Coordinated Regional Video Archiving..

[theycallhimtom]

Originally Posted by 1359th Scalawag

*too lazy to read all 10 pages for something i'm not sure is there*

Does anybody know if the Pacific Northwest Regional was recorded or if we will eventually be able to view it somwhere? So far, i've only been able to find a single match on Youtube.

So here are my questions:
1. Does anybody know if it was recorded?
2. If so, where can I find the footage?
3. If not, are there any plans to tape it next year?
4. If there are no plans to tape it next year, how can I?

5. Is the Davis Sacramento Regional going to be recorded?
6. If not, how can I make it so?

Could somebody please PM me with the answers to some/all of these questions? Thank You.

if you look up there was a post about PNW


"The PNW matches have been parsed; they now just need to be compressed and named according to convention. It may be a while still, though, because I have to worry about finishing some work up first and then we're away for the Silicon Valley Regional. We'll also be recording that event."

[1359th Scalawag]

Ok I read that one but it didn't make sence to me for some reason. But still, where could I find the footage? And is the Davis Sacramento Regional going to be recorded?

[Madison]

Originally Posted by 1359th Scalawag

Ok I read that one but it didn't make sence to me for some reason. But still, where could I find the footage? And is the Davis Sacramento Regional going to be recorded?

The footage is not available online yet. We're doing what we can to get it up as fast as possible.

[Joel J]

Yes, the Davis Sacramento Regional is scheduled to be recorded. If you have the recording equipment, then you can record the regional as well, as a failsafe, just in case something happens.

M. Krass and 488 recorded the Pacific Northwest Regional, and has indicated that the raw footage has been parsed, and now needs to be compressed, and named.

The person who recorded in NJ had technical difficulties getting a recording, and so we are now waiting on the feed from team 177 (they did a webcast of NJ) to be parsed and graciously uploaded to soap by The Blue Alliance.

I'm not sure what is going on with the VCU video. I've heard that it was recorded, but that is all.

As for week 2's footage, I hope all is well.

The following is the list of regional coverage, as far as video recording goes. There are still regionals without recorders, so if anyone is going to those specific regionals and are interested in recording, then they should definitely think about volunteering.

BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional 	- J. Norris (record/parse)
NASA / VCU Regional 			- Rob2713g (record), chris31 (record)
New Jersey Regional 			- Alex Burman (record/parse)
Pacific Northwest Regional 		- M. Krass (record/parse)
St. Louis Regional 			- Dave Flowerday (record/parse), hill (record)
Arizona Regional 			- Donut (record/parse)
Bayou Regional				- DeepWater (record)
Brazilian Pilot 			- Manoel (record/parse)
Finger Lakes Regional 			- Koko Ed (record), Ellery (parse)
Florida Regional 			- SOAP (record/parse)
Great Lakes Regional 			- SAV1337 (record/parse)
Los Angeles Regional 			- ay2b (record/parse)
Pittsburgh Regional 			- Noah K. (record), Tom B. (parse)
Wisconsin Regional 			- Kevin K (record/parse)
Boilermaker Regional 			- Mike AA (record/parse)
Chesapeake Regional 			- Alex Burman(record)
Detroit Regional 			- 
Greater Kansas City Regional 		- 
Midwest Regional 			- Dave Flowerday (record/parse)
Peachtree Regional 			- 
Silicon Valley Regional 		- M. Krass (record/parse)
UTC Connecticut Regional 		- Art Dutra (record/parse)
New York City Regional 			- Noah K.(record), Tom B. (parse), SOAP (record/parse)
Boston Regional 			- SOAP (record/parse)
Buckeye Regional 			- Koko Ed (record), Ellery (parse)
San Diego Regional 			- ay2b (record/parse)
Waterloo Regional 			- J. Norris (record/parse), SAV1337 (record)
GM/Technion Israel Regional 		- David55 (record)
Colorado Regional 			- 
Davis Sacramento Regional 		- Doug G (record/parse)
Greater Toronto Regional 		- J. Norris (record/parse), SAV1337(record)
Las Vegas Regional 			- SOAP(record/parse)
Lone Star Regional 			- 
Palmetto Regional 			- 
Philadelphia Regional 			- 
SBPLI Long Island Regional 		- 
West Michigan Regional			- Mike AA (record/parse), Dave Flowerday (record/parse)

[Sagar Vyas]

Originally Posted by soap108

Anyone have a ETA on the rest of week 1? week 2?

