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Thanks Gordon. Some great closeups. Presumably you were using a "proper" video camera?
All the best for your hospital visit.
Thanks Eric, yes a "proper" video camera ! However I can't remember what camera I used on that particular day.? I have just got back from hospital and awaiting results.
We have been in Spain for the last 5 weeks but I haven't been filming anything that you Guys n Gals would like as they were mainly rock groups that I got asked to film for. We flew back yesterday as I have got to go for a hospital appointment tomorrow. At least the storms weren't active like today. Just to put something on, I found this video from 7 or 8 years ago of a widlife park at Wingham near Canterbury that was a good day for filming. I have to go for these hospital "procedure's" several times a year where they poke about inside me and snib bits n pieces off parts of my internal organs !! I have got so used to it that I don't bother with any general anaesthetic these days as I can just drive straight back home !! Cheers https://youtu.be/n28PFWvs9KE
Just an update on equipment ! Apart from the odd bit's n Pieces that I tend to buy now and then, I did buy a Sony ax700 camcorder simply because of the large sensor for low light (and fully controlable) and an Osmo pocket 4 for it's small size. Although I have used the pocket 4 to make a complete video it is not my camera of choice as it's too fiddly to get at the settings instantly like a decent camcorder. Saying that at least it will go in your pocket !!! Also It's very rarely that I use my ax700 (although it is superior to the ax53) I find it too big and heavy to use for the majority and the type of videos that I make.
I am still using Moviplus X6 though as I at (being 80 years old very soon) I find things difficult to learn. Although it wont handle 4k straight out of the box, I still find it amazing seeing that it was made all those years ago ! A bit more memory and 4k it would be a top seller today.
Sue and I are still living in Spain and the UK for approximately 6 months of the year in up to 6 week periods but I don't know how long for as we are not teeagers in body anymore !!!!
You mean they fake memorabilia? I should have asked Brian Hawley that question. I'm sure he would have said that he can tell a fake from the real thing because of years of experience.
In this day and age with all the technical equipment that is available to anyone, it is possible to copy just about "anything" that can fool people ! especially when buying on line !!!!!
It's so quiet here, I thought I'd bring along something different. I did this in 2023 for Brian Hawley. Brian used it to promote his website. But the subject might hit a nerve or some memories.
Liners .. 4 min.
https://youtu.be/SqRKyVotghE
An interesting film and it's amazing what people collect ! but i do wonder how much of what people collect of memorabilia is actually genuine in this day and age ?
Gordon - I've been thinking about your Osmos pocket problem. Are you recording with HEVC (H265)? If so are you able to change recordings to AVC(H264)? That might solve your MVPX6 problem.
Apologies if this has already been mentioned.
Unfortunately it only records in HEVC, and the only major change that you can do is from 4k to 1080p.
Gordon - no, I've never had that amount of cash plus I'm not comfortable on water especially in my senior years.
As for YouTube I assume nowadays worldwide it's possibly streaming millions of videos at any moment. Some will be 4K and maybe its stretching their servers capabilities so they cut back on quality. But on changing from Auto 360 to 1080 I've never had any problems. My download speed is around 500Mbps.
Edit: I had problems with Vimeo last night but have now been able to upload there https://vimeo.com/1231119120 No problems with getting 1080 streamed down.
Of general interest getting back to the yachts and the one with the NZ$5.5 million price. That is Wave Rider which appears a few scenes earlier. Home port Avatiu which is in Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands in the Southern Pacific. It doesn't look a large vessel so I wonder what equipment it has inside to warrant its price.
Eric, I think that you are right regarding stretching their servers capabilities ! I clicked on it and it was 720, although if I click on YouTube these days most come back as 360 !! unfortunately if I click it up to 1080 they are mostly jumpy ! As for the price of the yachts a mere 5.5 million is nothing really from this old hippie !!! It does make you wonder how much money some of these people have AND HOW THEY EARNED IT !
Something different. A short video on a local marina https://youtu.be/sjC4hWziaiQ
It's a 1080 video so check YouTube is giving you that as it keeps trying to give me 360!
Eric I take it that one of the boats for sale wasn't one of yours ? It's amazing just how much money people spend on their yachts and yet they are just parked up for ages ! We have the same in the next town "Garrucha" just down the road to us in Spain that was basically a fishing port when we first came in the early 70s, but now is overflowing with these millionaire's toys. I used to have a small boat that Sue and I used for water skiing many moons ago that we enjoyed, however old age started to creep in and I sold it. Yes YouTube seems to always give you 360 automatically these days and I wonder if people have any idea ? The trouble is that the internet that we have in Spain at our place is slow and if I increase most videos to HD they are very "jumpy" but I suppose that a good majority of people view on their phones ? and if they are on a decent laptop or TV they assume it's been made with a cheapo phone or camera.
Sue and I took a walk to a local huge restaurant down on the playa last night, although it was empty of people (about a dozen) there was a Spanish singer who was trying to entertain the few. I didn't have any of my normal recording gear with me but I did have my Osmo Pocket camera in my "pocket" so I gave it a try. It's straight out of camera without any editing. Unfortunately I didn't bring the telephoto lens part with me and the optical zoom will only go to +2, and the last to +4 is digitized. At this moment I have a fair amount of work for the local bands with promo videos. My Zoom audio recorder has packed up unfortunately so I shall have to find something down here to carry on with. https://youtu.be/VFwdk9BkMl4
GStree wrote:Help anyone !! I have somehow got my timeline on the top of the MoviePlus X6 screen !! I have been using it for years since I bought it with it on the bottom and I dont know how to set it back !!
