ePresence Hardware and Software requirements

ePresence offers pre-configured hardware packages optimized for the ePresence webcasting system. For details on our available hardware solutions visit:  http://epresence.tv/shop

Before installing ePresence applications please ensure your system meets the following requirements:

1. ePresence Media Station

Component Description
Platform CPU: Pentium D, Core2 Duo or faster, RAM 1gb+ DDR2, HDD SATA2 250Gb+ Motherboard: ASUS P5L-MX or Equivalent, DVD RW drive, 100mb+ network card, Sound Blaster-compatible sound card
Video Capture Card Osprey 210 or better with Simulstream support
VGA Capture device (optional) Epiphan VGA2USB see  http://www.epiphan.com/ for details
Internet Connection 2+ MBit/s
OS Windows XP
.NET Framework 2.0+
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115+
Windows Media Player 11+  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx
Real Player 11+  http://www.real.com/
Quicktime Player 7+  http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Windows Media Encoder 9  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx
Microsoft Power Point XP, 2003 or 2007  http://www.microsoft.com/office/PowerPoint/howtobuy/default.mspx

2. ePresence Server

Component Description
Hardware Dual Xeon or Core2 Duo CPU, 2+ gb of RAM, 500+ Gb HDD, 100+ Mb Network card
Internet Connection 5+ MBit/s
OS Windows 2003 Server or Linux
Web Server IIS on Windows, Apache or XSP on Linux
Database MS Jet or MS SQL Server on Windows, MySQL on Linux
WM Streaming Windows Media Services on Windows or Helix Server on Linux
Helix Server 10 or the free Helix DNA Server 11  http://www.realnetworks.com/products/discreteserver/index.html or  https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
Darwin streaming server for MPEG-4 support  http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/
Flash video streaming and Web Conferencing support Red5 Server ePresence Edition  http://epresence.tv/downloads/

3. Presenter's computer

Hardware Any PC hardware capable of running Windows XP and MS Office
OS Windows XP or Vista
Connection 2+ mbit/s
Software MS Office XP, 2003 or 2007 .NET Framework 2.0

4. Optional A/V Hardware

  1. Cart
  2. Wired lapel mic Audio Technica Pro 7A + 25ft cable
  3. Set of cables
  4. Tripod: AMBICO V-0554 145CM (57")
  5. Camcoder: JVC GR-D30US Mini DV Camcorder or Sony Handycam
  6. Audio Mixer: Eurorack  http://www.behringer.com/UB802/