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I know I want a copy on my shelf!
But it's also all online if you just want to read it:
"Community Media: A Handbook for Revolutions in DIY TV"
Andrew Roach
@ajroach42
2023 -
Test of my experimental configuration for my disk duplicator control program -- I'm using Vokoscreen with my webcam setup not on my face, but capturing the disk duplicator.
And the application on the right is VSCodium, which I'll be using as my development and testing environment.
This way, I will be able to set up a test program to run in the terminal panel and have video of the device's response, captured together. This should be a perfect setup for reverse-engineering what the codes do.
I just set this up to do a proof-of-principle, but it looks like it will work.
The next piece I have to round up is my Python USB module -- I have one I downloaded from Adafruit a few years ago that should be perfect for this. I just have to dig around in my files to locate it.
:sparkles_anim::smug_dance::sparkles_anim:
#Bunsen #Experimental #Development #LibRay #FilmFreedom -
Ansible and YunoHost are kind of an iffy combination.
YunoHost is based on a "continuous integration" model. So each time you run it, it tries to get the most up-to-date versions of the software. Sometimes this fixes problems, but other times, things break. There isn't a clean "release" or "version" schedule to stick to.
Which is in conflict with the notion of "repeatable installation" that motivated using a configuration management system like Ansible. Which is really closer to what I feel like I need as a DIY-maintainer.
The continuous-integration approach requires a larger risk of unpredictable demand for IT work. Any upgrade can result in breakage that is hard to recover from.
YunoHost provides a through-the-web GUI approach to managing the configuration, which eases the ongoing burden of the work, but it obviously can't eliminate it -- and apps will occasionally break.
And for my needs, YunoHost doesn't cover all the configuration: I still need to get in and make changes to configuration files. Ansible is handy for doing that in a predictable way -- so long as the configuration files don't change much.
I'm not sure there's a solution for this, other than acknowledging that IT work is an ongoing project expense: either in my time, or in money, if I were to pay someone else to do it.
#FilmFreedom #VirtualStudio #Infrastructure #Ansible #YunoHost -
So, after a few revisions, it looks like the new "virtual studio" will consist of a set of packages installed with YunoHost and Ansible. This is probably what I'll be starting 2023 with:
Wordpress : Blog & CMS -- hub site. 🆙
PeerTube : Video distribution. 🆙
Misskey, Pixelfed : PR, possibly team communications. 🆙 🆙 (But considering migrating from Misskey to Calckey).
Resource Space : Asset management. 🛠
Nextcloud : Production sources and office documents. 🛠
Collabora : Live online office documents. ⌚
Gitea : Software and website sources. 🆙
And possibly:
Galene : Videoconferencing. 🤷♂️ Untested.
Also static websites, like https://lunatics.tv
I have some other stuff installed, but I'm not seeing much use for it. I think I might remove the extras.
#FilmFreedom #VirtualStudio #Infrastructure -
The Disc Duplicator M-Disc upgrade went well! Everything seems to work on a hardware level.
Next, I have to start installing and testing software:
I have a low-level USB library in Python that I got from AdaFruit that I'll be using to test the robotics codes I have in my notes.
I will have to find the instructions on installing the Lexmark Z600 driver that is supposed to work with this printer (and also understand how it works for disk printing).
And I suppose I will need some kind of python library for accessing the M-Disc burner, reading and writing media, and controlling the open/close of the disk tray from software.
Then I'll have to write the code to do the top-level control of those.
I'll first set these up to run from the command line (or the Python interactive interpreter). Ultimately, I want to be able to control it from a browser, so I can attach the duplicator to a different computer if I want to.
So after I get the low-level stuff working, I plan to create a little Flask web application. And it's a disc burner. Hence, my working project title, "Bunsen".
So, there's still many steps left. #FilmFreedom #Infrastructure #DiscDuplicator #M-Disc -
Have published the first two installments documenting my process on this. I've got the M-Disc writer for the upgrade ordered now. When it gets here, I'll write up the installation, and then it's on to the software testing.
https://lunaticsproject.org/2022/12/04/primera-bravo-ii-1-breakdown/
https://lunaticsproject.org/2022/12/04/primera-bravo-ii-2-usb-topology/ #Publishing #DVD #BluRay #M-Disc #FilmFreedom -
We are also hosting "Pepper & Carrot" motion comic animations released by @[email protected] based on the comics by @[email protected] . Recently, we got to be one of the "premiere hosts" for P&C #3 "The Secret Ingredients", and hopefully will also carry the upcoming P&C #4.
https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/p/tjvLjVjVykG6fPZzgiJ1sR
#PepperCarrot / #morevnaproject #OpenMovie #FilmFreedom #PeerTube -
After some thought, I decided I would like to have an account here on the Lunatics Project / Film Freedom Misskey server in my own name. It's just easier to post as "me".
The longer post limit here is more fitting for a lot of my professional content, and I know there are probably people who don't want to hear quite as much from me as you would get on my personal Mastodon account at @[email protected] .
I plan to stick to professional topics here: animation, film-making, production progress, free-culture, free/open-source software ( #FOSS ), and so on.
No partisan politics, but policy politics, like copyright, internet governance, and so on. I follow most widespread content warnings, but not "eye contact", unless it's really intense -- this is going to be a media-heavy account with a lot of character art and so on.
There shouldn't be any NSFW content here, unless you count undressed 3D character models in progress (I make narrative animation, not porn, so they're generally not particularly anatomically-correct, but I'm not putting censor bars over breasts. I will CW as appropriate). Keeping the language PG-13.
#LunaticsProject # #LunaticsTV #FilmFreedom #Misskey #Fediverse -
Whoa. We are the first-listed "Premiere Host" (and one of two with the English version) of "Pepper & Carrot" episode 3.
I think maybe I should scale up my VPS for the day...
Going to find out if PeerTube works!
#PepperCarrot #OpenMovie #MorevnaProject #CreativeCommons #FilmFreedom
https://morevnaproject.org/2022/10/26/first-premiere-hosts-of-peppercarrot-episode-3/
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I have now migrated all 116 of my YouTube and Vimeo videos to my new #PeerTube instance.
I think, from now on, I'm going to post to PeerTube first, and then maybe mirror to Vimeo and/or YouTube when appropriate.
I suppose I'll need to go back to uploading source files to Git, now.
#LunaticsTV #FilmFreedom #OpenMovie #OpenSource #FreeCulture