Hi Roland<div>Have you considered using blackboard collaborate (ex- elluminate). It has a stronger video streaming option than skype, can be booked free though DEECD if you are a government school, it will also allow parents to ask txt questions via a backchannel through the chat option, should parents have individual access to a laptop or computer etc.</div>
<div>Anne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Roland Gesthuizen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
We have an interesting AV technical problem and I was hoping that somebody would be able to recommend a solution or way forward.<br><br>Because of the small size of our new building, we have to run a parent information night in three locations. There is an advantage to this as we can divide up our translation services. The thought was to broadcast a video and voice feed from the main room to projection systems in the other locations. It has been stressed that the quality must be good and the signal stable. I did think to try skype but it was crossed off the list.<br>
<br>It has already been suggested that we use VLC on a laptop recording a AV signal form a good USB camera (video camera??) to stream to VLC players on laptops in the other locations for display on a digital projector.<br>
<br>Has anybody else done this before and what have they done?<br><br>Regards Roland<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Roland Gesthuizen<br>eLearning Coordinator<br>
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