
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> http://www.flossmanuals.net/VLC/Introduction
> >>
> >> Have also cc'd here Adam who wrote them as he might be able to direct  
> >> you to further info.
> >>
> >> cheers.
> >> And.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 17/08/2006, at 5:33 AM, lotu5 wrote:
> >>
> >>> Sasha,
> >>>
> >>> you mentioned vlan and someone else suggested that to me at our  
> >>> hacklab
> >>> last night also.
> >>>
> >>> We'll be getting together here sunday also in san diego or tijuana to
> >>> work on setting up a working system to stream future events for La  
> >>> Otra
> >>> Campana of the Zapatistas.
> >>>
> >>> take care,
> >>>
> >>>  lotu5
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 22:24 +0700, Sasha Costanza-Chock wrote:
> >>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll be coming back to LA from Vietnam this Sunday (the 20th). I'm
> >>>> definitely interested in working on this, figuring out the  
> >>>> hardware and
> >>>> software configuration we need, and publicizing the stream. We don't
> >>>> have too much time though. The first thing, to make the live stream
> >>>> possible, obviously we need broadband internet access from the  
> >>>> location
> >>>> we want to send the signal from. Does anyone know if that is  
> >>>> possible?
> >>>> Where will the korean struggle delegation protest? because if it's in
> >>>> the streets of LA we need to do some quick work to get access,
> >>>> specifically, there is a guy who has a satellite internet  
> >>>> connection in
> >>>> a van, he brought it to the May 1st mobilizations but I have never  
> >>>> met
> >>>> him face to face. Does anyone know who I'm talking about? We will  
> >>>> need
> >>>> something like that if there is a march.
> >>>>
> >>>> Otherwise, we will have to just shoot video and upload quickly :)
> >>>>
> >>>> peace
> >>>> sasha
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> jo, dongwon wrote:
> >>>>> Hi all.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> this is dongwon from seoul, s.korea. i'm a volunteer in Media  
> >>>>> Culture
> >>>>> Action against neo-liberal globalization and FTA in particular
> >>>>> recently(http://gomediaction.net/).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> i'm very interested in seeing there are discussions on live  
> >>>>> streaming
> >>>>> here and there at the same time,
> >>>>> so that i strongly feel it's about time our experiences for live
> >>>>> streaming should be updated especially because we here have just  
> >>>>> used
> >>>>> window media server + window media encoder + window media player.  
> >>>>> (only
> >>>>> one platform! that's too bad!).
> >>>>> At the site for live coverage, we often use a switcher connected  
> >>>>> with 3
> >>>>> cameras, and a window for streaming(user's interface) has not only a
> >>>>> player, but a list of last streamings(VOD), live comment etc.  
> >>>>> (you can
> >>>>> see it by clicking the "video on air" at the right-middle corner of
> >>>>> http://gomediaction.net <http://gomediaction.net/>).
> >>>>> recently, we have done dual mode of streaming window from two  
> >>>>> venues, to
> >>>>> show each other in different two venues, for example there were
> >>>>> simultaneous candle light protests in Daechuri(where people's  
> >>>>> struggles
> >>>>> have been against the expansion of US Forces camp) and in
> >>>>> Gwanghwamoon(seoul) where supporters gathered.
> >>>>> now we are trying to build up multi-channel streaming window. but it
> >>>>> takes a while.
> >>>>> me personally, i'm a kind of new user for this(nodongnet 
> >>>>> [labornet] has
> >>>>> done it a lot), but i'm very enthusiastic over its potential for  
> >>>>> social
> >>>>> movement. (since last year, i have worked with media techies from
> >>>>> nodongnet to develop it.)
> >>>>> As for the configuration we here experiment with for live streaming,
> >>>>> it's nothing much to share, but it's under re-construction, i wish.
> >>>>> so i really hope that we can collaborate internationally at some
> >>>>> moments. How about this?:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> there will be about 100 korean struggles delegation to the U.S.  
> >>>>> (LA and
> >>>>> mainly Seattle) to protest against 3rd round talk of korea-US FTA 
> >>>>> (Free
> >>>>> trade Agreement) in 3rd - 9th of Sepmtember. I don't think media
> >>>>> activist(s) can go together, especially who can deal with streaming
> >>>>> stuffs. it's still under discussion to see if some of us could go...
> >>>>> (but money and visa problems!)
> >>>>> so i really wish that media activists in seoul and you indymedia
> >>>>> activists in Seattle(, LA) could cover korean delegation's protests,
> >>>>> workshops, performances etc. together.
> >>>>> And what i'd like to suggest is to do some live streaming between
> >>>>> Seattle(or LA) and Seoul at some particular events.
> >>>>> I think this kind of practices is the best way to advance further.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> how do you think? i hope that we can make it!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thank you.
> >>>>> best, dongwon
> >>>>>
> >>>>>

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