[General] Photobooth Software Updates

[Nathan W.]

Venkat

Hay man, just wanted to ping you and see how things are going?

Thanks
Nathan

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Venkat Raghavan
<venkatraghavan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Here is a list of progress updates on the software side of things.
>
>  a. Photobooth mode - take 4 pictures save then as a strip.
> I have been successful in taking a picture and saving it to a PNG.
>
> To do:
> 1) Create a unique filename based on mmddyyyy-hhmmss
> 2) Configuring storage locations based on ini file
> 3) Check and see if picture is better when a 2.0 MP or greater webcam is
> used
> 4) Use Imagemagick to stitch the image files together.
> 5) See how to embed 256.makerslocal.org in image file metadata
> 6) Add display captions on screen - (say cheese!)
> 7) Check possibility of adding a non intrusive 256.makerslocal.org sign
> on the bottom, on the OUTSIDE of the picture strip.
>
>>  b. Video mode - take video 12-15sec
> Currently, I am using mediacontrol API provided by VLC. This
> unfortunately does not do video. The other option is to use libvlc,
> which I will look into, but I am not sure how that will pan out.
>
>>  c. Mystery Mode
> To do: Have to add a button, and a gtk window that pops up and closes
> after a certain time elapses. The directory source of the image
> displayed will be configurable in the ini file, and will pick random
> pictures to display.
>
>> 2. Linux Based
> what else :)
>
>> 3. Use version control system, preferable the svn server at the shop.
> Will commit code when I have access. I also need the address of the svn
> server.
>
>> 4. Highest resolution/fast as possible.
> It does not look like we can use the camera on the UPMC. The image seems
> to be all distorted, if it displays at all. Anyways, this will be
> controlled by what webcam we can obtain for the project.
>
> Also, hardware design needs to account for this.
>
> Regards,
> Venkat
>
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