Ideas

Equipment

I can borrow any or all of the following from work:

• Two Battery backups, untested
• Multiple heavy duty power strips
• Two 19" LCD monitors with Composite video inputs
• PC: Optiplex GX280 with Windows XP
• 10/100 Network switch

Things I have at home:

• Battery backup, untested
• 17" and 19" LCDs for computers
• DEC VT320 (serial) dumb terminal (if we have a use for it)

Things already at the church

• 15" LCD for computer
• Two small color video monitors (Commodore and Apple monitors)
• Four small TVs with video inputs
• 4-input 1-output audio/video switch

Things to be done

Camera control

• Test video capture card (pending adapter arrival)
• Test serial card
• Complete software
• Set up universal remote for monitors to be able to select video input source instead of antenna

Planning

• Determine location of cameras
• Plan any additions to booth for monitors
• Determine what equipment will be sharing power with the spot-lights (for UPS placement)
• Determine monitor and recording configuration
  • What video sources do we have?
  • What do we want to record?
  • What do we want to monitor?

Infrastructure

• Run video and data cables to camera positions
  • A/V patch panel
• Move audio source from existing recording PC to PC set up in booth (I have an easy plan for this)
• Build cables for monitors, recording

Equipment installation

• Booth modifications
• Mount cameras
• Mount monitors

Testing

• Make sure audio and video records properly
  • No noise in the audio

-- JasonHill - 29 Nov 2009