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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Hi guys ! are you hibernating ? as I haven't seen anything on here since I put the new years day swim on !
I trust that you are all still in the land of the living ?
Sue and I have been in Spain since the 28th December keeping away from the freezing cold snow/rain/floods in the UK, I have mostly been filming music/ bands up to now but there are a few others that I have filmed but not edited yet that will possibly interest you ?
Last evening just as the sun was going down I could see some "kite surfers" from our abode and quickly grabbed my camera and ran down and took a few shots of one guy that was better than the others and did a quick edit and load up to my YouTube site. The light was very low and the lens wide open and was handheld, but I did get something Cheers.
https://youtu.be/762VZZ9Evk8
Ok all fixed it was a ram problem (not the kind with horns) a quick clean out and a restart seems to have sorted it as I have finished the video of the New Years Day swim.
As I said, I was using my camcorder and Sue was in the water using one of my old GoPros in an underwater housing without any stabilization. It all went well with no dramas at all, but it was not that warm (23c ambient) and the sea was 15c. I am always amazed at how good an old fixed focus GoPro can be in good lighting scenario's at 2.7k (MoviePlus can handle it) whereas my all adjustable hand held camcorder had a struggle with serious against the light problems. Anyway here it is for what it's worth as the people that organized it wanted it quickly, so it was really "thrown together" and the sound was a mixture of both ! however the GoPro was in a housing so not the best https://youtu.be/H1jU7SPa0Mo
Alfred wrote:GStree wrote:I have a problem final rendering a video on MVP X6 it keeps stopping and showing up a memory fault !!! It is a 30 min film that I have tried several times and I have pre rendered it all and I have run out of ideas. I have often made videos of more than an hour in the past with no problems, I even tried cutting the film completely in half but to no avail. HELP
OK all sorted now it was a ram problem and after a couple of clouts with a hammer and a couple of restarts it is working again!
Thanks for that Alfred, I will try a reset on the laptop as it is a "runtime error" and may not be a problem with MoviePlus ?
Alfred wrote:GStree wrote:The best thing we ever did was buy a property down here, and as we haven't got the 90/180 day restriction and live 30 mins from Gatwick we can go at the drop of a hat ! and 2hrs 20mins later with no luggage at all we have our little bolt hole waiting.
Some of us don’t know (oh, all right, I don’t know!) what “the 90/180 day restriction” is. Please enlighten me.
Hi Alfred, the 90/180 day restriction means that anyone without an EU passport must return from an EU country after spending 90 days and cant return for another 90 days. As the UK opted out of the EU a few years back it put a stop to people just going anywhere in the EU and live permanently. My wife has an Irish EU passport that covers me as well, also we can also go through EU customs barriers with no problem if the UK one has massive queues, as she also has a UK one as well !
While I am on here I have a problem final rendering a video on MVP X6 it keeps stopping and showing up a memory fault !!! It is a 30 min film that I have tried several times and I have pre rendered it all and I have run out of ideas. I have often made videos of more than an hour in the past with no problems, I even tried cutting the film completely in half but to no avail. HELP
Alfred wrote:GStree wrote:I'd like to wish anyone on this forum a Happy & a Healthy New Year
Thanks, Gordon, and the same to you. I’m looking forward to seeing your video of this year’s New Year’s Day nutters’ swim!
Alfred I am in the middle of editing it at this moment that is going to be a problem to make it look good !
I was filming from the beach into direct sunlight that is quite low in the sky at this time of year down here. On just about all shots I am using masses of contrast along with any other "tweeks" that I can find and Sue was using one of my GoPros in a waterproof housing in the sea. The GoPro actually works well colour and rendition wise with it's fixed focus lens and she didn't do too many shots into the sun, but the sea was very wavy and with no stabilization on the camera it's going to be a bit of a chore smoothing out shots at all angles. I don't think this years one is going to be anything that I would like to put my name to. Apart from that we are having brilliant weather with cloudless blue skies most days.
The best thing we ever did was buy a property down here, and as we haven't got the 90/180 day restriction and live 30 mins from Gatwick we can go at the drop of a hat ! and 2hrs 20mins later with no luggage at all we have our little bolt hole waiting.
Before we go up to the village square to see in the new year, I'd like to wish anyone on this forum a Happy & a Healthy New Year from Sue & I in Spain.
Gwyndy wrote:Problem solved!
Re-installed MVPX6 using my second product key - codec unlock codes imported.
MVPX6 is still my go-to software for video editing. I have bought other programs over the years but I always find them to be over complicated.
Next task is to install WebPlus.
@ericnlz - thanks for your help.
