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Time Signal on Webcam

Started by vishnu reddy, 04/29/2004 03:51AM
Posted 04/29/2004 03:51AM Opening Post
Hello everyone

Is there any software that can put a time stamp on webcam images as we take them? I am planning to use webcam for Venus transit so was wondering if there is a way to get the time signal from my PC on each frame apart from using costly video overlays.
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Vishnu
Posted 04/29/2004 04:49AM #1
If you have the capability to receive WWV (a shortwave receiver with the audio out fed to the computer audio in) you could record an audio timestamp on the audio channel stored in the .avi, however beware, some astronomical post-processing applications have difficulty with this being present in the .avi. But in your case you may not be concerned with this issue. I'd perform a test by recording audio on a sample .avi and then performing any/all post processing steps you intend to perform on the transit video to insure this was not a problem.

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