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Streaming video over the laptop network
We want to be able to store video on school servers [finding the right address/location], and stream it from them. We want to support recording video from XO to server, viewing video from server to XO (2-min video clips large enough to be buffered on-XO in their entirety) and hopefully streaming video from server to XO (30-minute videos).
Large video files
One large media provider for this test has sent us 600G of video, with more coming tomorrow, for use in countries month. A copy of the video is going to Real, who are trying to get streaming to work as well; but it would be great to have theorur (for instance) working and streaming .ogg for us. Hopefully Juba can be of assistance here.
Video activity
There is a draft activity which records video and can play video back. It doesn't support streaming at the moment, because of troubles getting Theora to stream.
Todo
- Get Theora streaming over a school server in a way that works from an XO browser. Talk to Juba about theorur for this.
- Figure out how said streaming works with local cache -- if you're streaming an hour-long video, avoiding overwhelming memory or disk.
- Define the recommended max size and max bitrate for video (easy if we're not streaming; for streaming, worry about local caching and network throughput.)
Interesting video content
Movies
- the Qatsi trilogy: Koyaanisqatsi, et al
- The creator and director has expressed interest in sharing some of these works, and of his Anima Mundi short
- Baraka
- Old b&w film
Television
- Science: Cosmos, Nova
- Sesame Street and localizations
- Music
- Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
