The video and audio data and the lecture slides are recorded locally using software provided free-of-charge. This can be done either manually or fully automatically.
What you need for this purpose are:
Once the recording has been completed, the data is made available for consumption via an internet link, using a channel on SWITCH’s streaming server. Once the sequences produced have been transferred to the server, they can be post-processed and edited as necessary. It is possible to offer the recordings in the following formats:
Authenticated users are allowed to open chargeable channels for storing an unlimited volume of recorded data from a series of lectures or from a single event. In the course of any one semester, a channel can be used to save an unlimited volume of recordings from a series of lectures. If a series of lectures is longer than a semester, it is necessary to open a new channel for each additional semester. To make parallel recordings of an event (such as a conference) a separate channel is required for each source. Channels saved on the server remain available there for a period of three calendar years.
When owners open channels, they choose one of three access options for consumption:
Those users who have opened channels (i.e. their owners) have various means available to them for administering them:
Access to SWITCH’s streaming server is password-protected. This applies to both production (opening and administering the channel, uploading recorded content, etc.) and consumption.
