Match Recording Idea

[Tanner]

Hi all,

Seeing the threads about people recording matches and remembering how painful it was for me to do a few years ago gave me an idea.

For one, the main reason people record regionals is for the matches, which probably end up on the Blue Alliance. So, whats the point of recording the entire day, including the 5 minute patter between matches and 1.5 hour field delay?

Although this relies on the field allowing us to get data, it would make recording so much more efficient. At the AV output table, you would have your video/audio outputs for you to plug in your desired recording device. I know some teams use DVRs, but this would require a laptop/computer. There would also be another board/box that has some type of connection which you connect to the computer. From this box, you get a signal when a match starts with its associated number and when a match ends. Recording software on the computer would then start and stop recording and perhaps rename the match video file with the correct match number. Thus after a regional is over, it makes it much faster to go from the regional to the Blue Alliance.

Note I don't know what people are using now-a-days, the only time I've had experience in recording matches was in 2008.

Thoughts?

Cheers
-Tanner