[UCIMC-Tech] does Makerspace have a spare PC (even if stripped-of-RAM+disk) for WRFU streaming?

[Chris Ritzo]

Stuart, there are some older rack mounted servers available in the racks
at the IMC if you would like to use one for this. If so, let me know and
I'll get you remote access to one for this purpose.

-Chris

On 12/14/2015 01:37 PM, Jay Schubert wrote:
> I'm pretty sure there are still 10-15 donated machines in the janitor's
> closet opposite BTP which the board decided should be for IMC projects
> as first priority.  They're core 2 duos and there are also stacks of
> hdd's and most of the machines have ram.  I think the ones with red dots
> all post. There are also lcd monitors down there.
> 
> - Jay
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com
> <mailto:stuartnlevy at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hey all,
> 
>     I'm not sure how best to ask something of the Makerspace in general -
>     hope you don't mind it going to you.
> 
>     Question: does Makerspace, or the IMC in general, have a spare PC in
>     good condition - *even a stripped one,* lacking disk or RAM - which
>     could become WRFU's dedicated internet streaming server?    If so, could
>     I have it?    I'd like to populate it with any needed hardware and set
>     it up somewhere.
> 
>     Details:
> 
>     WRFU still aims to start internet streaming, hopefully close to the turn
>     of the year.   Don McClure and I were talking about this last night.
> 
>     Chris Ritzo had set up a demonstration server using AirTime
>     software+service, during the October anniversary gathering.   It worked
>     well, but depended on using AirTime's cloud servers -- which meant we
>     got support (good) but have limited & expensive storage for archiving
>     programming (not so good).   The service also costs about $500/year for
>     a reasonable number of streams (not great either).
> 
>     It's supposedly also possible to install the same AirTime software onto
>     a *local* computer, let it be the streaming source, and archive programs
>     onto its filesystems.   Then we could archive lots of programs, and
>     wouldn't need to pay AirTime's cloud charges, at the cost of having to
>     maintain and back up the machine ourselves.    I think that's the best
>     way to go.
> 
>     Am hoping there's a donated shell-of-a-PC which could serve.   AirTime
>     is supported under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, so I'd probably install that.   I
>     would go and buy any needed hardware to make it functional.
> 
>     We'd need to find a good place for it where it'd (a) have a good
>     internet connection, (b) be reasonably accessible but (c) be fairly
>     protected from temperature extremes, being tripped over, etc.
> 
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