I-Room: Videoconference Links

Local Links

• Adobe Connect - Informatics [Help]
• AIAI QTSS on Mac - Admin
• AIAI Media Streaming at Merlin Rocket
• Boombox.ucs.ed.ac.uk - UoE streaming service
• Cherry Austin Sloodle Site

• Other Resources

Live Feed from AIAI I-Room

• Matrix Test - 4x3

Key Software/Services

• Google Mail
• Skype
• Adobe Connect: Documentation, Quick Start
• Second Life [Join now free]

Software

• Second Life
  • Streaming Video into and out of Second Life

Video Streaming and Encoding

• Multi-platform: Vara Software - WireCast - Media encoding, stream producer and desktop presenter. [See also Apple Bonjuour Networking for autodiscovery of Desktop Presenters on Windows]
• Windows Media Encoder
• Apple Mac Quicktime Broadcaster
• Apple Quicktime Pro - for conversion of media to the recommended H.264 hinted streaming movie form.
• Information on recommended H.264 hinted streaming movie form
• Apple Darwin Quicktime Streaming Server [Install Notes]
• Techsmith Camtasia StudioScreen capture as a device
• Merlin Rocket - Educational Streaming Service, [Prepare and upload a hinted movie for streaming]
• University of Edinburgh Information Services/MALTS Media Streaming
  • University of Edinburgh Media Streaming
  • Authoring Streaming Media for the WWW

Hardware

• Viewcast Osprey 300 Video Capture Card
  • Osprey User Manual, Installation Instructions, etc.
  • Osprey install notes by Tim Colles and John Berry, [Local Copy]
  • Viewcast Downloads

Other Facilities

• AIAI Project MCU
• Skype High Speed Plus+ [Participant via Skypeout]
• WebDialogs Unyte - Screen and Window Sharing
• ConferenceNow, WebConferenceNow
• Meeting Zone [Glance] [Presenter]
• UKERNA JANET Videoconferencing Service - OnDemand
• Mitre Collaboration Links: Resources and Tools List