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on November 28 2011The camera mount
Below are some pictures showing close ups of the camera mount
(just in case you wanted to make your own)
Repairing damaged video files
Occasionally, the .ASF format video files can become corrupted. If for instance, you power off the recorder, before stopping the recording, then the clip can lose its index. This will prevent you from being able to edit the clip in Wndows Movie Maker 2.0. The answer is to use a tool called Windows Media Encoder. This tool plays the ASF file back, and automatically converts it in to WMV format, thus allowing the WMV file to be editied in Movie Maker.
Click Media Encoder Tool to download the Microsoft Windows Media Encoder tool.
On board camera in action
The following video clips were recorded using the equipment listed above. All recorded in Standard Play. The 2006 onwards clips are recorded on the JXD recorder. All the clips up to 2006 were recorded on the Mustek. I converted the ASF files from the recorder in to Video for broadband format, (340 Kbps, 320x240, 25fps) using the Windows Movie Maker 2.0 application (available free with Windows XP). The quality of the video recorded by the JXD and the Mustek is far higher than the format of the clips below. But to keep the download size reasonable I convert the files to the broadband 512KBps format. Some clips are also hosted on youtube.com
Note: The older the clip, the worse the sound quality. I started off with the microphone supplied with the camera, and gradually moved over to using an Electret microphone, which improves the quality by several orders of magnitude.
Barkston Heath, August 13th 2006 1st timed run, in monsoon conditions, 77s
I've shown this clip for a bit of fun really. Note the marshals doing each others hoods up whilst I was held at the start line, and the amount of water on the track. It was without doubt, the wettest lap I've ever had to compete on. Listen out for the wheelspin off the line, in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears.
Barkston Heath, August 13th 2006 Fastest timed run, wet, 65s
Cadwell Park, June 2006. Fastest timed run, 104.51s
Curborough sprint double lapper, July 17th 2005, 2nd timed run, New PB 64.73s (6.7MB)
Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, July 2nd 2005, 2nd timed run, New PB 36.61 (6.0MB)
Loton Park Hillclimb, September 19th 2004, 1st practice run, New PB 65.25s (4.47MB)
Harewood Hillclimb, August 29th 2004, 2nd timed run, New PB 68.45s (5.04MB)
3 Sisters Sprint, August 14th 2004, 1st timed run, 50.79s (4.16MB)
