I got my bike cam video on the computer without issue (YES!). I found 3 good songs to put in the video and used my Adobe Soundbooth to mix them like a DJ would lol. I added the song then sped up the 20 minute video to 8 1/2 minutes so it fits with the songs. It's all ready to go, I just need to get it on YouTube.
I was a bit disappointed that the video was shaking so much, I mean from side to side because of the handlebars but when you are riding a bike you can't keep it from doing that lol. It is physically impossible to get the video to be still constantly the entire time. Especially when it's mounted to the handlebars. If it were mounted on my helmet then perhaps that would be different but on the other hand every time I move my head up or down or left or right or behind me, the video moves too so it sees everything I look at which would be way more annoying lol.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Bike Cam Video
I went back on the bike trail today with my camcorder hooked up to my mount that I made and when I came home I immediately hooked the camcorder up to the computer and it didn't fail the import, it failed on Saturday morning. I'm still confused as to why it did that but that's ok because watching the video showed me how much I need to stop moving the bike from left to right so much when video taping lol.
It's always a learning experience right?
So anyway, now that I have it on the computer I can make it go fast and add some music to it. It's a 20 minute video but I'm going to speed that up so it fits about 2 or 3 songs so hopefully about 8 or 9 minutes. I don't want to bore people too much but at the same time I don't want it to go so fast that you can't see what's happening you know lol.
So, I'm going to be working on that for awhile. I can't upload it to YouTube until I get some money because this program that I use which is the best program, Pinnacle VideoSpin. It's a free program with conditions. You get I think 2 weeks free use out of it then after that you have to pay $15 for the codec, otherwise you won't even be able to import your video into the software. I've tried other programs like windows movie maker, I also bought Adobe Premiere Elements 3 and those 2 programs won't let you make your movie for YouTube to be able to have it in widescreen. Your video ends up having the bars on top and bottom but also on the right and left. That's no good.
So, until I get the codec for it when I get money then I will upload that video. I'm also going to take the opportunity to do some other videos while I'm at it of some video games then just do them all on the same day.
It's always a learning experience right?
So anyway, now that I have it on the computer I can make it go fast and add some music to it. It's a 20 minute video but I'm going to speed that up so it fits about 2 or 3 songs so hopefully about 8 or 9 minutes. I don't want to bore people too much but at the same time I don't want it to go so fast that you can't see what's happening you know lol.
So, I'm going to be working on that for awhile. I can't upload it to YouTube until I get some money because this program that I use which is the best program, Pinnacle VideoSpin. It's a free program with conditions. You get I think 2 weeks free use out of it then after that you have to pay $15 for the codec, otherwise you won't even be able to import your video into the software. I've tried other programs like windows movie maker, I also bought Adobe Premiere Elements 3 and those 2 programs won't let you make your movie for YouTube to be able to have it in widescreen. Your video ends up having the bars on top and bottom but also on the right and left. That's no good.
So, until I get the codec for it when I get money then I will upload that video. I'm also going to take the opportunity to do some other videos while I'm at it of some video games then just do them all on the same day.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Bike Video
I brought the video camera today on my ride and when I got to the bike trail I hooked it up and started recording. My starting point was Truxton and Mohawk and my ending point was Manor St. The whole video was 20 minutes and 25 seconds.
I turned the video camera off and put the camcorder back in the camera bag inside the grocery bag on the side of the rack. I get home and watched it on the dvd player (which is actually a dvd recorder, I deleted a scene with me talking because my head was cut off) then I put the dvd back in the camcorder and hook it up to the computer to upload it. Failed import. I don't know why or what happened. I put the dvd into the dvd drive and it also failed.
So what this means is I gotta do it again lol. I was hoping to be able to take the mount off and put it in the camera bag for future use if I ever wanted to use it again somewhere else but I guess it will have to stay on the handlebar until I get it right.
I formated the mini dvd-ram (that's what my camcorder takes, mini dvd's, a dvd-ram is better though) so that tomorrow when I go back out there won't be any reason for it to do that to me again.
I turned the video camera off and put the camcorder back in the camera bag inside the grocery bag on the side of the rack. I get home and watched it on the dvd player (which is actually a dvd recorder, I deleted a scene with me talking because my head was cut off) then I put the dvd back in the camcorder and hook it up to the computer to upload it. Failed import. I don't know why or what happened. I put the dvd into the dvd drive and it also failed.
