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silky666 · Captain Rulebook Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Karma :

I am new to this video malarkey ... having recently borrowed a camera from G.
Anyway, took the footage and it came out very nice (apart from my editing and director skills).
But it is here that I am stuck ... when I save it to my hard drive its huge ... if I them try to lower the size in Movie Maker, it comes out ridiculously small 'screen' size wise.
I then saved it to youtube and the quality of terrible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CUraFrh2_E

SO:
1) What software and file 'screen' size should I be using ?
2) Where can I store it that doesnt lose too much quality?
3) Should I lose the cheesy music ? Smile

4) Should I stay away from MikeJ roosting and throwing mud on the lens at the start Smile

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salty21 · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Karma :

nothing wrong with that, looks fine to me.

you seem pretty good at that offroad mallarky, i was a little scared just watching lol. great choice of music too, fits the vid perfectly Thumbs Up

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Hetzer · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Karma :

Nothing wrong with that footage, it's top-notch.

How facking fast were you going? Did you speed the footage up or something? I was half waiting for somebody to come off and cartwheel 50ft into the air in bits. Shocked

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Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

That bike of yours sure rides nice. Didn't see it loose composure once when swapping ruts. You must of been hitting 60 in places.

Nice bit of mud-splash on the lense....just in the right place.

Good riding all round Thumbs Up

Oh! the tech question...ask someone else, i'm gonna watch it again.

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Alexio · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Karma :

It's good quality Thumbs Up

I do believe that windows movie maker lets you choose exactly what output you want though. Last time I used it, it gave me a list of resolutions and bit rates I could adjust to get varying file sizes.

Good video as well!
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silky666 · Captain Rulebook Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Karma :

Thanks for the feedback.
I wasnt 'attention whoring' , but I think the reason it looked so bad on youtube, was because I am watching it in hidef on pc ... and the difference is quite obvious.
Did I mention HiDef ? (now thats attention whoring Smile

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Looking at it again on youtube... its not so bad !

It was the first go at making a video of a ride.
I did like the way the helmet cam stays so stable (shows how much the body absorbs the bumps etc) , and you can see the bike moving about.
Will play about with camera placement over the next month or so and see whats best. Blue had a good idea of putting it down low and looking at the forks .. seeing all the compression etc. May try that (cue lost and broken camera when I hit a rock Sad

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Speed wise ... nope! the film wasnt speeded up at all. I am only just learning how to edit by cutting clips and adding music (using the new movie maker in Windows 7.. and its cr*p).
There are 2 reasons why it looks so fast:
1) The music ... without it I swear is looks slower Smile

and 2) The wide angle lens makes things look 'faster'.
Having said that (and my speedo has never worked) ... but on later bits where we go through the pine trees etc, I swear I am in 5th and 3/4 on the power ?? so must be doing about 50mph + ??? (anyone with a speedo on the ride know ?)
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AngelGrinder · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Karma :

What camera are you using, looks pretty good...

Only problem eith mounting on the forks...will it not just get caked in mud?
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DynaMight · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Karma :

It hasn't be converted to 'HQ' by Youtube so I guess the original file didnt have a high enough bitrate.

For standard 4:3 footage, I convert to 640x480 at 2,000kbps bitrate and sound as good as the original (which can be quite low but that's fine) after a few hours Youtube should increase so its HQ. Best file format is H264, but WMV or Xvid is fine. It's never gonna look as good as the original.

Heres one of my old videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VFQj6eNRMY

You can upconvert to HD. It'll look better because Youtube will allow a higher bitrate. 1280x960 is a 4:3 HD res. I did the same here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4G16D9GR7A

Also Vimeo.com does have better quality... but still not as good as the original.
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Wilson123 · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Karma :

Man that looks fun, you are so lucky to be able to afford to enjoy such a hobby
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mr_s81 · Nova Slayer Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Karma :

Not boring at all! Smile

Looked great fun (if a little scary in places!)

Good vid! Thumbs Up

MonkeyKnuckle · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Karma :

Here Silky, I wrote you a guide.

How to get HD movies from Windows Movie Maker (pre-Windows 7)

Go here: https://www.bauer-power.net/2009/04/create-hd-videos-in-windows-movie-maker.html

Download the file and put it where it says to.

Start Movie Maker, make your movie etc.

Then. File, Save Movie...

https://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n245/MonkeyKnuckle/WMMtips1.jpg

Select 'Save to PC' then hit next.

https://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n245/MonkeyKnuckle/WMMtips2.jpg

Name it and choose a location, hit next.

Select 'Other Settings' then one of the HD options at the bottom. I use 1280x720. (If the HD settings aren't there then go back to the website at the top and re-check all the steps.) Then hit next.

https://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n245/MonkeyKnuckle/WMMtips3.jpg

It will then start saving the movie (this could take a while.....)

Then upload to Youtube (again, could take ages.....)

It won't appear as HD on Youtube until it's finished processing the video, which takes ages.
Laughing

Hope this helps.
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Faldo · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Karma :

Looks all good to me, and excellent fun.

However, personally I prefer to hear engine noise rather than music. I realise I'm probably in the minority and that both tunes were excellent. Nothing worse than biking vids ruined by shite music.
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Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

^^^Aye that seems the trickiest part...getting good quality sound and not just varying whoosh noises.
That recent BCF post of a trackday had good audio, would sound nice to fade some engine noise in now and again.

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silky666 · Captain Rulebook Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Karma :

kawashima · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 May 2005 Karma :

Very well edited. They look like popular riding video footages on youtube with 10000times view. Nice choice of music too Thumbs Up

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23beatle · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Karma :

Yeah, me a northerner too....know what you mean Thumbs Up

I actually have both, there are some good fades, wipes 'anti-shake' filters on 12 (handy for bike videos....its called Pro-Dad Mercalli if you want to track it down) and the titling software is shitloads easier to use, other than that they are similiar......very good package....PM me if you get stuck withit....been using it for a while.....what camrea are you using ????