GYOML in a field - commission

Nick Holme will be investigating and assessing the various FOSS software that is available for live streaming, deciding on one method for the purpose of the research and producing a comprehensive guide on how to set up and use the software.

He hopes to use two "test" environments apart from his home installation in order to give as much flexibility as possible to the final documentation. One test will be in a school environment where children can use the technology to experiment with broadcasting sound over the internal intranet as well as the internet, and the other for an organisation for the blind who currently send out audio tapes of local news but who could set up a news channel broadcasting over the internet given the software and techniques covered in my research. Both test environments will provide useful information for the community as a whole when faced with the challenge of setting up anything from a community web radio to an individual artist wanting to make his or her work more readily available.

Funded by Access Space and Lancashire County Council