Virtual Sets - Scoreboard

[invica]

I do a bunch of sports and I use the scoreboard packages that Jeff created and I am using the VT5.2 for my productions. I am wondering if it is possible to use Virtual Sets to create a compressed clock that I can grab from a camera pointed at the scoreboard and then place it on top of or inside of or what ever, my score board skin so i don't have to have my graphics guy have to manage the clock all the time. I would then assign the virtual set to each of my camera inputs so my score board skin and clock are always on the screen. Any one have any Ideas. My skin is at the top of the screen. I know there is a module and software that is sold to work with Daktronics scoreboards, but 85% of the facilities I'm in don't have Daktronics boards. Plus I am finding there isn't any extra outputs to plug into even if there is a daktronics board.

Has anyone used this new scoreboard software for the daktronics thing and how has your experience been?

[brians0105]

We make a clock camera LiveSet each game to position and crop the clock into our DSK graphics and then set the LiveSet to active on each input. Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzk9dTphfc.

We use Aura to create the LiveSet within the VT.

Brian

[invica]

Can you email me how to do that. That is exactly what I am looking for. I would greatly appreciate it.

[SBowie]

Just in passing, as you have a VT, and hence Aura, if you're at all conversant with it, you could use this:

http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80974

[brians0105]

I recommend using Steve's QuickSet tool. We originally created our clock LiveSets manually in Aura -- but have recently started to use Steve's tool. Steve - it works great!

[SBowie]

Thanks. To be honest, I haven't looked at it since I wrote it, but recall it as having turned out fairly well, and surprisingly fast. :)

[vanderwielen]

we use Steve's application for all of our sports, the only issue that i would consider is the practicality of rebuilding the app during game conditions when someone bumps the clock camera (which happens often). i use a remotely controlled gl2 and a grizzlypro remote camera controller. this allows me to simply recall a virtual set im happy with, reposition the camera from the truck and correct the position when the camera is bumped.

[SBowie]

we use Steve's application for all of our sports, the only issue that i would consider is the practicality of rebuilding the app during game conditions when someone bumps the clock camera (which happens often). i use a remotely controlled gl2 and a grizzlypro remote camera controller. this allows me to simply recall a virtual set im happy with, reposition the camera from the truck and correct the position when the camera is bumped.Sure. On a VT, you can keep Aura running in the background, but it may or may not be possible to take ... oh, say 15-30 seconds to re-generate a revised set - depends on the event.

[vanderwielen]

perhaps with chess. have you done live sports?

[SBowie]

:)

Some events have timeouts, lots of productions have adverts, interviews, etc., but obviously not all. BTW, just to mention in in passsing, TCXD300, will let you scale and position a clock shot in realtime without a LiveSet (using an overlay channel).