Imagine a automatic, one computer solution to recording and archiving match footage. Arrive at a FIRST event, plug the field video feed to the computer and interface Sundial or the FIRST field. When matches complete, the computer waits till the score is posted, tags the file with the score, clips the match to one file, and automatically begins transcoding the file to Divx or WMA.
I believe I can help develop the software to make this happen using the recording software I work on,
Beyond TV. A little background on me, I was a member of the Robonauts, Team 118. After I graduated college I now work at a software company called
SnapStream Media. Our company writes software that records television to your computer. One of Robonaut engineers approached me at Lone Star with this idea and using our software to make this concept happen. After attending nationals and seeing how people record match footage with VCRs, I decided that I really would like to make this a reality.
I would like to lean more about how sundial interfaces with the FIRST field and what information is available. I would like to begin working on this over the next few months and would like to be able to test this out somehow with Sundial or Field software. Any help on learning how this works would be appreciated. Hopefully by next year we can get this soluion to many regionals, or at least Lone Star.