Video Conferencing With our Troops

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Carlos Ferrer on January 27, 2009 at 10:13am

The easiest thing and least costly would be a double live broadcast via uStream.tv or at least an event where both sides are logged into ustream.tv with video and audio plus co-hosting.

Double broadcast would work like this:

On both sides, the feed from "the other side" would be broadcast on a big screen, while the broadcasting computer is served by a technichian and is silent. You could also embed both streams on a homepage.

I would do this because ustream.tv is free, you can use any old dv cam connected to a computer and connect to any old mixer-mic setup for good quality sound. Be sure to practice a bit beforehand.

See instructions on how to set this up at http://ustream.tv.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Gary Miller on February 2, 2009 at 9:13am

I'm a retired teacher heading for Iraq soon. I mobilize next week, and should be in Iraq sometime in early May. I'm planning on using Skype to keep in touch with my friends and family at home. Skype is a free program that you download and install on your computer. Since I have a webcam on my computer, you would be able to see me, and if you had a webcam, I would be able to see you also.

If you are interested, contact me via email: gary.miller@knology.net

• ▶ Reply