Comments on: The Flip Video Camera – Thoughts and Some Sample Videos http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/ If clever quips are my business, business is bad. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:42:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flip Video Example http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-35810 Flip Video Example Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:50:50 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-35810 Good Day, I do not normally post feedback on web, as I prefer to read only. However I find the article that you have created earlier has very insightful information, and I discover it very informational. I was searching on Bing 4 Flip video example findings and found your wonderful article. Could create something the same superb on Flip video example? Cheers. Van Galland PS: Check out my Flip video example where I shot my dog with Flip mino HD :) Good Day, I do not normally post feedback on web, as I prefer to read only. However I find the article that you have created earlier has very insightful information, and I discover it very informational. I was searching on Bing 4 Flip video example findings and found your wonderful article. Could create something the same superb on Flip video example? Cheers. Van Galland PS: Check out my Flip video example where I shot my dog with Flip mino HD :)

]]> By: Rob Fenwick http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-10182 Rob Fenwick Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:51:50 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-10182 Thanks from me too - exactly the sort of demo I was after, wonder why Flip don't just provide some sample files on their site! Thanks from me too - exactly the sort of demo I was after, wonder why Flip don’t just provide some sample files on their site!

]]> By: Robert Witten http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-8890 Robert Witten Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:43:52 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-8890 Hello! Thank you so much for this information and for the video that you posted. I was able to play VID00026.AVI in mplayer on my computer no problem. I have this kernel: Linux darth 2.6.19.1 #1 PREEMPT Mon Mar 3 08:56:03 EST 2008 i686 GNU/Linu and I am using lenny/sid (there are only two true distros, debian and the Slackware), haha! And, I was not able to play VID00026.AVI in vlc, I had this error: rlw@darth:$ vlc VID00026.AVI VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus [00000296] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'. VLC probably does not support this sound or video format. [00000273] main playlist: stopping playback But then I used a program called ffmpeg2theora to change this video to the ogv file. It now plays in vlc (as well as the mplayer). By default, no switches, the command: ffmpeg2theora VID00026.AVI Will make the output file VID00026.AVI 7.7 M, and to my untrained eye it looks (and sounds) nice. I understand that theora is free (FREE), so I prefer to use that one. Thank you again, and that little girl is CUTE AS CAN BE! Haha -- I think Daddy has some extra pancakes there that have not been eaten yet, though! Regards, Robert Hello!

Thank you so much for this information and for the video that you posted. I was able to play VID00026.AVI in mplayer on my computer no problem. I have this kernel:
Linux darth 2.6.19.1 #1 PREEMPT Mon Mar 3 08:56:03 EST 2008 i686 GNU/Linu
and I am using lenny/sid (there are only two true distros, debian and the Slackware), haha!

And, I was not able to play VID00026.AVI in vlc, I had this error:

rlw@darth:$ vlc VID00026.AVI
VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus
[00000296] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID’.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
[00000273] main playlist: stopping playback

But then I used a program called ffmpeg2theora to change this video to the ogv file. It now plays in vlc (as well as the mplayer). By default, no switches, the command:

ffmpeg2theora VID00026.AVI

Will make the output file VID00026.AVI 7.7 M, and to my untrained eye it looks (and sounds) nice. I understand that theora is free (FREE), so I prefer to use that one.

Thank you again, and that little girl is CUTE AS CAN BE!

Haha — I think Daddy has some extra pancakes there that have not been eaten yet, though!

Regards,

Robert

]]> By: Richard Querin http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 Richard Querin Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:19:47 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-6676 @clueless seeking knowledge - sorry for the late reply. I'm not sure if you can take it off the camera, edit with WMM and then put it back on to upload to YouTube. You should be able to upload just about any video file to YouTube. There should be no reason to put it back on the Flip after you've edited it in WMM. Also, I believe it comes with it's own software (never used it) which will do the upload as well. Let me know if you got the problem solved. Again.. sorry for the late reply. @clueless seeking knowledge - sorry for the late reply. I’m not sure if you can take it off the camera, edit with WMM and then put it back on to upload to YouTube.

You should be able to upload just about any video file to YouTube. There should be no reason to put it back on the Flip after you’ve edited it in WMM. Also, I believe it comes with it’s own software (never used it) which will do the upload as well.

Let me know if you got the problem solved. Again.. sorry for the late reply.

