Kickoff Event Webcast

[Andrew Blair]

Ahhh.....Another 2 weeks to wait till I can over analyze an unanalyzable clue in preparation for kickoff. I think I'm as excited for kickoff as a kid is for Christmas!
"Can we have the hint Davey, Please Please!! It's only 4 AM! Pleeeeeaaase Davey???"

Now all we need is a photoshopped picture of Dave as a ....no, no, I've said too much already...

[Martinez]

I have a few questions of my own as our High School is setting up for the Webcast:

1) We will need the exact URL for testing purposes.
2) Will the streaming video work with Quicktime and/or Windows Media
Player?
3) Does it use any nonstandard UDP or TCP ports other than Port80?
4) Are any other browser plugin's required?

At Clarkson I had very little experience setting this up. Basically I just clicked on the link and it worked. Any words of wisdom would be most welcome.

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by Martinez

I have a few questions of my own as our High School is setting up for the Webcast:

Assuming it's carried on NASA TV again this year (which is likely a safe bet), then you can get all the webcast info you need from the site already mentioned in this thread:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
Looks like they support both Windows Media and Real, and of course those webcasts are live 24/7 so it's easy to test out.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Martinez

I have a few questions of my own as our High School is setting up for the Webcast:

1) We will need the exact URL for testing purposes.
2) Will the streaming video work with Quicktime and/or Windows Media
Player?
3) Does it use any nonstandard UDP or TCP ports other than Port80?
4) Are any other browser plugin's required?

At Clarkson I had very little experience setting this up. Basically I just clicked on the link and it worked. Any words of wisdom would be most welcome.

1.) The link is http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
2.) The Nasa TV stream is either in Windows media player or realplayer,.
3.) I don't think it uses any nonstandard ports, other than Port 80, but i'm sure I'm somehow going to be disproved in some way.
4.) You don't need any browser plugin, but I'm pretty sure you need at least the latest Media Player(Or at the very least version 9. The required codec will be automatically downloaded if you haven't changed the option in media player that automatically downloads the required coded.) If you want to test run the computer just visit the link and view the stream. Nasa TV is on all day, and will work the same now, as it will on January 7.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Martinez

I have a few questions of my own as our High School is setting up for the Webcast:

1) We will need the exact URL for testing purposes.
2) Will the streaming video work with Quicktime and/or Windows Media
Player?
3) Does it use any nonstandard UDP or TCP ports other than Port80?
4) Are any other browser plugin's required?

At Clarkson I had very little experience setting this up. Basically I just clicked on the link and it worked. Any words of wisdom would be most welcome.

Here are the URLs for the direct streaming video from the 2005 FIRST Kickoff. All you need to get the live webcast is a high-speed internet connection and either Windows Media Player or Real Player. The Windows Media Player version has a much higher quality, and would be better for a webcast. The Real Media version is basically for slower speed Internet conenctions.

Windows Media video: mms://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov/2005/first/05kickoff.wmv

Real Media version: http://robotics.nasa.gov/first/2005/05kickoff.ram

[Doug G]

You can also record streaming media using a program called "WM Recorder".

www.wmrecorder.com

The software is about $30-$50 and it is worth every penny. I've used for so many things and I've only had it a month. I'm a teacher and at our school our connection is pretty slow and unpredictable, so I can record streaming video content (like from annenburg or PBS) at home using my DSL and then take them to school and show students (for educational purposes of course) You can set it up to record at certain times and dates too. Anyways, I don't work for them or anything, but in case some people wish to record the webcast or any of the competitions - it may be useful.

[sanddrag]

Last year at the Southern California remote kickoff, they did the Windows media webcast and toward the end it lagged, bad. We weren't able to get the last 5 minutes at all (where they gave the password to the manual). If anyone organizing that event is reading this, please get NASA TV on satellite or cable for that event.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Last year at the Southern California remote kickoff, they did the Windows media webcast and toward the end it lagged, bad. We weren't able to get the last 5 minutes at all (where they gave the password to the manual). If anyone organizing that event is reading this, please get NASA TV on satellite or cable for that event.

Maybe I'm reading what you're saying wrong or something, because this appears way too obvious to me...but NASA TV is already on cable (probably need digital cable, though) and satellite.

[RoboMadi]

Well, four members of out team are going down to VCU Richmond to get the parts. but rest of out team will be in school watching the kickoff. Our school don't provide us with the NASA channel, so we are tryin to get the webcast. I really don't know how reliable it is, but i guess it worth a try

Thanks for the info.

[Andrew Schuetze]

Happy Holidays to all,

Anybody out there have any experience with capturing streaming video on a Mac running OS X Tiger? I found this bit of software but would like to here from others before adding $70 to my amex bill.

Snapz Pro X 2.0.2
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

[Tazlikesrobots]

According to the NASA TV schedule of events, the kickoff will be broadcasted.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasat..._Breaking.html

[dhitchco]

To Andrew S:

1) I believe that NASA always makes a downloadable version of the kickoff available after the event

2) To capture a stream on a PC, use TechSmith Camtasia or use a graphic board that has analog outputs to a VCR, DVR, etc

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schuetze

Happy Holidays to all,

Anybody out there have any experience with capturing streaming video on a Mac running OS X Tiger? I found this bit of software but would like to here from others before adding $70 to my amex bill.

Snapz Pro X 2.0.2
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

That's really the only thing I've found. You can use it for 30 days for free if that helps any.

[SoftwareBug2.0]

Originally Posted by Cory

Maybe I'm reading what you're saying wrong or something, because this appears way too obvious to me...but NASA TV is already on cable (probably need digital cable, though) and satellite.

He is saying that you need to get NASA TV from cable or satellite rather than from the internet because the quality will be better.

[Alex Burman]

our team was able to get a minor sponsorship in the local cable company in the fact that they are waving the installation fees for us when they install the cable in our temporary warehouse. we are just getting the NASA channel from now through kick off end of build season.