Well done... nice job

is that you camera hanging next to the flag? nice job looks good and camera timings are good and important with this kind of events.

can you give some more details about hardware and setup and maybe post a photo of your set the next time you're recording / streaming.

cheers stefan

Thanks!

I use Vivotek (3x IP8162P and 1x SD8362E).
The PTZ (SD8362E) is moved using a Vivotek joystick, and is somewhat hard to move smoothly... :-(
(partly because the camera is delayed 0.4s but also because something make the "presets" move away from its original positions... maybe due to temperature changes or somebody kicks my tri-pod! I don't know)

Yes, its one of my cameras next to the flag :-)

Seems like some other people liked the stream also, so now I have been asked to stream from two more events in January :-)
At that time I will make some picture of the setup (even if it looks kind of "unorganized" or messy)

Best regards
KKR

Hi,

All camera feeds are RTSP (h264/AAC), so only a network is needed to the cameras (wireless or wired).

KKR

Hi again,

I totally forgot about the photos :-(

Well here are two photos taken using my garbage phone (the quality is bad (or I cant keep the phone stabile...))

First photo shows a vMix setup using 4x IP-cameras (cameras not shown) + 1x overlay (from second Laptop using BM Intensity Shuttle USB3) + 1x audio (from external mixer), and just a Teradek Vidiu as a standalone encoder for NewLivestream.
This is the low-cost solution :-)




Second photo shows the same but with some additions:
1. The Vidiu encoder is now swapped with a more powerful PC (Intel quad-core E5) enabling encoding of 4x different bitrates/resolutions simultaneously to NewLivestream.
2. The setup now also include an output to a scaler driving the video wall (can be seen in the background). Total delay around 0.3-0.4s from action to video wall (if you look closely you can see 0.1s in scaler/encoding/transfer/decoding/display to other side of the pool)(I still only use IP-cameras over wireless network!)
3. A fifth camera.
4. More advanced/automated overlay

This is the "not so low-cost" solution (if you include the video wall). But beside the encoder PC I only use the same two laptops.




Hope this was interesting for some of you.
(and NO the video wall is NOT mine!)


Best regards
KKR

Nice rig!

How do you capture score board data?

Daniel

Hi,
Sorry for the very late response! Not in the forums so often (and when I’m here “showcase” is not a priority)

I use some proprietary applications/database system maintained by one guy of the Norwegian Swimming Federation.
All clubs in Norway have this system which handles everything related to a swim meet (the “normal” functions during the event + sending/receiving the entries + live result-service directly to public web-server + online scratching and relay setup during the event (compatible with mobile devices) + import/export to other systems ++)

The system supports multiple timing systems HW (including Omega Ares21 and Quantum). It does not use the Scoreboard output but the General Purpose (GP) port on the Ares21 which have a much more advanced protocol (actually bidirectional although this system only use unidirectional). Ares21 GP-port uses RS-485 (2-wire or 4-wire (which should be 422))

The overlay application is a separate program accessing the system database witch can be local (downloaded from the main-computer before the session starts) or directly over the LAN network. The output is put on an unused part of the screen or on a separate display, where it can be captured by vMix or transferred using HDMI and a capture-card. A completely black background makes it easy to key out the desired graphics in vMix. It pulls the heat with names, personal bests, national records, results, pool length and number of lanes from the database, and gets the online times directly from the Ares21 GP-port (the GP-port is shared between the main system and the overlay program PC).

The system can probably be purchased but cost a bit of money and has far more functionality than you need for overlay.
It gives you and your club no benefits as all the entries must be imported from your current system.

But the biggest problem is probably that this software is in Norwegian ONLY and I don’t think English is coming any time soon.

Some related links:
The System is called Victoria and actually has a web page (developer is Jechsoft, only in Norwegian) http://www.jechsoft.no
The public live web-page can host multiple meets simultaneously (No video) can be found here: http://livetiming.medley.no
My video-channel homepage (Video and overlay) can be found here: http://livestream.com/livetiming-tv

Hope this answer your question :-)


Best regards
KKR

Wow that looks amazing for a one man setup