Thanks for that, I'm amazed how strong those slot cars are! David
On 15 September 2010 13:30, Martin Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > Sorry no picture of the camera car. All we did we take the body off a slot > car and literally tape the digital camera onto the chassis. If I remember > correctly it was a fairly small Olympus camera which had a video mode. We > set it running round the track and that literally was that. > > If I can give you any other info, do let me know. > > Martin > > On 15 Sep 2010, at 13:24, David Ransom wrote: > > Sorry, this is no help at all, but can you tell me how it was filmed? Do > you have a photo of the "camera car"? > > David > > On 15 September 2010 10:00, Martin Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Rob. All grist to the mill and will help a lot. >> >> Martin >> >> On 15 Sep 2010, at 09:54, Rob Beattie wrote: >> >> Works fine here on Vista running Firefox - though the video window >> 'busts' the margin on the right. I'd say it's probably just too big. I >> have a RW site that has band videos on it, hosted on YouTube and they >> work fine. >> >> Rob >> ----------------- >> Rob Beattie >> Freelance writer and book author >> www.robbeattie.com >> 07769 902820 >> >> >> >> On 15 September 2010 09:02, Martin Douglas <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have published my first video (created in iMovie 09), to my first >> website >> >> (created in Rapidweaver) but I wonder whether my learned fellow members of >> >> this group might be able to offer some advice. The content of the video is >> >> irrelevant (even if you do have a lifelong passion for slot racing) but I >> >> could do with some help. I should mention that the website is hosted on >> >> MobileMe. >> >> >> At home, on a Apple Mac, I can view the video on my website easily. At the >> >> pub, the landlord's Windows laptop played the video without a hitch. It >> even >> >> plays flawlessly on my iPhone 3G (as the video is also on YouTube). I >> can't >> >> play it at work as I can't/am not allowed to install Quicktime. >> >> >> However I have had a couple of emails from people who say that - when they >> >> go to the video page on the website - their computer just hangs. One or >> two >> >> probably don't have Quicktime installed but others seem to have fairly >> >> modern computers. Might it be a lack of RAM? Might it be those browsing >> >> using Microsoft IE? I don't know. >> >> >> So I wonder whether some of you might be kind enough to view the video on >> >> your computer and see what happens. I always wait until the status bar >> shows >> >> that at least 50% of the video has loaded before playing the video. I >> should >> >> also like you , if you would be so kind, to have the sound turned on as >> >> there is both music and a commentary (and one person has pointed out they >> >> can see the movie but not hear the sound). You can view the video at >> >> >> http://www.bexhillslotcars.co.uk/page34/page34.html >> >> >> Perhaps you would be good enough to post your findings on this forum. If >> you >> >> have no problems, then let me know. If you do have problems, perhaps you >> >> might let me know what the problems are and also mention what computer and >> >> browser you are using. And, if you do encounter problems, do you have any >> >> ideas how I can resolve those issues? >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> Martin >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Martin >> --------------------------------------------------- >> *Martin Douglas* >> * >> * >> *Bexhill Scale Slot Car Club (Chairman)* >> >> Telephone: 01424 222211 >> Mobile: 07977 569720 >> >> email: [email protected] >> website: www.bexhillslotcars.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > Best wishes, > > Martin > --------------------------------------------------- > *Martin Douglas* > * > * > *Bexhill Scale Slot Car Club (Chairman)* > > Telephone: 01424 222211 > Mobile: 07977 569720 > > email: [email protected] > website: www.bexhillslotcars.co.uk > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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