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ericlnz wrote:Short answer - yes.
That certainly is a short answer !
Just a quicky ! I am soon getting another laptop that will be on windows 11, will MoviePlus install and work on it ?. I still have the original installation disc and it's still on 2 of my windows 10 laptops. I have moved it several times from one to the other as the windows moved up over the years and know how to do it.
stuck wrote:GStree wrote:...often out of sync on YouTube videos.
Having said that, the first thing I'd do would be do some housekeeping in my browser, by clearing the cache and deleting all cookies associated with the problem site, and then restart my browser.
As for some browsers being better than others. I started using Firefox when v1 was released and have used it ever since. In my far from humble opinion, Firefox + uBlock Origin (addon to block ads) is the only sane way to browse the Internet.
I was using Edge and found that when I loaded some of my videos up on my YouTube Site they were sometimes out of sync ! (not a lot) but I often record bands with close ups of the singers. I have been making sound movies since the mid 60s and never had any problems, and lets face it with the equipment we use now it is easier than it's ever been unless you are a complete duffer ! I even took a couple of videos off my site and rechecked them and found them perfect. I then installed Opera browser that immediately cured the problem. Sometimes they are ok on Edge but are not consistent. I live in Spain and the UK and it still has the same problem on Edge in both countries so it's not just my UK internet copper wire setup to my house vs the Fibre Optic that I have in Spain. I will also say that I never had any noticeable problems with Edge for years and it seemed to appear halfway through last year. I tried all the tricks that people (including Microsoft) advised me to try that made no difference.
I have often wondered why certain browsers are better than others ? Some like Microsoft Edge are rubbish on my laptop and are often out of sync on YouTube videos.
Albert Ross wrote:Just in case anybody out there has "Christmas withdrawal symptoms", here is a video taken at Anglesey Abbey last week, or last year even, it depicts 12 beautifully painted "snowmen", each one representing the 12 days of Christmas, hope you enjoy it - just over 10 minutes long. https://youtu.be/xTzhtguNeP0
A good video Albert ! well thought out and edited ! I find it getting more difficult as I get older to get inspiration. Did you go there with that actual thought in your head ? or did you just film loads of footage (at least we can now) and think about a theme afterwards ?
Albert Ross wrote:Have to admit Gordon that I found over 20 minutes of the first video a bit of a strain, so I dipped in and out of it, so to speak. It did look like a lot of fun though, not sure if I would have enjoyed the "swim", although 15 degrees does sound very warm compared what we have here in dear old Blighty which is around freezing. Now, had I been 40 years younger - who knows...
The "pub" singer sounded great, really enjoyed it.
Just in case anybody out there has "Christmas withdrawal symptoms", here is a video taken at Anglesey Abbey last week, or last year even, it depicts 12 beautifully painted "snowmen", each one representing the 12 days of Christmas, hope you enjoy it - just over 10 minutes long. https://youtu.be/xTzhtguNeP0
Hi Albert, I didn't expect anyone on this forum to watch all of it really as it was made for our "MOJACAR FORUM" and you wouldn't know anyone on it. It was the only thing new that I had so I just put it on ! The bar singer certainly surprised me as he simply got up to the mike and sang, obviously he is no beginner! We happened to be walking by and I heard him from the walkway.
It's not often that you would find a "pub singer" this good in one of our beach bars down here in Spain ! https://youtu.be/-jCWwxl2gfQ
And this one !https://youtu.be/GMOBAXB6-OU
Happy new year !! We are in Spain for a while and the weather has been pretty awfull for a few days with serious rain causing quite a lot of flooding. However it perked up for new years day and Sue and I did our usual filming of the charity swim. Sue must be mad to stop in the water that long although it was a "boiling" 15c !! I do the filming on shore and Sue uses my old GoPro Hero 4 in an underwater housing. The major problem with that set up is that the screen switches itself off after a couple of minutes to conserve the battery and as you can't use the touch screen it is very difficult to turn it back on, especially with cold hands ! It doesn't have any sort of gimbal either so she has to "guesstimate" what she is aiming at and the angle. Obviously there is only so much that you can do in editing and the Keyframes had to work overtime ! Anyway here is the end result. https://youtu.be/2804DrtU5Lg
Albert Ross wrote:The last of my Christmas videos. The Glow at Hyde Hall has become a bit of a tradition over the last few years, this year was the best of the lot in my opinion. https://youtu.be/eUHOIPBByp0
Yes very good Albert !! Wherever you point the camera there is a decent shot ! Lets face it the lighting in this day and age is amazing compared to in our "yoof" Feliz Navidad.
pberk wrote:GStree wrote:pberk wrote:I've been working on this one for a while. The idea was to take advantage of the latest technology. Here's hoping it's not too long for someone here to see and comment on. I consider this version as a "fine" cut but I can still make changes or corrections as I want to get things as right as I can.
