New Videos

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Hiya, just wanted to post a little plug for my website. [:)] There is a new page up, called “Video Clips.” You need to have Windows Media Player to watch these, sorry if you’re on a Mac. [V] Enjoy!

http://lionellion.bravehost.com/video.html

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Thanks! I like to watch train video’s.
Did you use a digital camera to film it? Where could you find a place to host the huge files? My train video’s are at least 3mb for about 10 seconds of video and my website doesn’t handle such huge files…

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Thanks for the response! I used a conventional 8mm video camera, and used an editing program called Pinnacle Studio to capture it. I also use Bravehost to host my duo of websites. I pulled off the videos by hosting them at Zippy Videos, then posting links at my website. The only catch is the 20 meg limit. I still reccomend it; free too!

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Three more videos up- an overall view of the layout, and two postwar Lionels (a #681 turbine and a #211 FA) in action.

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Where did you get the program Pinnacle Studio and how did you attache your camera to your pc?

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I picked it up at Best Buy… the hardware and software all comes in one box if you get the right package deal.The camera’s Audio/Video cords attach to one end of a small blue plastic box. On the other side is a cable that attaches into the back of the computer itself. I assume some kind of convertion is made through the box.

Pinnacle is a gargantuine program, and even my new Dell with all the bells and whistles is bogged down by it when it’s running. I would only reccomend it if you were working on a high-hardrive, relativly new machine.

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Hello again,

Yesterday I strapped the camera to a flatcar and got a passenger’s-eye-view of my layout. I’ll have that footage up soon.

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Thanks, this is enjoyable to see. I hope to see more of the videos when I can take the time.
Dennis

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Those are some nice videos. I should try that sometime myself once I get a layout up and running, though I wont have any scenery to start out with.

I use Adobe Premeire Pro to do my video editing. Does anyone remember that locomotive that Lionel had several years ago that had an onboard camera and everything? Im not sure if anyone ever owned one, but I think that wouldve been an awesome loco to see out the cab.

Chris