[Matemago]

by the way, thanks Aanarav for tryin this at home. !

this week i’m gonna start buying all the equipment and as soon i have some real tests, i’ll post my results here and the equipment i used so if anybody ever needs somthing like this they can have an idea.

[Matemago]

i think i found another solution! tell me what you think:

forget about 1 dvd… i’m gonna use 2 cds… one prerecorded, with promo, screensavers, hybrid cd for pc and mac, etc. i’m gonna order this ones with my vhs tapes provider.

then another one recorded at tower in svcd. jut like you guys say.
when you go to our lobby, i’m gonna show you your video. if you like it, i’ll give both, in a doble capacity case, with your diploma and tshirt.

that way, i think i can use a computer on top of tower, with two burners, 1 camera using that ADSTech Instant DVD+mp3 .

so i just deal with your video part, forgetting about promo, since it’s gonna be in another disk.

i can record everybody, since i dont mind throwing away 1 disk.

the part i still dont resolve is about sending the live video of your jump to our tvs. since i’m gonna have the camcorder connected by firewire, can i still use the s-video port at the same time? or do i need a some kind of splitter?

i really apreciate your help guys, this is really an excellent forum.

[Matemago]

that seems to be the solution. having a 5,000 recorder exposed 24×7 to seabreeze is not an option.

so as you say, there is no difference if i send to prerecord my dvd-r’s ? just with the promo part inside, leaving the dvd session open so i can just add the jump video part? same as me burning the two parts from a project residing on a laptop for example?

[Matemago]

ok, my main problem is with session finalizing time. it has to be less than 5min… what if i use dvd-rw? it finalizes faster right? can a dvd-rw be prerecorded with our promo and then just put that disc on a dvd recorder to add your jump video stream?

[Matemago]

ok, my main problem is with session finalizing time. it has to be less than 5min… what if i use dvd-rw? it finalizes faster right? can a dvd-rw be prerecorded with our promo and then just put that disc on a dvd recorder to add your jump video stream?

[Matemago]

i’m gonna do some tests as you say… can you recommend me a wireless transmiter for the camera? my distance between tower and lobby are about 80m.

thanks

[Matemago]

i was reading at the link you provide me, i also think about networking too. from the video site at top of the tower to our lobby, its about 80m. the ethernet limit is 100m.. too close to limit. so maybe i can put a router or hub at the middle to help with the signal.

i was reading about the pioneer PRV-LX1, sounds good, but it cost $5,000! but i need something like that, that records to a dvd, but specially to a hdd and has an ethernet port. the problem besides the price, is that the tower is facing the ocean, and the sea breeze rust everything pretty fast! we change to a new camera every 6 months just because of that.

having the dvds prerecorded with our promo, then adding the footage as you say seems a very good idea, since i only burn the dvd till you see your video, and i dont have to waste a dvd…

the way we are working right now is like this: we have someone filming you for about 2-3mins with a hi-8 camcorder connected to input-1 at a vhs recorder… where we put a prerecorded vhs tape with our promo. as soon as you jump, we take the tape out, put it on a bag and send it down through a steel cable… when you go to receive your video, we put it in a vhs player so you can take a look at it and buy it of you like.

also, the vhs recorder on top, has it rca output running through our tvs down street, so people at the street watchs you jumping…

how about having a minidvd camcorder, which records on minidvd-rw, send it down with our “special steel cable” and using that minidvd to import your jump at the project, then burn the disk?

or is there another recorder like pioneer but a lot more cheaper?

thanks mf

[Matemago]

eric, i really apreciate your help, if you ever come to acapulco, you’re gonna have free bungy jumps!!!

thanks man.

[Matemago]

eric thanks again for your help.

we film about 50 people daily, and we had a top of 300 jumps in one springbreak day, so i think i have to send to prerecord my dvds, so i can buy them a lot more cheaper. last year we bought 80,000 vhs tapes.
so that’s about the same quantity i will need of dvds.

can you imagine a way i can record video at the tower and then, maybe trough a network, read that video down at our lobby so i can show you your video and if you decide to buy it, then i can burn it just as you say? i think your solution is right, do you have an idea how many times can i record on a dvd-rw? maybe i can use that one on top of tower and send it down so you can see your jump; if you like your video, then i record it as you say.

i know that if i leave a session open, i can continue recording on it, so i just have to add the video recorded at the dvd-rw to my project and then just burn your dvd.

thanks eric

[Matemago]

thanks for the reply.

in fact, we film everyone, since the client buys the tape after they jump and sees it with his friends at our lobby, specially because they still have the adrenalin going. =)

do you know an authoring software that can leave the dvd session open? so i can make some tests with recorders…?