Tech Geeks...need yer help

[druid]

VGA and QVGA are the resolutions at which video is recorded. VGA is larger than QVGA.....I already know that.

My question is, can YouTube and Photobucket upload QVGA and is it viewable or will it look like crap?

If you know of a QVGA video on either YouTube or PhotoBucket, could you please link me to it so I can see what it looks like (providing it uploads) or upload something (tasteful) so I could see? ??


Thanks in advance.

[chafnerjr]

VGA and QVGA are the resolutions at which video is recorded. VGA is larger than QVGA.....I already know that.

My question is, can YouTube and Photobucket upload QVGA and is it viewable or will it look like crap?

If you know of a QVGA video on either YouTube or PhotoBucket, could you please link me to it so I can see what it looks like (providing it uploads) or upload something (tasteful) so I could see? ??


Thanks in advance.

I don't have a link for you, but rather a question. What has gotten QVGA stuck in your head? (320x240 resolution) QVGA is kind of strange as it's really designed for cell phone use (Where the screen is taller then it is wide). YouTube will have to expand the video until it fits within YouTube's 480x360 standard resolution. (It might also chop the top of your video). Generally this simply is not a good idea. You should be recording video in either a 4x3 type format (Standard TV) or one of the more regular widescreen formats. This all brings me back to the question of how QVGA got in this discussion in the first place?

[druid]

I don't have a link for you, but rather a question. What has gotten QVGA stuck in your head? (320x240 resolution) QVGA is kind of strange as it's really designed for cell phone use (Where the screen is taller then it is wide). YouTube will have to expand the video until it fits within YouTube's 480x360 standard resolution. (It might also chop the top of your video). Generally this simply is not a good idea. You should be recording video in either a 4x3 type format (Standard TV) or one of the more regular widescreen formats. This all brings me back to the question of how QVGA got in this discussion in the first place?

Fair enough of a question....

Here's why I ask...

I want to get at least one Tachyon video camera for OK DDAY http://www.tachyoninc.com/HTML%20Manuals/XC%20English%20Manual%20HTML%20Fin.html#VideoStats

and according to that chart, I can get 30+ hours of video at 30 frames per second on a 32gig card and over 60 hours of video at 15 frames per second on the QVGA settings.

I'm planning on getting as much video as I can, while carrying the least amount of "extra" gear possible...but want to have decent videos to post when I get back

[chafnerjr]

Fair enough of a question....

Here's why I ask...

I want to get at least one Tachyon video camera for OK DDAY http://www.tachyoninc.com/HTML%20Manuals/XC%20English%20Manual%20HTML%20Fin.html#VideoStats

and according to that chart, I can get 30+ hours of video at 30 frames per second on a 32gig card and over 60 hours of video at 15 frames per second on the QVGA settings.

I'm planning on getting as much video as I can, while carrying the least amount of "extra" gear possible...but want to have decent videos to post when I get back

Are those your only choices? Can you not turn down the frame rate and keep the higher res? Here are some links that I finally got up off my butt and found. Don't expect anything exciting, just an example of what you asked for.

QVGA @ 15 FPS (hot cat on cat action)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG5v6pk-vcU

Goofy bastard waving his hands to music to demo the difference betweek 30 fps and 15 fps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_F7kygCC7Y&feature=related

It should make for passable video but I think that you ought to try it out first. I'm worried that at 15 fps you might miss some of the faster action. Anyways, good luck! :cheers:

[doc_Zox]

I would use Flash videoencoder to locally convert your source to the youtube FLV format

when you get the formula correct, what you see locally is exactly what youtube plays back

http://blogs.chron.com/makingmovies/archives/2006/04/youtube_and_the.html

[druid]

Are those your only choices? Can you not turn down the frame rate and keep the higher res? Here are some links that I finally got up off my butt and found. Don't expect anything exciting, just an example of what you asked for.

QVGA @ 15 FPS (hot cat on cat action)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG5v6pk-vcU

Goofy bastard waving his hands to music to demo the difference betweek 30 fps and 15 fps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_F7kygCC7Y&feature=related

It should make for passable video but I think that you ought to try it out first. I'm worried that at 15 fps you might miss some of the faster action. Anyways, good luck! :cheers:


Yes, those are the only choices of FPS available to that camera. The reason they explain is that giving it a more 'variable' FPS requires additional programming...elevating the price to what they didn't want to charge the consumer.

When I get my tax return, I'm ordering at least one right away so I can do just that....try it out before the OK game. I really want to order 2 so that not only I wear one, but my daughter can wear one as well (yeah, she plays and is going along). I just wanted to see the difference between the quality of the FPS recordings before I order, so I can gauge how many cards I'll have to order.

Thank you for the videos by the way. According to what I saw there, it looks like the 30FPS will have to be my settings because I plan on getting into some intense firefights in OK. That means I'll just have to suck it up and buy more of the cards. Didn't want to do that but if I want better quality video, that's what will have to be...lol.