808 Car Keys Micro Camera - Removing Date Time Video Stamp - Logoaway

Update 21-Jun-2010: This short test video shows how Logoaway and VirtualDub can be used to remove (effectively blur) the date time stamp from the lower right corner of a video. This video shows 15 seconds with the date time stamp and 15 seconds without.

More information at
http://chucklohr.com/808/#UsingLogoaway

VirtualDub V1.9.9
http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net
is a free AVI video editor / converter.

Logoaway V4.01
http://voidon.republika.pl/virtualdub
is a free plugin for VirtualDub.
The logoaway.vdf file must be copied to the VirtualDub plugins folder.

The source file is a 720x480 MJPG AVI file from a #3 808 Car Keys Micro Camera. Re-scaling this video to 640x480 removes distortion.

VirtualDub is configured with 2 filters: Logoaway and Resize.

For the #3 camera the Logoaway filter is configured for
logo border position: 343x448
logo border size: 343x31
UGLARM
exponent power: maximum +,
border default sets: over video
visible border: unchecked.

For the #3 and #6 camera the resize filter is configured for
aspect ratio: disabled,
absolute pixels: 640x480,
filter mode: precise bicubic A=0.75.

For the #6 camera the logo is in the lower left corner.
logo border position: 000 x 448,
logo border size: 343 x 031
UGLARM
exponent power: maximum +,
border default sets: over bottom & left letterbox
visible border: unchecked.

NOTE -- Logoaway will not work if the logo border position and logo border size are not within the dimensions of the video. Use the preview and the visible border to make adjustments.

The review of the 808 car keys micro camera is at
http://chucklohr.com/808 which includes how to set the date time.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 808 car keys micro camera
• Logoaway
• date time stamp
• remove
• removal

[Normandy5]

Do you mean blur the timestamp or prevent the timestamp? If blur, then modify Logoaway for your sunglasses video. If prevent, then go to the 808 review and determine what 808 version matches your sunglasses. If the datetime stamp can be removed from that version, then maybe it can be removed from your sunglasses. The risk is you could permanently make your sunglasses not work.

[knex4life55]

but when i crop it with virtualdub, the vid slows down

[Normandy5]

@knex4life55 I have not seen that symptom. Some players, and computers, can't play all codecs and bit rates well. When re-encoding with Logoaway, try using a different video codec or a lower video bit rate.

[boem7]

can I record audio with this???

[Normandy5]

@boem7 All 808 cameras record video with audio. Most 808 cameras, and the #3, do not have an audio only record mode.

[aaabronco]

I recorded a 3 minute video on my  4gb sandisk micro sd card and when i look at the size of the video its over 200mb whats up with that?

[Normandy5]

@aaabronco 80 MB per minute, or more, is normal for a good #3 camera. That is why a 4GB card (4000 MB) can record about 50 minutes, and why the #3 typically has the best video and audio. MJPEG video and PCM audio is not efficient. You can re-encode (MP4, XviD, MP3) and make the video and audio about 80% smaller.

[35cube]

dude can you post a video on how to set time dude, plz normandy

[dixonpeter]

Could you do a tutorial for logoaway, the instructions are pretty worthless and the program doesn't appear to be doing anything. I'm sure its something I'm missing but the instructions are too vague to make any sense.

[herbaudition]

can u do timestamp removal for spy sunglasses?????????

[knex4life55]

@Normandy5 thanks

[mortalstorm]

@dixonpeter Why not just use virtualdub to simply crop out the date? That's what I do. No fuss, no muss. Most of the time we don't need the bottom edge anyway.