Re: [Debconf-video] Testing Nageru in parallel during DC17? [was: (Re: Report from last week-end's single-user single-day DebConf Video sprint)]
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> wrote:
> I mean network bandwidth for people watching the stream, not memory
> bandwidth.
>
> Last year, people complained at first because there was no 240p stream. We
> added it.
Ah sorry. Yes, there need to be different output qualities; I was only
talking about max and downsampling from there.
> I believe that has more to do with the fact that the Opsis boards are
> open hardware, as opposed to the BlackMagic ones which very much aren't
> (but must admit I'm not privy to the reasons as to why we chose that
> solution). Eat your own dogfood etc.
I pondered that a bit more, see my other email in this thread.
> I can't see Blackmagic going away either, but I *can* see another
> manufacturer disrupting the market with interesting new cheap hardware.
> I can see such people writing a gstreamer plugin, but not a nageru one,
> and then we're a bit stuck.
I would expect Nageru to support cheap, high-quality devices if they
come along, but can't promise anything, of course.
As Debian would own the needed Blackmagics and has funding, this would
not be an immediate problem, though. Especially if the cameras are
aligned with the capture hardware.
> I actually investigated that when I sat down with my friend :-)
Very good :)
> The three models I suggested fit those parameters. We looked for
> something like two hours, but didn't find anything bettter.
>
> I'm not in the business, so I'm not going to say that a camera which
> does 720p but not FullHD and all of the above does not at all exist. But
> it would seriously seriously surprise me if that was the case. Even
> new handheld camcorders don't do 720p anymore.
>
> If you can find a cheaper camera that does all of the above, by all
> means do suggest. But I don't think you can.
I have no idea about current cameras, but just went to
https://geizhals.de/?cat=dvcam&xf=207_XLR&sort=p and went down; the
Canon XA25 seems to fit the bill at 1864€.
> We are doing that -- renting audio equipment, borrowing computers and
> other gear.
>
> Renting cameras is what FOSDEM does, and they do get a reasonable price;
> but FOSDEM has only one event per year for one weekend, whereas we have
> more, and our longest is two weeks. By that time, renting cameras isn't
> cheap or cost-effective anymore.
I didn't do the math; Debian would need to own hardware for sprints in
any case. If more than the basic could be rented at cost-effective
pricing: no idea.
Richard
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