Monday, May 22, 2006

Webcasting

This is just a quick note to let you know about a new experiment we are trying out. Webcasting!

Yes, we are recording our Sunday evening services via a webcam, and streaming them over the internet to anyone who wants to participate remotely. The trial location is:

http://web.mac.com/malcolm.wallace/

At the moment, each week's service from St Cuthbert's Church is made available on the web on the following Monday, and will be kept alive for approximately two weeks.

The video and audio stream requires the QuickTime 7 plugin to your web browser, and a broadband internet connection (sorry, dial-up is not good enough). If you have iTunes, then you probably already have QuickTime, but if not, then it is a free download from Apple (even for Windows machines):

http://www.apple.com/uk/quicktime

Since this is an experiment, we can't guarantee it will always work just right. (Sometimes the technology breaks, and sometimes we might not have a spare person to operate the camera, etc etc)

If you do try it out, please let us know what you think, (email: visions at visions-york.org). Who knows, if we get lots of viewers, we might be able to send out "participation packs" by post, containing candles, incense, and other props you need to join in properly!