[nmglug] High Mayhem

[Josh Gentry]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:48:09AM -0700, js at jasonschaefer.com wrote:
> Josh
> 
> Sorry I missed the nmosug meeting. Perhaps John and yourself would like 
> to visit nmglug in Santa Fe? We do meet every other Thursday at the SF 
> Baking Co. the next meeting is always posted on nmglug.org.

I am definately going to make it someday.

> 
> The High Mayhem music festival streaming went fairly well. The first day 
> we had some technical difficulties so we were only able to stream Sat 
> and Sun. Once everything was worked out ices2 (client) and icecast 
> (server - icecast.org) worked perfectly.

I set Icecast up at home once.  It took me awhile, I must admit, but it 
worked well once I figured it out.  I need to try it again now that I 
have enough bandwidth to my house that I can try streaming to my brother 
in Colorado again :-)

> Of course we were streaming ogg 
> vorbis and a few people had issues, mac users in particular (itunes). 
> Not many people were interested in the booths. Saturday night we had a 
> few people stop by and we burned them Fedora or Knoppix depending on 
> their needs. The highlight was streaming live, at the booth, for all to 
> hear:-) Even though the booth was not very successful, we did get 
> recognition as a group and bring attention to Free software. I still get 
> remarks and questions from musicians and fans about our role in the 
> festival. It was exciting to work with like minded 
> musicians/artists/technicians who recognize the benefits of freedom and 
> being "open".

Sounds like you were successful to me, even  if your booth wasn't 
mobbed.  Slow and steady.

Josh

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