OFFICIAL THREAD - Duel on the Delaware 2013

[Wren Hensgen]

Thanks Andrew!

[quad]

Originally Posted by Hallry

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Also - excellent job to Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Petrillo for the MAR info meeting that went on during lunch. I was amazed at their transparency, and look forward to the changes coming in the 2014 season.
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Summary? Thanks.

[Foster]

As one of the remote viewers (yay 1640 on the win!) I want to say thanks to the unsung tech team that made my/our viewing possible. I know that it's hard to get video, audio and reliable network connections to work in an off-season facility. It was a good feed, only a few times with the 2 FPS rates. The match announcers were great, the made it easy to follow the action.

THANKS!

[Ben Martin]

Originally Posted by thefro526

See you at RR. (Let's play on the same side again, yes?)

We very well could, if the match schedule gods deem it so

[DELurker]

Originally Posted by Hallry

...But, I did get driver station GoPro footage from all 6 teams, as well as camcorder footage focused on their respective robots. Thank you all for being so welcoming, and for the mentor from 3974 who said he watched all of our videos, I'm editing these now and they will be posted on YouTube soon! I'll post an update when they're online.

Ooooh.... um, can we ... lose ... the driver station video for 1370? I'm not sure I want that to go public...

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

I was not able to attend the competition but was very pleased by the resolution of the web cast. Yes, there were dropped frames and other problems but the ability to see detail and the clarity offset them. I hope other First events can work on providing good high resolution webcast for the people who can not always attend competitions. Duel was an exciting event to watch. Wish I could have been there.

Originally Posted by Foster

I want to say thanks to the unsung tech team that made my/our viewing possible. I know that it's hard to get video, audio and reliable network connections to work in an off-season facility. It was a good feed, only a few times with the 2 FPS rates. The match announcers were great, the made it easy to follow the action.

Thanks guys!
Were there any other comments anyone would like go give about the webcast?
Was Twitch a good provider? How were the camera angles? ect...

While it wasn't as important this year because the live scoring was so inaccurate, we will try to get the score overlay working in the future. Does anyone have any tips on how to do that?
Right now we just switch inputs to the computer between cam1 cam2 and the FMS.

[Deetman]

Originally Posted by nathannfm

While it wasn't as important this year because the live scoring was so inaccurate, we will try to get the score overlay working in the future. Does anyone have any tips on how to do that?
Right now we just switch inputs to the computer between cam1 cam2 and the FMS.

While I wasn't at Duel, the live scoring in offseason events should be a bit more accurate as they seem to be using humans manually doing the live scoring via laptops behind the driver stations. Of course the score is still subject to change at the end of the match after manually counting disks, but they were generally accurate at Midknight Mayhem where I was scorekeeper.

As far as doing the live score overlay, you'll need a video mixer that can do chroma-key. FMS can be set to use any color as the chroma-key so that the video feed can be overlayed. If you want more details I'd suggest talking to Frank Larkin of 272, he spec'd and purchased the MAR video equipment.

[Scott L.]

Originally Posted by Deetman

While I wasn't at Duel, the live scoring in offseason events should be a bit more accurate as they seem to be using humans manually doing the live scoring via laptops behind the driver stations. Of course the score is still subject to change at the end of the match after manually counting disks, but they were generally accurate at Midknight Mayhem where I was scorekeeper.

As far as doing the live score overlay, you'll need a video mixer that can do chroma-key. FMS can be set to use any color as the chroma-key so that the video feed can be overlayed. If you want more details I'd suggest talking to Frank Larkin of 272, he spec'd and purchased the MAR video equipment.

I used a Newtek Tricaster to do the video chromakey the year I webcast Duel VII. Its a portable video production system.

[Hallry]

Now that my finals have ended and I'm back home, I finally finished the video compilations of Teams 1640, 1370, 3314, 225, 75, and 3974 from Duel on the Delaware 2013. All of the info about the footage is posted here. Thanks again to all 6 teams for being so welcoming and gracious!