JISC Mediasite
JISC is starting to use Sonic Foundry's Mediasite suite to stream some of its events. Mediasite is a video and presentation streaming package which uses Silverlight and lets online viewers interact with streaming presentations and videos.
The interface allows viewers to switch between the presentation and the streaming video and also allows viewers to ask questions and take part in polls.
Please see the image below to view what the buttons do in the Mediasite Silverlight interface.
Click on the image or here for full details of how the Silverlight interface works.
There is also a Classic Player interface which provides similar navigation and interactivity tools within a more traditional video and slide layout. For full details of how the Classic Player interface works please click here.
For an example of how JISC used Mediasite, and as a way to test your settings to view a Mediasite presentation, please view the JISC Conference 2011 mediasite archive.
Hardware & software requirements to view and use mediasite
Windows PC
Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later, Firefox 2.0 or later, or Google Chrome 1.0 Windows Media Player 9 or later.
For Firefox and Chrome playback, Silverlight 1.0 or later (you will be prompted to install this when attempting to view a presentation).
If using a Silverlight player instead of a Classic player, Silverlight 3.0 or later is required.
http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight
Broadband Internet connection (256 Kbps or more)
Mac – iMac
Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later Safari 2.0.4 or later or Firefox 2.0 or later.
Silverlight 1.0 or later (viewers are prompted to install this when attempting to view a presentation).
If using a Silverlight player instead of a Classic player, Silverlight 3.0 or later is required.
http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight
Broadband Internet connection (256 Kbps or more)
(Note: Variable speed playback and multicast are not currently supported in Silverlight. Silverlight will only install onto Intel Macs – earlier versions will need to use the Flip4Mac plugin.)
Linux
As of Mediasite version 5.0.3, playback on Linux platforms is supported.
Playback of Mediasite presentations on Linux is accomplished via the Moonlight Project, an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight. For more information on the installation and configuration of Moonlight, please visit their page here.
The compatible operating systems and browsers are listed on this page.
Please note that only the Classic Mediasite Player is supported for Linux playback.
Microsoft Media Pack for Moonlight Broadband Internet connection (256 Kbps or more)