[IMC-Video] [Fwd: Wi-Fi Experience]

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So this is proof that is can be done. Like we have been discussing?



On Friday, August 25, 2006, at 02:37  PM, Sasha Costanza-Chock wrote:

>  From a recent project to do live streaming from downtown LA
> schock
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Wi-Fi Experience
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:42:29 -0700
> From: Scott McGibbon <mcgibbon at usc.edu>
> Reply-To: <mcgibbon at usc.edu>
> Organization: The Norman Lear Center
> To: <schock at riseup.net>
> CC: <blakley at usc.edu>
>
> Hi Sasha:
> I coordinated, or rather struggled, with the wifi setup we used for our
> Grand Ave Park webcast. We used a directional antennae, graciously  
> supplied
> as a favor, by the City at the last minute. The source antennae was  
> pointing
> out of a window in City Hall. I tried, just for our own viewing  
> purposes, to
> use a Verizon wifi card on a laptop, but the speed was completely
> unacceptable. So we ended up hooking into a hub connected to the  
> directional
> antennae. Our webcaster, Take One Digital, used a pro-sized video cam,  
> fed
> into a laptop that was hooked up to the hub. Camera was on a tripod, so
> there was not much movement. Speed was at least 300kbps, since that  
> was the
> minimum for Take One. Don't know the exact speed. Don't know the  
> streaming
> software, but ask Troy Witt, who owns Take One. No firewall issues at  
> all.
> Satellite and microwave links were all long contract and tens of  
> thousands
> of dollars. Don't have those names now, but got them via Google.  I  
> did talk
> with a consulting firm about bringing permanent wifi to the park and  
> the
> space around it and learned alot: picking up wifi at a library or  
> Starbucks
> is a vastly different game than covering outside space with buildings  
> (which
> can bounce the signal around, causing loss of connection), trees  
> (leaves and
> trunks can greatly affect signal strength) and changing topography. I  
> hope
> that wifi backpack is something that can work for you!  Here's Troy's  
> info:
>
> Take One Productions, Inc.
> http://www.takeonedigital.com
> <http://rs6.net/ 
> tn.jsp?t=a8685wbab.0.ovcz7a44.ctymd6n6.319&ts=S0192&p=http%3
> A%2F%2Fwww.takeonedigital.com>
> Troy at TakeOneDigital.com
>
>
> Best,
> Scott McGibbon
> The Norman Lear Center
> 8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 650
> Beverly Hills, CA 90211
> t: 323-782-3318  f: 323-782-3320
> www.learcenter.org
>
>
>
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