Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-08 Thread Cowboy
On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 18:10:01 -0400 drew Roberts wrote: > wondering how I could get my hands on a windows > machine to test it out... VMWare or VirtualBox. Lately, I've tended toward Oracle's VirtualBox. ( I was once an alpha tester for VMWare, but that was years ago ) Runs a treat on

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-08 Thread drew Roberts
Thanks Frank... Something I was looking at earlier made me think it was windows only. I burned a few cycles today wondering how I could get my hands on a windows machine to test it out... On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 3:36 PM Frank Schultze wrote: > Hi Drew, > > Sorry, we don't have a CasparCG server

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-08 Thread drew Roberts
Frank, thanks for the heads up/pointer. Do you still have a CasparCG server setup around? Unfortunately / I don't have a windows box around that I (am allowed to /) can muck with. I have played with these some in the past in other contexts: https://www.dyne.org/software/freej/ (actually may

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-08 Thread Frank Schultze
Hi Drew, Some time ago we played with CasparCG server - https://casparcg.com/, Its a very capable open source video playout server that will respond to commands fairly easily setup with RML using CasparCG's AMCP protocol . We didn't go much further than that, but using macro carts one could

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread drew Roberts
David, thanks for the response. On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 3:29 PM David Klann wrote: > Hi drew, > > On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 15:09 -0500, drew Roberts wrote: > > Alan, > > > > thanks for the response. > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 2:32 PM Alan Smith wrote: > > > > > Let me throw out an alternative

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread David Klann
Hi drew, On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 15:09 -0500, drew Roberts wrote: > Alan, > > thanks for the response. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 2:32 PM Alan Smith wrote: > > > Let me throw out an alternative if it will make life a little easier: > > > > OBS Studio > > > > I already know about it. We use

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread drew Roberts
Alan, thanks for the response. On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 2:32 PM Alan Smith wrote: > Let me throw out an alternative if it will make life a little easier: > > OBS Studio > I already know about it. We use it already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s61ERZ_1Yc > > Its open source, available

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread Alan Smith
Gmeant to add that although it will stream to icecast, its not native in the app-its done through the custom ffmpeg output. -Alan On 3/6/2020 1:05 PM, drew Roberts wrote: Hello, I am looking for one or more people willing to set up a 3.x Rivendell system to play videos. (I will help

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread Alan Smith
Let me throw out an alternative if it will make life a little easier: OBS Studio Its open source, available for Win, Linux, and Mac.  It will stream to most of the major platforms: Facebook, Youtube, Twitch, twitter, etc.  Will even stream to icecast in MPEG or WebM. The good news is its

[RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread drew Roberts
Hello, I am looking for one or more people willing to set up a 3.x Rivendell system to play videos. (I will help with the install.) I am looking for basic user feedback if that is all you feel up to. I am also looking for someone to discuss ideas and alternatives with as well. Please let me