DebConf10/Videoteam/Hardware

This page gathers information on the hardware we need for producing DebConf10 Videos. "From" and "To" in the tables below indicate the dates we'll have the specified gear onsite at Columbia University.

Cameras

4 needed. Must output NTSC video format via firewire.

Make	Model	Owner	Delivered by	Current location	From	To	cheatsheet
Panasonic	PV-GS300	edrz	edrz	VA .us	24/07	08/08	Videoteam/CheatSheets/Cameras/PV-GS300
Panasonic	PV-GS320	edrz	edrz	VA .us	24/07	08/08	Videoteam/CheatSheets/Cameras/PV-GS320
Panasonic	AG-DVX100B	xfxf	edrz	.au	??	??	Videoteam/CheatSheets/Cameras/AG-DVX100B
Canon	ZR-800	tassia	tassia	.br	25/07	05/08	Videoteam/CheatSheets/Cameras/ZR-800

Tripods

4 needed. Must be able to pan and tilt smoothly with camera attached. NB: edrz's are only barely "adequate". Better models would be nicer.

Make	Model	Owner	Delivered by	Current Location	From	To
Velbon	Stratos 460Q	bwh	??	.uk	??	??
Velbon	something cheap	bwh	??	.uk	??	??
Dolica	WT3770	edrz	edrz	VA .us	24/07	08/08
Sunpak	6400 UT	edrz	edrz	VA .us	24/07	08/08

VGA grabbers

We use Canopus/Grass Valley TwinPact 100 video converters to capture RGB output from presenters' laptops' VGA output and convert it to DV for use with dvswitch.

Serial Number	Owner	Delivered by	Current Location	From	To
111073	DebConf	edrz	VA .us	24/07	08/08
??	DebConf	simonft	coffee room	15/07	08/08
??	DebConf	Mr.Biege	in transit .de -> .us	24/07	08/08

Audio gear

TODO: table-ify these

NB: Gear shipment from devil has not left .de as of 2010-07-01.

Mixers

• big behringer, on site, in Interschool Lab
• little behringer, at JFK awaiting customs clearance
• edrz's yamaha, on site, in Interschool Lab

Microphones

NB: receivers required new USA wallworts (edrz has ordered and received them)

• 4 x wireless headsets
• 4 x wireless handhelds
• 2 pairs of condensers

Cables

• some are coming in the shipment from devil
• edrz also has some

TODO: figure out rough estimates of run lengths/types based on room dimensions (already collected, not yet published)

DI boxes, etc

• 2 x laptop out -> xlr transformer/isolator
• 1 x balanced mixer out -> interschool unbalanced a/v rack inputs (speakers mounted on wall _should_ be adequate for PA)

PA

• CRF has "stadium" speakers and powered mixer w/XLR line in (switchable between mic/line level). They use these whenever Davis is used for CS dept events, which includes us.

Computers

PyCon

• 5 laptops
  • 2 core2duo for running dvswitch. bwh notes they need the proprietary nvidia drivers. CarlFK notes they work with nouveau.
  • 3 pentium M for dvsource-firewire use.

 Qty, description 
 Ship: 
 2, Laptop: Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600  @ 2.40GHz - one on board firewire-4, 1 EC slot, 1 e-sata, 320g hd, gig-e, nVidia G96M [Quadro FX 770M]
 3, EC firewiare-6 card
 3, Laptop: Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz, 0 on board firewire, 1 cardbus slot, 80g, gig-e, ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300]
 4, PC card firewire-6

http://fedex.com/Tracking?&tracknumbers=784284215000276 They've arrived @ edrz who will install and test in week prior to debcamp. They'll be on site on the 24th.

edrz

• athlon II quad core, 8GB RAM, 5x640G sata, in Coffee Room (will be a ned, rod or tod)
• "shadow" laptop, in interschool

bgupta

• barney: quad-core xeon, 8gb ram
  • 2x750G edrz's disks for / & "extra space" on /${foo} raid1
  • 3x1TB DebConf + 1x1TB edrz for 2.8TB raid5 mounted on /srv for video dvsink-files storage
  • also encodes
• ned: quad-core xeon
  • 1x250G PATA drive in "failed" raid1 waiting for 2nd disk from somewhere yet to be determined.
  • encoder

bgupta machine details:

Chemistry Dept. (cal)

• dual-core xeon
  • 2x750G edrz disks raid1 9G / 670G /srv
  • icecast master
  • ezstream "replay" source from playlist of stuff stored on /srv
  • stream dumps(? how was this handled in the past?)

Storage

• 3 1TB drives from past years have arrived from weasel -> edrz
• edrz has 5x750GB drives of his own available
• edrz has 1 1TB drive of his own available
• various PATA drives also available (250G is in ned)

additional notes

Owned by Brian Gupta

• Small
  • • two ethernet, eth0 is on top
  • 8GB ram (4gb detected )
  • 6 SATA on motherboard
  • 2 internal 3.5 bays, 2 external 2.5 bays, three internal 5.25 bays. There is a _lot_ of extra space in the case.
  • Three SATA power, one free molex power. (one more molex power going to optical drive)
• Large
  • One onboard ethernet, one ethernet on expansion card (only onboard detected)
  • six onboard SATA
  • At least seven internal 3.5 bays, four 5.25 bays
  • five free molex power adapters
  • eight free SATA power adapters
  • video cards are kind of ????
  • The VGA video card doesn't work, you should open the case and unplug the VGA one before booting.
  • You should open the case and ensure that no cables will intersect with fans before booting.