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THE "LIVE CHANNEL"
WEBCASTING SOFTWARE BY CHANNEL STORM
In January 2001, we started experimenting with a new webcasting software program donated to us by CHANNEL STORM . The students of the racerocks .com activity have been very impressed with the added capability it provides for our mobile webcasts. The company has generously provided us with the necessary software and excellent help in making the transition to this software.
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See our Webcast Calendar for the upcoming scheduled webcasts using Live Channel
A screen shot of our G3 while webcasting recently with Live Channel. Note the great capacity for mixing various media feeds simultaneously from two separate live feed cameras, one using Firewire, the other using a USB "Interview" connection.
We are now webcasting live from camera 1, camera 2 at the live specimen tank and camera 4 for special events using the software "LiveChannel pro" provided to racerocks.com by Channel Storm
mobile webcast
webcast at pools
Monica and Kiprop webcast deck
We use Live Channel as the webcasting software for our webcasts using the wireless Airport at Race Rocks . Some of the Biology and Environmental Systems students try it out from the tidepool area on the West shore.
Some of the racerocks.com Activity students webcasting with Live Channel at Race Rocks
Kiprop from Kenya and Monica from California using Live Channel webcasting at Race Rocks
We have included the following "testimonial" provided by our Administrator and Director of Special Projects Angus Matthews who recently had the chance to test drive Live Channel from Race Rocks. He was so excited about it that he e-mailed one of the founders of the company:

LIVE CHANNEL:
"How about a comment about Live Channel from a complete technoVirgin??
I was the guest eco-guardian at Race Rocks Marine Protected Area in the middle of the Strait of Juan de Fuca last week. I went to the Rock with the Apple Titanium G4 that Apple Canada kindly donated to the racerocks.com project and armed with our test copy of Live Channel. Garry had previously spent 15 minutes with me over the phone introducing me to Live Channel.
On the Rock I simply opened up the computer, picked up the airPort wireless network, opened Live Channel, plugged in the camera and I was live on the web from Race Rocks. With a little practice I discovered I could single-handedly produce the daily "news" from Race Rocks complete with show intro, graphics, archived video clips and of course the live camera with full audio. I have heard Live Channel referred to as a television studio. It's better than that. Live Channel turned my lap top into a complete television station! In fact, with Apple and our friends at Akamai what Live Channel has created is a whole television network! Look out CNN. Even someone like me, with very little technical experience, could run regular webcasts alone from the Rock, as I served as producer, director, editor, switcher, camera/sound person and, of course, show host while webcasting live to the world!. What you and your team have accomplished is truly remarkable and we are fortunate to have the opportunity to showcase Live Channel on racerocks.com Keep up the great work! Thank you for your support."

Link to webcast
Go to this file for pictures taken when we did our first webcast using Live Channel
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