Sir Thomas More in a Looney Land Adventure. 17 min.
https://youtu.be/V8aEa0mi4x8
Very interesting Paul, I often have to do a fair bit of lip syncing on some of my films of bands as I record the audio seperately. OK it's easy enough to do it with the waveforms together on the timelines but it doesn't always work 100%. I dont know if I like Ai or not ? as you can now upload loads of footage to some sites and a complete video with music is sent back. So will editing at home become a thing of the past in the distant future ? but it's here to stay. Getting back to Thomas More I quite like it as we did study him back in my schooldays in the 50s. Maybe you can make another one of his trial and beheading !!!!!
Thanks Gordon for taking the time to see my opus.
The movie about Sir Thomas's trial and beheading has already been made, "A Man for All Seasons". Brilliant.
This A.I. thing is moving very fast. I'm trying to keep up but only doing a fraction of what I might be.
Still -- For me, the story is still the thing -- what's the point of all this technology if you don't have anything to say?
Still Searching for that next idea.
thanks again. Hope you were entertained.
Paul harping back to my schooldays, we have a lot of local history of Henry VIII and Thomas More as I live and have lived very close to Hever Castle in Kent for the best part of 75 plus years. Henry lived there when he was married to Anne Boleyn and Thomas More is down in the records as visiting there several times. There is even the famous picture of him on show in the castle.
pberk wrote:I've been working on this one for a while. The idea was to take advantage of the latest technology. Here's hoping it's not too long for someone here to see and comment on. I consider this version as a "fine" cut but I can still make changes or corrections as I want to get things as right as I can.
Sir Thomas More in a Looney Land Adventure. 17 min.
https://youtu.be/V8aEa0mi4x8
Very interesting Paul, I often have to do a fair bit of lip syncing on some of my films of bands as I record the audio seperately. OK it's easy enough to do it with the waveforms together on the timelines but it doesn't always work 100%. I dont know if I like Ai or not ? as you can now upload loads of footage to some sites and a complete video with music is sent back. So will editing at home become a thing of the past in the distant future ? but it's here to stay. Getting back to Thomas More I quite like it as we did study him back in my schooldays in the 50s. Maybe you can make another one of his trial and beheading !!!!!
Albert Ross wrote:Who said anything about the legs of the ant?!
Anyway, here is my other video of a National Trust property at Christmas time. It's at Scotney Castle in Kent. Each room was inspired by famous books which the owner had in their library. "Alice in Wonderland", Agatha Christie novels and even "The Jungle Book", all featured. Hope you enjoy it... https://youtu.be/VTUEbI6yF8s
Albert Ross I was joking !!! Yes Scotney Castle we have a friend that works there. I liked the video, Cheers Feliz Navidad.
Albert Ross wrote:G Stree wrote:
"Maybe you boys can put up with a short video that I made in lockdown ? We were very lucky where we live in the UK as we could walk out of our garden and not see another soul ! https://youtu.be/io7FzGHCX3Q"
Wow Gordon, I really loved that video, some really sumptuous shots, I particularly liked the insects crawling up the flower stems.Very well done, just a shame about those legs!!
Albert Ross, I can't see anything wrong with the Ant's legs !
ericlnz wrote:Thanks Gordon
Looking at images on the net I can now see the difference. Skinks have similar bodies but also legs. Slow worms are just bodies as they are a worm.
https://youtu.be/PcSYvDtRfW8
ericlnz wrote:Maybe you boys can put up with a short video that I made in lockdown ? We were very lucky where we live in the UK as we could walk out of our garden and not see another soul ! https://youtu.be/io7FzGHCX3Q
Thanks Gordon. Nature didn't just ignore lockdown, it enjoyed it. It was so quiet.
How did you manage to grab the skink, if that's what it was?
It was a Slow worm Eric ! and we have had them in our garden for years. Fascinating creatures that give birth to live young and live in one paticular part of the garden alongside the grass snakes and bank voles. At this time of the year they are hibernating underground. I often pick them up to show people and children to try and help them with their fear of snakes. You must always pick them up by the frontal section of their body as the tail section is detachable, this often happens to them when escaping from preditors that grab hold of them and the tail part keeps wiggling about separately to distract the assailant !! We often see "stumpy" one's in the garden as the tail never grows back so it only saves them once.
ericlnz wrote:GB wrote:I haven't seen that before either. Nor have I seen a septopus before either! (1m 4s)
Gee Geoff you are observant. Took me awhile to work out what you were referring to.
