Flyfunston

looks like we could get some live video going....

http://www.ustream.tv/get-started

With the setup we have now we might not need much.....?

I'll have to bring my laptop and cam next time...

Could we mount a camera on the clubhouse that would zoom in closer to launch and the wind sock, and have it feed to Ustream? that would be nice... Looked like a cool website, easy to use.

Rob

That would be a nice upgrade to our current webcam. I wonder how much upstream bandwidth we have on the clubhouse DSL connection, and how much a real time webcam would use for a private stream to the ustream server where it's publicly hosted.

Is there a weatherproof box that the current cam sits in?

DD

not sure....but imagine we could put a cam on a glider and fly around broadcasting.....
Diev

Oh, I never thought of that. I guess if you put a long range antennae on a wireless webcam (I guess they make those now?) and/or the router in the clubhouse it could work, subject to bandwidth.

DD

The cam sits behind a plexiglass window, I wonder how far the wireless signal would reach? Camera near launch (comming out of the juniper south of the windsock) on a perch with a 360 deg window? (or a north & south shot?)

(((((We could have a live webcast flying channel on sirrus))))))

just a thought

fakeDecoy wrote:.....I guess they make those now?......
DD

yup, Ive used one a few years ago...we just can't go to far....
we could also use those signal booster and have someone point it at us as we fly......
or yeah just a couple, or one wideangle cam going....
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