Streaming Media/Cameras - 2013 Official Thread

All cameras and streams are functioning. Our server is getting hammered with requests, currently we have about 1200 outgoing streams, but I was able to pull up all 3 cameras. Airshow stream will be live in a few min on a different service, so we shouldn't have any connection issues no matter how many viewers.

oh, the 3 panning cameras....they have setpoints and wander between them. The vintage one has a random setpoint mode, it has a tendency to do crazy transitions back to that far setpoint. we will look into it

Hi,
Just wondering...Why does the airshow image have the corner marks and center + ?

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Originally Posted by PaulDow

Hi,
Just wondering...Why does the airshow image have the corner marks and center + ?

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yeah, we have no idea. Its something the camera is doing, we tried to get rid of it, but ran out of time before figuring it out. Hopefully it will disappear tomorrow.

Why is the airshow camera still on the Honda jet when there is an active act going on?

From the webcams landing page:

Some of these cameras run on pre-programmed direction and show live feeds from the grounds, and some cameras (like the Air Show camera) may display live video of the daily air show as viewed through the lens of EAA's video production team. This is not a television-quality broadcast of the event, just a chance to share their view. There will be times when the videographer is moving the camera, reviewing existing footage, etc., where you may not see the show itself. This is to be expected. Also, for the Theater in the Woods feed, this camera displays live video from evening programming. Due to contractual and other obligations, there are certain events that can not be broadcast.

Thanks for the great air show live camera. Fun to watch!

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Originally Posted by Todd Ritzman

Ron,

I am assuming you are talking about the Airshow camera and not the Wayfinding Cameras as the cameras mounted on the wayfinding towers can not look up at the sky. Generally we have the wayfinding cameras running on an automated tour that stops at certain areas of activity or shows some of the general area of the airshow grounds. When the camera moves from point to point, the camera software decides how it is going to move the lens and is not something we can control.

For the Airshow Camera. We have been lucky to be able to provide this feed the last few years for those that have not been able to attend. The reason I say we are luck is we are not in charge of the camera or operator that we get this video from. He works for a different area and is given daily assignments of what items he is to capture during the day. So while he is recording the airshow, he also has to do some of his other assignments as well. Far as the camera being pointed at the sky, it can be very difficult to follow or find some planes as they are soaring or tumbling across the sky. There are times as well you will see the camera pointed at tents, trees, etc... this occurs as he is adjusting some of the balances on the camera as the conditions change. And there are times that the camera might just be parked in one position, he the only person up on the control tower operating the camera, standing out in the hot sun for hours at a time. He deserves a break once and awhile to get a drink or cool down a bit. You might not think running a camera is hard work, but when you are the only one doing it for hours at a time and standing in the hot sun, you will get tired. Without us being able to piggy back our video feed off this camera, we would not be providing this feed to you at all.

Far as the Pioneer Camera idea, I like that. We will add that to the list of possible additions in the future. We do hope to be able to provide some recorded footage of that this year from some action cameras that were added this year. What for some misc feeds during the day running on the Theater in the Woods Camera link. Remember this will be random, so check and see from time to time.

Todd Ritzman
Media Streaming Chairman

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Want to endorse the Pioneer Camera, and also suggest firing it up again in the winter for the ski-plane fly-in. Would be great to also see a camera at the Seaplane Base during Air Venture. Suggest there also be an adjacent info/link with the bus schedule & location to get to and from there from the field.

Since this seems to be a thread for difficult requests, how about a "Tram Cam"? Attach one to a tram running around the grounds :-)
I'm just keeping the first E in EAA relevant!

Actually the cameras are probably one of the best advertisements to get people to come out to see what they're missing.

Check in on the Theater in the Woods stream throughout the day. :) we have footage from our random wanderings and other stuff playing on there.