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  1. Video Editing On Mac

    in Chit Chat

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    Well to be fair, you're not having problems editing the footage, you're having problems with accessing the files container type within an editing program.

    Have you tried final cut pro? It's quite expensive at around £500, however the slightly slimmer version is around £100 http://store.apple.c...s/product/MB278. Or there are always alternative methods of obtaining them if you should so wish :shifty: .

    If you want to use imovie you should be able to do it with imovie08 or later, however if you're using the old g5 powerpc models of mac even this won't help. You'll need a mac with an intel based setup for AVCHD.

    If you go with final cut express you'll need version 4 or later and you'll need to import the clips directly from the camera using the footage capture feature you'll need to use the apple HDV codec for it to capture the footage correctly.

    On the pc side of it, adobe premiere pro works very well with AVCHD and it's what i use with the footage off my JVC camera.

    My iMac is the new 21" with Intel i5 processor. I don't fancy paying £100 to be able to do this, as the whole point of buying a mac is that I was under the impression things work so much better and chose this as it's better specced than my laptop which was struggling during editing to keep up.

  2. Video Editing On Mac

    in Chit Chat

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    Hey everyone, I've recently bought a iMac and so far loving it, I am a mac newbie and slowly getting to grips with it. I was out riding today and did some filming. I am using a JVC HD camcorder, unfortunately it records in AVCHD, I had problems with this on my windows laptop, and ended up buying Pinnacle 14 HD so that I could view and edit my HD footage. Unfortunately this program is not mac compatible.

    I put my SD card into my machine and was able to find my clips saved in separate files on the SD card, but I was unable to view. I have downloaded a free app (iSkysoft) and can now view all AVCHD files, but I still cannot add these files to iMovie. I have now downloaded a MTS converter and have converted my files, these files still won't be accepted by iMovie. I am that there are some forum users that also use macs that can help.

    I am a little disappointed as I was told I would have no problems with editing HD footage, they just seem to have left out the fact that you need to convert files and what not first.

    Anyway, hope someone can help.

    Cheers.

  5. Riding In/around London

    in Member Organised Rides

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    Riding London is like riding any other place. Yes it's the capital, but it's not as strict as you might think. There are lots of police about in cars and in some places on foot, but a lot of the spots are hidden away from main roads. The police will generally tell you to move on, but some of them can be twat's, so just be polite and move on.

  6. Glasseyetrials Blog

    in Website Updates

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    Thanks for the comments, chaps.

    Nick, are you trying to access it via a mobile? Only I tried to use the embedding script to allow that but it stopped the vimeo controls from working so I used the older embedding script. I'll try and suss it all out over time. I'm not very adept at this sort of thing unfortunately.

    I'm using a MAC, not sure if that could be the problem. I have just watched the video on vimeo's site.

    Have to say................................ I enjoyed it. Mark you ride that 24 like it's an extension of your body, you have a great style and you make it look so easy.

  8. Danny Macaskill Interview About Cape Town Vid

    in Videos

    Posted

    Nice filming, nice location, nice video for the masses.

    I'm sorry, but was I the only one to find the riding in this was complete gash?!

    He wasn't going big in anyway, other than his 360 whip 360 drop, I think there's a lot of riders that could do what he did in the video. It was very chilled compared to his other videos, but the location was great, very unique and nice to watch.

  13. Mad Phase?

    in Beginners Trials Chat

    Posted

    One more question..does a freewheel with more clicks help when bouncing on the rear wheel? I find my cranks come up too high and eventually turn backwards when I hop and I lose balance..

    Also: if one were to change his chain how would he know what measure his sprocket takes? 1/8", 1/16" or 1/32"?

    Also (again): better to get a fixed hub with an external freewheel or a hub with a freewheel built in? (price wise the first solution in greatly better)

    The amount of engagements in a freewheel or freehub makes no difference to when you are hopping on the back wheel. Having more engagements helps when gapping and other moves, but in all honesty, all you need to do is find the engagement when on the back wheel to know it's there when you want to kick and you'll have no problems until you starting needing more height and distance.

    Chains:

    1/8 = BMX/singlespeed with no mech, works with certain tensioners. These chains are wide

    1/32 = Mountain bikes/ all bikes with gears. These chains are slim.

    There is no benefit of the 1/8 chain over the 1/32 as companies such as KMC make chains in both sizes that can take the same amount of stress before breaking.

    The phase runs a 1/32 chain as it comes fitted with gears.

    Freewheels vs freehubs.

    Freewheels are what come on your average bmx and are fitted to the rear hub. For trials there are plenty if freewheels to choose from that are suitable for trials riding. Fir the phase you will have to replace the rear hub with a threaded hub. You can either run the freewheel on the hub, or you can fit a screw on sprocket and replace the cranks for threaded cranks and fit the freewheel to the cranks.

    Freehub is what is inside a hubs freehub body, such as Hope hubs, Shimano and Chris king. The cheapest and most reliable freehub type rear hub is the Hope Pro 2 trials hub. You can run this with the cranks on the phase.

    A recommendation for the time being would be to lock the rear mech out in the desired positioned to tension the chain and run it single speed. However doing this means you have to run a 1/32 chain unless you modify the rear mech.

  14. Running 18:16

    in Trials Chat

    Posted

    74 kingz are not available anywhere unless you are fortunate to find a used one for sale.

    Steve, I am riding the 2011 Echo Pure, I am also running 18:16. My previous frame was the Zoo Piranha 2009, this had vertical dropouts, but was still designed for 18:15 when run with the Echo TR/SL tensioner.

    For both of these frames I have had to use the Koxx half link within my KMC chain. This is run perfectly with no problems what so ever. I have just taken my half link out my chain on my echo, the chain runs fine though a little tight and the tyre is very close to the bb yoke, but it's all running fine at the moment.

  15. Mad Phase?

    in Beginners Trials Chat

    Posted

    To clear some things up here. The Phase bike range are basic, this reflected in the price. The 1.2 is an excellent buy and a great frame to ride, search for my videos as well as the rest of the guys on the MAD team. These frames are fully capable of doing the basics to the advanced trials riding.

    The spec is fine for beginners, but for those improving you will want to upgrade parts.

    The simplest upgrade is to replace the rear wheel, the rim is fine to re-use as it is a Alex DX32. As the supplied hub is a standard Shimano hub with 16 engagements, your cheapest upgrade is to buy a Hope Pro 2 trials hub, either replace the whole wheel or get the Hope hub built on to the DX32 rim.

    By upgrading to the Hope hub you can keep the supplied cranks, though it is advisable to upgrade the chain as well, especially if fitting a single speed kit.

    FFW (Front Freewheel) will not run on this bike with out you replacing the cranks for screw on cranks and a screw on rear hub. But unless you have a bit of money, I wouldn't recommend this.

    By having a free wheel on the cranks, the weight is evenly distributed across the whole bike, rather than most the weight being at the rear.

    Hope this helps.

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