[Motmot] Using the Motmot USB device to Syncronize

[Andrew Straw]

Nateon Ajello wrote:
> Dear Motmot List and Staff,
>
> My name is Nateon Ajello and I work for a company called Animotion-Inc 
> doing motion capture.  We are looking for a solution for video 
> refrence recording simultaneously with data capture by syncing the 
> video cameras with a program we use called Motion Builder.  We would 
> like to use Python Scripting, so your device seems ideal.
>
> These are the cameras we are considering purchasing:
>
> http://verint.com/video_solutions/section2b.cfm?article_level2_category_id=7&article_level2a_id=359&article_level2b_id=704 
> <http://verint.com/video_solutions/section2b.cfm?article_level2_category_id=7&article_level2a_id=359&article_level2b_id=704>
>
> Do you think this solution will work?  Any thoughts on the matter 
> would help us out.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Nateon Ajello
> Animotion-Inc.com
Dear Nateon,

Those cameras say they have internal synchronization. Synchronization 
with the Motmot CamTrig device is based on the premise that the camera 
is triggered externally (from a voltage pulse). Therefore, I don't think 
those cameras will work with the CamTrig device as currently implemented.

I would be interested if you found any such cameras (IP cameras with 
automatic compression encoding) that did accept external triggering.

-Andrew

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Andrew D. Straw, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~astraw/