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In order to find another solution it had to meet the following conditions:

• Be recognized by Windows Media Encoder to broadcast the stream
• Stream at greater than 320 by 480
• Work good in low light conditions where the amount of light fluctuates
• Not turn off automatically

Potential solutions that I tried included:

• Camcorder / DV Cam from Sony, JVC, and Panasonic
• Surveillance Camcorder that uses USB
• Video Capture equipment such as Pinnacle Studio Moviebox Ultimate
• Software such as WebcamDV and DVDriver

After getting help from Vital Stream, Best Buy(not helpful), Circuit City, Fry’s(not helpful), and numerous sites/blogs, I finally have a solution:

• Dell Laptop running Win XP with Windows Media Encoder 9
• Firewire Card for a Dell Laptop
• Firewire cable
• Panasonic GS320
• VitalStream Project to host the web broadcast

The Panasonic GS320 has good low light (1 Lux) and is documented as Streaming over USB. It is not recognized automatically. I had taken my laptop to Circuit City and Fry’s and plugged in many camcorders. After installing the driver and setting the camcorder to the PC menu option, the USB stream worked nicely. Unfortunately, the camcorder only streams at 320 by 240 over USB (2.0).

Unlike most Sony camcorders, the Panasonic has both Firewire(iLink) and USB. I was going to try to use WebCamDV but first tried to see if Windows Media Encoder would auto detect the GS320 as a device. Fortunately, the GS320 was recognized by Windows Media Encoder and it streamed at 720 by 480. The GS320 does not shut down after a few minutes and has stayed on for over three hours during testing (and a couple of accidental drops).

The real trick to using a Camcorder / DV Cam as a Webcam is to make sure it has software feature that allow it to stream to the computer. I would caution about WebcamDV software because the un-install did not really uninstall and I had to remove keys from my registry.

Once you are streaming there are few things noteworthy in Windows Media Encoder.

• If you are not sure of the output size do a test using Full Screen Video as the Encoding Options setting for Video. It will show you the size in the Preview field in the upper right windows on the Media Encoder.
• If you need to get a custom size for the output stream from the Media Encoder, click on the properties button on the menu bar. Then click the Compression tab and then the Edit button. Click the tab with the correct Kbps and then change the video size. If you have it set to Full Screen you will need to uncheck the “Same as video input” checkbox.
• In order to have a version of the file to play on demand, check the "Archive a copy of the broadcast to file" button on the Archive File screen. If you did not do this, you can click on the Output tab after clicking on Properties. I then took the archive file into Camtasia to remove the unneeded beginning and ending video and to get a better compression ratio. I also saved the video into different formats so people could choose which size video they wished to watch.
• If you need to have a solution for high and low bandwidth, make sure to select multiple rates in the Windows Media Wizard.

Esse vídeo foi selecionado e exibido no Circuito Mineiro de Audiovisual, que rolou (também) em Divinópolis, em 2006. O palestrante do dia nos disse que o diretor do filme foi quase que execrado da Bahia, além do filme ter sido censurado pelas bandas de lá.

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Segue ficha técnica, seleções e prêmios:

Ficha técnica:
Direção: Daniel Lisboa
Roteiro: Daniel Lisboa, Davi Cavalcante e Andrigo de Lazaro
Fotografia: Pedro Leo
Edição: Daniel Lisboa
Produção: Daniel Lisboa e Davi Cavalcante
Elenco: Ângelo Flavio, Fernando Neves, Diego Lisboa, Luana Serrat, Bimbinho e Marcão.
Direção de arte: Davi Cavalcante e Flavio Lopes
Still: Murilo Figueiredo

Seleções:
· IX Festival nacional de vídeo - Imagem em 5 minutos
· 3° Festival Sul-Americano do Audiovisual Universitário - NÓIA
· 1º Panorama Latino-Americano de Cinema Universitário
· Mostra do Filme Livre 2005
· 12° Festival de Cinema e Vídeo de Cuiabá
· XV Festival Cine Ceará
· 10° Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário
· 15° Festival Internacional de Arte Eletrônica Videobrasil
· 16º Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de São Paulo
· Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista 2005
· Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro - Curta Cinema 2005
· I Festival de Cinema e Vídeo Universitário do MEC
· 10º CINEPE Festival do Audiovisual
· 6º BrasilNoar - Barcelona 2006
· Cine Esquema Novo 2006
· 8º Festival Internacional de Curtas de Belo Horizonte

Prêmios:
· Troféu Geraldo Del Rey - Melhor Vídeo no IX Festival nacional de vídeo - Imagem em 5 minutos
· "Prêmio Novos Vetores" no 15º Festival Internacional de Arte Eletrônica Videobrasil
· "Menção honrosa" pela força da obra no Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo concedida pelo Cachaça Cine Clube
· 2º Lugar no I Festival de Cinema e Vídeo Universitário do MEC
· Prêmio Especial do Júri -- Melhor Vídeo Nordestino no 10º Cine PE Festival do Audiovisual

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