[General] Photobooth Software Updates

[Venkat Raghavan V.C.]

Nathan,

I have not been able to work on the software for this as I was in
Houston for work the past couple of days. I should be back in hsv
tomorrow, so i probably will get the rest done over the weekend.

Venkat

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Nathan W. <greenfday6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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