Chief Delphi - Requesting "Full-field" Match Video for Webcasts from FIRST

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Re: Requesting "Full-field" Match Video for Webcasts from FIRST

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Originally Posted by XaulZan11 (Post 958429)

For what it is worth, NFL coaches rarely, if ever, use the video broadcasted on fox, cbs, espn, nbc, nft network to gameplan. They use video that shows the entire field from several different angles (endzone, 50 yard line, top view) to determine strategy. Like us, the NFL coaches struggle with broadcasted video being zoomed in too much. I'm pretty sure they took it upon themselves to record the games themselves.

And even getting close-up videos of the opposing team's coaches on their sideline (shame, shame, Coach Belichick)!:ahh:

Seriously, college football and NFL teams have multiple cameras for "isolation views" as well a full-field views for analyzing games. That's overkill for FIRST.

All we're looking for is video that allows someone to see the game. This year, I noticed a tendency for the FIRST field cameras to show drivers during autonomous mode - just how useful (or exciting) is that??

Re: Requesting "Full-field" Match Video for Webcasts from FIRST

Put me in.

Rose Joynt
Team 1322

Re: Requesting "Full-field" Match Video for Webcasts from FIRST

Have you ever tried to watch a low quality webcast or recording of a match shot from the full field perspective? It's not great.

This year's game was especially troublesome as there were so few unique and distinguishable features between different robots. The red and blue bumpers seemed to be somewhat successful this year as well, so I don't see those going away any time soon.

What I think is a way more important issue to be pushed up to FIRST HQ is the availability of video archiving system built into the FMS. There were very few events with match archives this year, as many of you may have noticed. All of these videos were captured, edited, and uploaded to TBA by community members/volunteers. While I greatly appreciate the work done by all of these people, I think it's safe to say that this is not a sustainable or scalable effort.

So, to me, asking with a petition for a full field camera view seems like putting the cart before the horse.

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Tom Bottiglieri
Co-Founder, TheBlueAlliance.net