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RPI 2010 Off-Season Thread IV -- It's Looking Like No "I-V" Is Necessary!

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RHamilton said:
Yep; games will still be up on the website by the next morning. If that's taken away, then there's almost no reason for us to be behind the cameras at all. Most of us would be cheering for the team in the stands instead.

Bitrates for the streams were generally 800 kbps ish, but we throttled that down to about 500 kbps during the Brown series as viewers increased to ensure we had enough upload bandwidth. B2 stream is about 400 kbps, but using a vastly inferior codec. Even our 200 kbps "low quality" archived streams generally look better than the 400 kbps B2 live stream since we use h264 and B2 probably uses VP6 or something similar. Trouble with h264 is it takes a lot more CPU power to play back, which can present itself as choppiness.
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I think that's probably why I wasn't able to watch the game very well on my single-core comp with lousy video card, but was able to do so on quad-core with slightly better video card. Either way, I do also remember that the visiting team fans were also impressed by your work. Hopefully, year after next, we're done with B2, and we can go back to internal live pictures.

I do enjoy watching the game archives, and I wouldn't be surprised if the coaching staff also uses it to help decide what needs to be practiced during the week, if we could consider that to be any potential reason to continue recording, even if it's one camera from the press box.
 
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RHamilton said:
I always feel guilty when the thread gets gobbed up with too much technical RPI TV talk :)
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It's the off-season, we're supposed to discuss stuff like that. :D

Thanks for the explanation which agrees with my observations.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
It's the off-season, we're supposed to discuss stuff like that. :D

Thanks for the explanation which agrees with my observations.
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In or out of season, we're a technical school, so it makes sense for us to discuss stuff like this anyway. After all, we're not Crane graduates from SUNY Potsdam. ;) Even though that would have been my avenue had I not made RPI or CCT. :eek:
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
In or out of season, we're a technical school, so it makes sense for us to discuss stuff like this anyway. After all, we're not Crane graduates from SUNY Potsdam. ;) Even though that would have been my avenue had I not made RPI or CCT. :eek:
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Such discussions also keep Hokydad away. :p
 
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I'm sure we could always hit you uscho boys (and gals) with a *cough* unofficial ustream feed *cough* ;)
 
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Laylat said:
I'm sure we could always hit you uscho boys (and gals) with a *cough* unofficial ustream feed *cough* ;)
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Layla, this is exactly what RHamilton is talking about that created the disagreements between RPI, B2, and ECAC. More issues do not need to be created on this front.
 
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well, actually, the issue was the Official Feed on rpitv.org. That's what got us into trouble and by us I mean RPITV and RPI. I was not involved in any of the high level meetings with rpi athletics, but i have discussed the issue with those who were. Most of the time, the ustream feed was picked up from the on-campus CATV feed -- not directly from our setup in the HFH.

If I were to independently setup a feed from the cable tv feed in my dorm room. Who exactly would object to a feed with no relationship with rpi athletics or rpitv. B2 isn't smart enough to check ustream for feeds of a college hockey game. Maybe if it was a more popular sport like basketball or football, but it wont check for such a small market like rpi hockey.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
... I wouldn't be surprised if the coaching staff also uses it to help decide what needs to be practiced during the week, if we could consider that to be any potential reason to continue recording, even if it's one camera from the press box.
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The team shoots and edits its own game film for analysis and breakdown. I'm not sure if this is the same video feed that RPI TV used, but the team films every game, regardless of what RPI TV has going on.

The coaches stay up late breaking down film -- players are sent video clip emails in the wee hours following the previous night's games. They're all expected to review the clips before the they gather with the coaches.

Appert and Co. are dead serious about the use of video. If memory serves Coach Vines' duties with the Avs. surrounded video analysis and scouting reports. Kevin Anderson is responsible for video production/coordination, editing, etc.

http://www.rpiathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=475&path=hockey
 
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babo said:
I could swear Buffalo is a D-III school. The article said 'non scholarship' schools. Anyone know?:confused:
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U Buff is D1...I believe they made the jump in the 90's. The football team actually has seen some success and played in a bowl game in 2008 -- they just lost their coach -- left for Kansas.
 
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babo said:
I could swear Buffalo is a D-III school. The article said 'non scholarship' schools. Anyone know?:confused:
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You're confusing the University of Buffalo with Buffalo State College, which are two different schools. They're both in Buffalo and both in the SUNY system, which is confusing, but they're definitely separate - UBuff is a D-IA school, Buff State is D-III.
 
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Today is 17 July 2010. There are 83 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 8 October for the start of next season.
 
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GreatLakerMohawk said:
I dig it. I'm also thinking up lots of crude names for the luxury box area. You better believe Pres. Jackson's name is prominently involved.
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The Andrew Jackson Memorial Box Seats? ;)
 
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