]]> By: clueless seeking knowledge http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-6429 clueless seeking knowledge Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:37:23 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-6429 across the board clueless, it seems. have no idea of (blog? messageboard?) etiquette. gotta start somewhere i guess. love my iflip ultra. download it onto laptop with windows vista ultimate. use windows movie maker to edit. tried to get edited version back on flip to post it on utube, no success. tried to burn it to a dvd+r, make space on laptop, edit later, no luck there either. could someone kindly direct me to a kindergarden class. it appears i've wandered into college. thank you for any clues you can share. across the board clueless, it seems. have no idea of (blog? messageboard?) etiquette. gotta start somewhere i guess.

love my iflip ultra. download it onto laptop with windows vista ultimate. use windows movie maker to edit. tried to get edited version back on flip to post it on utube, no success. tried to burn it to a dvd+r, make space on laptop, edit later, no luck there either.

could someone kindly direct me to a kindergarden class. it appears i’ve wandered into college.

thank you for any clues you can share.

]]> By: clueless seeking knowledge http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-6428 clueless seeking knowledge Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:34:19 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-6428 across the board clueless, it seems. have no idea of (blog? messageboard?) etiquette. gotta start somewhere i guess. love my iflip ultra. download it onto laptop with windows vista ultimate. use windows movie maker to edit. tried to get edited version back on flip to post it on utube, no success. tried to burn it to a dvd r, make space on laptop, edit later, no luck there either. could someone kindly direct me to a kindergarden class. it appears i've wandered into college. thank you for any clues you can share. across the board clueless, it seems. have no idea of (blog? messageboard?) etiquette. gotta start somewhere i guess.

love my iflip ultra. download it onto laptop with windows vista ultimate. use windows movie maker to edit. tried to get edited version back on flip to post it on utube, no success. tried to burn it to a dvd r, make space on laptop, edit later, no luck there either.

could someone kindly direct me to a kindergarden class. it appears i’ve wandered into college.

thank you for any clues you can share.

]]> By: rfquerin http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-4539 rfquerin Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:17:00 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-4539 Hugo, Yeah, a refund would be a nice thing. :) I can't for the life of me figure out why they don't post a full size original file. It would answer so many questions that people have about the quality and the format. Dumb. Thanks for your comment. Hugo,

Yeah, a refund would be a nice thing. :)

I can’t for the life of me figure out why they don’t post a full size original file. It would answer so many questions that people have about the quality and the format. Dumb.

Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: <span class="eg-image" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; display: block; width: 80px;"><img alt="" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5571023133bfeb2825f621a3c78ad79f?s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2Fuse.perl.org%2Fimages%2Fpix.gif&r=G" class http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-4363 <span class="eg-image" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; display: block; width: 80px;"><img alt="" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5571023133bfeb2825f621a3c78ad79f?s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2Fuse.perl.org%2Fimages%2Fpix.gif&r=G" class Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:29:53 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-4363 Thanks for posting the full rez video. I can't understand why there isn't any on the official site!! It's not like its embarising quality for such a inexpensive convenient camera. Youve done flip a real favor here, they should refund you your purchase price :) Hugo Thanks for posting the full rez video. I can’t
understand why there isn’t any on the official site!!
It’s not like its embarising quality for such a
inexpensive convenient camera. Youve done flip a real
favor here, they should refund you your
purchase price :)

Hugo

]]> By: Richard Querin http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-4165 Richard Querin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:10:17 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-4165 Hey Craig, Glad you found it useful. I was frustrated at the time that I couldn't find one decent piece of raw video from the Flip camera to test out. Guess I wasn't alone. :) Nice to hear you had luck with the original format. Seems to go well with what Earl found on his Mac. Thanks for commenting! :) Hey Craig,

Glad you found it useful. I was frustrated at the time that I couldn’t find one decent piece of raw video from the Flip camera to test out. Guess I wasn’t alone. :)

Nice to hear you had luck with the original format. Seems to go well with what Earl found on his Mac.

Thanks for commenting! :)

]]> By: Craig Eubanks http://blog.rfquerin.org/2008/05/17/the-flip-video-camera-thoughts-and-some-sample-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 Craig Eubanks Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:02:16 +0000 http://blog.rfquerin.org/?p=695#comment-4163 This was the most useful review of the Flip Video I found. I have a Mac and was concerned about the format of the raw video and also the quality of the video. Your samples answered both questions. I was able to view the AVI sample with quicktime and even import it into the editor of ScreenFlow my favorite screen capture software. It played the video in VLC but not audio. I didn't bother with the other samples since the raw footage was what I wanted. Thank you for doing this. Cheers, Craig This was the most useful review of the Flip Video I found. I have a Mac and was concerned about the format of the raw video and also the quality of the video.

Your samples answered both questions.

I was able to view the AVI sample with quicktime and even import it into the editor of ScreenFlow my favorite screen capture software.

It played the video in VLC but not audio.

I didn’t bother with the other samples since the raw footage was what I wanted.

Thank you for doing this.

Cheers,

Craig

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