On Windows, Linux amd Macintosh the final user only needs to have a standard web browser with a Flash plugin. Most browsers automatically download and install the Flash plug-in in case it is not available: therefore a typical user does not need to do anything special to use Lode.

To create an event (i.e. to record a lecture) an acquisition station is needed: the current version of LODE needs an Intel Mac with a firewire port (typically but not necessariy a laptop), a videocamera and a radiomicrophone. The LODE software can be obtained for free from this site. The installation is very simple (dmg file on mac, so simply drag and drop).

To distribute events any web server is fine.