[olug] Low cost video recording

[Todd Christopher Hamilton]

I am actually brainstorming on the very same general thing.  Here are 
some questions I am asking myself.

Q: Why wouln't a video camera sitting on a tripod work?
A. 21 century.  More flexible.  Archeiving, and transporting non linoer 
review is possible with digital.  That being said Ryan's low tech vcr 
approach is very worthy if it meets the clients needs.  (Which it may 
very well)

Q: What quality is required? 
There is some amount of quality:price ratio.
  There is camera quality
    3ccd professional camera vs low cost best buy camera or even small 
webcam quality. 
    do you need cool remote control tilt/panning realtime control of the 
camera?
  Then there is encoding quality.  (pixel resolotion 720x480, color 
depth 8bit, frame rate )

Q. What is one going to do with the capured video?
  Regular review or ad hoc-on call review is an issue arrises.  
Transport to another location. 

Q.  How would one index/timestamp the video files.  You are not going to 
make one infinite/ever growing file.  There wil need to be some sort of 
file splitting and indexing.

Those are some thoughts.  Sorry for the spelling and grammer.


Craig Wolf wrote:

>I was approached by 1 of customers and they want a means of recording 3
>or 4 isolation rooms in case a student does something that they need to
>watch happen or save off to show the parents and I am at a loss as to
>even look at recommending.  ANY ideas accepted!  
>
>What more info can I provide to help with suggestions??
>
>Craig Wolf
>Linux Web Server Support
>Desktop/Network Specialist
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