- Visonair
Visonair is an Internet TV network created by Crave Create. Its aim was to become the first Open Access or Public Access Internet TV based network offering live or pre-recorded streaming at cheap prices. Development for all of the software and systems used within Visonair started in 2005 after a long design process. The streams went live in December 2005 for testing.
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"Visonair" provides streams in more than one format as follows:
* Distributed using
SHOUTcast in NSV (video is inVP6 , the audio is AAC).
* Distributed usingIcecast inOgg (video is inTheora , the audio isVorbis ) thanks to Xiph.org.The audio is currently recorded and encoded at 22 kHz, the video is 320x240
pixels at 15 frames/second.Broadcasting
Anyone can register and use the Visonair software. Once registered you can bid on time slots within the schedule which are auctioned off. Once won, you can choose to upload your programme, or broadcast it live. Currently the providers are allowing anyone to broadcast for free.
Live broadcasting
One of the most impressive features is being able to broadcast live. To do this, the software provides a package that allows you to control and display many different inputs (like
webcam s,video capture card s,microphone s, flash movies,AVI ,MPEG videos etc). Programmes are streamed live to a special server, which then re-broadcasts the stream seamlessly. Because of the speed of some Internet connections (Broadband &ADSL in some countries has a very slow uploading speed) the video quality for Live events is lower but still very good.Compatible players
*
Winamp
*VideoLAN
*MPlayer
*Helix Player
*Kaffeine Visonair.tv Player
Visonair.tv Player plays internet streams or local files in
Ogg /Vorbis /Theora format.The player also integrates with the Visonair website and system, although it can also be used as a stand-alone media player.
The Vorbis and Theora codecs are built in meaning no extra files need to be installed.
External links
* [http://www.visonair.tv/ Visonair.tv] Internet TV Starring Everyone
* [http://www.visonair.tv/player.php Visonair.tv Player]
* [http://dir.visonair.tv/ Visonair.tv Stream Directory] Internet Radio/TV Stream Directory
* [http://www.cravecreate.co.uk/ Crave Create] The creators of Visonair
* [http://www.shoutcast.com/ SHOUTcast.com] SHOUTcast streaming server
* [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org] Xiph. Org Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
