Hi muris. What video camera are you using in your lessons?

Hi Robin.

It's Canon PowerShot A540,does the job so far.

Ok thanks.

You're welcome.

Why did you ask btw?

Googled the model you said...is this the thing?

Yep,that's the one.

I googled with the same result ... wao, the video quality is great in your lessons !!

Thanks,I set quality at best and have some nice lighting,which is most important.

Because my camera is super old and it sucks, and I noticed how clear and good your lessons are

I see,thanks Robin.

Actually I wasn't much happy with video quality of my lessons before,
it looks fine on my PC but after it's been uploaded and converted,that's another story...
But few days ago I found nice settings that reacts pretty well to conversion.

Come on Muris, you're buying some headspinning music gear, I beg you PLEASE buy decent digital video cam!

I believe my camera is pretty "decent",it's export settings that was bothering me the most.

Just kidding a little off course!

Speaking of format of video file there?

Sure

It's Avi with xvid codec,I used Mov with Sorensen before but it's not that great I would say.
Too many options(type of file,codec etc),you have to try them all,it's like lottery...

Using AVI with XVid also here And that camera gives you great results considering it's not even a camcorder

Yeah,it's made for photos mainly but does video work nicely as well.
I set everything on best,cross my fingers and hit REC.

Hey if it works, don't touch it! Your videos do look great Muris, and + you can make some cool photos!

You considered buying a digital (video) camera some time ago. You still considering?

I don't know how you get the quality you do Muris with that camera. It is quite amazing. I'm sure you're a Wizard

Thanks Ivan.

Well yeah,I'm still looking for,few things I need the most is rotating display and remote controller.
I hate tapes tho so it has to be HD.

You mean like on disk liek HDDVD or BlyRay? i don't know if that is wise my friend...

Ahhhhhhh,I've got it

You want me to buy a new cam to stop me from buying...you know what

Joking

To stop you from buying what?

I would never!

Never mind that

since i drowned my camera- i may look into this model

great advertising Muris

Muris now I want to know!

No,it's really nothing,my bad,sorry.

Will I EVER find out?

Well I hope so,this is just not the right place and time for that,sorry once more.

Haha, I just read a fantasybook with magic and stuff and there is a guy named Cadvan and he always says that to his student
So, Muris are you a magician ?

Really,what's the name of the book?

Haha no probs

And have you seen his playing Chast?! He must me a magician to be able to play that! A magician musician!

From Muris's digital camera to fairy tales...guys guys cccc

Hey,this is thread about camera and NOT about fake magicians and wizards.

The book is called "Die Gabe" translated it means something like "The Talent"
And yeah Stevie I argree with you, muris is a magician on the guitar

Stop it!!!!!!!!

So,I like Avi a lot,I do resolution at 23984 x2893...zzzz zzz zzzz

The magician was more entertaining

Wonder how much shipping on a wand is Muris' Next Free Giveaway

Missed this post...

Ivan, i think Muris wants a Hard Drive camcorder! It's pretty cool considering you get the same he has now - a memoryStick camera, but he'll have a camcorder with hard drive and all videos on it

I still prefer streaming

Yeah,with Hard Drive on it,without tapes and stuff.

Pavel,btw,what's the deal with streaming you prefer,
not sure I've got that part right?

Streaming recording is when you click "record" and the video is stored directly on your PC after you hit STOP, so you don't have to transfer it from camcorder later. This way you can immediately review the video you just recorded and see if it is good or not.

You need the Firewire port to make good quality streaming

Ah,I see.
So camera needs to have video out Firewire,
doesn't matter if it's HD or tape type?

Yeah exactly! You must have a "Firewire OUT" - they also call it "i.Link out".

+1 for the Firewire, it is definitely the better way to record. If you record on tape/disk, then you have to transfer to computer later, but if you connect the camera with PC you can stream the video directly to PC and record it. You'll need a big HD tho, one average lesson takes usually around 4GB with extended angles and such in DV-AVI format.

One more thing, the Firewire cable that I use is about 1,5m long, so I have to keep my camera near the PC, but maybe longer cables can be purchased.

Yeah DV/AVI is huge
Luckily I don't do extra angles atm.

Thanks for info guys,appreciate it!!

No problem man, glad to help!

I have the 3m Firewire cable and i also saw 4,5 meters so that should not be a problem!
And i always delete the source video after i render it for GMC so it doesn't take that much space on hard drive.
For example my last lesson has 1,7GB after i recorded all angles. I guess it depends on the camera and the recording options.

Anyway Streaming is something to try for sure - makes stuff easier

Of course Pavel my man, didn't really wanted to put down the technology, just wanted to say that you do need a reasonable large HD like 200-250GB to feel comfortable. SOmetimes not all teh lessons are published and I don't like to erase the files right away, have about 4-5 lessons in DVAVI always onboard jsut in case.

Great news for the cable length, must buy something longer