[cc-community] Community Testing for LiveContent 2.0 beta LiveDVD
Jon Phillips
jon at creativecommons.org
Tue Feb 19 08:01:13 EST 2008
Cool...reping when the content is ready :) Sounds like a fun project :)
This kind of time-based-get-it-done work is really great for
jumpstarting the creative cycle...blog about it!
Jon
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 07:15 -0500, drew Roberts wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 February 2008 06:49:50 Jon Phillips wrote:
> > Also, for others, looks like our disc is about 1/3 full right now, which
> > is enough for our first burn of the LC 2.0 for sxsw, but if you want to
> > get more content onto the disc, please do step up and participate on the
> > project to get your content added in a standard way...you can see two
> > solid ways of doing this on the main LiveContent page.
> >
> > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/LiveContent
>
> I haven't been following this livecontent deal very closely, and I don't know
> that I have time to right now, but if you are looking for / can use BY-SA
> licensed music, The Linux Audio Users Chillout Band is taking part in the
> RPM08 challenge at the moment.
>
> The goal is to have an album recorded by the end of the month.
>
> All tracks will have a BY-SA license.
>
> We should be able to provide tracks in wav, ogg vorbis, and wavpack formats as
> well as ardour project files in multitrack format.
>
> If any of this is of interest for your project, drop me a line and tell me the
> easiest way to get stuff to you (if you need stuff before the end of the
> month) and the best way to get stuff to you (if after the end of the month is
> ok.)
> >
> > If all else fails, then file a bug/feature request about your content:
> >
> > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/LiveContent_2.0#Bugs_and_Feature_Requests
>
> And just as a plug, we would be happy if anyone cared to make a corresponding
> BY-SA music video for any of the tracks. I have already put this word out to
> the synfic community and the ourmedia comminity.
> >
> >
> > Jon
>
> all the best,
>
> drew
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 16:18 +0100, Burobjorn wrote:
> > > Timothy,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your quick reply.
> > >
> > > You can use these direct links for 2 compilations we did some time ago.
> > > Another one will be probably online next week. This should contain all
> > > you need both in Dutch (which I assume will be quite useless ;) and in
> > > English).
> > >
> > > Please let me know if and which are included on the disk, we will inform
> > > the dutch cc community about your initiative as well using our outlets.
> > >
> > > If you need anything else, do not hesitate to contact me directly
> > > (bjorn at simuze.nl)
> > >
> > > http://www.simuze.nl/live/cd/Simuze-Share_This_Vibe.zip (73MB)
> > > http://www.simuze.nl/live/cd/Simuze-Spread-The-Love.zip (65MB)
> > >
> > > ps: do you already have some x86 Apple testers for the DVD?
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > grtz
> > > BjornW
> > >
> > > Timothy Vollmer wrote:
> > > > On Feb 16, 2008 9:39 AM, Burobjorn <burobjorn at gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:burobjorn at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Timothy,
> > > >
> > > > How can we get our music from Simuze.nl <http://Simuze.nl> onto
> > > > this DVD? Do you have
> > > > somekind of repository where we can add it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I see you guys are listed in the Content Directories, which is great!
> > > > We don't have a central repository for projects to dump content into,
> > > > but we'll look into pulling some tracks from your site for inclusion.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At this moment we don't have
> > > > a usuable API for you guys to gather content from.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Understandable, this is something CC will continue to work on and
> > > > provide some documentation for so that content providers can help us
> > > > automate this. :)
> > > >
> > > > thanks.
> > > >
> > > > tvol
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > all the best,
> > > >
> > > > grtz
> > > > BjornW
> > > >
> > > > Timothy Vollmer wrote:
> > > > > http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8006
> > > > >
> > > > > A beta of LiveContent 2.0
> > > >
> > > > <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/LiveContent>
> > > >
> > > > > is available for testing! We've got it up at the CC labs site
> > > > > (direct download
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <http://labs.creativecommons.org:8080/%7Epaulproteus/tmp/ccLiveContent-
> > > >2.0-1202964485.iso>)
> > > >
> > > > > and the Fedora Spins <http://spins.fedoraproject.org/> site
> > > > > (torrent
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//cc/ccLiveContent-2.0-120296
> > > >4485.iso.torrent>).
> > > >
> > > > > Burn the DVD image to a disc and boot it up. The Creative
> > > > > Commons
> > > >
> > > > tech
> > > >
> > > > > team has been working on an interesting content "autocuration"
> > > >
> > > > process
> > > >
> > > > > for LiveContent 2.0, which automatically pulls down CC-licensed
> > > > > media for inclusion on the LiveDVD
> > > >
> > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveDistro>.
> > > >
> > > > > Our test run is with Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/>, so check
> > > >
> > > > out the
> > > >
> > > > > autocurated images from the popular photo sharing site right on
> > > > > the LiveContent desktop. A focus of LiveContent 2.0 is to foster
> > > > > the standardization of content APIs, thus allowing LiveContent
> > > > > (and other media projects!) to draw from CC-licensed feeds
> > > > > straight from the Content Directories
> > > > > <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Content_Directories>. Check out
> > > > > the tech specs on Flickr's API
> > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/services/api/> and look for more
> > > > > documentation soon about CC's process.
> > > > >
> > > > > This test build also contains some amazing photos from Wikimedia
> > > > > Commons' Pictures of the Year
> > > > > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2
> > > > >007>. You can have your CC-licensed project featured on the disc
> > > > > too. We're moving quickly with this, so hit us up with ideas for
> > > > > content you
> > > >
> > > > feel
> > > >
> > > > > could be included. Check out the wiki page to add specific
> > > >
> > > > content ideas
> > > >
> > > > > <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/LiveContent_2_0>.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you're able to help test the LiveDVD functionality, please
> > > > > help us report bugs, file feature requests and submit patches at
> > > > > the CC SourceForge tracking page
> > > > > <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=80503&atid=559966
> > > >
> > > > <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=80503&atid=559966>>.
> > > > Please
> > > >
> > > > > provide as much information as you can, including the build
> > > >
> > > > number and
> > > >
> > > > > the type of machine you're running it on.
> > > > >
> > > > > Once again, we thank the generous folks over at Worldlabel.com
> > > >
> > > > <http://Worldlabel.com>
> > > >
> > > > > <http://www.worldlabel.com/> for supporting this project and
> > > >
> > > > helping to
> > > >
> > > > > push for better standardization, making LiveContent an
> > > >
> > > > interesting tool
> > > >
> > > > > and providing a necessary nudge toward easier content sharing.
> > > > > Thanks also to Fedora Project <http://www.fedoraproject.org/>
> > > > > for the
> > > >
> > > > testing
> > > >
> > > > > and hosting space.
> > > > >
> > > > > LiveContent boots into Fedora 8 and runs directly from the
> > > >
> > > > LiveDVD. The
> > > >
> > > > > multimedia content can also be viewed without booting into the
> > > >
> > > > LiveDVD.
> > > >
> > > > > Here's more information on burning an ISO and running a LiveDVD.
> > > > >
> > > > > Wikipedia: List of ISO image software
> > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_image_software>
> > > > > wikiHow: How to Burn ISO Files to DVD
> > > > > <http://www.wikihow.com/Burn-ISO-Files-to-DVD>
> > > > >
> > > > > -tvol
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > met vriendelijke groet,
> > > > Bjorn Wijers
> > > >
> > > > * b u r o b j o r n .nl *
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> > > >
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