[PLUG-AV] Camera connections, Reply-To: munging, was Re: AV networking

[Nick Bannon]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 05:35:04PM +1000, Tim wrote:
> Regarding cameras.
> I understand that webcams lack the nice ability to pan, tilt, zoom and
> be mounted on tripods. However, they do offer decent[1] quality
> capture of both audio and video.
[...]

They're handy, and so much the better if we can whip up an extra
input or two with dvsource-v4l and a netbook or some other webcam.

That's just a side benefit of it being a nice modular solution, though.
If some of the modules are nice cheap secondhand camcorders with a nice
cheap Firewire PC/laptop, that's what we're aiming at.

Getting a manageable live digital feed out of some of the new
"replacement" camcorders... We'd need some kind of HDMI
capture, perhaps a http://hdfury.eu/ and a Twinpact100. (suggested here:
http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20076
)

Maybe this USD$199 one would do the trick:
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/
Then downscaling and DV encoding in software.

[...]
> p.s. Does anyone want the list changed so Reply goes to list? (Without
> starting a flame)

No, I'm happier without Reply-To: munging.

I know Gmail has pretty poor support of RFC-2369 - it doesn't provide
an easy "Reply to list" option. It does have a "Reply to all", which is
what you should use in the meantime. (and take the time to clean up the
addresses you don't want to send duplicates to)

Nick.

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