I am the same and have installed MVPX6 many times over the years on different computers with no problems, however I still have the original installation disc and keep the unlock codes on a flash drive. I too have tried various other video editing systems but I still use X6 for all of my "GStree" YouTube videos. I even edit 4k on X6 in small amounts and then render it in 2.7k. It was and is still one of the easiest/best video editing systems that has been made, and I am sure if they or someone updated it there would be plenty of sales.
Wallace wrote:Hi
Re my problem transferring Movie Plus to my new PC - Thanks for your help guys.
I managed to get the unlock codes exported to a stick.
I have also copied the Serif folder to my New PC and placed it in the same location on the new one.
I found the exe file in program but it wont run.
Can anyone help me install it so it will open.
ps Just to clarify - I am not passing to anyone else I am just trying to move it to a new PC
Also I am not super tecky so very simple instruction please
Chris
I have moved my MoviePlus X6 many times to different computers over the years, however I still have the original installation disc that I bought from Serif years ago and that has always worked perfectly along with the unlock codes.
Danzil wrote:Hi All:
I was working in a layout that I have been using forever, and while working I accidentally hit restore default settings, and lost my layout. Now all of my screen has everything (all of the tools and options in a different place. Is there a way that I can undo this and put things back to the way they just were?
Now my Video Preview is on the bottom and my Audio video tracks are on top. And I want them reversed.
Try holding control key down and open Movieplus, that should reset it to how you originally had it.
It is very easy to make spelling mistakes on videos, especially if you are adding the captions as you go along when editing. I find it best to do all the captions in one go after you have got to the end.
I have a foolproof method as far as spelling is concerned, it's called " Sue", that is my wife who ran Tonbridge public boys school for over 30 years that I get to scan it through before I render it.
Her father was a Headmaster and she is one of those annoying people that can't walk past a shop or restaurant or "anywhere" that has a misspelt word or bad grammar on any sign or paperwork that is advertised ! She even carries a marker pen with her and alters things ! I love her to bits and the fact that she speaks 4 languages has always come in handy, but I'm sure she upsets a lot of people !!
Albert Ross wrote:Thanks Gordon, I do hope that your back is starting to get better.
Last Wednesday we made our way to Nymans, a NT property in West Sussex. This year they are doing a Narnia theme for the garden with various wardrobes, white witches and lions scattered around the place, it was quite magical, It carries on until January 5th, if you get the chance to go I can thoroughly recommend it.
Please enjoy my video of it.
https://youtu.be/vYI2AWK9Xko
I certainly enjoyed the video Albert, now I don't need to go and see it !!! At this moment I am not in the best of heath living on pain killers and I am going "cold turkey" today as the medication is causing problems. They have a good Christmas showing at Hever Castle that is only 10/15 mins from our house in the UK but I haven't the enthusiasm to go out in the cold unfortunately. I have a flight booked for the 28th December and I am determined to go as Sue for some reason loves doing the new years day swim with 300 other nutters and I always make a video of the complete day.
All the best for Christmas and hopefully a healthy new year where we can all make a few more videos. Incidentally the trip last month to Spain with my 84 year old brother was a huge success (it must have been because he left his slippers down there ) !!!! We took him to all the best places and views and he could not believe what he saw as it was his first time in another country and first time in an airplane. I made a video of the complete holiday for him that I have just finished editing, it is an hour and a quarter long and I had to really trim it to fit it to that "short" time.
Eric, Sometimes I wish that I could swap places with some of those animals, but only if I could have a full life and not turn up as lunch for someone !!
I enjoyed that and can relate to it, as when we are in the UK we live in the countryside and are surrounded by such animals including an alpaca in a neighbors field. I am back from Spain at the moment with tons of footage showing my brother around our area in the sun, so a lot of editing to do. I am having to live on pain killers at the moment as I find it impossible to walk without them ! As someone that thinks he is still a teenager but nearing 80, I am going to have to have a rethink of my life from now on.
pberk wrote:Yes. The luck of the draw but exercise, diet and low stress seem to help. Easier said than done. Here's hoping you start doing better soon.
Thanks Paul, I am on lots of pain killers at the moment and right or wrong we are flying down to Spain tomorrow 16th as I have mentioned previously and I just hope that things work out for us, I have been lucky in life (up to now)!
Well I have the results, lots of big words that are new to me regarding problems with my lower back like "evidence of generalized disc dehydration and "scattered osteophyte formation" and lots more ! Basically it means my back is f***** !
I have lived a life around racing on two and four wheels from 1968 to 2013 with Motocross (used to be called scrambling) to out and out car racing. I was a sponsored car driver for years with about 300 race wins and two British championships and was in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) support races for several years, and raced abroad in international events. Also I have been a motor mechanic since 1962 so lifting heavy parts have also taken it's toll. Possibly if I had lived my life wrapped in cotton wool I might not have worn myself out like I have ? but who knows as I am often going to funerals of my friends who are several years younger than me, I think it's the luck of the draw. What does the panel think ?
