Solitaire TV first tries

[the french guy]

Hi,

Today I reinstalled a PC and webcam, and started to make some tries :

video settings
camera angle
light
montage and subtitles

Here's just a little youtube video of a passing stick demo. Nothing really fancy, but you can appreciate the decent quality of video (using the 480p mode in youtube).




(choose the 480p button under the right side of the vid)



I'm pretty happy with the result. With better preparation (a real camera stand, better light, advanced settings on the cam, etc...) it should be a great first step for my solitaire tv (at least in recorded non-live video)

I also plan to make this type of video tutorial for french people, to explain the game basis.

[Hoop27]

That looked very good Dimitri!

[the french guy]

thanks !

for now there is no sound : I plan to add a headset with microphone like "real" coaches and certainly see to add sound effects also.


I'm now working on live broadcasting. I fight with latency, my last tests gave me about 3seconds of delay, and with quality.

I'm also trying to use VLC to input the best quality I can (640x480, 30fps) in the live streaming, instead of the 25fps 320x200 I just can obtain for now using the basic web browser based applications live streaming offers for linux users (I can use their win/mac dedicated broadcasting softwares).

[Hoop27]

To be honest if you just taped it then uploaded when you were done I wouldn't mind if it's easier.

what is the diameter or your magnet for your ball on pass simulation?

Keep up the good work! I'll be watching.

[Hoop27]

Dimitri, for a microphone, if you have one laying around or know someone with one, you can use a Singstar playstation 2 microphone in your pc.

I know it sounds odd but it is one of the better mics I have used for online radio. Even if you can find one at a used game store they are dirt cheap.

Just a thought.

[Hoop27]

another thought I had when I was digging around my old pc gear, was if you wanted to, you could run a 20 ft usb extension cable, and actually fix the camera above the board that way.

The more I think about it setting a board up for video really wouldn't be too hard. i may give this a shot in the next couple weeks myself.

[mantaraydre]

French guy,

Your incredible with your innovations. You have added so much to this hobby since you signed on. please keep up the incredible work and experiments. I think we are all learning a lot from you.


Thanx again
mantaraydre

[the french guy]

Now with all that technology you can watch my dog licking his own b*lls, from France to USA. It's what I call genius too

thanks


EDIT : enough testing for tonight. With VLC I can add subtitles and logos, but I didn't achieve to make it works. I'll see that during the week...it's a good start.

[the french guy]

for people who didn't see the marvelous show, here's a little video

More seriously, it's a video to show you the latency I was speaking about. I'll see if I can reduce it a little. It's not important for tv broadcast, but will be more annoying for play by tv.

We'll see.




On the screen you can see the VLC output window on right and on left (I reduced the size for making it simplier to watch) the live internt tv broadcast. Exactly the same resolution, speed, and quality between the local output and the internet output. Just the few secs latency, but I believe it's the time needed for the video to go thru the worldwide web pipes ?

[Hoop27]

Thats excellent. A how to on streaming would be awesome once you are setup!