Venkat<br><br>Thats cool, and like Sara said. Thanks for your help.<br><br>Nathan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Sara Neale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:saratheneale@gmail.com">saratheneale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks for all your help on this Venkat. It looks promising :)<br><font color="#888888"><br>
Sara</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Venkat Raghavan V.C. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:venkatraghavan@gmail.com" target="_blank">venkatraghavan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Nathan,<br>
<br>
I have not been able to work on the software for this as I was in<br>
Houston for work the past couple of days. I should be back in hsv<br>
tomorrow, so i probably will get the rest done over the weekend.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Venkat<br>
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Nathan W. <<a href="mailto:greenfday6@gmail.com" target="_blank">greenfday6@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Venkat<br>
><br>
> Hay man, just wanted to ping you and see how things are going?<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
> Nathan<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Venkat Raghavan<br>
> <<a href="mailto:venkatraghavan@gmail.com" target="_blank">venkatraghavan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Guys,<br>
>><br>
>> Here is a list of progress updates on the software side of things.<br>
>><br>
>> a. Photobooth mode - take 4 pictures save then as a strip.<br>
>> I have been successful in taking a picture and saving it to a PNG.<br>
>><br>
>> To do:<br>
>> 1) Create a unique filename based on mmddyyyy-hhmmss<br>
>> 2) Configuring storage locations based on ini file<br>
>> 3) Check and see if picture is better when a 2.0 MP or greater webcam is<br>
>> used<br>
>> 4) Use Imagemagick to stitch the image files together.<br>
>> 5) See how to embed <a href="http://256.makerslocal.org" target="_blank">256.makerslocal.org</a> in image file metadata<br>
>> 6) Add display captions on screen - (say cheese!)<br>
>> 7) Check possibility of adding a non intrusive <a href="http://256.makerslocal.org" target="_blank">256.makerslocal.org</a> sign<br>
>> on the bottom, on the OUTSIDE of the picture strip.<br>
>><br>
>>> b. Video mode - take video 12-15sec<br>
>> Currently, I am using mediacontrol API provided by VLC. This<br>
>> unfortunately does not do video. The other option is to use libvlc,<br>
>> which I will look into, but I am not sure how that will pan out.<br>
>><br>
>>> c. Mystery Mode<br>
>> To do: Have to add a button, and a gtk window that pops up and closes<br>
>> after a certain time elapses. The directory source of the image<br>
>> displayed will be configurable in the ini file, and will pick random<br>
>> pictures to display.<br>
>><br>
>>> 2. Linux Based<br>
>> what else :)<br>
>><br>
>>> 3. Use version control system, preferable the svn server at the shop.<br>
>> Will commit code when I have access. I also need the address of the svn<br>
>> server.<br>
>><br>
>>> 4. Highest resolution/fast as possible.<br>
>> It does not look like we can use the camera on the UPMC. The image seems<br>
>> to be all distorted, if it displays at all. Anyways, this will be<br>
>> controlled by what webcam we can obtain for the project.<br>
>><br>
>> Also, hardware design needs to account for this.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Venkat<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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