Good news re: freeseer

[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 07:24:49PM -0500, Andrew Ross wrote:
>    Hi Everyone,
> 
>    Thanh shared some good news with me that I'd like to pass on. He's got a
>    working prototype based on gstreamer. Great work Thanh!
> 
>    There's some tuning work to get the quality to disk space ratio to a
>    comfortable default. At maximum quality, a 10 minute talk takes 250 MB
>    which is a big high for our tastes. Similarly, on the lower settings the
>    quality is not so good. We'll sort out a pragmatic balance as part of
>    testing.
> 
>    There will also be a bit of code/architecture prettying up now that we
>    know how to get it to work. We expect roughly a week the new version will
>    be checked into github. If you'd like an advance copy, just email me or
>    Thanh and we'll send the prototype over.
> 
>    As you may know, the current software focussed mainly on recording and
>    playback later. We see potential to add live streaming in based on
>    gstreamer. I'd love to see live streaming into [1]blip.tv for example.
>    We'll explore that once this version is stable and ready to go.

What resolution, framerate, and quality are you currently using?  If
you're using Theora, I have someone I can ask about quality tradeoffs
if needed.

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