video recording help
02-07-2013, 08:38 PM
#1
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
video recording help
My wife rides horse and I would like to record her lessons so she can watch herself and pick up additional pointers on the replay. The arena is 220ftx80ft or so. I would like to setup up maybe four cameras to capture from different points and have them record simultaneously so she can flip between cameras to see from different angles.
Any suggestions on hardware and software? I was thinking wireless would be easiest but really, its an open arena and easy to run wire. I have an older laptop I can donate to the cause. Its only a few years old so I don't think it will have a problem. Free software would be nice so everyone could use it.
Since it would be recording a horse and rider the video quality needs to be reasonably good. They use a FM transmitter system to communicate instructor to rider, if we can plug into that somehow it would be a huge benefit.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Any suggestions on hardware and software? I was thinking wireless would be easiest but really, its an open arena and easy to run wire. I have an older laptop I can donate to the cause. Its only a few years old so I don't think it will have a problem. Free software would be nice so everyone could use it.
Since it would be recording a horse and rider the video quality needs to be reasonably good. They use a FM transmitter system to communicate instructor to rider, if we can plug into that somehow it would be a huge benefit.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Last edited by jhg41977; 02-07-2013 at 08:39 PM. Reason: spelling
03-05-2013, 11:06 AM
#2
Burning Brakes
having used go-pro's, 1,2, and now 3 on order with the wifi remote. They might fit the bill? Easy to install,
good low light, battery and big SD card will record hr plus. Editing could be done on FCPX or imovie if you're a mac user.
So for her to view, it will be a bit of learning curve, but once mastered, pretty easy to view all angles at normal and slow speeds. If they have an extra FM transmitter , place near one of go pros , it will pick up the sound.
good low light, battery and big SD card will record hr plus. Editing could be done on FCPX or imovie if you're a mac user.
So for her to view, it will be a bit of learning curve, but once mastered, pretty easy to view all angles at normal and slow speeds. If they have an extra FM transmitter , place near one of go pros , it will pick up the sound.
04-29-2013, 06:14 AM
#4
Three Wheelin'
Only problem with using the gopros maybe the extreme wide angle shooting that will mean subject will be a long way away and so hard to see finer points of riding. It would be worth grabbing one and seeing how well it works in this application. Some cheap HD video cameras with zoom may be more suitable. If you go cheap cameras get ones that use SD cards, as this will make it easy to transfer video into a Mac or PC for editing. Anyway sounds like a great project
peace
Cyberpunky
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Cyberpunky
