William is back so presumably he is okay.

Thanks Gordon.  We have the Australian version of the Swamp Hen here known as Pukeko.

I'm feeling nostalgic tonight so here's something different made six years ago.  At Peace - https://vimeo.com/209876674

I'm pleasantly surprised that MVPX6 decodes your rewrap as the video is h264.  Rewrap your Kodak' files the same way and you are halfway there.

Handbrake only renders to mp4 or mkv so won't help you converting to mov.

Shutter Encode is also frequently recommended by the Pros.   So you could also use it to convert your MVPX6 mov file exports to mp4.

Thanks Gordon, I'll investigate further.

Yes technology has changed dramatically.  The most expensive item nowadays is your cameras Li-ion battery.

Gone are the days of using AA batteries, cheaper and purchasable almost anywhere.  Prior to that the Bolex Triple turret (zooms had yet to arrive) camera had a clockwork motor. No need to worry about batteries.

My Canon video cameras batteries disappoint me.  The advertised shooting time only applies the first day you charge up the battery.  Thereafter the capacity, as shown by the shooting time available, reduces with each recharge.  Even although I don't use my camera much the batteries are down to less than half capacity after five years.  Plus they discharge quickly even when they are just sitting on a shelf, not attached to my camera.

My older Panasonic batteries for my old SD tape camera are lasting much better.  They appear to be keeping their capacity better and keep their charge for long periods.

I only have genuine Canon and Panasonic batteries.  I recall Albert Ross having a bad experience with alternatives.

Devonport - I nearly forgot.  My short 1979 film was for my movie club's "50 ft uncut competition".  That is no editing allowed.  It all had to be done with your camera at time of shooting.  With Std 8 you were allowed one splice being the one Kodak made after developing your film and splitting and joining the two halves.  Std 8 reels were 16 mm in width.

Making uncut films did require planning.  I'd take my title, then go out and shoot, then do the end title(s).  When converting to digital a few years ago I redid the title on the timeline and removed any flash frames.  These are the overexposed frames you sometimes got at the start of a scene as your camera got up to speed.

Doing superimposed titles was an extra challenge.  The film needed to be wound back and run through the camera a second time.  A nightmare with Super 8 cartridges.  I recall having a gadget that allowed me to wind back the film a short amount but it had to be done in a "changing bag".  That's a black bag with arms so you could work by feel in the dark.  Plus the hardest part was shooting twice on the same area of film.  We have it so easy nowadays.

Whilst going through some old videos to show at my monthly video group meeting I came across this old SD video I made of Devonport https://vimeo.com/50461456.  Only 5 minutes. An interesting corner of Auckland.

Thanks Gordon.  Very nice.   It's what I'd call an Audio Visual.

I made something similar ten years ago.  Not as good as yours.  Mine was made to play Kevin MacLeod's "Last Kiss Goodnight", a track that I find haunting.

https://vimeo.com/98603064

Paul - it's an over-dub.

The original camera capture wasn't good with wind noise.  I intended to over-dub anyway.  I then repeated it when doing my narration. On the timeline I then tried to match up the waveforms.  But surprisingly I found I had to speed up my re-dub to match, quite considerably in a couple of places!  From memory there was one place when wind made it difficult to see the speech waveform on the original recording so the sync isn't perfect.

You have sharp eyes to spot it.

Simple - I'm behind the camera!  But here's one I made two years ago where I do appear at the beginning.  Made shortly after I moved into my retirement village.  The bush at the bottom has lost a few trees as has the village.  The Hebe bush I'm sure has now gone and a few other are dying off as they had their roots pulled out during a storm.  Plus nearby houses up high have had landslips and lost ground.

https://vimeo.com/538265156

Thanks Paul.  Very interesting.

Here's one from myself.  Odds and ends from recent outings during our crazy summer.  Crazy because of the storms and intense rainfall.  Eight minutes long covering four places so each one's just a short visit.
 
Video Snapshots - https://vimeo.com/812726138

Heather - when your fan runs faster it's because your pc/laptop is getting hot and needs more cooling.  It has nothing to do with your Serif software unless you are perhaps using MoviePlus and doing heavy processing such as rendering for hours.

If you are using a laptop make sure you are not blocking any of the ventilation inlets.