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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad
Do you have an opinion about webstreaming at Inland Empire? Our team ran that one, and we're hoping to run it at UCD.
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Unfortunately, no, because that was one of the ones that I couldn't watch. I was watching on theblueallaince. Only two of the streams worked (Central Illinois, Granite State), and one of those kept pausing at the worst times. I did eventually give up on the bluealliance feeds and just watched in two separate browser windows.
Guidelines for teams setting up streaming:
- Get the scoreboard in the frame somewhere, and be sure the scores are not washed out from overexposure. Especially this year, you can't tell what is happening unless you can see the scoreboard with the green assist bullets.
- If you can, get the audio feed from the announcer. If not, at least have some sort of audio pickup. Video with no audio is very confusing.
- A stationary camera located center field, with a nondistorted view of the entire field is best. Those courtside gopro videos are pretty much useless because they are so distorted you can't tell what's going on.
- Stream in letterboxed HD video (at least 720p, 1080p is better). The viewer should be able to read the bumper numbers of the robots, and everything on the scoreboard.
- Test your setup on Thursday to make sure things are working BEFORE the qualification matches start. Periodically check the stream to be sure it doesn't get messed up during the course of the day. I highly suggest that you have someone who isn't onsite checking the stream quality remotely and texting in QC checks at least every hour.
- Post links to your streams in a thread titled "Week XX streams" on CD, so people can find your stream to watch it.