Re: Geovision-based system for social events capture

["A.Agiannidis" <besmart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Paul, hello everyone,

it is indeed a very interesting project mostly due to the fact that its
mostly a business opportunity that a client wants to actively pursue.
Even more interesting are the requirements of the solution.
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Requirements*
Basically we are talking filming an event and then making its DVD
available to the audience as soon as the event finishes !

For the DVD replication task we will opt for one of those devilish
looking 100 DVD replicators.

Now the interesting part is mostly on the capturing....The client needs
injection of prerecorded opening and closing titles, compilation of the
DVD and burning in less than 10 minutes. *LOL!*

Also he needs the equipment to be used by any non-expert, non-trained
individual. *ROFL!*

Finally he needs the quality to be decent! *LMAO
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So even the simplest of solutions will do really...

Now here is what i am about to suggest.

*Solution 1:  Get 1 dvd player and one dvd recorder.
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Before the event starts dvd player plays opening titles and dvd recorder
records and gets paused.
When the event starts dvd recorder starts recording whatever the video
feeds is.
When the event finishes, dvd player plays closing titles and dvd
recorder records (1 minute)
DVD recorder finalises disc in 1 minute.

Then put the DVD into the replicator and burn 100 DVDs. Quickly pack
them up and sell them out.

Pros:
- no training required. Just normal VCR handling experience.
- cheap and availability of materials if anything breaks

Cons:
- crappiest of ways to do things


*Solution 2:  Adobe suite*

Pre-record opening and closing titles.
Use PC to record event. Pause recording and restart different segments
of the event.
Use adobe premiere to re-arrange the titles and omit certain recordings.
Use adobe to publish dvd.
Then put the DVD into the replicator and burn 100 DVDs. Quickly pack
them up and sell them out.

Pros:
- ability to create beautiful menus and optimal control over dvd
structure...addition of visual effects as well (fading in, out etc)
- ability to export and sell downloadable .swfs
- ability to have material for later compilations
- adobe's optimal tools for mobile capturing and real time filtering of
the video

Cons: requires training

Guys, feel free to brainstorm with ideas and also fill in my lists of
pros and cons.

Many thanks,
Thanos

> Ah I see - it's an interesting project.
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> 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).
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.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of A.Agiannidis
>> Sent: 24 October 2007 09:44
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Geovision-based system for social events
capture
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>> Thanks Paul! I think you are right...You see i already have the
>> Geovision in place monitoring the place...so i have a request to
also
>> use the camera feedback to also record dvds...I think i will use a
>> pass-through to redirect the signal to another PC running Adobe
>> Premiere
>> or something similar or straight to a dvd recorder...
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>> Many thanks,
>> Thanos
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>>> Not done it - and I think not really suitable if you want to
edit in
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>> reasonable quality as the pictures at 25fps would be far too
>> compressed. Also the file structure would be difficult to navigate
to
>> get the clips you want (for long format production).
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>>> I would suggest a different HDD recording solution - there are
a few
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>> out there in the broadcast world but they're likely to be pretty
>> expensive.
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>>> Paul.
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
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>> Behalf
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>>>> Of A.Agiannidis
>>>> Sent: 22 October 2007 21:27
>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [ukha_d] Geovision-based system for social events
capture
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>>>> Hello all,
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>>>> I was wondering if anyone has used a geovision-based
system to
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>>>> with a low-cost yet realistic approach to amateur coverage
of social
>>>> events in places such as a small theatre or dance hall....
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>>>> I would love to hear your opinions on choice of cameras,
>>>> configurations,
>>>> audio input handling and most importantly video
editing...Any advice
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>>>> Any links to decent dvd authoring software? I am looking
for
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>>>> that will add pre-recorded video clips (such as opening
and closing
>>>> scenes like acknowledges etc) to the main video
recordings...
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>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Thanos
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