[ Sorry for cross-posting - feel free to forward around ] ====================================================================== FSMSI 2004 European seminar on Free Software for Multimedia Streaming over the Internet 1st edition June 23/24, 2004 IRCAM, Paris, France http://freesoftware.ircam.fr/fsmsi2004 ====================================================================== SCOPE OF THE SEMINAR The exponential growth of network speed makes it possible to exchange high quality audio and video contents over the Internet, often with real time capabilities. However, multimedia streaming still presents several issues with regards to Free Software and open standards: patents on software and data formats, free codecs availability, standards definitions, etc, etc. The goal of this seminar is to provide an overview of existing Free Software for multimedia streaming over Internet, to envisage future developments and collaborations in this area and to examine the possible ways to fund these developments. SEMINAR PROGRAM Wednesday, June 23: IRCAM, Salle Stravinsky: 9:45-10:00 : François Déchelle (IRCAM) - Introduction 10:00-10:20 : Andrea Glorioso (MIU-FT) - Innovating the Media: why Streaming is important for Free Software (and viceversa) 10:30-11:00 : Olivier Lescurieux (IRCAM) - Interactive multimedia projects at Ircam 11:00-12:00 : Carlo Calabrò (VideoLAN) - The VideoLAN project 12:00-14:00 : Lunch break IRCAM, Salle Olivier Messiaen: 14:00-14:45 : Eric Gressier (CNAM/Cedric) - The distributed concert 15:00-16:00 : Dominique Fober (GRAME) - Clock skew in real-time networking; Wireless performances in regard of music applications 16:00-.... - open Q&A, discussion & hacking session Thursday, June 24: IRCAM, Salle Stravinsky: 10:00-11:00 : Yann Orlarey (GRAME) - Distant Music Rehearsal 11:00-12:00 : Stuart Cunningham, Michael Sparks, Anuradha Suraparaju (BBC R&D) - BBC Research and Development multimedia projects 12:00-13:00 : Juan Carlos De Martin (IEIIT-CNR/Politecnico di Torino) - The Open Media Streaming project 13:00-14:00 : Lunch break IRCAM, Salle Stravinsky: 14:00 - .... : open Q&A, discussion & hacking session ORGANIZATION COMITTEE Francois Déchelle, IRCAM (dechelle(a)ircam.fr) Andrea Glorioso, Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia (sama(a)miu-ft.org) SEMINAR STREAMING The presentations will be streamed in OGG/VORBIS format. CONTACTS Web site: http://freesoftware.ircam.fr/fsmsi2004/ Mailing list: freestreaming-paris2004(a)lists.miu-ft.org http://lists.miu-ft.org/mailman/listinfo/freestreaming-paris2004