{"id":453,"date":"2012-03-26T17:13:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/freechoicelab\/?p=453"},"modified":"2012-03-26T17:19:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:19:04","slug":"more-fun-with-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/freechoicelab\/2012\/03\/26\/more-fun-with-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"More fun with cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Mark’s guidance over the phone, I spent a few hours today testing camera placement with a small Axis<\/a> camera and its built-in microphone. One of my favorite security features of this camera is its built-in speaker, which can be used to make the camera shout “intruder,” whisper “pssst,” or bark like a dog.\u00a0 None of these have any conceivable utility whatsoever for what we’re doing, but it’s always nice to know we have options.<\/p>\n

So, I put it in the entryway.\u00a0 I put it over and next to the octopus tank.\u00a0 I put it over the front desk. I put it by the touch pool, which triggered a barrage of eyeball-seeking dust particles that had been guarding the overhead ethernet ports for untold eons.<\/p>\n

Each vantage point tested presented a decent view and adequate lighting.\u00a0 The model I used will not be installed in all positions, but it provides a great baseline.\u00a0 We also received a new Axis dome camera with a microphone, which we can use up-close at individual exhibits.<\/p>\n

To record a few audio tests, I directed the system output of one of our Macbooks into Audacity<\/a> using Soundflower<\/a>. Having recently spent several late nights playing with open-source audio software, I improvised this solution a bit more easily than I had anticipated. I never expected that my private dubstep habit would prove to be a reservoir of generalizable workplace skills, but it goes to show that free-choice learning happens all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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