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color=#0000ff size=2>An AG related project here at Manchester 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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281571310-12082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ben.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov
[mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Douglas
Baggett<BR><B>Sent:</B> 11 August 2008 21:30<BR><B>To:</B>
ag-tech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AG-TECH] Equiptment ideas?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>What about a good high end Firewire video camera? I'm looking to put
one on a Mac Pro? Any ideas
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<DIV>-Doug B</DIV>
<DIV>OCI/NSF<BR>
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<DIV>On Aug 11, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Matthew Leszczenski wrote:</DIV><BR
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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></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black">Matthew Leszczenski<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"> - Technical Assistant and Eagle
Scout<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"> - Undergraduate NSSA Major @
RIT<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"> - Collaboration Technology Developer @ RIT Research
Computing department</SPAN><SPAN
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Tran, Quang V. [<A
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href="mailto:qtran3@lsuhsc.edu">mailto:qtran3@lsuhsc.edu</A>]<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><B>Sent:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Monday, August 11, 2008 3:06
PM<BR><B>To:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Matthew
Leszczenski;<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</A><BR><B>Subject:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>RE: [AG-TECH] Equiptment
ideas?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">Check out the RAV 600:<SPAN
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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></DIV>
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style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">Quang Tran<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B>Matthew
Leszczenski<BR><B>Sent:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Monday, August 11, 2008 1:20
PM<BR><B>To:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</A><BR><B>Subject:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[AG-TECH] Equiptment
ideas?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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all,<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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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></DIV>
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always all help is appreciated!<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black">Matthew Leszczenski<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"> - Technical Assistant and Eagle
Scout<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"> - Undergraduate NSSA Major @
RIT<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"> - Collaboration Technology Developer @ RIT Research
Computing department</SPAN><SPAN
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