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That's a very noticeable difference.You'll have to patent it.
Wow are there no end to your talents Alan.. and as usual I love your sense of humour Misha, don't try this at home either the TV or Camera would have been stolen before you had your 1st piece of foam carved...
Styrofoam? When did you become American?
One of my irritating habits is to correct Americanisms when I hear them, ie "Can I get a" rather than "Can I have a" or "Truck" rather than "Lorry", "Train station" rather then "Railway Station" etc etc but the one that makes me blow a fuse is when people are asked "How are you?" and they reply "Good" rather then "Well"
And as far as the "Good" reply rather than "Well" I tend to agree. I usually say either "Well" or "Not bad, thanks."
Quote from: db08 on July 24, 2012, 09:35:42And as far as the "Good" reply rather than "Well" I tend to agree. I usually say either "Well" or "Not bad, thanks."Have you been to elocution lessons - that's much better than "Mind your own feckin business"...........................
The aluminum one used to irritate me, until I researched it, only to find that the English/British version was a mistake and by the time it was found to be a mistake it was almost impossible to rectify ergo, all the dictionary's were printed and aluminium was on common usage. Especially when they saw Awsome
Quote from: asathorny on July 24, 2012, 10:28:36The aluminum one used to irritate me, until I researched it, only to find that the English/British version was a mistake and by the time it was found to be a mistake it was almost impossible to rectify ergo, all the dictionary's were printed and aluminium was on common usage. Especially when they saw AwsomeDo they also spell it like that?....................
I'll also be keen to find out which software editing package you settle on.I tried movavi (the DOD recordings (doddings?) are stored in .mov format) but didn't feel comfortable with it.I found virtualdubmod couldn't handle .mov files.So, I settled on Xilisoft's "Video Converter Ultimate 6" which seems to do a reasonable job of editing & converting.
Quote from: Shambles™ on July 24, 2012, 14:02:49I'll also be keen to find out which software editing package you settle on.I tried movavi (the DOD recordings (doddings?) are stored in .mov format) but didn't feel comfortable with it.I found virtualdubmod couldn't handle .mov files.So, I settled on Xilisoft's "Video Converter Ultimate 6" which seems to do a reasonable job of editing & converting.What about CyberLink PowerDirector?I use both Movavi and Cyber for the time being
...I like the easy to used stuff nowadays.
Quote from: asathorny on July 24, 2012, 16:04:54...I like the easy to used stuff nowadays.And I prefer the free stuff
Yeah I don't have anything illegit, apart from my *cough* trial copy of Xilisoft, but I do prefer open source stuff, like 'handbrake' which I've been messing with recently
When I first installed the car-cam it would switch on and start recording as soon as the ignition was switched on and switch off when the ignition was off. However If I stopped the recording by pressing the toggle record button the recording would stop - but then come on again a minute later and stay recording until I hit the record button in which case it would stop again for exactly one minute ad-infinitum until the ignition was eventually switched off. I had a fiddle with the camera settings and have cured this - but I'm not sure which setting did the trick. I can now stop and start recording at will, in addition to it going on and off automatically with the ignition.My Camera settings now are :-Size 1920 x 1080EV +0White Bal AutoContrast StandardSharpness StandardEffect OffScene AutoISO AutoDuration 15 minsRecycle NoUSB In YesShutdown Power OffVideo Flip NoMotion Set NoMic OnYesterday the weather was cloudy and dull and the videos were fine. However - it is sunny today and the pictures are washed out with over-bright skies and dark shadows. There is a slight "veil" on the picture which is being caused by the reflection of the dashboard and the A pillars on the steeply raked screen - and I may have to find a way of moving the camera to a postion behind the mirror to minimise this. What exposure settings are you guys using and do you change them to suit the weather all the time?
Quote from: succulant on July 23, 2012, 21:44:53One of my irritating habits is to correct Americanisms when I hear them, ie "Can I get a" rather than "Can I have a" or "Truck" rather than "Lorry", "Train station" rather then "Railway Station" etc etc but the one that makes me blow a fuse is when people are asked "How are you?" and they reply "Good" rather then "Well" That's quite a load you are toting there dude, I bet you have gotten cotton pickin' mad so often when folks don't speak regular English which is the normalcy you are used to. Unlike you I am able to shrug it off - in fact I'm good and I could care less - whatever. Even the BBC news readers slip into mid-Atlantic lingo I don't know how many times a night - you do the math - then come back here and touch base again with this thread...................