[Imc-india] Fwd: [prep-l] stream from india world social forum jan 04

[evan]

Hey does anybody know about this project?

-evan

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> From: ionnek <ionnek at gmx.net>
> Date: Mon Dec 22, 2003  13:06:12 US/Eastern
> To: prep-l at geneva03.org
> Subject: [prep-l] stream from india world social forum jan 04
>
> Hi preplisters,
>
> Programmers, technicians and artists from apo33 and interpreters from 
> babels network are planning to set up a stream from the Mumbay World 
> Social Forum in India from  January16th to 21st.
>
> If anyone on this list is up for supporting this project (mirroring, 
> publicising...), ask laurent.vannini at fse-esf.org for details.
>
> best
> ionnek
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> > From: Laurent Vannini - fse 2003 <laurent.vannini at fse-esf.org>
> > Cc: adnane at ras.eu.org
> > Subject: Fwd: [ca] Forum Social Mondial de Mumbai
> > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:32:58 +0100
> >
> > Hello to all,
> >
> > For the World social forum held in Mumbaï in january 2004, a new
> > interpretation tool is being developed by programmers, technicians 
> and
> > artists from apo33 and interpreters from babels network. This tool
> > will be used for the first time in the 5 main WSF conference rooms 
> (24
> > 000 persons) and aims at replacing in the future the existing
> > translation equipment currently rent during continental or world
> > social forum. The cost of this tool (and of the whole system called
> > NOMAD) is at least 75 % inferior to what is normally spent on basic
> > equipment, and tends to give a greater autonomy of the movement.
> >
> > This tool will also for the first time enable the debates and
> > translations to be archived and streamed so anybody can virtually
> > attend the meetings or listen to them afterwards.
> >
> > Regarding streaming, the idea is to have in India a main server
> > feeding several mirrors to which surfers can connect so to follow the
> > debates. The more mirrors we have, the wider the debates can be 
> spred.
> > Technical implementation would mean to relay 1 to 2 Mb of streaming
> > flow from the 16th to the 21st, 10 to 12 hours each day.
> >
> > If you are still interested in the process, please let us know so we
> > can send you more information from India (the real moment of truth as
> > we don't know yet what can locally be used).
> >
> > Don't hesitate to spread the information to whoever might wish to
> > install a mirror !!
> >
> > For any question or further information, you can send us a mail at :
> > stream_trad at fse-esf.org , wsfsm at babels.org and info at 
> apo33.org (please
> > copy the 3)
> >
> > In solidarity
> >
> > Amitiés
> >
> > Laurent Vannini
> >
> > > Bonjour à Tout-e-s;
> > >
> > > A l'occasion du Forum Social Mondial de Mumbai, une plateforme
> > > commune déveoppée par le soin de développeurs et d'interprètes
> > > volontaires de Babel, sera mise en place et permettra de gérer les
> > > inteprétations vers différentes langues dans les  salles de débat,
> > > les archiver et les envoyer en streaming. Ceci permettra d'une part
> > > de réduire les coûts du matériel de traduction pour ce genre
> > > d'événements, mais aussi de restituer les débats (l'archivage +
> > > indéxation) et de permettre qu'ils soient suivies immédiatement par
> > > les internautes (streaming audio). Pour la fonction de streaming,
> > > l'idée est que depuis l'inde, un serveur de streaming alimente un
> > > certain nombre de mirroirs qui eux relayront vers le public.
> > > Nous avons pensé que le R at S peut s'associer à cet effort en 
> tant que
> > > mirroir.
> > > Si il y a accord sur ça, et du point de vue technique il faudra
> > > relayer de 1 à 2 Méga de flux en streaming du 16 au 21, 10 à 12h 
> par
> > > jour.
> > > Donc, toujours dans l'hypothèse où le R at S s'engage sur ça, 
> quelles
> > > seraient les contraintes techniques et éventuellement financières
> > > pour le faire ?
> > >
> > > Dans l'attente de vos réactions,
> > > Amitiés Solidaires.
> > > Adnane.
>
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