[General] Photobooth Software Updates

[Nathan W.]

Venkat

Thats cool, and like Sara said.  Thanks for your help.

Nathan

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Sara Neale <saratheneale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all your help on this Venkat. It looks promising :)
>
> Sara
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Venkat Raghavan V.C. <
> venkatraghavan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.orgsign
>> >> 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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