Thanks,
KA

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

The matches from the Great Lakes Regional were all successfully recorded by one of team 1503's members; however, I couldn't say how long it'll be before they are uploaded.

I'm working on ripping and encoding the content from Great Lakes Regional, should be done by middle or end of this week but could be later.

[Manoel]

The Brazilian Pilot was partially recorded by 383 - the A/V company had a huge problem with their equipment in the last qualification matches. Even though they asked us to keep recording because they would need it later, they managed to shut down our computer so we lost the last matches as well.
Since the event was webcast, it was also recorded from another computer - we'll just have to wait and see if the quality is acceptable. In case it is usable, we'll also have the finals parsed.

Anyway, parsing of the recorded matches will start this week and we hope to have it ready before we travel to the US (March 22nd).

[artdutra04]

I *might* be able to manage something for UTC, such as a VCR, as it's something that I don't care if it goes for long periods of time unattended. I know I have the equipment and software to be able to capture RCA directly to hard drive(s) as MPEG2 at 720x480 resolution, but I wouldn't be able to oversee it all day... But once recorded, I can also parse the video.

Which also reminds me, would anyone be able to capture the UTC Webcast as well? That might be of a higher quality than VHS tapes depending on your available bandwidth.

Edit: Here's the link: http://shsrobotics.org/06/webcast/

Double Edit: 1000th post! woot

[Joel J]

The following regionals will begin in the next day, and as yet, no one has volunteered to record them. Is there anyone going to these regionals that would be willing to record (and maybe parse into individual matches) the raw A/V feed from the production company?

Detroit Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Peachtree Regional

[Koko Ed]

Is SOAP also recording/parsing Buckeye because I see they are webcasting the event.

[Jonathan Norris]

I would like to mention that if anyone has recorded video and doesn't have time to help parse it out, myself (and I am sure others) are willing to help you out. If you get it into a digital format i'll be glad to help split it up into matches and get it uploaded.

[Mike AA]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

I would like to mention that if anyone has recorded video and doesn't have time to help parse it out, myself (and I am sure others) are willing to help you out. If you get it into a digital format i'll be glad to help split it up into matches and get it uploaded.

I second that.

-Mike Aalderink

[soap108]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Is SOAP also recording/parsing Buckeye because I see they are webcasting the event.

No. I'm not sure how our name got tagged onto San Diego or Buckeye. NASA is looking for someone to help with those as we speak, er type.

Good news though- I have found someone to webcast and archive both Canadian regionals.

KA-108

[Ellery]

SOAP -

Well the problem I have so far is that I am digitizing to mpeg(2Mb/sec) and then I have to batch convert it .wmv hopefully using Ulead Video Studeo to get the size down. My tuner card won't work with the Windows Media Encoder.

So what is the recommended configuration?
Resolution 640x480?
Compression?

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by soap108

No. I'm not sure how our name got tagged onto San Diego or Buckeye. NASA is looking for someone to help with those as we speak, er type.

Good news though- I have found someone to webcast and archive both Canadian regionals.

KA-108

Sagar and I were planning on recording Waterloo and GTR, but if we don't need to now its less work for us.

But if they need any help (whom ever it is), feel free to ask one of us.

[soap108]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

Sagar and I were planning on recording Waterloo and GTR, but if we don't need to now its less work for us.

But if they need any help (whom ever it is), feel free to ask one of us.

His name is Steve Warren, originating from Team 188. Perhaps you can help encode each match as it happens, thus avoiding the need to parse later. You could also help upload the movies during the event.

KA-108