v2par

When the time comes for a big rewrite...

Goals:

• A service random people can use by signing up for an account.
• Optimize for getting the most videos online.
• Make it easy to get something online, even if the quality is poor.
• Make it easy to improve quality of both audio/video and metadata (title/description)

Implementation:

It is a combination physical box and poofy cloud service.

Box

• All in One. only external cables needed is HDMI in/out. everything else remains plugged in. Maybe battery operated.
• SBC - pi4? - usb 3, gig Ethernet. analog audio out (for ear buds)
• Storage: usb 3 thumb drive or SSD.
• hdmi capture $50-$100 commodity capture. hdmi loop out, analog audio in (additional features sure.)
• Webcam quality camera. (fish eye with face tracking.. sure. later.)
• LEDs for light (maybe. off switch)
• usb mic - (easy to unplug and plug in some other usb audio device)
• touch screen. 10" hdmi touch
• hard buttons and lights (maybe. touch screen for starters.)
• various mounting options: little rubber feet, tripod foot, vesa, holes for bungee cords.

Box Operation:

• turn it on, it starts recording a mix of hdmi + camera pnp, both audio sources. echos mix to monitor and analog out.
• push button to disable capture. (maybe)
• If it is connected to the internet, it authenticates with v3par service and waits for instructions.

Veyepar

• convoluted process for creating an account and paring with one or more boxes, acquire youtube tokens.
• Web page shows summary of content stored on box.
• user selects some content, hits "create/start job"
• box is told to encode and upload file to veyepar.
• when files are received, they are uploaded to youtube.
• job is marked done.
• user can edit/rerun a job.

Things put aside from the current workflow to be added back in later:

• live mixing (everything is static PnP, camera lower corner)
• email
• recording sheets
• streaming (no onsite internet needed)
• review (look at what gets posted to youtube, redo if needed.)
• custom title slide - default title template SVG can be replaced.
• low bitrate for player scrubbing to find start/end.

Implementation details:

• framework/platform that can accommodate all the features we want (above and beyond)
• VU meter on the monitor
• box can be used with current DebCof setup (different software config): hdmi capture, multiple audio sources, additional camera source.
• HDMI EDID - force 1080p, no HDCP.

web/mobile app UI.

• start/end cut button
• change mix composition

misc

• camera, screen, mic, box - all should have tripod mount hole. Top of box has tripod shoe. easy to add in a Pan/Tilt to aim the camera.
• dynamic workflow - order of steps defined in data.