Welcome to Omnibits for Friday, 6 September (Day 6)

0830

Dorian has wandered northeast of here and while it's still windy the clouds are thin and high. Expectations are that wind will keep us grounded at least to midday but there is a good chance of getting some jumps in later in the afternoon, if the wx forecast holds up.

Thank you Andrew Stack for giving us the heads up on the video problems. All videos on the web were short 30 seconds thanks to some incompetence by your humble reporter. They are being regenerated and uploaded this morning.

I'm going to have to tap down the quality of the web videos because the upload times are a bit long. CRF 21 @ 30 FPS before, CRF 24 @ 24 FPS now. Will probably play better on your handheld.

VIDEOGRAPHERS ... please spread the word ... the correct way to do the slate is to hold it STILL in front of the camera. If you're trying to make sure that it's in the video frame by waving it around, you're just guaranteeing that the judges won't be able to read it. Just hold it steady in front of the camera for 5 seconds and you'll be good. Thank you!

For examples see (in Round 1 videos):
Good: 201 Fastrax.
Notso good: 205.
Really needs improvement: 202.

1000

The sun is out and the winds have died down substantially. There might be loads up sooner than we anticimapated!

1130

Lots of sun out there and not windy on the ground but winds aloft are still blowing the geese backward.


1700

Lots of hoppin'n'poppin' going on out there! It's turned into a gorgeous day.

Just in case you're not aware, Skydive Paraclete XP now has three live streams going.

Only one is being fed from a live judging station, the other two are replaying previously judged videos. That will change depending on how many of the three judging systems are busy (and you can certainly expect all three to be smoking during FS 4-Way).

You can tell whether a feed is "Live" or "Memorex" by looking at the upper right corner for "LIVE JUDGING" or "REPLAY". You'll also notice (rather quickly if you're not asleep) that the "live judging" feed can have some idle times and lengthy "Judges Confirming ..." segments. Just play your own Jeopardy theme when you see that ;)

https://livestream.com/paracletexp

 
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