Took me a while to find it but the option is in View\Panes
Thanks mate, I did actually find it for myself (in the end) and I apologize for not taking it down before you took your time looking !!!! However it is on here now incase it happens again. As a matter of interest I often wonder how many people are still using X6 ?. Although it still works fine (with a few workaround's) it is well out of date for up to date video gear and I am too old to start learning a more sophisticated editing suite that is as good and easy to work on as MoviePlus ! It also does show how far ahead it was when it came out though, and if it would accept 4k directly and with a bit more memory it would still be a good seller !
Help anyone !! I have somehow got my timeline on the top of the MoviePlus X6 screen !! I have been using it for years since I bought it with it on the bottom and I dont know how to set it back !!.png)
Gordon - My experience is that I can convert 1080p with Handbrake or Shutter Encoder with no visible loss of quality.
Can you post one of your problem files to a cloud service such as Google Drive so we can download and have a play.
As for conversion being long winded that's going to be unavoidable given MVP's age. It obviously doesn't have the required codec.
I am sure it is a codec problem but what I don't want to do is sod up Movieplus on my Laptop ! I can see that you can use third party codecs but I have never tried to import them. If you could help me I would be grateful.
Can I use a K Lite codac pack with MoviePlus X6 ?
Can I install a K Lite codec pack into Movieplus X6 ?
Thanks Gordon. You've obviously arrived in Spain to escape the English winter.
You should go on the stage mate ! with jokes like that you would go down like the Titanic !!!
Hmmm, the weather doesn't look like it's going to be great today ! https://youtu.be/3KxexuLMdLI
I've just tidied up the audio on a three year old video "A Glimpse Of Nostalgia". I cannot recall whether I've posted it previously. Here's the YouTube link https://youtu.be/Mug1ROMeU4E.
I can't recall seeing that before, however I can't even remember what I had for dinner an hour ago !. Yes life was certainly simpler back then and as you say the people were probably a lot happier.
I liked that video, well fllmed and informative and I am not surprised why many UK citizens (including parts of my family) moved over there. This is one country that I have never been to, although I do have an open invitation to go and visit my cousin's on my father's side. In fact my father went over there several years ago when he was 95 !!! Sue and I are flying off tomorrow for a while to our Spanish residency and hopefully relaxing in the sun.
I did actually film one of our walks some while back to the graveyard where my parents are buried. The little church is locked unless there is a service, however being a local for years I borrowed the key ! https://youtu.be/MgdyQEMh0kk?si=FWlzhxIXIFMWGTN4
GStree wrote:I flew my drone from the field beside our house following a footpath that we often use up to a small churchyard where both of my parents are buried. https://youtu.be/NmvZ1Ns79BU
Nice. Birds eye view. Peace on earth.
Thank you pberk, if only we could have (peace on earth) !
I flew my drone from the field beside our house following a footpath that we often use up to a small churchyard where both of my parents are buried. https://youtu.be/NmvZ1Ns79BU
A short winter (for the Southern Hemisphere) movie, just 3.5 minutes https://youtu.be/tAZoY8qGBLY or https://vimeo.com/1222644545?fl=pl&fe=cm
ericlnz I enjoyed that short flick ! Mind youI wish that the English winters were like that ! mind you it doesn't affect Sue and I in Southern Spain at that time of year !!
I heard a tractor in the field outside of our house this morning so I got up and grabbed the drone, however they had already moved onto the next field. The other day they harvested all those fields of maze and I assume that they are getting it ready to sow ? I am slowly getting used to using it as it seems peculiar to be watching it on a screen while I am flying it. Even if I have eyesight of the drone in the air it soon disappears as it is so small, also I am always worrying about it getting lost as I often fly it 2 or 3 miles away !! Sue and I will be off to Spain for a while in a couple of weeks so I hope to film something of interest to put on for you. https://youtu.be/BXVmiWWtbtE
Gordon - My experience is that I can convert 1080p with Handbrake or Shutter Encoder with no visible loss of quality.
Can you post one of your problem files to a cloud service such as Google Drive so we can download and have a play.
As for conversion being long winded that's going to be unavoidable given MVP's age. It obviously doesn't have the required codec.
Hi ericlnz, I have been comparing the video arter running it through Handbrake and I would now agree with you. After trying big blowup's on the TV the difference is"very marginal," and certainly not noticeable on the laptop. When I said that it was "long winded" I wasn't blaming Movieplus! I just meant that having to use Handbrake was another time consumer in the process. Movieplus will accept the 1080p direct from my DJI drone and 2.7k from my GoPro with no problems, so I was disappointed when I tried the footage from the Osmo Pocket 4 as both the drone and the Pocket 4 were new, and uses the same gimbal and other parts ! I don't use any "clouds" and just use external hard drives. Obviously it's no use loading a shot up on my "unlisted" YouTube site as it will be rendered and if downloaded it would work on Movieplus.
As I stated earlier, this new DJI Osmo pocket camera is really good but the 1080p out of it is not recognised by Movieplus ! I can run it through Handbrake and it will work but it's long winded and the res is not so good. Has anyone got any answers ? as my DJI drone's 1080p works fine on Movieplus.
Is the mic wireless?
Yes it is,and it works well. Being as old as I am this has certainly woken my ideas up to more modern equipment ! OK I shall still use my older well proven camcorders but this is a bit of a wake up call !! I have no idea on how long it will keep working with no problems ? and I shall still keep my other gear handy !!
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