[DM-MUG] Meetings and attendance...

[Bryan Baker]

Well, NiceCast is not the same as Skype or iChat. It is 1 way - for  
broadcasting, not for 2 way communication, but for getting things out  
to a virtual audience it's better suited in some ways, though it can  
also be used in combination with the aforementioned services. Also,  
NiceCast is not free ($40), but it does it's job well.

Another VOIP service/program is "Gizmo" which uses more open  
standards than Skype, and I believe google talk started offering some  
media options. Second Life is now in the beta phases of adding voice  
chat to it's 3D world platform, so people can have a virtual presence  
as well as a voice.

On Apr 25, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
> We'll have to check with Holly ref. programs that are upcoming but  
> MAYBE what we could do is a program on the idea of audio and video  
> iChats, Skypes, etc. and include the NiceCast test during that  
> program to see how it works???  We could probably try an iChat for  
> whomever, then shut it off and try a Skype and hten shut it off and  
> try something else [Adium and others?] and then NiceCast = if we do  
> about a 5 min or so test of each that might be fun to do.
>
> But those who can't make the meeting would have to commit [at least  
> some of them] to (1) being virtually present and (2) working with  
> us as we test the various methods.  iChat and Skype are free.  Not  
> sure of all the others.
>
> Thanks for the idea!!!
>
>
> At 3:13 PM -0500 4/25/07, Bryan Baker wrote:
>> Might be a bit tough on bandwidth (which can be pretty sketchy  
>> there at times anyway) but we could possibly use NiceCast and a  
>> shoutcast server to do an audio feed of the meeting live to  
>> multiple people who maybe can't be there in person, but could  
>> listen in. If we wanted to try it out for a meeting we could use  
>> my NiceCast license and my rental stream server - not sure if I'm  
>> willing to do that on an ongoing basis, but it would be  
>> interesting to experiment with.
>
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