The Video-Whale Project

Concept: Umer Anwar SheikhTechnical insight: Dr. Lutfullah Kakakhel Developer: Zeeshan Ali Khattak

What is Video-Whale?

● An Open Source Video-Wall implementation

● A collection of multiple screens, configured to act as one big screen

The Hardware

● 16 displays● 5 machines connected through

an ethernet network:– A Server (Streamer)– Four Clients

● Each group of four displays controlled by a single machine

The Software● GNU/Linux (http://www.linux.org)

● X Window System (http://www.x.org)

● Xinerama

● Gstreamer (http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org)

● GNOME (http://www.gnome.org)

What is Xinerama?

Xinerama is an X extension that allows one toextend his/her desktop across multiple screens

What is Gstreamer? Gstreamer is a multimedia framework which aims to be the future back-bone of GNOME and Unix/Linux Multimedia

Achievements

Highly appreciated aroundthe globe, specially in theopen-source community.

Sources of fame:● http://www.slashdot.com● The Linux Magazine

(March 2003 edition)● http://www.gnomedesktop.org● Many more.