Zi8 - Wimbledon Common HD - 3 mins

A short film, updated with new content, (now 3 mins) showing what an HD pocket video camera can achieve when a tripod is used. Partly shot in 720 at 60fps and partly (the last half) in 1080 at 30fps. Edited with stock ArcSoft MediaImpression software that the camera comes with. Tell me what you think...

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Entertainment

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• nstaib
• Kodak Zi8
• Zi8
• wimbledon

[akane135]

I grew up in Wimbledon village I lived on ridgeway place. I am 26 now and moved when I was 15. My mum and dad owned the throccee hotel.... Before it turned into a dump ... I now live in Tampa Florida, USA. I miss Wimbledon so much!! What a great video!

[nstaib]

@akane135 - Hey, thanks for the kind words. I love the fact you enjoyed the 'film'. It makes all that walking around with a tripod worthwhile ;-) Wimbledon is pretty buzzy now, with all the tennis matches in full swing... Take care, Nick

[JustHardBoiledEGG]

I don't know why but my computer's playback on Youtube plays best in 480p. Where as when I played it in 720p the duck passing by in 1:27 looks like its being shot by a still camera, taking about 4 still frames when it passed by. My question is, when the MOV. file of the Kodak Zi8 is compressed does it lose its video quality? Or if you put a higher resolution (like say 1080p or 720p 60fps) and Youtube downgrades the quality to 360p / 480p does the quality seem better or just plays smoother?

[nstaib]

HD videos (even on YouTube) can be a strain on many PC's. So the slow frame rate that you are seeing is not because of the way YouTube compresses it, but the way your graphics card/cpu copes with the data throughput. Those lower resolutions will seem a lot smoother on a 'low-end' PC. On a high-end PC it all runs smoothly. Hope that helps?! Cheers.

[astoniz]

what firmware update is that ??

[nstaib]

Firmware has been updated to 1.6

[JustHardBoiledEGG]

Thank you. And yes it did help me! I have a 5 year old computer and I thought it was about time for an upgrade. Thanks again and happy filmmaking!

[astoniz]

ah ok :-)

[nstaib]

Hi Don - that's strange - it works fine from here. Might it help to just pause it and then let it load or buffer first? That might help if you have internet speed problems? Otherwise it could be the PC(s) not coping with the sheer amount of data in an HD file - can you see other HD clips OK?

[DonInNaples]

I can't run more than 15 sec before it buffers for 30 sec then plays 15 sec. I tried this on two PCs XP and Vista , same re-buffering problem., Any thoughts on why... can it be a huge GB file ?