[Nfb-web] amount of RAM for Webcasting

[Bryan Schulz]

hi Peter,

sounds like a plan.
the theory is don't worry about the cpu horsepower and throw dollars into 
more or max memory first.
Lately, i haven't seen notebook units built with more than 120gb hard 
drives.
The new book should come with a dvd burner, so that's about 4.5 gigs of 
storage there and i could deliver an external usb 500 gig archival drive for 
about 180.00 bucks.
Bryan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: [Nfb-web] amount of RAM for Webcasting


> Good evening everyone,
>
>    Tonight I'm pleased to report that funding has come through to allow me
> to purchase the needed equipment so I can digitally record and stream live
> events such as NFB conventions and other meetings. I'm currently settling 
> on
> a laptop model, but have a question concerning the amount of on-board RAM 
> to
> ensure that audio streaming can occur with little or no interruption, and 
> so
> the machine runs efficiently. Buying a PC with a duel processor is being
> considered very seriously. Some of the laptops I've examined ship with 512
> MB of RAM, but are expandable to 1, 2, or 4  GB. I've gotten several 
> quotes
> one of which was on a machine expandable to 4 GB of RAM, but it put me 
> over
> budget to go to the max with it. Can I get away with 1 or 2 GB to ensure
> that streams flow smoothly?
>
>    In the hard drive department I'd like to have at least 160 GB. I'll be
> curious to hear from those of you who do streaming as to how much hard 
> drive
> space is ideal for this purpose. Anything I record would not reside on the
> machine for long. Perhaps I could get away with 80 GB, but would 
> appreciate
> hearing your recommendations on this subject.
>
>    I expect to purchase the rig by the weekend. In addition to using the
> laptop for streaming NFb and other events it will be good having a PC we 
> can
> take with us when we travel to allow us to work on other projects and to
> remain connected to the Internet and do other things while on the road.
>
> After I receive the laptop and get everything set up and working properly
> then I'll turn to buying the mixer and other equipment. I'll be able to 
> take
> the laptop with me to Alamo Music Center, and marry it with the mixer 
> there
> and test the system in store before I make the mixer purchase, to know how
> the two units will work together, and to ensure that I as a blind person 
> can
> use everything independently. I'll let y'all know how it turns out. Just
> thought I would share my plan of attack with you so you can draw on my
> experience if you're planning to offer streaming and digital recording of
> live events in the future. Take care everyone and have a great week.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
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