Alfred wrote:pberk wrote:Here's a little video to pass the time. I made this some years back. Sorry if you've already seen it.
Writer's Block
https://youtu.be/X-2BKI93H9A
Brilliant, as usual. Thanks, Paul. And get well soon, Gordon!
Thanks Alfred, I'll let all you boys know how I get on at the doctors and hopefully they won't have to tell me that I need to book a one way trip to Switzerland !!!!
pberk wrote:Sorry Gordon to hear you are laid up. Doesn't sound like fun. Here's a little video to pass the time. I made this some years back. Sorry if you've already seen it.
Writer's Block
https://youtu.be/X-2BKI93H9A
Thanks for that Paul, brilliant! it just shows with a bit of inspiration and talent you can make a good short interesting little film without all the bells n whistles equipment ! also not having to pay anybody else (unless it's your twin brother)?
I am off to the doctors in the morning to see the results of the MRI scan and hopefully get enough pain killers to help me through this. I am determined to fly to Spain on Saturday as I am taking my 84 year old brother with us for his first trip abroad and his first on an aero plane ! He is so looking forward to it and I can't let him down. Wish me luck !!!!
ericlnz wrote: Being an old 8mm film movie the image quality isn't the best but it brings back memories.
Thanks for that ericlnz, did you put that on digi yourself ? I have tried (with variating success) over the years by using my projector on a grey screen and using a camcorder that is sort of OK. I still have all my old 8 and S8 films that I occasionally have a look at but sold my last S8 sound camera to a guy in the USA.
Albert Ross wrote:Thanks Gordon, I'm glad you enjoyed my efforts.
Sorry to hear of your confinement to bed, it must be very frustrating. Please excuse my ignorance, but Is a 'herniated disc', the same thing as a slipped disk?
I do hope you get better very soon.
Yes it is, (and that's what all we old boys all know it as), but that's the technical term on the MRI scan. I don't know if I will be able to recover enough to fly off to Spain in a weeks time though !!!!!
Albert Ross wrote:In the words of the late great, Tommy Trinder, (I do love a good cliché) "You lucky people".
I have not one, not two, but three videos for you to enjoy, hopefully...
I hope you enjoy them - around 5 to six minutes long.
I enjoyed all three Albert, however my favorite was the first one of the colourful canal boats. Unfortunately since we came back from Spain I haven't been able to use a camera as I can't stand up or walk as I am confined to bed with two very painful herniated discs !
This is not everyone's cup of tea but it keeps us OAPs alive in Spain !
https://youtu.be/bZd8IJo8mpc
I hope that you guys are all OK in this extreme weather ? After almost a year with no rain at all in Spain we had a serious amount that has caused a lot of damage to just about anything it got near ! Luckily our place is ok as we live in an area that is virtually impossible to flood unless we get a sudden100ft wave !
We are in the UK at the moment but popping back for a quick 10 days in a couple of weeks, we are only going for that short a time as we are taking my 84 year old brother that has never been abroad or flown in an aero plane before ! I just hope that the weather bucks up down there. I have got my Panasonic HCX 2000 camcorder up for sale at the moment as I find that I just don't use it since I bought it ! It is unmarked and has only done 56 hours of work that is shown on the internal software, and it still looks brand new. It's a fabulous camera with all the bells n whistles, so any budding Steven Spielberg's out there this is your chance ! so make me an offer !! When we came back from Spain the other week we found our garden and lawns were covered in mud caused from flash floods that had happened when we were away, but luckily nothing had got into the house.
All good, I bought another genuine Toshiba external hard drive and left the laptop on the marble floor and raised the rear with a book. I left the patio door open as it cools down to about 20c at night. It still took about 10hrs to render as there was quite a few transitions !! Surprisingly the 2tb hard drive was about the same cost as if I had bought it off the internet back in the UK !!
Alfred wrote:ericlnz wrote:Drive space is probably the reason as Windows needs spare space. But also with a laptop, long render, and warm weather I'd be suspicious of overheating.
Laptops are particularly prone to overheating if they’re doing anything processor-intensive such as a long video render. I had — and I think I still have, somewhere! — a laptop stand which is designed to prop up the rear of the laptop, and it houses a pair of fans powered via a USB connection.
Yes Alfred I have one of those cooling bases !!! however it is over a thousand miles away !!!
I will pop out and see if I can get another external hard drive and a cooling base this morning, knowing Spain I'll have to get a second mortgage !!! however I do tend to leave the laptop flat on the marble floor down here when I render longish videos and have never had any problems in the past.
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