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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just to add that the projects (there are
two now) that use this are Edance and CREW. We are using a custom user
interface i.e. not vic, because we found that vic doesn’t support
firewire as well as it could – it tends to work fine with H261AS codec so
long as you set the size to large. If we tried anything else, it would
come up with a fuzzy image, as if it assumed that the size was the size the
codec supported (when it was more likely to be four times the size). One
other issue is that if you have the frame rate at 25fps, vic will use lots of
CPU (as does our own tool – vic at least allows you to reduce the frame
rate, something we have not yet implemented).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Optical zoom is usually very good (some up
to 40x), and you can get MotorPod interfaces to allow pan and tilt (or a
motorized tripod head). We haven’t tried pan and tilt so far –
we just go and point the camcorder (especially as you get a preview via the
camcorder’s own screen).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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owner-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ag-tech</st1:PersonName>@mcs.anl.gov
[mailto:owner-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ag-tech</st1:PersonName>@mcs.anl.gov] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ben Green<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 12 August 2008 11:18<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Douglas Baggett; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">ag-tech</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [AG-TECH] Equiptment
ideas?</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>An AG related project here at <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manchester</st1:place></st1:City> uses 2 Sony
Camcorders connected to a dual port firewire PCMCIA card, plugged
into a laptop. They're much cheaper than VC cameras with an equivalent optical quality.
In fact, I think the optical zoom is even better with most camcorders. You'd
have to use the IR remote controls to zoom though, and wouldn't get any
tilt/pan control.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Ben.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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owner-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ag-tech</st1:PersonName>@mcs.anl.gov
[mailto:owner-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ag-tech</st1:PersonName>@mcs.anl.gov] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Douglas Baggett<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 11 August 2008 21:30<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">ag-tech</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [AG-TECH] Equiptment
ideas?</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What about a good high end Firewire video camera? I'm looking to put one
on a Mac Pro? Any ideas <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>-Doug B<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>OCI/NSF<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Aug 11, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Matthew Leszczenski wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>I have looked at the
RAV 600, and that is more for a full room node, whereas this node is in a
public space, so the table microphones would not work as well to pick up just
the sound we want, compared to the ambient noise around it, and unfortunately
the RAV 600 has its own proprietary connection for its microphones to the main
system, so it cannot be expanded upon except with other ClearOne microphones
directly made for the RAV systems. Thank you though!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Matthew Leszczenski<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> - Technical
Assistant and Eagle Scout<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> - Undergraduate
NSSA Major @ RIT<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> - Collaboration
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Tran, Quang V. [<a
href="mailto:qtran3@lsuhsc.edu">mailto:qtran3@lsuhsc.edu</a>]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Monday, August 11, 2008 3:06 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Matthew Leszczenski;<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>RE: [AG-TECH] Equiptment ideas?<O:P></O:P></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Hi Matthew,<O:P></O:P></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><O:P></O:P>Check out
the RAV 600:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://www.clearone.com/revolutionary-audio-conferencing.html">http://www.clearone.com/revolutionary-audio-conferencing.html</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>. <O:P></O:P></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><O:P></O:P>Quang Tran<O:P></O:P></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>LSUHSC<O:P></O:P></span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'><O:P></O:P>From:</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'><a href="mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</a>
[<a href="mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</a>]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b>Matthew
Leszczenski<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Monday, August 11, 2008 1:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[AG-TECH] Equiptment ideas?<O:P></O:P></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>
One of my current projects is a public AG kiosk-like setup, in which people
will be able to walk up to the node, choose a stream and start to talk directly
with that stream. The area is about a 12’ X 12’ square area, with drop-tile
ceiling, it will consist of 1x HD camera, 1x DV camera, 2x 52” HD LCD TV’s,
1x high quality microphone, some sort of directional speakers, and an echo
cancellation system. It seems that I would only need one microphone input
for this project. However I have mostly worked with the ClearOne XAP400, which
is a dual line-in echo cancellation system, and the XAP does not seem to come
in a single line-in version. Is there some other echo cancellation unit that
people would suggest for a setup like this? Or have I missed a single line-in
version of the XAP? Also any other suggestions for the node would be nice to
hear, in case others have ideas that haven’t been thought of, or others
are thinking of building a node such like this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'><O:P></O:P>As always
all help is appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Matthew Leszczenski<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> - Technical
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> - Undergraduate
NSSA Major @ RIT<O:P></O:P><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> - Collaboration
Technology Developer @ RIT Research Computing department<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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