Note to Self 2 - Capturing Multiple Conference Sessions Simultaneously

I'm the A/V Coordinator for CodeMash 2009 and as such I have a lot of sessions to capture. Here are some notes.

• I'm storing links related to podcasting at http://delicious.com/dwhawley/podcasting.
• According to Wikipedia, "Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system which uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network." In short, the VNC server displays what's on the screen of the VNC client.
• Every presenter will require a VNC client of some sort on their machine. The client will connect to a VNC server where the actual video capturing will take place. I'm assuming one server per client with each hard-wired to a switch, but I'm hoping for more 2 or more clients per server.
• Without knowing much about it, I had been using VNC for quite some time. I've used both GoToMeeting and NetMeeting with excellent results.
• Because this is CodeMash, there will be three different families of Operating Systems represented: Windows, Mac and Linux. Theoretically, my Windows based VNC Server should have no problems seeing a Linux- or Mac-based client, but I've heard this sort of thing before. I will be setting up a test network in the very near future.
• Audio will have to be recorded separately since it isn't part of the RFB spec (communications protocol between VNC client and server). I know some tools cover this for you, but I can't count on it in platform agnostic environment.