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=Welcome to FiberCorps Streaming=

Project Overview
The purpose of this project is to generate a solution that will allow users to broadcast directly to local television networks within their community. The project is sponsored by [|FiberCorps], a local non-profit fiber technology innovation incubator located in Lafayette, LA, USA. My name is Eric Credeur and I am the Project Manager for this and a couple other projects at FiberCorps. You can visit [|my site] for more information about me. I will document the progress of the project via [|my blog] and [|daily videos]. We encourage a community effort, as is the way of Lafayette, so please feel free to leave feedback and advice.

Current Phase
We are currently in Phase 1. We will use this time to generate a test feed from a local performance area, the Acadiana Center for the Arts, where there will be a Christmas Special. We will capture the video then encode it and send it via fiber to our local Open Channel where it will broadcast via their channel on the local television network. In order to get this working we have to create an encoding device capable of taking in an SDI signal and sending out an MPEG2 transport stream so it can be received by the Telvue switching unit at the station. In addition, we will also have to coordinate all of the necessary equipment acquisitions and paperwork with the producing parties.

Wanna Help
To help on the project, get up to date by watching past videos and reading my blog. It's also a good idea to review the daily Missions and Ambitions to see where we are on the project. Once you feel you are up-to-date and ready to help, simply [|contact me] (Eric Credeur) and we'll put you to work.