first footage with my new camera

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:50 am

its a fuji t200 and to be honest its not that great. still shoots HD though and didnt cost the earth.

shot some of my riding from the other day and made this short clip

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/50242914" width="1000" height="562" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/50242914">Mountainboard Jib and DH</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/smeeb2000">Ben Frankel</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

Brennig · Post by **Brennig** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:45 am

AWESOME !!! Please make more.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:43 am

what really annoys me is that i got the pole just as my old camera broke. it had a really wide angle for a small camera and would have made for a better frame than this one. oh well.

Erich · Post by **Erich** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:27 am

I like the part when the car tire chases you down the hill. It does get a bit boring riding by myself sometimes, I'll have to try that.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:23 am

helps if there are high banks on either side to keep in on track

evilc · Post by **evilc** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:16 pm

Also liking the tyre bit!
Theres definitely possibilities there - after setting it off, you could scrub and then play around with the wheel on the way down. I wonder if it would be possible to "boardslide" it - you could certainly tail bonk it though - knock it over? speed it up?

Anyways, onto my typical tech critique...
When I downloaded the original file from vimeo, it was an mpeg. The codec was MPEG2. This is an old and outdated codec - it is what was used for DVDs, and is not a wise choice of codec these days. Use H.264, which is a version of MPEG4. The image will look better and the file will be smaller and thus quicker to upload to vimeo.

See https://vimeo.com/help/compression

leapb4ulook · Post by **leapb4ulook** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:37 pm

Like it. Looks like a cool place too. When are you inviting us to ride with you?

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:21 pm

@Evilc - thanks! i was hoping for some input like that. ill give it a go, keen to see the difference.

@leap - open invitation! honestly i would be overjoyed to have someone over to ride with....must admit though im struggling to find freeride locations which is what i really love, but down hill a plenty!

once i have enough places to feel a week of riding i will make a formal invite to all :P

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:31 pm

so which one? lol

ade_mcc · Post by **ade_mcc** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:34 pm

Looks good, Ben, I like it. Also, the downhill section actually looks steep, whereas a lot of films and photos seem to loose any sense of gradient.
More of this sort of stuff please!

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:41 pm

hmm, wonder why that is. max gradient according to google earth on that run is 30 which i reckon is average for a decent DH run, another run i do get to 46

Brennig · Post by **Brennig** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:45 pm

Downhill tracks round here are average 10-15 %, but they're probably a lot smoother.

evilc · Post by **evilc** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:37 pm

I would avoid any of those presets ben, they will set the resolution and stuff (ie the iPhone one will set to iPhone res) which you don't want it to touch.
Use the "custom" option at the bottom.
What app is that?

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:26 pm

app? its software, Ulead (coral) videostudio 11

under 'custom' once i choose MPEG-4 it gives these specs
MPEG-4 Files
24 bits, 352 x 288, 15 fps
Frame-based
MPEG-4 SP Video: 500 Kbps
44100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo
MPEG AAC Audio: 128 Kbps

isnt that a bit small?

im shooting NTSC (as you recommended) and 30fps, 1280X720

would it help if i upload a raw clip?

evilc · Post by **evilc** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:35 pm

App = application. Doesn't just mean phone apps y'know.
Yeah, you want to keep the full res and framerate - 1280x720 @ 30 (29.97) FPS

Corel Video Studio 11 appears to be quite an old product - I cannot obtain a demo to help you that way.
Is this a paid license? Demo? Could you maybe try loading the project into the latest product - Corel Video Studio Pro X5 (Hopefully it should be able to load your project). There is a lot more support available for this product also, I can find dick all in google about vs11, but even vimeo has a guide for encoding to X5.
Failing that, I am happy to do a remote control session (ie operate your PC remotely), do you have me on facebook?

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:52 pm

yeah its a legit version. got it as a Bday present years back.
would gladly do the remote thing if i knew you in person etc. no offence i hope...
ill look into X5!

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:55 pm

Jasper · Post by **Jasper** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:38 am

loved the tyre bits, especially the roll down the hill, its inspired me, have you ever seen the Cheese and Crackers video by Almost, its got daewon song and chris haslam in it.

Maybe a mboard version needs to be made!

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:30 am

yeah i have it! lol good idea actually....have to watch it again now though, been a while

evilc · Post by **evilc** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:41 pm

Yup, you sorted it now.
Interestingly, when I go to download the original file from vimeo, it says "Original .DAT file"
But when I download it, it saves as an .MP4
If it really did save to a .DAT container, I would probably try to change that to .MP4 or .AVI or something, but not the end of the world - you have an H.264 codec file now and I notice the video is considerably smaller in file size.

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