Plavan

I went with the HD+ but record at the 60fps 720 setting- Looks better than the 1080.

kmarriner

Have you gotten the record button and led working?

JackOlsen

I recorded this video with my Aiptek a couple of weeks ago. My solution might be simpler than a shopping list of home-brewed fixes. I use an external mic and two external bullet cameras pumped into the Aiptek through the AV-in line. (I also have a picture-in-picture box which I don't think is manufactured anymore.) All things considered, I was happy with the audio and the picture. (It's just the driver that's a little disappointing.)

It's easy to see if (and what) you're recording when you can mount the aiptek up front. I use my iPod mount, which is between the seats. The only thing I had to home-brew was a Frannkencharger.

It's one other option. Or rather, it might be a good path to nudge APKhaos down so that he can invent a cheap picture-in-picture device for in-car videos (since there might not be one on the market, now).

kmarriner

I have an aiptek recording from a lipstick camera mounted on my rollcage, the aiptek is in a pelican box mounted to my passenger floor, I am trying to figure out how to do an external power button, external record button and recording led.

mglobe

Check it out. Two options from Aiptek that include an external microphone jack.

http://www.aiptek.com/Merchant2/merc...&Store_Code=AS

http://www.aiptek.com/Merchant2/merc...&Store_Code=AS

Amazon has both for substantially less than the Aiptek MSRP.

genikz

I bought the one in the first link posted, from Amazon. I get it tomorrow and should have some video during a July 12th event. I'll post my vids here, and yep, I'll have an external mic hooked up.

I'll try to do one session with the built-in mic, and the rest with the external, just to compare.

TR6

Where in the car are you going to place the external mic?

genikz

I'm not sure exactly. Maybe the spare tire well, since it should pick up the exhaust, but not much wind noise. It may take some experimenting to get it to work well.

mglobe

I've always figured that under the driver's seat would be a good place to put an external mic. It should pick up the engine sound well there and not have too much wind noise. That is unless deep_uv is driving, in which case there would be WAY too much wind there.

arrivederci

I wrapped my external mic in a shop towel and zip tied it low on the roll bar behind the drivers seat. Even though I haven't used it in a while, it worked well and the towel helped kill any wind that made its way back there.

genikz

I finally got my videos posted.

These were recorded with an Aiptek HD 720P, with a $8 external microphone plugged into the factory external mic jack on the model Aiptek I purchased. Videos are recorded in 720P @ 60 FPS. My video conversion may have reduced the quality a bit, but I'm still playing with that

The first video has the mic clipped in the rear of the interior, near the exhaust system:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXrGBP6KUFs

This video has the mic clipped in the rear of the car, but the opposite side as the exhaust:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuDPYcNEGIs

mglobe

That's a really nice improvement in sound for an $8 microphone. Now all I have to do is break my current A-HD so I can get a new one that has an external mic jack.

Thanks for posting!

Chris M.

Where did you get the $8 mic?

genikz

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00..._ya_oh_product