Re: Geovision-based system for social events capture

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Gale wrote:
> Ah I see - it's an interesting project.
> I run a video production company and we often record multi camera
feeds from events (conferences etc) - but use single camera dedicated
firewire HDD recorders (along with each cameras tape system as a backup).

Didn't know such things exist. Link? Do they work with the Apple iSight?

> Would be interesting to see what you could come up with at the cheaper
end of the market (or home built!). If you're doing DVD's, you really do
need to be recording at least DV quality from each camera at 25Mbps. A fast
PC with good disks should be able to manage several streams at once
although size of storage is going to be a consideration.
>

What about the camcorders that use the AVCHD codec? Should cut down on
bandwidth and disc space requirements?

Jim