a photoblog of what i did today.....

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Do not attempt to enjoy unless you have unlimited and pretty snappy bandwidth.

I live in rural PA. We wouldn't want high speed internet, apparently.

[Elspode]

I've been researching rural "broadband" for my son, who lives in the sprawling metropolis of Rich Hill, MO. Despite living within 100' of a major North/South Interstate highway, his options are shitty, shittier, and shittiest. At best, he can get a 25mbps satellite pipe at $80/month with a 12gb monthly data cap, which gets throttled to 1 mbps if you go over it. Cost? $85 after taxes. Sucks. Every other option is slower and more expensive and requires a phone line because it is all DSL.

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Both here, and on youtube, I have to use the direction arrows in the circle at the upper left hand corner to move the direction of the camera. Sure is flat.

So you are't seeing it as a spherical video? Just as the whole thing spread out like a mercator projection?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yes, I have to swivel the camera like Google street view on Verizon Fios 80Mb.

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes, I have to swivel the camera like Google street view on Verizon Fios 80Mb.

Still confused. I mean, you *do* have to swivel the camera view, either using the directional "pad" in the upper left, or by clicking and holding in the field of the picture, and dragging the view around. That's the normal way it works...

[Elspode]

Apparently, I need a video of you trying to view the video...

[Gravdigr]

Works for me, too. Click, hold, 'n' drag. Really cool, 'Spode.

I like.

I wonder, if'n I save the vid, would the 360 degree part work on a PS3?

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I wonder, if'n I save the vid, would the 360 degree part work on a PS3?

Vid plays, but, ya can't drag the vid around to see 360 in WinMediaPlayer. The hood is split in half, onto opposing sides of the screen, and you're watching where ya been.

[Elspode]

Yup...gotta be a codec issue, then. I had to download Hero's GoPro 3D software (free) to be able to play the videos locally on my PC outside of the software used to create the videos in the first place. Of course, this doesn't explain why Bruce isn't seeing it when played on YouTube, cuz Youtube is supposed to handle that external to your computer.

Or...maybe not, because I played it on my TV via the built in YouTube app that is part of the Google Fiber TV box software, and it wouldn't do 360 on the TV as it was doing it on my laptop in YouTube. Bottom line: I don't know how this shit works in the first place. I suspect Black Magic, but clearly I need to learn more if am to exploit this device.

[glatt]

When I open it in youtube on my iPhone it's cool because it does that thing where if you move you phone around and up and down you see different parts of the video, but the really unuasal thing is that when you first start the video, you are facing backwards. To see where you are driving, you have to turn around. I wonder if your camera has a "front" and "back" you are supposed to pay attention to when you start it?

Also, you should have mounted it to the center of your hood so we can watch you drive.

[Elspode]

Not sure why it defaults to the rear hemisphere on start up. I may have missed a setting when processing. The feature of having it move when you tilt your phone is useful if you have a VR viewer, because you can pull the field out with a reverse screen pinch so that it fills the field (becomes no longer circular), and you can stick the phone in the viewer and then turn your bod to see the immersion effect.

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by glatt

Also, you should have mounted it to the center of your hood so we can watch you drive.

I'm researching clampable mounts for this reason. Well, not for this exact reason, but for greater ability to mount in interesting situations. For this, I stuck it on the end of my selfie stick, extended it out of the sunroof (that much is probably obvious), and squeezed it tight in the gap by closing the glass down on it. Held it pretty stable.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Still confused. I mean, you *do* have to swivel the camera view, either using the directional "pad" in the upper left, or by clicking and holding in the field of the picture, and dragging the view around. That's the normal way it works...

Yes, exactly. I was expecting to see 360 on the screen but I have to move it.
Great porn frontiers ahead.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Both here, and on youtube, I have to use the direction arrows in the circle at the upper left hand corner to move the direction of the camera. Sure is flat.

for me, in youtube, I can click/hold/grab the screen anywhere and drag it around in all directions, no clicking arrows required.

[Elspode]

That's how it is supposed to work, so that's a good thing.