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Students Broadcasting in 4K, and other Adventures Emma Smith Video Projects Coordinator TNC 2014 2 main themes with student involvement: – Streaming • NaSTA • RSC/Ravensbourne College – Ultra High Definition • Leeds University 2 main themes with student involvement: – Streaming • NaSTA • RSC/Ravensbourne College – Ultra High Definition • Leeds University Streaming – background • Royal Shakespeare Company (part of the celebrations for the London 2012 Olympics) • Collaborative project • Approached by NaSTA - infrastructure for live streaming Current Janet Streaming Platform • 1 origin and 3 edge servers (Wowza based) • Run on Janet’s behalf by Streaming Wizard • Capacity for 3000 HD viewers and 5000 SD total when streaming at 1Mb/s – Or in the case of an audio only stream at a 128kb/s, a potential of at least 15,000 listeners • Freely available to every NaSTA affiliated station • Used by RSC with university student involvement • Future…. …working on a Live Event Streaming Service Some examples • NaSTAvision – Over 500 viewers • NUTS/TrentTV Varsity Ice Hockey – Collaboration between stations reaching over 1500 viewers • 2013 – Over 14,000 visits to the servers • More that 3Tb of bandwidth used by all stations combined RSC Events • 2012 - 2nd July – I, Cinna • 2013 - 15th November - Richard II • 2014 - 6th and 30th June - Henry IV part 1 and 2 Benefits • Benefits to NaSTA – Access to ad-free streaming servers – Centralised support • Benefits to Ravensbourne – International broadcast capability – Student “real world” experience – Working with prestigious client 2 main themes with student involvement: – Streaming • NaSTA • RSC/Ravensbourne College – Ultra High Definition – Leeds University UHD Home TV’s 4K/Quad TV (3840×2160) Ultra High Definition Showcase project Continued support for research and education 4k equipment available Supporting investigation into 4k broadcast streams • Investigating software and hardware available • • • • Super Hi-Vision & the Olympics UHD Special Interest Group • Representatives from universities and BBC R&D • Aims of the group: • To help shape the development of UHD technology on the Janet network • Identify an application(s) for the use of ultra high definition within the Janet community • Help define the route of a future trial • Discuss and identify what is required to provide and eventually improve the technology • Identify potential technical, technological, process and usability issues with the technology Networkshop 42 • Annual event • Held at a Leeds University • Past few years have included demonstrations • 2013 – LOLA demo • 2014 – UHD demo Student Contribution • • • • • 5 – 10 minute light hearted film Demonstrating UHD technology Collaborative project Giving students opportunity to use technology Piece for student showreel Janet Equipment • Dell T5610 CTO and Nvidia Quadro k5000 • Asus PQ321QE 31.5” 4k monitor • Sony FDR-AX1 camera – 4 x 32Gb XQD cards • Media Composer 7 & Da Vinci Resolve • Weekend shoot at Janet – 6 Person film crew – 2 Make up artists – 2 actors • Remainder filmed in Leeds – Music and sound effects created by music students • Supervised by lecturer Film Any Questions? Emma Smith Video Projects Coordinator t: +44 (0) 1235 822343 fe: [email protected]