The Year with no Archived Video

[Manoel]

Originally Posted by Mark Rozitis

I'm assuming with the pinnacle device you take in composite video and mic level audio and connect a 1TB hard drive and it just records it all as one file if you leave it running all day?

I've never really played with that stuff so I don't know, I'm also assuming AC power is needed?

Yes, AC power is needed (and supplied on the AV table) for the Pinnacle Video Transfer.

You have to be careful, though, in leaving it unattended (see that happened to us last year) as there's a limit on how big (or long, or something else, I don't know) the file can be.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Manoel

You have to be careful, though, in leaving it unattended (see that happened to us last year) as there's a limit on how big (or long, or something else, I don't know) the file can be.

It's probably hitting the 4GB file size cap of FAT32 formatted disks. Just make sure to stop and restart it (although I can't tell you how often).

[ATannahill]

I'll echo the offers to help with post-recording production.

[Brandon_L]

If you want specifics, I'll do day 3

My team wants to see the vids up on TBA really bad.

[seannoseworthy]

I will be able to record everyday at Waterloo with my pinnacle video transfer and a 500GB hard drive. Also the PVT should only record up to 4GB on a FAT32 disk or up to 1GB on a FAT16 disk, once these limits are reached the device should create a new file and it will keep recording

Originally Posted by seannoseworthy

I will be able to record everyday at Waterloo with my pinnacle video transfer and a 500GB hard drive. Also the PVT should only record up to 4GB on a FAT32 disk or up to 1GB on a FAT16 disk, once these limits are reached the device should create a new file and it will keep recording

What is the video quality like off those Pinnacle video transfer units? and the file size in H:264, for example 5 minutes of video on the highest quality settings would be what file size?

I might pick one up this weekend to experiment with, I guess is only has composite input though and no firewire?

mark

[Manoel]

Originally Posted by Mark Rozitis

What is the video quality like off those Pinnacle video transfer units? and the file size in H:264, for example 5 minutes of video on the highest quality settings would be what file size?

I might pick one up this weekend to experiment with, I guess is only has composite input though and no firewire?

mark

Video quality is pretty decent, I'd say as good as it gets with a composite output. The highest quality outputs interlaced video and, in my opinion, is only marginally better than the intermediate setting - and because of that, medium quality is what I use for all my recordings.

As for size, this week I recorded one hour and forty five minutes of a Brazil vs. Netherlands match in the '74 World Cup and the file came out slightly smaller than 1 GB.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Here's video of Final Matches 2 and 3 to hold you over

Thanks for that link. Now I see exactly when a ball went over the red alliance wall without hitting the ball return counter, just after when George (the announcer) says "just over a minute left".

THAT's why we got 14 points in penalties...

Originally Posted by Manoel

Video quality is pretty decent, I'd say as good as it gets with a composite output. The highest quality outputs interlaced video and, in my opinion, is only marginally better than the intermediate setting - and because of that, medium quality is what I use for all my recordings.

As for size, this week I recorded one hour and forty five minutes of a Brazil vs. Netherlands match in the '74 World Cup and the file came out slightly smaller than 1 GB.

Based on that file size I think I might just pick up one of these Pinnacle devices this weekend and experiment with it and see what it can do, too bad it doesn't take firewire input as well.

[dpraedan]

I'm responsible for running video production at the WPI regional. I'm logging the program output to raw DV, so the footage for the entire event will likely total ~350 GB. I don't have the time to cut it up, and at that size, it's impractical to upload to an FTP server, but I'd gladly pass off a copy to someone willing to make the trek to Worcester. Just shoot me a PM if you're interested.

--Dan Praetorius

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by dpraedan

I'm responsible for running video production at the WPI regional. I'm logging the program output to raw DV, so the footage for the entire event will likely total ~350 GB. I don't have the time to cut it up, and at that size, it's impractical to upload to an FTP server, but I'd gladly pass off a copy to someone willing to make the trek to Worcester. Just shoot me a PM if you're interested.

--Dan Praetorius

How fast can you make copies?

[galewind]

Is there any word of NJ footage yet? And anything about the awards?

[Jonathan Norris]

So there was no video feed at Pittsburgh, likely due to it being a 2-day budget regional so I wasn't able to record it. I am trying to get the raw UStream feed from the folks who ran the webcast.

[Manoel]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

It's probably hitting the 4GB file size cap of FAT32 formatted disks. Just make sure to stop and restart it (although I can't tell you how often).

I thought that, too, but the recording stops at about 3.2 GB (roughly six hours on the medium quality setting), so it's probably something else.

If anyone feels like recording six hours of anything so we can be sure...

After discovering this issue last year, what I did was pause during lunch break, which gave us plenty of time (be sure to wait 'till alliance selections on Saturday!).

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by galewind

Yes, I, too, would absolutely love some footage of NJ. It holds just a small amount of sentimental value to me . Please send me a PM when info is parsed.

I'll echo the request for parsing of the NJ video due to sentimental value. Having video of your first regional win would definitely be a very good thing...