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Damn it, sounds like I’ve mucked something up then. I’m guessing this is a bug in Internet Explorer that I haven’t come across before.
I’ll look into it later. In the mean time you’re stuck with using anything but Internet Explorer.
Ryan,
"battered_and_bruised":2s053qby wrote:Yeah I can’t view the video even after I download the falsh update thingy it tells me to. What’s up with that?[/quote:2s053qby]No idea. Sounds like a problem with your flash install.
Some questions to try and narrow down the problem
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[*:2s053qby]Can you view other flash things like Youtube videos?[/*:m:2s053qby]
[*:2s053qby]Does the video player appear for you?[/*:m:2s053qby]
[*:2s053qby]Or do you get some text asking you to install flash?[/*:m:2s053qby]
[*:2s053qby]What web browser are you using?[/*:m:2s053qby][/list:u:2s053qby]Anyone else having the same problem?
Ryan,
Those dangler thingies are a bit too expensive to have just for a camera unfortunately.
Here’s a demo of the ultimate in on rink video coverage
” title=”Smiley” /> A radio controlled blimp with on board camera 
” title=”Grin” /> It can stream the video signal live to a computer and we could send it straight here to the website if we wanted ” title=”Grin” /> I know someone with a blimp I may be able to borrow and I can get helium for for free, so all we need now is for someone to provide the camera, er … anyone got a spare US$449.95 lying round? … http://www.rctoys.com/rc-products-catalog/RC-PARTS-WIRELESS-VIDEO-KITS.html%5B/url:1p76oewj%5D[align=center:1p76oewj][youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5An8bCoQQ[/youtube][/align:1p76oewj]
Ryan,
"Kyle":3ad0ngj0 wrote:You missed the bit where Aaron said he doesn’t wear one” title=”Smiley” />
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yes, that is true …… well … no goalie cam tonight then. I’m a little confused about how I missed that bit, must be suffering brain fry, I spent this afternoon reading a bunch of papers on pyrazine bridged trinuclear zinc(II) compounds
I think Jaimee has one of those, if so I’ll see if she minds me sticking it in there.
[align=center:3ad0ngj0]Here's a video of a helmet cam on a player. Looks pretty good, although their camera equipment is probably a lot fancier.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQaRwxBSII8[/youtube][/align:3ad0ngj0]Ryan,
"Azzy77":60w1zfmw wrote:But what if you got a dangler, you know the big bit of plastic to protect the throat
and attached you camera to the reverse side of that???ie the part closet to the body???[/quote:60w1zfmw]
Yep, that would be doable, not sure how good the view would be, but no harm in trying. Should be pretty well protected behind your ‘dangler’. Come see me after intermediate practice tonight and we can give it a test run – will need to sort some way of getting it to sit in position though … string around your neck?
Ryan,
Awesome video!
That’s totally doable, but not sure how long my camera will last unless the goalies don’t mind a big ass tupperware container stuck to their head. It’ll depend who’s reffing at the time too as some of them may not approve of it (dangerous equipment and all that).
If anyone has a really small camera they don’t mind donating for the cause I’d love to try it. In the mean time I’m going to work on uber protecting the existing camera.
Does anyone have a spare sheet of polycarbonate plastic lying around? The acrylic cover we’re using at the moment really isn’t up to scratch and isn’t going to take more than a single shot to destruct it. A sheet of +3mm thick polycarb oughta do it I think. I’ve got some polystyrene to pack around the camera itself now too which should help somewhat.
[align=center:25pmjbm0]Here's an example of an amateur goalie cam
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15fXpzHnuU[/youtube][/align:25pmjbm0]Ryan,
"Macca":1fdbg0fu wrote:Just a thought. How about taking the camera out of the net and mounting it on the outside of the glass facing the net. That way you can still see the goals and also get a wider view of whats happening in the attacking zone on the lead up to the goal being scored.
[/quote:1fdbg0fu]That’s pretty much what I’ve been doing up till now. Except I’ve been standing there waving the camera round aimlessly and zooming in on occasion.
Coming soon to the leading website about ice hockey in Dunedin … helmet cam!
