Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04705
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 23:53:57 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Contest videos, was Summer projects....
If i ever enter anything, I'll just let you link to it from my site. If
I ever get my video card off backorder, then I can capture some nice 30
FPS quicktimes (course I wouldn't even NEED that good a FPS).
Speaking of which, I might be able to capture video off tapes for people
if I get that card in time.
I want to enter MECI IV M, but I highly doubt I'll finish it anytime
soon. A robot that can get up if it falls over has hot to be innovative!
Chiu-Yuan Fang wrote:
>
> The frame rate would be comparable to:
> http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Facility/7667/walk5.avi
> That's about the best my pathetic CPU can muster.
>
> Also, I need somewhere to post these videos for the contest. I could open
> multiple geo accounts but would prefer if someone could volunteer some temporary
> web storage. Thanks
>
> Chiu
>
> Bob Shannon wrote:
>
> > You bet thats what I've been doing!
> >
> > Say, it seems that my digital camera has much too low a frame rate to capture
> > this innovative form of motion thing I've got going here.
> >
> > If I send you a NTSC VHS tape and you convert it into a digital format, what will
> > the resulting frame rate be? If the video drops frames, this things movements look
> >
> > totally impossible and non-sensical, almost like clay-mation on heavy drugs.
> >
> > I dont think I can capture it with my USB camera, based on preliminary tests.
> > But its cool enough already that I can easily borrow a VHS camcorder to make
> > the videos. I noticed the mention of tapes on the contest page, so I thought I'd
> > start asking now....
> >
> > Would it be best of everyone's videos had the same frame rates?
>
> --
> Chiu-Yuan Fang
> chiumanfu@home.com
> ICQ=5614919
> http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/6897/beam2.html
--
Richard Piotter
richfile@rconnect.com
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