Madcap is a prototype system for using
computers
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ('' computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as ''programs'', ...
to automatically segment and highlight a
video stream
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typical static broadcasting ...
that was designed by Dan Russell's group at
PARC. The digital video of weekly forums was stored on a
media server
A media server is a computer appliance or an application software that stores digital media (video, audio or images) and makes it available over a network.
Media servers range from servers that provide video on demand to smaller personal compu ...
, any events such as clapping were marked and time-stamped. Member notes from attendees with laptops were stored. The audio stream was transcribed. All these were used as annotations and were cross indexed.
The development of this system is mentioned in
John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown (born 1940), also known as "JSB", is an American researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bend towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities. Brown was director of Xerox P ...
's work ''Growing up Digital'' and his book ''The Social Life of Information''.
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070305070159/http://www.usdla.org/html/journal/FEB02_Issue/article01.html
* http://www.rice.edu/projects/code/broadband.html
* http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jfc/hcc/F00/abstracts/russell.html
References
Film and video technology
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