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FYI, I checked with Neil and he said it’s fine. He just wants us to have it setup in the afternoon so we don’t need to bother anyone at the rink when they’re flat out busy before the game. I’d still need to walk into their office and turn it on, but that’s not exactly going to bother them.
EDIT: I tried one of those FM transmitters from Dick Smith. They’re pretty crap. They’re not going to work over the ~80 m range they’ll need to cover. Which I’m not surprised about, since they’re designed for travelling from your MP3 player to your car stereo – a grand total of about 50 cm usually.
"Rhys M":33y9vvuh wrote:Actually, it was one of those I was looking at getting, I think it could to the trick, im sorting it out afterschool today with someone I know who has one, remember we can always mount it up higher if we need to to improve coverage. [/quote:33y9vvuh]I thought you were getting a full on commercial grade radio transmitter or something. If it’s just a crappy $39 thing, then we may as well just buy it and worry about getting money from someone later. I’m sure someone will stump up the cash for it. We could beg for donations if necessary, I don’t think $39 would be hard to scrounge together. Heck, we could even charge access to it if we really wanted – there’s bound to be a few people out there stupid enough to pay $10 to listen to Aaron rant for an hour or so
” title=”Tongue” />"Rhys M":33y9vvuh wrote:What would be the most suitbale computer to use for the commentray Ryan? Can you sort something?[/quote:33y9vvuh]Do you mean for sending the live feed? The computer in the office at the rink was what I had in mind. It’s already connected to the net, so just a matter of plugging an FM radio into the microphone jack and logging into TalkShoe.com. If they’re got a multiport router we could plug a laptop in I spose, but I doubt they’ll care if we use their office computer. They have a broadband connection, so should have 128 kbps upload (minimum) and the audio should only need ~80 kbps so they could still use the internet if they had the burning desire to poke someone on FaceBook during the game.
Would something like this do the trick? It would need to travel about ~80-100m and through two walls to reach the rinks computer (assuming the commentators were sitting in the soft seats in the main stand). I have absolutely no idea how far these things can send their signal so it may be utterly useless for our purposes, but thought I’d post it just in case.
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storef … View/C0579
"Rhys M":1ijjnd34 wrote:I would imagine a watt at the most mounted anywhere will cover the whole rink area quite happily.
[/quote:1ijjnd34]The $39 product above outputs 0.15 W.
At last resort we could buy one and return it the next day if it didn’t cut the mustard.
If it was cheap enough, we coud just ask for donations from people here on the forum. I’d be willing to chip in $10 if absolutely necessary.
"Rhys M":25jywx58 wrote:would [u:25jywx58]someone[/u:25jywx58] be prepared to pay for it as a one [u:25jywx58]off[/u:25jywx58] just for these games untill I can sort something more permanent?[/quote:25jywx58]Price?
It would need to be quite cheap I imagine as it’s not exactly something which will be heavily used. Plus the the DIHA (who I’m assuming would be paying for it, or maybe the rink?) has almost no time left to make a decision which is tricky since such decisions are usually made at monthly committee meetings, the last one of which was held a few days ago.
So Aaron, is this going ahead? If so, I’ll post a news item about it so that people know to bring an FM radio and so that other centres can tune into it. Some Canterbury people seem interested in it listening if we can hook it up live, so I’m assuming other centers will be interested too.
PS: I’d better check with the rink about using their net connection for a start I spose.
Well if the FM signal is sent, I’ll sort the live audio feed and I’ll try to make a full length video with the commentary laid over the top.
If anyone feels like volunteering to do some video editing I’d very much appreciate it. I can’t be bothered clipping stuff together properly (as my previous videos will attest) so if anyone wants well clipped footage (highlights perhaps?) then you will need to volunteer. Otherwise my crudely knocked together clip will have to suffice.
I’ve purchased a 4 GB card, so hopefully it’ll arrive by Saturday for the game. They’ve plummeted in price since I bought my 2 GB one, hence I didn’t have one before. That should cover me for the whole game, and if not I’ll just upload the 2 GB one mid game anyway.
"Joe":1co3qkk8 wrote:How about a podcast of the games? That would be great. [/quote:1co3qkk8]If Aaron commentates (and is happy for me to put it online) I’ll definitely turn it into a podcast and get it posted ASAP after the games.
"Joe":1co3qkk8 wrote:Man I wish I could be there fro some Photos.[/quote:1co3qkk8]So do we!
"Kyle":3ncuvbrt wrote:If anyone has a decent camera with a heap of memory, I know Ryan would be keen to video the games and put them up on the web site, commentary or not.His camera won’t do a full period, and then the download to the laptop takes too long for the period break.
[/quote:3ncuvbrt]My camera is okay’ish for the videoing, but I need a bigger compact flash card. I’ve currently got a 2 GB which can do one period. If anyone has a decent size CF card feel free to lend it to me for the game
” title=”Smiley” /> Otherwise I’ll just upload as much between periods as possible. 2 GB is enough for a whole period (just)."Azzy77":17u4z989 wrote:I don’t think the rink has a decent internet connection, and if it does, there are no jacks up where we would be able to commentate from…[/quote:17u4z989]Lol, you silly billy. If you doing it via an FM radio, then it’s just a matter of plugging an FM radio jack into a computer with a broadband internet connection. You don’t need to be anywhere near the computer!
The connection at the rink should be plenty fast enough, audio doesn’t take up much bandwidth. If you do a radio show, I can sort the live podcast of it. I’m assuming the rink won’t mind, it wouldn’t even stop them using their computer, it’s just a matter of plugging my MP3 player into their microphone jack and leaving a browser window open.
The only reason you would need to be near the computer would be if you wanted to chat with people who called in to discuss the game, but that would probably have neglible use anyway.
I tried TalkShoe just then and it took me a grand total of about 1 min to set it up and have a live podcast running
” title=”Smiley” />There may be more suitable services around though (TalkShoe is designed for interative podcasts, not basic commentary), so if anyone knows of a suitable site, then post back here with a link to it.
Cool
” title=”Smiley” /> Nice to know we have an extra area of expertise in the club!I find the concept of tuning in to hear commentary at a live sports event a little weird, but I would definitely listen in myself.
Ohhh, brain surge … save the commentary to MP3 format and we could stream it over the net
” title=”Smiley” /> Perhaps live? I listen to a Podcast on a service called TalkShoe which we could transmit it via live over the internet, people from other parts of the country (world even) could even phone in and give their input if they felt it, although that would require the commentators to have net access to unmute people as they called in.You know, we could pull this together by this weekend if Rhys can get the radio gear sorted. I’m pretty sure the live streaming would be quite simple, just a matter of grabbing the FM signal and sending it down the tube to TalkShoe to stream to the masses.
International hockey radio … sounds impressive!
