PocketCaster video Blogging…very cool!

March 14th, 2007 · 9 Comments · gadgets and technology

OK - This is pretty crazy. I just live streamed a video from my Nokia N93 to the web! I had actually seen Steve Garfield do this last week when I was in Dallas and tried to get it working over dinner with Andy Abramson, but the open AP in our restaurant was blocking my progress at the time.

I cover a few random bits… obviously testing PocketCaster (check) a bit on Twitter for Stefan (check) and a progress report while sitting on my ass with the Nokia Workout Tracker

While the N93 was on my Nokia Tripod I also moved the camera around a bit so sorry for the seasickness…

I could have posted this to my blog directly if I used Typepad or Blogger, so instead I routed the video through YouTube. When I watched I had to use Safari to get my video to play in Quicktime for some odd reason as Firefox requested I install a plugin. I use Quicktime Pro so I’m not sure where the glitch is, but think it’s pocketcaster…

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9 responses so far ↓

1 Mark Guim // Mar 14, 2007 at 11:06 am

lol for the first few seconds i thought u were streaming and you were the one on screen with the cowboy hat.
2 Jonathan Greene // Mar 14, 2007 at 12:21 pm

well I know we have not met, and the video was a tad blurry, but I am a man… and that was a woman in a grocery store.
3 RichardG // Mar 15, 2007 at 2:31 pm

lol, great stuff Jonathan, i love this software, thinking of using it on my friends band for a live stream. Keep up the good work.

Rich
4 Jonathan Greene // Mar 15, 2007 at 2:34 pm

Thanks Richard - so far so good. I’m going to try it from the Nokia Store tonight if they have wifi…
5 Nseries WOM World » Blog Archive » N93 is streams ahead // Mar 15, 2007 at 2:41 pm

[...] The pocketcaster software lets you video-cast live from anywhere straight to the web. Use Wifi or GPRS to get connected and start showing people where you are, what you’re doing. He was inspired by Steve Garfield who we covered here. Have a go yourself and let Jonathan know what your results were. [...]
6 jkOnTheRun // Mar 15, 2007 at 3:27 pm

[IMG Comvu_pocketcaster]Comvu’s Pocketcaster has been around for a good two years, but I never got around to playing with it. After watching Jonathan Greene’s video, I just might find the time to give it a shot. Pocketcaster allows you to broadcast live video from your smartphone in real-time. In fact, you can stream live, stream and archive the video on a server, or just save the video locally for later
7 Ring Nokia // Mar 23, 2007 at 10:23 pm

Thanks John
8 guestin // Jun 21, 2007 at 11:57 am

Check out SmartCam, released under GPL is available from https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartcam. Currently tested on Nokia 6600, the project can grow to support Series 60 3rd edition phones.
9 jkOnTheRun: Smartphones // Apr 5, 2008 at 2:21 pm

[...] has been around for a good two years, but I never got around to playing with it. After watching Jonathan Greene’s video, I just might find the time to give it a shot. Pocketcaster allows you to broadcast live video from [...]