It's about 10 miles. I'd say the best time I've done it in is 35 minutes, typical for me would be 45 minutes. It's really not that far (if you stop at the terminus in West Sac, longer if you take the city street on into Sacramento proper). My vids are usually sped up 3x or so to fit the YouTube 10 minute limit (another attraction to using Vimeo) and make viewing them not be like watching paint dry.
The trouble with YouTube, beside the markedly poor resolution, is it uses a different format than Vimeo and I'm not sure it's worth preparing and archiving a special YouTube version given how poor the results are.
With bike paths, I tend to spend more time on text info, etc. than with road paths. The idea being, with a road one can look at a map. With a path, it's not exactly clear unless you ride it (or view a video) where it is with regards to the road.
I have experimented with an HD format (only supported by Vimeo) using the output from my GPS. In some ways this makes it easier to correlate for the viewer the relationship between a path and the road. On the other hand, the results are not as crisply displayed as text added to the screen. I asked Google about doing this stuff "for real" ala Street View but for bike paths, and they blew me off (no surprise for the evil monster Google).
Great video! Curious though, how long did it take to bike??
MHNProject 1 year ago
It's about 10 miles. I'd say the best time I've done it in is 35 minutes, typical for me would be 45 minutes. It's really not that far (if you stop at the terminus in West Sac, longer if you take the city street on into Sacramento proper). My vids are usually sped up 3x or so to fit the YouTube 10 minute limit (another attraction to using Vimeo) and make viewing them not be like watching paint dry.
jimconabike 1 year ago
i love your videos. i prefer watching them over studying google maps to find my way home :)
moldygiraffe 3 years ago
well thank you very much! this my idea, somebody can tell you what a route is like, but seeing is believing.
i do different things with the vids, perhaps you could help me out by letting me know how on target i am:
1) is it better to have them hosted on the higher quality Vimeo web site or still put them here (i've only put the Tahoe ones on vimeo)?
2) is it better to have them fast for quicker viewing or slower for better quality?
3) split-screen with a map (as on the Vimeo vides) worth
jimconabike 3 years ago
while to do?
4)split-screen with forward and aft view (like the burneronabike vids) worthwhile?
5)and last but not least, including text like cross street names and milages useful?
thanx
jimconabike 3 years ago
Great video!
If you were to put them on Vimeo, I hope you keep a set on Youtube as well.
Text would definitely be useful including cross street names, milage, things to be careful of/look at for at specific locations (if any).
jenniferchan86 3 years ago
The trouble with YouTube, beside the markedly poor resolution, is it uses a different format than Vimeo and I'm not sure it's worth preparing and archiving a special YouTube version given how poor the results are.
With bike paths, I tend to spend more time on text info, etc. than with road paths. The idea being, with a road one can look at a map. With a path, it's not exactly clear unless you ride it (or view a video) where it is with regards to the road.
jimconabike 3 years ago
I have experimented with an HD format (only supported by Vimeo) using the output from my GPS. In some ways this makes it easier to correlate for the viewer the relationship between a path and the road. On the other hand, the results are not as crisply displayed as text added to the screen. I asked Google about doing this stuff "for real" ala Street View but for bike paths, and they blew me off (no surprise for the evil monster Google).
jimconabike 3 years ago