Anyway here's something more greener than Spain - "Spring Saunters" https://youtu.be/gMcjt2Qdv74
Eric I do like roses as they don't take a lot of looking after ! and in Spain they grow all the year round. I do like the raised walkway and I haven't seen those shoe disinfecting appliances before.
Unfortunately I haven't made anything new as I am editing a film that I made in Spain back in November that is very long. Its for a friend that Sue and I took down to show him all the best bits of our area. Maybe you boys can put up with a short video that I made in lockdown ? We were very lucky where we live in the UK as we could walk out of our garden and not see another soul ! https://youtu.be/io7FzGHCX3Q
ericlnz wrote:Thanks Gordon. I cannot recall having seen it previously. Your walk that I remember is where you explored an old derelict building up in the hills.
Sue and I do quite a bit of walking if it's not too hot, especially if it's in the winter in Spain (although we did had 30 plus on Christmas day a few years back!) Most of the towns on the seafront try and make huge walkways that are wheelchair friendly and are safe.
GB wrote:I haven't seen that before either. Nor have I seen a septopus before either! (1m 4s)
GB, I think that the artist probably ran out of paint !
I may have put this on before, sorry if I have.
https://youtu.be/vZXOTZfil2o
GB wrote:I believe Geoff (‘GB’) began his tenth decade at the end of last year, with his 91st birthday to look forward to in three weeks’ time
Yes, indeed. I was born when Hitler was on the rise. We spent decades believing ideas such as he held had been defeated, but now we are experiencing governments, in many cases democratically elected, led by convicted or indicted felons reviving them and creating chaos, devastation and death around the world. It's hard to be optimistic!
Good health GB my thoughts entirely ! Oh well I'm only a mere youngster a year away from 80 years old and luckily still together with my wife, and in all that time we have never had one cross word ! it's probably a few hundred !!!!!!! (This was from 3 years ago.)
https://youtu.be/ltpk5PLzhnc
Albert Ross wrote:Very nice Gordon and a very merry Christmas to you and yours.
Here is my festive offering. We took a trip back to Nymans to see their Fairytale Christmas https://youtu.be/fWHdKnp4lQc Just a tad under four minutes - hope you enjoy it.
I liked that Albert ! we have never been to Nymans but it looks well worth it ! Thats put me in the Christmas mode (or mood).
We will be in the UK for Christmas day and then venturing south for a couple of months and I have to film the New Years Day Swim in Mojacar. CHEERS
Have a Happy Christmas guys n gals
Well I hope you enjoyed the previous video because that was at the end of this compilation https://youtu.be/_atSl0qnQq4 I also appear in this as well as my wife ( yes I am the long haired scruffy sod with the camcorder) I thought I'd put this on to show how I go about it. I sometimes use 3 cameras for bigger events (but a lot more editing) I wasn't wearing a wig and that is my actual un-dyed hair that I haven't had cut for at least 10 years. My mother had long hair that she hadn't had cut for over 50 years and was still perfect in colour almost into her 90s, and it came down past her knees when she used to brush it ! My father's was still dark coloured up in his late 90s and he died when he almost reached 101 !
Albert Ross wrote:What a wonderful video Gordon!! Nicely done with multiple video recorders.
Good to see that you are back online and down with the kids as it were. Funny to think that just a few years ago the phrase "on-line" didn't mean anything, most kids today, and a few adults, couldn't survive without the internet. Like most modern inventions, the internet can be a source for good and evil. Just needs a small percentage of ne'er do wells to ruin the whole internet experience. As William might say:Discuss.
Thanks Albert, I think to a degree that we all tend to rely on the internet with online shopping etc. There must be more people using it than not ? My sister who is 86 is online most of the day although my brother who is 85 never has had it ! The fact that we were off the phone/internet couldn't have happened at a worse time as we were in discussion with solicitors over a legal case ! also we have very little mobile coverage unless we go up in the attic. I did find a work around by putting a BT minihub in the attic that works on the 4g mobile system and we could get a limited Wi-Fi for messages, but it wouldn't work the TV and Sue was annoyed because she was watching the Tennis from the continent. Luckily I never took our old tv aerial down so we could at least see most british channels. If WW3 ever starts the first thing that will be knocked out will be the internet !
ericlnz wrote:Thanks Gordon. The absence of males, apart from one, on the dance floor is very noticeable!
I know exactly what you mean but most of the women are probably fitter than the males of a similar age though. Also there is a shortage of males as they do tend to die before their partners !
There are some good looking widows down here and we all have fun while we are able to still actually move and walk about ! I have no idea if I will reach 80 in a years time but I will think positively !
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