So what this means is I gotta do it again lol. I was hoping to be able to take the mount off and put it in the camera bag for future use if I ever wanted to use it again somewhere else but I guess it will have to stay on the handlebar until I get it right.
I formated the mini dvd-ram (that's what my camcorder takes, mini dvd's, a dvd-ram is better though) so that tomorrow when I go back out there won't be any reason for it to do that to me again.
Friday, June 12, 2009
My Weight Loss Journey
Ok, I know that I said that I wasn't going to do any bragging because that always screws it up but I just can't help it.
Ok, here is how it has been going down. Last year in October I started riding my bike with the intention of eventually getting to the bike trail. I was doing 1 mile a day and gradually I went to 3 miles then 5 an so on until eventually I was doing 10 miles a day on average. Then I had my accident. Ok so I started out at 244 and then I went down to 227. That's 17lbs. Pretty good right? Well then because of the accident I stopped riding until April.
From November 20th the date of the accident until April 14th when I finally started riding again I had gained 10lbs. So I was now 237. So I start riding again and now it's June 12th, today was weigh in day and I weighed in at 221lbs. Well, if you count starting in October at 244lbs then my weight loss is 23lbs total.
Or, you could think of it this way, I gained 10lbs and I lost it again so technically I lost more than 23lbs lol. Ok yeah I didn't think that would fly. Or you might think well technically since April at 237 and now I'm 221 I've only lost 16lbs. Well, whatever, I could from 244 to 221.
But, that was my weight this morning. You are supposed to weigh yourself in the morning after you do your "duty" in the bathroom lol. Who made up that rule? Ok so that was 221 BUT... before dinner I weighed myself again and I was 220 WOOHOO lol.
My point is, I made it out of the 240's, I made it out of the 230's and now, I'm almost out of the 220's and that is all that matters. I cannot wait to get into the 210's so that I can get into the 200's and so on.
Ok, enough bragging for one day. If I keep bragging then I will jinx myself and I don't want to risk that lol.
Ok, here is how it has been going down. Last year in October I started riding my bike with the intention of eventually getting to the bike trail. I was doing 1 mile a day and gradually I went to 3 miles then 5 an so on until eventually I was doing 10 miles a day on average. Then I had my accident. Ok so I started out at 244 and then I went down to 227. That's 17lbs. Pretty good right? Well then because of the accident I stopped riding until April.
From November 20th the date of the accident until April 14th when I finally started riding again I had gained 10lbs. So I was now 237. So I start riding again and now it's June 12th, today was weigh in day and I weighed in at 221lbs. Well, if you count starting in October at 244lbs then my weight loss is 23lbs total.
Or, you could think of it this way, I gained 10lbs and I lost it again so technically I lost more than 23lbs lol. Ok yeah I didn't think that would fly. Or you might think well technically since April at 237 and now I'm 221 I've only lost 16lbs. Well, whatever, I could from 244 to 221.
But, that was my weight this morning. You are supposed to weigh yourself in the morning after you do your "duty" in the bathroom lol. Who made up that rule? Ok so that was 221 BUT... before dinner I weighed myself again and I was 220 WOOHOO lol.
My point is, I made it out of the 240's, I made it out of the 230's and now, I'm almost out of the 220's and that is all that matters. I cannot wait to get into the 210's so that I can get into the 200's and so on.
Ok, enough bragging for one day. If I keep bragging then I will jinx myself and I don't want to risk that lol.
Free Bike Tripod
It seems that our tool shed attached to the back of the garage seems to be more useful than I ever thought. Before Stargate SG-1 came on today I went out there hoping to be able to make a homemade tripod for the bicycle handlebars and I wasn't quite able to make something that was acceptable. There was a 50/50 chance that it could still fall off and break lol.
So I came in the house and watched SG-1 and while I was watching it I started thinking more about it. I wondered if maybe there was a screw that would fit in the camera on the bottom. So I patiently waited for it to end then ran out there lol.
I was right, there was one that was the perfect size and it was long enough, although it could've been longer but it ended up being the right fit.
I was going to use the technique that I found here and I tried, I had an old dollar light that the light had broken years ago and I kept the mount for it for this very purpose. I got the nut out, drilled the hole in it no problem. But, when I put the screw in and then tried to tighten it the plastic broke so that was no good.
