The standard setup to record a dj set at least in my city is a gopro video camera and some kind of audio recorder such as the zoom h1/reloop tape/etc.
But the problem comes when you have to record a party because you are talking about at least of 6-7 hours of HD video and eventually you are going to run out of battery, space on the sd card or both (for the video, no problems with the audio). Of corse you can have an extra battery or SD card but every time you change one of those it's a cut off on the video and if you are running 2 cameras (as I'm willing to) you end up with a video with at least 4 cut offs. You can solve those cut offs when editing the video or you can change batteries and SD cards when the DJs switch (because every set it's going to end up as a different video) but i'm looking for a simpler way, something to forget about if needed during the party, no batteries and SD cardsin my mind at all.
So my idea is to use a set of the best available web cams (bus powered and no storage limit besides the computer hard drive) and a software receiving video from at least two sources and audio from the audio interface (or eventually I could record the audio with another software if needed). In the future it can be upgraded to a pair of DSLR or digital cameras with HDMI outputs and a capture card (such as the blackmagic intensity), but for the moment that's out of my price range.
I was wondering if there is a better/simpler way and if you have any recomendations regarding the best software for this task, and of corse feel free to share any experiences at all. Thanks!
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