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4.1 Price and Budget
As there is no standard for Metropolia and the consensus is that everyone does what
they want, there is no real budget to speak of which in turn means that there are three
ways to obtain equipment for the purpose of capturing or streaming footage. The first is
to purchase devices or appliances in bulk to be fitted into all classrooms and that falls
into the jurisdiction of the Information Management department, with any and all re-
quests going through them and which are then decided upon by their budget.
The second way is to purchase devices based on specific classrooms, in this case, a
classroom integrated recording system. Such purchases are done by the department
that desires the device, for example, the Media Engineering department, purchasing a
new projector for the Big Dry-classroom. This purchase would then come out of the
Media Engineering departments own budget, but alternatively it would mean that only
those affiliated with the department are allowed to use the new equipment.
The third option is for each individual to make purchases as they see fit, depending on
their own personal budget. Due to the general consensus of the university, this an ex-
tremely cumbersome method, but as there is no standard there is not all that much that
can be done about it for the time being.
Three solutions were decided to be tested to see if any of them could be used to create
the new standard to be used in all Metropolia campuses. As the request for this inquiry
primarily came from the Media Engineering department, it was the Media Engineering
department that procured the equipment for testing. Table 1 gives some idea as to the
pricing of such solutions and how large a budget should be planned for purchasing
solutions such as these.
Solution
Manufacturer
License/device (€)
Price (Total)
CaptureLive HD
Crestron
Device (6000 €)
~10 000 €
Viper
Haivision
Device (16000 €)
~20 000 €
ConnectPro
Adobe
License (~5000 €)
~5800 €
Table 1 Names and prices of the tested solutions