Live SRL Crime Wave Show

November 1995

The internet live video and audio broadcast during the actual show will be sent out on a high speed ISDN line so viewers will be able receive video and audio at up to ISDN speeds.

Real Audio feed will also be provided via Macworld. The live feed can be heard here.

There will be several short notice CU-SeeMe broadcasts from SRL within the next week. These will take place before the show and are intended to test various pieces of equipment. Viewers will be able to watch some of the machines being setup and tested. Check here for reflector site info, date, and time.

Check here for the latest information.

Crime Wave Show Live Feed
Date: 26 November 1995
Time: 9:00 PM

Note: If you view the show remotely, we'd like to hear back from you. Send mail during and/or after the show to Eric Paulos (paulos@cs.berkeley.edu). Below is a discussion of how you can receive the broadcast depending upon your setup.

SRL Setup and Machine Test Live Feed
Date: 26 November 1995
Time: 1:00 PM PST
Broadcasting: Yes

Tape replay for the next hour. Then live feed. We will be sending live feed from now until the end of the show. If there is no feed we may have lost our connection but will come back shortly. We are working under adverse conditions so please expect some delays. If there is no signal please stand by as we are attempting to reconnect. We will only be on the main reflector at first with no audio. See you there.

SRL has arrived on site and there will be live feed from the site on Sunday during final setup.

SRL Setup and Machine Test Live Feed
Date: 24 November 1995
Time: 10:45 PM on main reflector only (see * below) No Audio

A Calculated Forecast of Ultimate Doom:
Sickening Episodes of Widespread Devastation Accompanied by Sensations of Pleasurable Excitement

A replay of the last SRL show in May 1994 in San Francisco

30 minutes by Leslie Asako Gladsjo

Date: 24 November 1995
Time: 14:00 PST (CU-SeeMe format)
Time: 14:30 PST (Color nv for nv MBONE viewers)

CU-SeeMe

CU-SeeMe is desktop videoconferencing software for Macintosh and Windows computers. Developed at Cornell University, and pronounced "see you, see me," CU-SeeMe provides an ability to communicate via moving pictures (video), sound, and text. Each CU-SeeMe user can decide to be a sender, a receiver, or both. It displays 4-bit grayscale windows at either 320x240 or half that diameter, 160x120. CU-SeeMe provides a one-one connection or, by use of a "reflector," a one-many, several-to-several, or several-to-many conferencing scheme.

For the SRL show we have configured several reflectors (mirrors of one another) to transmitter the video signal from the show. We will be sending the signal into this group of reflectors which which remote viewers can connect to with CU-SeeMe and receive the show video and audio signal.

Before the show make sure that you check to make sure that you have the latest version of CU-SeeMe and that your internet connection is configured properly. Relevant information on these issues is located here.

You may also need MacBinaryII+.

Connect to one of the following IP addresses where a reflector is located to begin receiving the video and audio of the show. There is also a listing in the CU-SeeMe Event Guide.

If you are interested in configuring your reflector to mirror the SRL signal, configure the OBTAIN-GENERAL-BCC field to be the IP address listed below that is marked (*) on channel 0. Also, please let me know so that I can add it to the list below.

128.32.36.85 (*)
128.32.35.72
128.32.34.98
128.32.37.75
134.154.10.134 (**)

* Main Reflector
** Courtesy of Bill Thibault

MBONE

MBONE stands for the Multicast Backbone on the Internet and was developed primarily by Steve Deering at Xerox PARC. Essentially the MBONE allows for broadcasting to multiple sites on the Internet providing a mechanism for real-time communications over wide areas, such as the world. This is possible because of the use of IP networks implementing a lightweight, highly threaded model of communication. The MBONE topology of routers is designed in such a manner that it facilitates "efficient" distribution of packets without congesting any node inappropriately. In essence it allows for intelligently routed broadcasting of real-time communications data.

Before your can received a multicast signal you must:

(1) be on a machine who's architecture supports multicasting (check here) and have that kernel patch installed. Multicasting is not implemented on all machine architectures yet.

(2) be connected to a portion of the internet that is capable to sending and receiving multicast packets (partial list here). Several internet service providers now support multicast routing but most do not yet. Ask your ISP if you are unsure.

(3) download the necessary software to receive the video and audio signals. (check here).

The video steam will be in CU-SeeMe format. Since only nv allows for decoding of a CU-SeeMe video steam, you must use nv (not vic). The audio steam will be receivable from vat. Therefore you must have nv for the video signal and vat for the audio signal. To receive the signal use the following commands:

% nv 224.2.140.1 6001
% vat 224.2.140.2/6002

Video: 224.2.140.1 Port: 6001
Audio: 224.2.140.2 Port: 6002 ID: 0

You can also check the session director (sd) for directly launching these applications.

Information is also listed on the MBONE Broadcast Schedule

This page by Eric Paulos.


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