Re: [guadec-list] Cameras and machines for streaming

[Andy Wingo <wingo pobox com>]

Hi Quim,

Thanks for the quick response.

On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 19:10 +0200, Quim Gil wrote:
> ((Chema, read till the end, there is money involved))
> 
> El dl 19 de 06 del 2006 a les 18:48 +0200, en/na Andy Wingo va escriure:
> > So my proposal is to buy 4 normal boxes off the shelf, and
> > some DV cards.
> 
> Budget, please. Now it's GUADEC who decides if we rent or buy, and if we
> buy we will see if the Foundation is interested or we re-sell them
> online.  ;)

Cool. Well I would be looking at for example the Dell Dimension 3100,
with a hyperthreaded 2.8 Ghz p4, 800 MHz bus, 512 MB of ram. That's
available for 349 euros.

> > For cameras, I've got quotes of 102 euros plus tax per day for
> > "semi-professional" camcorders with tripods
> 
> As promised, I've brought mine - without tripod. Maybe you can save one
> camera and buy a tripod for me?  :P Anyway, the camera is here and you
> can count with it.

Oh excellent. You're wonderful :-)

> > ; I'd pick them up Saturday evening and return them Wednesday evening
> 
> Do you mean no streaming out of the Core days? Yes it's cheaper and
> maybe that was the original idea.

Definitely my original idea.

>  I always thought the streaming would
> be expanded to the whole GUADEC. Have you checked the non-Core schedule,
> maybe it's worth to stream the whole GUADEC now that we have everything
> in place.
> 
> Maybe an option in between is to limit streaming during the non-core to
> the Carpa and the Sala d'Actes sessions (the two big venues).

This has the potential to be a *lot* of work, depending on the network
stability. I'm OK with doing this in those two rooms though, provided
that the network is stable. If things start disconnecting it will be me
running around fixing things, and it would be nice to enjoy the
conference a bit more those days...

> > So in summary here are my three^Wfour questions:
> >   1) Does anyone know what's going on with the event box?
> 
> Expected to arrive tomorrow at Vilanova. See
> http://live.gnome.org/MarketingTeam/EventsOrganisation/GnomeEventBox/Schedule

Excellent!

> >   2) Does the machine buying sound OK with folks?
> 
> Yes, but budget please.

I'll have something concrete tomorrow morning.

> >   3) Any reactions to a 1500 euro camera bill?
> 
> If this what it costs and it is clear that streaming is a priority...

Cool. I'll then look at renting 2 cameras+tripods for 3 days and 1 for 5
days, and a tripod for your camera, which will be 30 euros a day plus
IVA. So about 130 * (2*3 + 5) + 5 * 40 = about 1600 euros for the week.
Will get a proper quote tomorrow.

> >   4) Where's the cash? :)
> 
> Once the global budget is approved we can make a bank transfer to
> Fluendo's account, and Fluendo would invoice us. If you have one in La
> Caixa it would be immediat. 

Hm, I'll push Julien a bit then ;) It is Banco Sabadell though.

Cheers,
-- 
Andy Wingo
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