nuStream - Campus-Wide Streaming Service
NUS staff can submit requests to digitise video tapes, CDs, VCD, LD and DVD to AVI, MPEG1/2, Windows Media, Real and QT, allowing them to stream the content over the Internet

nuStream, initiated by CIT, will now provide a more efficient and effective multimedia cum streaming solution to the NUS community. At the same time, nuStream aims to enhance teaching and learning experience on campus.

To encourage the use of multimedia in teaching and learning, lecturers and staff can access the nuStream web portal to submit their request for media digitisation. nuStream will allow users to transform media sources, e.g. tapes, CD, VCD, LC, DVC, to a format that can be streamed, for example, WMT/REAL. Other formats conversions are WMV, QT, REAL, MPEG1/2, AVI and MP3 for easy archiving purposes.
Lecturers/staff can either request for their media to be stored in the streaming server to be viewed by students, or for the media to be returned in external storage, e.g. video tape or CD.

The main objective of the nuStream is to cater to the increasing demand of multimedia enabled websites and portals. These include streaming, digitisation and other future multimedia applications.

More importantly, CIT is in the process of designing a streaming solution that will enable end-users to create and enhance their new and existing learning web portals.
The initial phase of the service is mainly targeted for lecturers and staff involving course related multimedia resources. Subsequently, the service will be extended to non-academic staff and integrated with the existing services provided at the CIT’s Multimedia Development Lab. This will enable CIT to support a wider range of users on campus.