Workshop India

Context And Goals

This task is intended to spread the G.I.S.S. network to the east and to join our efforts with indian community radios, in a context where lots of communities are living together.

Work achieved

Contacts with Nomad India

Some serious contacts have been made with Nomad India to organize some worshops in Dahanu, 150 kms north of Mumbai :

"Nomad India has a small electronics lab in Dahanu near Mumbai. Our partner organisation called Tamarind Tree has accommodation facility for 25 to 30 people here and we can use the space for workshops."

Planning of the workshop in Dahanu ( Mumbai )

the dates and the program of the workshop have been finalized : the wotkshop will take on the 17-18-19-20 of September for 25 people in Dahanu.

The program will be more oriented to radio practices and the full program is as follows :

Open source technologies for free internet media
( internet radio, edition, media archives, basics in video work... )
- Day 1 : 5/6 hours

Theorical presentation :

- History of free technologies for streaming
- Presentation of most popular free codecs : mp3, ogg/vorbis, ogg/theora
dirac, ...

Introduction to G.I.S.S. : [1]

- Channel creation
- Customization of a channel, creation of the web interface
- Audio streaming : MusE, Pure Data

(Objective: Setting up a first easy radio streaming using G.I.S.S.
infrastructure and tools )

- Day 2 : 5/6 hours

Advanced Streaming Techniques:

- Configuration of audio devices in Linux
- Panorama of audio streaming tools in Linux :
( MuSe, IcEs, IDJC, Pure Data, ... )
- Comparative discussion about tools, choice of the best tool for each configuration
- How to handle playlists and a continuous program?

(Objective : Explaining the streaming tools focusing on the strength
of each solution, mounting a radio studio for a continuous broadcasting )

- Day 3 : 5/6 hours

Production and edition of Contents :

- Edition and Encoding of audio material ( Audacity, ffmpeg2theora, ... )
- Link between the edition and the streaming processes
- Advanced audio streaming with IDJC : integrating external sound sources like telephone calls or external application input

(Objective : Being able to edit contents and install a flexible,
extensible radio studio )

-Día 4 : 5/6 hours

Publication of media contents :

- Installation of a media database
- Personalization of the database
- Creating channels and themes

Installation of a streaming server : 

- Introduction to the configuration of icecast
- Setting up one's icecast server
- How to link it to the G.I.S.S. infrastructure 

Notions of video streaming and alternative television :

- Introducion to the tools to stream video ( TSS, Pure Data )

(Objetive : Being able to mount one's own audio and video server,
creating a full on-line free media node )

Contacts with FSF bangalore and Maraa bangalore

Some contacts have been taken with the FSF in Bangalore ( Zainab Bawa and Kiran Jonnalagadda ) who organized several editions of "Barcamp Bangalore", the format of the event we would organize there is still to be defined.

Nomad India also have some partners in Bangalore : Maraa that could help organizing an event in Bangalore.

Roadmap

A primary roadmap has been decided passing through Dahanu ( Mumbai ) and Bangalore. If there is time and ressources, some workshops could be organized in Bengladesh too.

To do

• Formalize the proposal of workshop for Dahanu.

• Decide which kind of event we would do in Bangalore ( workshop, conference ? )