International Space Station HD Livestream

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/17074538

by hownottowrite • 12 years ago

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sbarre• 12 years ago

480p is not HD (is it?) (edit: this is still awesome, was just expecting 720 or 1080)

there is no standardized definition of HD. HDTV is 720 or 1080, but HD is simply a generic term meaning better than standard definition.

p1mrx2• 12 years ago

The only exception I've ever seen to the "HD >= 720 lines" rule is that of ignorant video uploaders.

jonah2• 12 years ago

480i is SD, technically (in marketing-speak) anything better than that is HD. In this case 480p is...

ojii• 12 years ago

From my understanding the cameras are HD, maybe they don't have the bandwidth to push HD video streams down from the ISS.

mpg33• 12 years ago

480p is DVD quality

jweather• 12 years ago

The PDF linked earlier mentions 720p, so it may only be the ustream that is limited to 480. source: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/2011001...

iambateman• 12 years ago

There are 18239 people currently watching a black screen. Goodnight moon.

sferoze• 12 years ago

I have been waiting for UrtheCast (http://www.urthecast.com/) to start live streaming the camera they had the Russians mount on the ISS awhile back.

Is this the same camera?

ceejayoz• 12 years ago

Third time I've been linked to this. Third time it doesn't seem to be working. No luck for me, it seems.

peeters• 12 years ago

It's back up now.

treelovinhippie• 12 years ago

Has it always been a black screen? Could just be a fake test from someone like Urthecast to see what kind of demand a live stream would generate on launch

barkingcat• 12 years ago

it clearly states:

"Black Image = International Space Station (ISS) is on the night side of the Earth. "

danielweber• 12 years ago

Is something explicitly setting it to black, or is total blackness what the camera is capturing?

qnk• 12 years ago

We have to understand that is a live streaming from 230 miles up in the sky. It might not work 100% of the time, but if you're patience enough, you can enjoy images like the one I just saw:

http://cl.ly/image/2D0G0m0P2R3D

JakaJancar• 12 years ago

I would love to use this as a desktop background :)

kordless2• 12 years ago

I'm thinking D3.js powered simulator.

1rae• 12 years ago

I don't know why you would want to use javascript... have a look at this cinder space simulator, it supports oculus and should be easy to convert the cinder app to a screensaver - not to sure about a moving desktop background. http://roberthodgin.com/oculus-rift-gravity/

hiharryhere• 12 years ago

If you see a blank screen it's night. You can see the current location and day/night status here: http://iss.astroviewer.net/

rasz_pl• 12 years ago

Umm any decent camera would pick up at least something, black means they turn off the feed

+ like someone else said 480p is not hd

lacksconfidence3• 12 years ago

the stream is gray when they turn off the feed, black is night.

kordless2• 12 years ago

I'm just happy about it because SPACE.

Timshel• 12 years ago

Or from : http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/

pavel_lishin• 12 years ago

I'm not sure why the night-time feed isn't at least picking up lights from cities or oil refinery burns. (Granted, right now it's off the southern coast of Australia...)

InclinedPlane• 12 years ago

Earth is big, most of it is ocean, most of the rest is uninhabited.

fjcaetano• 12 years ago

eyeporn

karangoeluw• 12 years ago

THIS IS AMAZING

https://twitter.com/TheKaranGoel/status/463920252615548928/p...

orjan3• 12 years ago

A (very) quick and dirty hack to see ISS Tracker (www.isstracker.com) and the video side by side: http://ri.io/iss.html

vrikis• 12 years ago

Pretty phenomenal when you think about the speed it's going at... I just watched it cross the Atlantic ocean and it's nearly over Europe now...

bd• 12 years ago

Here are some snapshots I made (selected images from letting the stream run for few hours, from about 4 orbits):

http://imgur.com/a/99fS8

orjan3• 12 years ago

In some of the images I could see some lens info. At least one camera uses a Dicomar lens and the camera used might be[1]. NASA's site[2] on the project doesn't say which exact camera is used. Anyone know more about the camera setup?

[1]http://business.panasonic.co.uk/professional-camera/avcam/ag... [2]http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experimen...

synackrst• 12 years ago

From a NASA project presentation[0], there's a Panasonic AGHMC150, a Toshiba IK-HR1s, a Hitachi HV-HD30, and a Sony FCB-EH4300 in the HDEV. Video routing is done by a Extron SW4 3G HD-SDI and encoded by a Visionary Solutions AVN443.

[0] http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/2011001...

jamesxwatkins• 12 years ago

I have a feeling that my work day is going to revolve around watching this (no pun intended).

ljoshua• 12 years ago

NASA's page that combines the stream with an overview of where the ISS is over the earth at any given time: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/

(Hint: if it is over an area of daylight you're more likely to see video. Use the white line to see where it will be in 1.5 hours.)

tom_scrace• 12 years ago

Do we know approximately what the delay is?

kernelcurry• 12 years ago

How much does that vacation cost?

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