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Re: Video Streaming/hosting services and Digital Media project

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Webster)
Mon Dec 17 17:25:51 2012

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We use Mediasite for all of our online/distance ed engineering courses'
lecture delivery and it seems to work pretty well. I've only been on the
user-facing side of it, but the experience has been great.

-Chris

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Andy Voelker <avoelker@email.wcu.edu>wrote=
:

> I=92ve been pulled in to a rather vague project involving digital media
> service for the University.  Essentially, people have voiced that we need=
 a
> better system(s) for handling digital media.  I think the current sore sp=
ot
> is in streaming video, hosting it, delivering it, granting permissions,
> sharing, etc.  We are currently using some aging X servers and an apple
> SAN.  The charge also mentioned that any kind of digital media handling
> should be looked at too so that includes documents, wikis, blogs.. all th=
e
> stuff that those apple servers do now that are getting old and unreliable=
.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> I=92ve been asked to look at Google Education, Digital Commons, and Media=
Soft
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> I am also looking at MediaSite and Wowza.****
>
> ** **
>
> If anyone has any experience with any of these products/services, please
> let me know.  Any other thoughts and opinions are appreciated as well.***=
*
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> -- Andy Voelker****
>
> Manager of Student Computing in the Technology Commons****
>
> WCU Staff Senator, UNC Staff Assembly****
>
> Western Carolina University****
>
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<div class=3D"gmail_extra">We use Mediasite for all of our online/distance =
ed engineering courses&#39; lecture delivery and it seems to work pretty we=
ll. I&#39;ve only been on the user-facing side of it, but the experience ha=
s been great.=A0</div>

<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">-Chris<br><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Andy Voelker=
 <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:avoelker@email.wcu.edu" target=3D"=
_blank">avoelker@email.wcu.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;p=
adding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div><p=
 class=3D"">

I=92ve been pulled in to a rather vague project involving digital media ser=
vice for the University.=A0 Essentially, people have voiced that we need a =
better system(s) for handling digital media.=A0 I think the current sore sp=
ot is in streaming video, hosting it, delivering it, granting permissions, =
sharing, etc.=A0 We are currently using some aging X servers and an apple S=
AN.=A0 The charge also mentioned that any kind of digital media handling sh=
ould be looked at too so that includes documents, wikis, blogs.. all the st=
uff that those apple servers do now that are getting old and unreliable. <u=
></u><u></u></p>

<p class=3D""><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"">I=92ve been asked to look =
at Google Education, Digital Commons, and MediaSoft<u></u><u></u></p><p cla=
ss=3D""><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"">I am also looking at MediaSite a=
nd Wowza.<u></u><u></u></p>

<p class=3D""><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"">If anyone has any experien=
ce with any of these products/services, please let me know.=A0 Any other th=
oughts and opinions are appreciated as well.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D""=
><u></u>=A0<u></u></p>

<p class=3D""><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"">-- Andy Voelker<u></u><u><=
/u></p><p class=3D"">Manager of Student Computing in the Technology Commons=
<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"">WCU Staff Senator, UNC Staff Assembly<u></u=
><u></u></p>

<p class=3D"">Western Carolina University<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D""><u=
></u>=A0<u></u></p></div></div>____________________________________________=
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</p></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Chris We=
bster<br>Senior Technician<br>OIT Walk-in Center<br>North Carolina State Un=
iversity<br><br>Ph: 919.513.2676<br>Fax: 919.513.2945<br>Email: <a href=3D"=
mailto:chris.webster@ncsu.edu" target=3D"_blank">chris.webster@ncsu.edu</a>=
<br>

Web: <a href=3D"http://go.ncsu.edu/wic/" target=3D"_blank">http://go.ncsu.e=
du/wic/</a><br>
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