Arts and Humanities

UltraGrid How to Use Guide (Windows)

Emma Smith
28 October 2015 at 10:36am
arts
Arts and Humanities
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UltraGrid
Ultragrid is a point to point video and audio based transmission system that has been created by the Czech Republic NREN, CESNET. It has been designed to work on commercial grade computers with the addition of video and audio specific PCIe cards. This could be using Linux, OSX, or Windows devices. 
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Network Performing Arts Production Workshop 2016 *Save the Date*

Emma Smith
7 October 2015 at 5:32pm
arts
Arts and Humanities
artsandhumanities
Royal College of Music
RCM
NPAPW
LOLA
UltraGrid
Following on from the 2015 Network Performing Arts Production (NPAP) Workshop at the Royal College of Music in London, dates have been released for the 2016 workshop. This exciting event, showcasing an array of technology used in the arts, will be hosted by the New World Symphony in Miami.
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Jisc Supported Arts Projects

Emma Smith
6 October 2015 at 4:40pm
arts
Arts and Humanities
artsandhumanities
LJMU
Liverpool John Moores University
Falmouth University
Edinburgh Napier University
Contact Theatre
ENU
RCM
Royal College of Music
NPAPW
Nova Southeastern University
NSU
During 2013, Jisc distributed a call for proposals from UK sites who were looking to undertake some innovative projects using technolgies within the arts. Jisc selected 3 projects, and provided funding in the region of £10,000 to each project. The projects were as follows:
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Network Performing Arts Production (NPAP) Workshop

Emma Smith
6 October 2015 at 4:37pm
arts
Arts and Humanities
artsandhumanities
LOLA
UltraGrid
4K
uhd
streaming
From 4-6 May 2015, the fifth European Network Performing Arts Production (NPAP) workshop will take place in London, including a ground-breaking evening performance by students from the Royal College of Music. Registration for the workshop is now open!
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LOLA v1.4.0

Emma Smith
28 October 2014 at 4:45pm
Arts and Humanities
artsandhumanities
arts
LOLA
A new version of LOLA has been released - LOLA v1.4.0 The new version has the following new features:
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New version of LOLA now available (Jan 2014)

Emma Smith
30 July 2014 at 3:55pm
LOLA
arts
Arts and Humanities
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A new version of LOLA has just been released, which I’m sure will be of interest to you all. The most significant thing is that they have been working on reducing the bandwidth needed to run LOLA. The new version - LOLA v1.3.0 has the following new features: - new video rendering features:  - free stretch/zoom with fixed aspect ratio;  - remote video window can be duplicated and zoomed differently;  - new pixel interpolation techniques to render zoom in better quality; - some preconfigured basic layouts for video windows;
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Call for Funding Proposals – Video Streaming of the Arts

Emma Smith
14 October 2013 at 5:19pm
Arts and Humanities
arts
artsandhumanities
funding
Over the past few years Janet has investigated many different types of streaming software available to the Arts sector, such as LOLA, Conference XP, and DVTS. These multiple pieces of software have been increasingly used and have drawn much interest from UK research and education institutions.
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JackTrip

Emma Smith
9 September 2013 at 9:54am
arts
Arts and Humanities
artsandhumanities
JackTrip
audio
streaming
And here's another piece of software! This time its for streaming high quality audio only, but can be used alongside multiple streaming software you choose for your video.  See below for some useful information on JackTrip: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/soundwire/software/jacktrip/ 
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