(meteorobs) All night video recording question

[Ed Majden]

Tom:
	Yes, there is a dead time thus Dr. Alan Hildebrand from MIAC 
recommends using a VCR in parallel with the computer download'
Ed

On 22-Aug-07, at 2:24 PM, Thomas Ashcraft wrote:

> Hi YCSentinel.
>
> Thanks for that reference.  I found a meteor movie sample of HandyAVI 
> at    http://www.azcendant.com/Examples.htm
>
> I am wondering if there is dead time when the software is processing a 
> movie?  For example, Sentinel takes something like 90 seconds or so to 
> process a data file before it resumes observation. I am hoping for 
> unbroken recording time for possible meteor clusters and also long 
> duration events.
>
> But indeed, HandyAVI looks like it has its place.
>
> Tom
>
> stange34 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> 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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