[TriLUG] requirements for classes...

[Jason S. Evans]

Aye!

I would like to see another mail server class, as I didn't get to
attend the last one.  Also, is there any kind video technology similar
to bittorrent where we could all share the bandwidth and therefore
rely less on a potential supplier.  If not, perhaps bittorrent would
be a good way to distribute classes once they are done.

As for looking for low bandwidth, how about keeping it simple.  I've
seen quite a few high quality presentations that are done with just a
slideshow (i.e. powerpoint) and audio, which use relatively little
bandwidth.  Obviously, that would work better with a pre-recorded
class rather than a "live" class, but I'm sure there are options out
there that could do this without using a huge amount of bandwidth.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:58:13 -0400, Aaron S. Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
> 
> Jim Ray wrote:
> 
> >>As Rock pointed out, recording something already low-bandwidth friendly
> >>would be very different than the situation you propose of recording
> >>entire meetings.  I don't think we have the bandwidth resources to do
> >>that and provide it available over the web, yet.  On the other hand, I
> >>wouldn't be too opposed to DV'ing the meetings, and providing copies of
> >>them on DVD for archival by TriLUG
> >>
> >>
> >[Jim Ray sez:] how 'bout a little h.323 multicast? Nothing like streaming
> >video.  People can record it if they wanna.  An isp/hosting center would
> >have to be very generous with bandwidth for that hour or two a month lab
> >session.  We'd prolly need one of those multipoint switch thingies.
> >
> >
> >
> Okay, let's get an idea.  A "show of hands" on the list, if you will,
> please.  How many people would be interested in attending a video-casted
> conference / training session, at a set time, broadcast over the web?
> It's not unreasonable that we could sponsor such a stream from here at
> Intrex, but before I even broach the topic I'd want to know what kind of
> bandwidth we're talking about, in terms of individual connections.  It'd
> be nice to have a big enough turn out to make it worth doing (say at
> least 10-15 people), but 100+ people would probably make it too
> bandwidth-intensive.
> 
> I suppose how many people would be interested, is directly tied to what
> the topic is.  What types of topic(s) would we cover with such an event?
> 
> Aaron S. Joyner
> 
> 
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