[linux-audio-dev] FSMSI 2004 - First european seminar on "Free Software for Multimedia Streaming over Internet"

[ Sorry for cross-posting - feel free to forward around ] ====================================================================== FSMSI 2004 First european seminar on Free software for multimedia streaming over internet 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. TOPICS OF INTEREST * Standards and open protocols for multimedia streaming * Free implementations of open protocols * Free players for multimedia contents * Free servers for multimedia streaming * Server architectures for multimedia streaming * Open multimedia formats * Free codec implementations * Real time multimedia streaming * Interactive multimedia applications INVITED SPEAKERS Carlo Calabrò (Videolan) François Déchelle (Ircam) Dominique Fober (Grame) Andrea Glorioso (MIU-FT) Eric Gressier (Cnam) Olivier Lescurieux (Ircam) Hans-Nikolas Locher (Cnam) Juan Carlos De Martin (IEIIT-CNR/Politecnico di Torino) Yann Orlarey (Grame) Patrice Tisserand (Ircam) SEMINAR PROGRAM Thursday, june 23: * presentations by the invited speakers * round table discussions for future projects and collaborations Friday, june 24: * presentations by the invited speakers * round table discussions for future projects and collaborations * "Bring your own laptop" hacking sessions 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