[dc401-l] web cam

[Brandon Edens]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 03:24:18PM -0400, John Duksta wrote:

> >No its not setup yet BUT we almost have our new AS220 server working... 
> >So, only
> >a matter of time now. I've heard word that we have little miniITX computers
> >floating around so it might come quicker rather than later. It won't come 
> >before
> >the DC401 meeting though... BTW I won't be able to make it this round, I'm 
> >out
> >of town. I'll definitely be there at the next meeting...
> 
> That'll be sweet when it's setup. Is there a plan for what kind of 
> camera is going to be used for doing the recording? If it's just a plain 
> webcam type thinger, I think I'd still rather do DV recordings of the 
> meetings for better quality.

Probably just a plain webcam to prevent theft. Maybe we can get a cheap ugly one
that records frames fast enough that it won't matter. Then again we could also
pick up a decent one, make it look shitty enough that noone will want to steal
it. Or we could have a decent one and attach a 500 pound weight to it so that
noone could physically carry it out of the performance space without making a
scene. Then again, maybe it'd be cool if we had a rig so that people could bring
in their own and just attach it to the machine...

I played with the video4linux. Its pretty easy to use with mencoder at least.
I've used it in the past to capture security videos (physical)...


> And... are there any plans to upgrade the bandwidth in the cafe and 
> performance space. I don't know if we'd be able to do any live streaming 
> of events until there's an upgrade there.

Probably not. The idea I had was to store to a hard drive, compress to around
1.5 hrs = 600-700MB mp4 then push off to the server in the dead of the night...

Users could look at the video the next day...

Brandon

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