Sahabuntu

Sa’habuntu is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) containing useful tools for free media practice and streaming (audio and video).

CHRONOLOGY:

2007, August 7: Yves Degoyon announces version v11 of the sahabuntu live cd, a cd made for streaming with the following streaming programs :

• theora streaming studio (tss) : tss is a frontend to streaming with ffmpeg2teora / oggfwd using scripting and enabling two simultaneous streams. usually high and low quality.
• pd/pdp/pidip with GISS streaming patches, for video and audio ( ogg )
• Muse from dyne.org for easy audio streaming.
• as we wanted only very simple tools, we did not include freej or gstreamer. was first compiled and used in Haifa ( occupied palestine ) by Lluis Gomez and Bigorda and me.*

2008, September, 1st : Release of the version v 3.0 (release candidate 1) of the sa'habuntu live cd, part of G.I.S.S. 3.0, a cd made for streaming with the following streaming programs :

• Theora Streaming Studio ( tss )
• pd/pdp/pidip with GISS streaming patches, for video and audio ( ogg and mp3 ).
• gStreamer python scripts for streaming from a digital camera, a webcam or a capture card.
• Muse from dyne.org for easy audio streaming.
• Internet DJ Console for a complete solution of audio streaming.
• Various audio and video tools for editing contents : cinelerra, avidemux, kino, audacity, ...

2008, September 25: sahabuntu v 3.0 rc 2 update — Some problems about video cards detection have been fixed.

RESOURCES:
http://giss.tv/wiki/index.php/Sahabuntu_giss_cd_for_streaming
http://giss.tv/sahabuntu/doc/index.html

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