Internet2 Performance
Production Workshop
28 March 2003
Registration
Location: New World Symphony
541 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Fee: There is a registration fee of $125.00
for this workshop.
Topics: The following topics will be covered:
Agenda
| 8:00-9:00 a.m. |
Registration. |
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| 8:30-9:00 a.m. |
Welcome, Overview, Continental Breakfast.
Tom Snook, NWS Director, Technology
& Information Systems
Ann Doyle, Internet2 Program Manager for Arts & Humanities
Initiatives
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| 9:00-9:30 a.m. |
Pre and post Production for large
and single events: Financial models media/press,
scripting, staging, staffing and production team structure,
determining technical center location(s) and requirements,
electrical power distribution, tech checks, dress rehearsal,
contingency/back up planning. Ann Doyle |
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| 9:30-10:00 a.m. |
Network Connectivity: Routers
and configuration, troubleshooting tools, and support
structures. Bob Riddle, Internet2 Applications
Technologist, presenting remotely from Ann Arbor.
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| 10:00-10:45 a.m. |
Codecs & Netcasting:
StarValley & VBrick MPEG-2 demonstrations. StarValley
& VBrick interfaces and incoming/outgoing video.
Chris Wallingford, NWS Technology & Information
Systems Manager
Chris Goosman, Internet2 Applications Technician
Elaine Lauerman, Internet2 Program Manager for Applications
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| 10:45-11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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| 11:00-noon |
Audio: Live testing
and online configuration, speaker and mic placement,
and loopback audio issues. Incoming and outgoing audio,
switching and mixing. Balanced and unbalanced audio,
audio connectors.
Chris Goosman, Chris Wallingford, and Anne Matthews,
NWS Sound Engineer.
Brian Shepard, Oklahoma University, presenting remotely
from Oklahoma
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| noon-12:15 p.m. |
House and stage management during
production: Communication systems (in-house and
with remote sites), front of house and back of house,
producer and production team management Adam Zeichner,
NWS Director of Operations and Personnel
and Ann Doyle
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| 12:15-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (provided) |
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| 1:00-2:45 p.m. |
Video: Video connectors
and video signal formats; video format demo (4:3/16:9,
Mini-DV/SD/HD); switching and mixing; lighting.
Clyde Scott, NWS Video Production Manager
Video format demo (4:3/16:9, Mini-DV/SD/HD); lighting.
Jonathan Tyman, Internet2 Manager for Digital Video
Initiatives
Chris Goosman and Chris Wallingford
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| 2:45-3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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| 3:00-3:30 p.m. |
Master class demonstration and discussion
Oklahoma University and University of New Mexico |
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| 3:30-4:15 p.m. |
10.2 Digital Surround Sound demonstration.
Chris Kyriakakis, Director of IMSC Immersive
Audio Laboratory,
University of Southern California
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| 4:15-5:00 p.m.
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Q&A and Closing |
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Netcast Info
Streams for Viewing:
- Multicast (preferred, but works only
if your networks supports multicast):
- Multicast with automatic unicast failover
(works anywhere with sufficient bandwidth):
- Unicast (works anywhere with 512Kbps
bandwidth):
Viewer Downloads:
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