So then I went back into the tool shed and I started thinking what to do next. I have a new dollar light so I thought well, I guess I'm just going to have to use that and just buy another one. However, as I was trying to take out the nut I glanced over at the cabinet in the indoor patio which has tools in it and saw the garden hose repair stuff. A light bulb turned on above my head. I looked at the light mount and told it that it was it's lucky day and that it has gotten a reprieve, for now.
So I grabbed the green garden hose piece that has 2 screws, 1 on each side and it mounts on the outside of the hose then I took it out to the table in the back where my drill was already set up with the right size drill bit and I held the hose piece inside my finger while I drilled into 1 of the screw holes. Perfect.
I put a little piece of rubber inside the top part of it then put it onto the handlebar and screwed in 1 side with the screw it came with then I put in my long screw that fits perfectly into the camera and I put a nut on and tightened it at the perfect angle. Then I put another nut on the screw so when I put the camera onto the screw then I just tighten the 2nd nut to keep the camera in place.
Here is a picture:
So tomorrow when I go out on my bike ride I will have the camera inside the camera bag right inside the Townie Basket and then as soon as I get to the bike trail I will mount the camera and then start filming from there. It's much safer to ride with the camera attached while on the bike trail. I'm just too paranoid that I'm going to have an accident on the streets then have the camcorder fall and break into 10 million pieces. Besides, I'd rather just focus the video on the bike trail and not the streets.
So I came in the house and watched SG-1 and while I was watching it I started thinking more about it. I wondered if maybe there was a screw that would fit in the camera on the bottom. So I patiently waited for it to end then ran out there lol.
I was right, there was one that was the perfect size and it was long enough, although it could've been longer but it ended up being the right fit.
I was going to use the technique that I found here and I tried, I had an old dollar light that the light had broken years ago and I kept the mount for it for this very purpose. I got the nut out, drilled the hole in it no problem. But, when I put the screw in and then tried to tighten it the plastic broke so that was no good.
So then I went back into the tool shed and I started thinking what to do next. I have a new dollar light so I thought well, I guess I'm just going to have to use that and just buy another one. However, as I was trying to take out the nut I glanced over at the cabinet in the indoor patio which has tools in it and saw the garden hose repair stuff. A light bulb turned on above my head. I looked at the light mount and told it that it was it's lucky day and that it has gotten a reprieve, for now.
So I grabbed the green garden hose piece that has 2 screws, 1 on each side and it mounts on the outside of the hose then I took it out to the table in the back where my drill was already set up with the right size drill bit and I held the hose piece inside my finger while I drilled into 1 of the screw holes. Perfect.
I put a little piece of rubber inside the top part of it then put it onto the handlebar and screwed in 1 side with the screw it came with then I put in my long screw that fits perfectly into the camera and I put a nut on and tightened it at the perfect angle. Then I put another nut on the screw so when I put the camera onto the screw then I just tighten the 2nd nut to keep the camera in place.
Here is a picture:
So tomorrow when I go out on my bike ride I will have the camera inside the camera bag right inside the Townie Basket and then as soon as I get to the bike trail I will mount the camera and then start filming from there. It's much safer to ride with the camera attached while on the bike trail. I'm just too paranoid that I'm going to have an accident on the streets then have the camcorder fall and break into 10 million pieces. Besides, I'd rather just focus the video on the bike trail and not the streets.
WordPress 2.8 Upgrade Issues
Just giving a heads up that yesterday I tried to upgrade my WordPress to version 2.8 and it gave me nothing but problems. Before I did the upgrade I backed my entire blog folder onto the computer just in case and it was a good thing that I did because I ended up having to delete the blog folder completely and replace it.
It's not back to the way it was though, I'm having issues with uploading photos and when the blog loads in internet exploder there are errors on the page.
I am going to wait a week to see if WordPress decides to fix the issue and give us a new file to download. I say "us" because apparently I'm not the only person having issues with it.
It's not back to the way it was though, I'm having issues with uploading photos and when the blog loads in internet exploder there are errors on the page.
I am going to wait a week to see if WordPress decides to fix the issue and give us a new file to download. I say "us" because apparently I'm not the only person having issues with it.
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