(meteorobs) All night video recording question

[stange34 at sbcglobal.net]

Hello Thomas.

    Run the camera composite video into the ATI input when HandyAvi is 
installed into the computer for fireball captures. See example at:

 http://geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/System_Diagram

You don't need the active splitter & it can be eliminated from diagram. Try 
the system out with the trial version of HandyAvi first before buying the 
$40 key for permanent registration. Use Meteor Trail mode.

I have been preaching the inexpensive ability of HandyAvi for some time now 
in simple/effective meteor watch & capture setups.

YCSentinel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2007/08/21 14:35
Subject: (meteorobs) All night video recording question


>
> I am setting up a video meteor/fireball recording system and need some 
> advice.
>
> Right now I am operating a HiCam HB-710E video camera with an allsky 
> fisheye lens and I am running the video camera signal into a VCR which 
> makes an all night recording onto VHS tape. The system works quite well 
> for capturing fireballs. ( I am also feeding audio from a short wave radio 
> into the VCR recorder for WWV timing and on the second stereo audio 
> channel of vhs tape I have a forward scatter radio signal coming in from 
> an ICOM pcr1000 radio. )  I am capturing great meteor specimens to vhs 
> tape but am having a problem inputting the vhs specimens into my pc to 
> make shareable movie files. I purchased an ATI video capture card but the 
> video running into my Dell pc, XP, 1.8 gHz PIIII, Windows Media Encoder 9 
> only record at about 1 frame per second which makes a poor quality movie. 
> So I am sort of stuck in my process.
>
> What I would like to do is forget about the VCR altogether and instead run 
> the video from the camera into a computer for an all night, 8 or 10 hour 
> digital video recording, and then extract the significant fireball 
> specimens and make movie files at high quality.
>
> Do people do this?   Any advice is welcome and please feel free to contact 
> me off-list if you like.
>
> I am thanking you in advance.
>
> Clear skies,
> Thomas Ashcraft
> ashcraft ( at ) heliotown.com
>
>
>
>
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