boxtream

Release Notes: This releases fixes a very old bug which prevented boxtream's GUI from working with wxWidgets 2.8. A lot of minor bugs were fixed. The audio and video quality sliders are now percent based, instead of being based on the audio and video codecs. You can now overlay a picture (e.g. TV logo) from the start of encoding without any need for mouse clicks. Additional environment variables are now exported from the backend to the script launched when the recording stops, allowing the automated publication of DV files onto an Apple XGrid podcasting station (example configuration files are now included).

Release Notes: For the very first time, three basic scenarios have been added for people with minimalistic hardware like a single USB Webcam or mini-DV camcorder, so finally Boxtream can be used by everybody. An example script to start both the backend and the frontend on the local machine has been added to further simplify use. Axis Webcams are now handled with the souphttpsrc GStreamer plugin. Minor bugs were fixed all over the place. A small French presentation of the project's history was added to the distribution in the OpenDocument format.

Release Notes: Basic support for Kramer video switchers was added. An A/V sync problem in the default hardware configuration was fixed. Graphviz dot files are generated automatically from the running GStreamer pipeline. The package now includes the schema of the general hardware architecture. Lots of small bugfixes and improvements were done all over the place. Licensing terms were changed to GNU GPL 3.0 or later. Be aware that you must delete the existing version before installing this one, since the streaming scenarios have been renamed.

Release Notes: This is the first release that fully supports custom made scenarios, and this feature is now documented on the Web site with an example. The handling of command line options is now smarter. Multithreading support was improved, and now streaming pipelines are correctly stopped. A lot of minor bugs were fixed all over the place. The Web site contains real world examples of what is usually done with this project, as a three hour streaming session cut into 14 parts.

Release Notes: This is the first release where the minimal hardware requirement is a single firewire device (e.g. a simple camcorder), making third party uses and contributions possible even from people without expensive hardware. A problem which prevented audio-only streaming was fixed. Users can now easily create their own streaming and recording scenarios. Basic support for Axis 24XX cameras servers as switcher's inputs controllers is included, but currently not documented. The video balance now only controls one side when a two-sides scenario is used.