Multimedia - Powered by Linux

Objective:

• To show the power of linux on the multimedia front
• To show the various multimedia applications on Linux

Target Audience:

• Practically everyone. More specifically home segment

Demo Lineup:

• XMMS for playback of various audio and video codec
• XMMS output and visualization plugins
• MPEG1 (VCD) playback using XMMS, Xmovie, ZZplayer, MpegTV and others
• Video Capture and editing using Broadcast2000
• TV Viewing using XawTV, GNOMETV and KwinTV
• MIDI using Jazz++
• Streaming audio using Icecast/Shout
• Streaming webcam using Camserv and Camstream
• OpenGL applications like Quake
• Multi-head display using XFree86 4.0's Xinerama feature
• Multicast audio streaming
• Esound
• Games

Total no. of machines:

• 4 machines incld. an iMAC (or a cube)

Hardware Config:

• Sound Cards (AWE32 or better preferred)
• Creative Dxr2 DVD drive, SB live and a PC Works 4 point surround would be awesome
• TV Tuner/grabber board (PixelView would be cool)
• Display boards which support OpenGL (Riva TNT2 or better preferred as the Detonator drivers for these are almost on par with Windows)
• 17" inch (and bigger) color monitors
• >64 MB RAM on all machines
• Powered speakers for all machines
• A USB(?) webcam
• 10/100 NICS on all machines
• Keyboard for MIDI stuff
• A Matrox G400H dual-head display board deeply desired.

Network Config:

• The bandwidth requirements are on the high side (streaming audio and video)
• The group should have its own switch
• A static public IP, so that the whole of IT.COM can hook up to us for multimedia feeds and streaming webcam

Floor space required:

• 36 (6x6) Square feet for machines
• Ample standing place for visitors
• Recommend that the group should be located well inside the stall so as to avoid overcrowding in the front

Power Requirements:

• At least 1KV power source
• 7 power-strips
• UPS? Do we need them?

Handout material for interested visitors:

• Documentation reqd for all items exhibited or demo ed.
• Details should include:

  - Hardware specs of the machines

  - Applications software used

  - What distro is being used (incld. kernel details)

  - Config steps (Basically a quick start guide)

Poster designs:

• Needs work. Need some input here badly!

Volunteer Requirements:

• Just about anybody who has hacked on cool multimedia stuff other then the usual VCD and mp3s
• Should be able to speak on anything with respect to multimedia4linux
• Knowledge of a wide variety of hardware (sound and video)
• Quake gurus ;-)

Volunteer Status:

1. Shanker Balan (Group co-ordinator)
2. Mrinal Kalakrishnan (The Mozart of Linux)
3. Kalyan (Sidekick ;)

Hardware Contributions:

• DVD Drive
• Riva TNT or better boards
• Creative SoundBlaster SB Live sound card
• Surround sound speaker set