26 February 2008
ExpeditionOz Video Library
Posted by Mick under: Video .
I’ve heard it said that “video killed the radio star”…so in remembrance of great 1970’s and 1980’s new wave genre music, I’ve set up the ExpeditionOz Video Library and have uploaded a few recent car based “ExpeditionCam” videos as well as some older “CarCam” videos to get the wheels rolling (pardon the pun).
It’s running under the Brightcove Internet TV Platform, which i first tested on my SplaTT-tv site back in September of 2006, and it seems to have been running OK since then so i thought I’d get it set up as the ExpeditionOz Video Library and see how it goes.
If you are interested…the camera I will be using is one that I bought last year for the princley sum of AUD $160 and is manufactured by Oregon Scientific. It’s called the Action Cam and it’s a great little unit with the following specs:
- Full-function, hands-free, digital recording
- Waterproof up to 3 meters and shock-resistant for extreme conditions
- Mounts easily on helmets, handlebars, and other sports equipment
- 640 x 480 VGA resolution at 30 frames per second
- USB and RCA cables included for easy playback on PC or TV (NTSC)
- SD card expansion up to 2GB – onboard memory is 32MB
- Operates with 2 AA batteries, not included
- Dimensions: 4.25L x 1.75D x 2.25H (in.)
It’s designed to mount on a bike, or a helmet, so it’s perfect for hiking, rock climbing, canoeing and riverboarding expeditions…it also straps onto both the bullbar and snorkel of my Land Rover Discovery really easily as well…so as I record them…I’ll upload them into the library :)
2 Comments so far...
Adventure Travel Australia Says:
28 February 2008 at 17:33.
Hi Splatt,
I just watched one of your driving videos in the video library and was wondering how you mounted your camera and what equipment you used. Thanks for supplying the link to the Oregon product - will definately have a closer look.
Cheers!
Mick Says:
28 February 2008 at 21:57.
Hi,
The CarCam videos (Sydney, Mt Donna Buang and Sydney to Canberra) and the 2005 ExpeditionCam video (Mountain Lagoon) were made by mounting a USB camera on the inside of the Land Rover close to the front windscreen under the front passenger visor shelf. The USB cable then gets plugged into a Windows XP laptop (powered of an adopter plugged into the cigarette lighter) which is running Windows Media Encoder. This gives me a great original file to work with…but requires the laptop and a lot of free hard drive space.
The 2008 Yarra Ranges National Park ExpeditionCam video was filmed using the ActionCam camera by strapping it to the (external) snorkel on the left hand side of the vehicle with the supplied straps it comes with. I have also strapped the ActionCam onto a bike helmet and handlebar as well as onto a backpack shoulder strap with pretty good results, though when attached to the bike handlebars it did move around a lot…the helmet is a much better idea.
Hope that helps :)
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