2009 Archiving
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Where to Send Video
Contact Greg Marra or Jonathan Norris on the Chief Delphi forums for more information about how to send video to the TBA and SOAP Archives via FTP.
How to Archive
This section is largely ripped from http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=784059&postcount=1
How To Record
This is the most often asked question, and finally I have a simple answer for everyone. the Pinnacle Video Transfer, its a $99 ($95 on amazon, I've seen it for $70 on ebay) device that records a composite video and audio input right to an external hard drive at the push of a button in glorious h.264.
If you are looking for a more low cost solution (requiring a computer, and someone to watch the computer..) check out last year's thread.
As for where to capture the video from, FIRST at all its Regionals provides a station with about 20 outputs where you can hook right into the main scoreboard video feed. We prefer this feed over you recording the matches with a camcorder, FIRST hires a professional company at every regional to tape the matches.
Parsing and Cutting Up the Video Into Individual Matches
If you really don't have time to do this after recording a regional, please contact us and we will instruct you where to upload the raw video.
This can be done with whatever video editing program you would like, every windows machine comes with windows movie maker (I think Vista does... I'm a mac user) and every Mac comes with iMovie. As for the output video and naming standards please see below!
Standards for Parsing:
- DO NOT include the announcers introduction, we are just looking for the robot action.
- End the video once the play has stopped, if you like you can cut in the final score (this is a bit of a pain, and TBA already has it listed on their site anyway).
Video Format Standards:
- Format: MPEG4 or H264 (.mp4, .mpv, or .mov are all acceptable containers). WMV is acceptable, but for reasons explained below not favored
- File Size: 15-25 Mb per file, this roughly a bitrate of: 1000-1250 kb/s, with an audio bitrate of: 128 kb/s.
- Video Resolution: recommended 640X480, acceptable 320X240
- HTTP Streaming: when encoding the video to its final format of MPEG4 or h264 enable HTTP streaming (for most encoders it will be an option). This will allow anyone with a smart phone, iPhone, or iPod touch to stream the matches and watch them directly on their handset.
Archiving Format
For consistency and predictability sake, we have a preference in naming the movie files.
General Naming Rules
Example File Names:
- ct_001.mp4
- fl_qf2m1.wmv
- ca_fm1.wmv
Naming Rules:
- Two or three character event abbreviation in lowercase, e.g. "fl"
- Underscore, "_"
- XOR:
- Qualification: Use THREE digits, "001", "047", "108".
- Elimination: Use "qf4m2", "sf2m1", "fm3"
- Awards: Use "award_" + AwardDescription.
- Opening: Use "openingremarks_" + "friday" or "saturday".
- Closing: Use "closingremarks_" + "friday" or "saturday".
- Else: any string that does not begin with "qf", "sf", "fm", or a digit.
- ".wmv" , ".mov", ".divx" , ".whatever"
Notes:
- Always use lowercase, please.
- No spaces in a filename, please.
- Sometimes a match gets replayed- name the one that counts in the standings as "fl_001.wmv". The one(s) that do NOT count, "fl_001bad1.wmv", "fl_001bad2.wmv", etc...
Event Abbreviations
- Arizona Regional AZ
- BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional NH
- Bayou Regional LA
- Boilermaker Regional IN
- Boston Regional MA
- Buckeye Regional OH
- Chesapeake Regional MD
- Colorado Regional CO
- Connecticut Regional CT
- Dallas Regional DA
- Finger Lakes Regional ROC
- Florida Regional FL
- Greater Kansas City Regional KC
- Greater Toronto Regional ON
- Hawaii Regional HI
- Israel Regional IS
- Las Vegas Regional NV
- Lone Star Regional TX
- Los Angeles Regional CA
- Microsoft Seattle Regional WA
- Midwest Regional IL
- Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional MN
- Minnesota North Star Regional MN2
- NASA / VCU Regional VA
- New Jersey Regional NJ
- New York City Regional NY
- Oklahoma City Regional OK
- Oregon Regional OR
- Palmetto Regional SC
- Peachtree Regional GA
- Philadelphia Regional PA
- Pittsburgh Regional PIT
- Sacramento Regional SAC
- San Diego Regional SDC
- SBPLI Long Island Regional LI
- Silicon Valley Regional SJ
- St. Louis Regional MO
- Washington DC Regional DC
- Waterloo Regional WAT
- Wisconsin Regional WI
Michigan
- Cass Tech District DT1
- Detroit District DT
- Kettering University District GG
- Lansing District GRL
- Michigan State Championship GL
- Traverse City District GT
- Troy District OC
- West Michigan District MI
Who is Archiving What?
| Week 1 | |
| Regional Name | Archiving Provided By |
| BAE New Hampshire Regional | Kyle Fenton (121) |
| Buckeye Regional | Team 108 |
| Greater Kansas City Regional | Craig Cottrell (1094) |
| Midwest Regional | WildStang |
| New Jersey Regional | Rob Levy (1676) |
| Oklahoma City Regional | |
| Washington DC Regional | Will (449)/Anish(1123) |
| Week 2 | |
| Regional Name | Archiving Provided By |
| Boston Regional | The Blue Alliance |
| Finger Lakes Regional | |
| Oregon Regional | James Byrne (360) |
| San Diego Regional | |
| New York City Regional | Kenny Ardizzone |
| Week 3 | |
| Regional Name | Archiving Provided By |
| Dallas Regional | Shawn Weisfeld, Lockheed Martin |
| Florida Regional | Team 108 |
| Los Angeles Regional | |
| Peachtree Regional | Kevin Sevcik (57) |
| Pittsburgh Regional | |
| Silicon Valley Regional | Martin Taylor (100) |
| Wisconsin Regional | |
| MI - Cass Tech | Nicholas(326)?? |
| Week 4 | |
| Regional Name | Archiving Provided By |
| Israel Regional | |
| Arizona Regional | |
| Bayou Regional | James Tonthat (1477)? |
| Boilermaker Regional | WildStang |
| Chesapeake Regional | Will (449) |
| NASA VCU Regional | |
| Philladelphia Regional | |
| St Louis Regional | Craig Cottrell (1094) |
| Waterloo Regional | Jonathan Norris (2809, can only guarantee Saturday) |
| MI - Lansing | Mike Aalderink (2015) |
| Week 5 | |
| Regional Name | Archiving Provided By |
| Colorado Regional | |
| Connecticut Regional | Kyle Fenton (121) |
| Greater Toronto Regional | Jonathan Norris (2809) |
| Hawaii Regional | |
| Las Vegas Regional | Joe Ross (330) |
| Lone Star Regional | Kevin Sevcik (57) |
| Microsoft Seattle Regional | James Byrne (360) |
| Sacramento Regional | Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701) |
| SBPLI Long Island Regional | Kenny Ardizzone, maybe |
| MI - West Michigan | Mike AAlderink (2015) |
| MI - Troy | Nicholas(326)?? |
| Week 6 | |
| Regional Name | Archiving Provided By |
| Michigan State Championship | AdamBots, Team 245 |
| Minnesota 10000 Regional | Kevin O'Connor (2175) |
| Minnesota North Star Regional | Kevin O'Connor (2175) |