Ryan,
"Hockeyboy19":38n2pa3f wrote:If you get a Fish Eye lens you will be able to get a wider view.
I think it would work well not so much as a net cam but a shot cam sitting on top of the cross bar. Just a thought.[/quote:38n2pa3f]Yeah, fisheye would be good. But I don’t know of any mega cheap cameras with fish eye lenses. Feel free to volunteer one for the purpose
” title=”Smiley” />We looked at attaching it to the crossbar last night but didn’t have any convenient way to do it without it potentially falling out of position. I think we’d need some sort of bracket to attach it to the crossbar. If anyone has any good (ie: minimal effort) ideas on how to do this please post here with your suggestions
” title=”Smiley” />Ryan,
"Kyle":3h260lce wrote:The footage is really clear – pretty impressive really.[/quote:3h260lce]Yep, I’m pretty happy with the quality.
"Kyle":3h260lce wrote:Wouldn’t it be best to design the box so you can turn it on after the warmup? Can’t you make an on button hole?[/quote:3h260lce]Yep, wasn’t organised enough this time round though. There’s also limited room inside the box I’ve stuck it inside, but I’ll get it sorted by next week.
"Kyle":3h260lce wrote:You’ve got it mounted underneath the top. Can you mount it on the back, lower down? I would have thought the best footage would be between the goalies legs, and if it’s at the back, then you’ll get a wider view closer to the goal. More likely to get hit of course![/quote:3h260lce]Yeah, that’s what I originally had in mind. I was going to attach it directly to the netting rather than the post which is where tonights footage was from. But Chris reckoned the vibrations from the net would be a problem. But I think it would be okay, you can see shocks every time Jaimee bumped the net tonight, but I think the net would calm itself after a second or so.
So I’ll drop it down lower, point it forward and have an access hole to turn it on. And hope like hell that some prat doesn’t decimate it.
Ryan,
Video footage from Net Cam is now posted!
http://www.dunedinicehockey.hellyer.kiwi/forum/index.php?topic=968.0%5B/url:l0eu5dpg%5DI think we’ll need to point it towards the center of the ice next time as you can’t see much from the angle we did it at tonight. We also chose the worlds worst game for it too as there were no goals scored in this game. The camera went for 34 mins with Callan’s 1GB card. The first 16 mins were of the Chris’s ugly mug and Neil on the zamboni. Then a five min warmup left only 18 mins of actual game, so basically just the one period. Next time I’ll set it up right before the warm up so we get a bit more game time in.
The video in the link above is a heavily edited version. The bulk of the footage was unsurprisingly like watching paint dry.
Ryan,
"Macca":1r955slv wrote:I see that net cam was put to good use tonight.
[/quote:1r955slv]Copying video now. Will hopefully get video uploaded to web within an hour or so. If I don’t get it done by then, it’ll probably be up by around lunch time tomorrow.
Ryan,
"Macca":v24g5p80 wrote:I have a one gig card that you can borrow. Ill try to remember to bring it tonight
[/quote:v24g5p80]Thanks
” title=”Smiley” /> I still haven’t sorted out how to attach it yet, but I’ve got a roll of packing tape and some string for the purpose.Ryan,
We’re having technical difficulties! Net Cam may not be in operation for tonights game. It turns out that the camera is so old and crappy that it doesn’t support my shiny new 2 GB SD card. Does anyone have a slightly smaller SD card they wouldn’t mind lending? I have a 128 MB one, but it’s only good for 3 mins of footage
” title=”Sad” />Ryan,
"Chris":37t7lzln wrote:Awesome idea Ryan! It will be a great way to see the angles of all the goals that the Bullfrogs are going to score.[/quote:37t7lzln]Don’t worry, you won’t be scoring many own goals tomorrow night as we wont be giving up possession of the puck.
Ryan,
Problem solved. Kara has given me a glistening, clean as a whistle, piece of 5mm thick plastic
” title=”Smiley” /> I think it’s acrylic rather than polycarbonate, but it’s thick enough I think it’ll take a few knocks before breaking. I’m going to mount it inside a tupper ware like container ready for attaching to the inside of the goal.Ryan,
