Sorting through my video backlog and beginning to upload. Starting with a couple of over the bars moments captured at Kirroughtree in March.

http://www.mountainbikerides.co.uk/video/9...dy-beevers.html

http://www.mountainbikerides.co.uk/video/9...andy-davis.html

Superb quality again with the GoPro Pete! I think i could fill a page of links with my crashes over the years

Looks like Andy will fill a page of links by October

2 different Andy`s Rod

D'oh!

S'okay. We've more Andys ride with us than you can shake a stick at (or capture on camera falling off!)



Yeah. I've about sussed the optimum settings for rendering the video for the web.

Next I need to get a Blu Ray burner so I can do full length movies in full res and enjoy on the big telly. I've already compiled a short Blu Ray test clip and put it on a memory card (my Blu Ray player has a memory card reader built in) and that looked ace

Naaah, build yourself a media PC mate. Tis what I did and much much more useful. With a bit of organising I've got it linked up to the home networked drives so that I can view the family piccies too.

Stuck a TV card in it too so it can record off freeview, useful for recording all the kids programmes at 5am!

Already got Sky+ HD so I've no real need for one. If I want to watch internet/PC stuff I just plug my notebook into the telly (& surround sound amp) for a big screen. A Blu Ray writer will also be a lot cheaper and let me burn discs for all me mates too.

Ahh, makes sense.

Oooo, give me more details! No matter what codec I use or what settings I use, the final quality on the net (be it youtube or vimeo) is always significantly reduced compared to the editted/raw footage! Is there anything that can be done about that, or is it just down to the way youtube etc process videos??
Really good vids too! Might have to consider a GoPro as the mounting options seem much better than my ContourHD! Is your GoPro 1080p as the quality is very good?

Youtube and Vimeo do usually reduce the quality in their re-encoding. Try Mpora or Pinkbike - they seem better to me? Codec wise all those sites will use h.264 so if you encode in that in the first place it will be better. Obviously using my own site I don't have that problem.

My GoPro is 1080p but the footage in the two crash clips was filmed in 960p.

The clips were rendered using Sony AVC (this is h.264 mp4) format: at 6Mbps 640x480 at 29 fps (GoPro native NTSC frame rate)

I use sony Vegas Movie Studio to edit and render.

Excellent, cheers for that!! I use Sony Vegas 9, but have always rendered using wmv @ 6mbps/29fps... I will output my next clips using Sony AVC and see if there is a difference after uploading. I will also have a play with Mpora (just got the app on my iPhone too) and Pinkbike.

Thanks again!!!!

No problem. You'll probably find the mp4 files are bigger than the wmv for the same bit rate but they will look better?

Great looking vids

h264 is definitely the one to go for, although I always find that using a compression % of any less than 100 means it won't upload properly to youtube. Could just be premiere being crap though!

Da Guv: Thought you might like to know I've just downloaded Vegas Movie Studio Platinum HD (VMS 10 - the new version). If you have an old version of Vegas there are cheap upgrade options on Sony's web site.

Not done anything major with it yet but initial impressions are good. It now handles my Go Pro HD files far better - smooth preview playback where they were jerky before making editing awkward. I thought I was gonna have to chuck more processing power at them but now it looks like I don't!

The new version of DVD Architect Studio also supports Blu Ray for menus and burning so its now definitely time for me to get a Blu Ray Burner bought.....

Try SageTV for cool factor though, I have a server in the loft feeding the entire house with networked tv, dvd, videos and music for not a lot of money, like sky+ on steroids!