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The Video Format
As already explained on the “Home” page. This site is primarily for the downloading and viewing or our home videos.
The videos are compressed Windows Media Files (wmv) and have been optimised for use with Windows Media Player 9 and above. This player (if you do not have it) is currently at version 11 and can be downloaded: Here
Viewers will greatly benefit if they have a broadband connection. All the video files come with music so please turn your speakers on (some of the visuals are better with the music playing).
As already explained on the “Home” page. This site is primarily for the downloading and viewing or our home videos.
The videos are compressed Windows Media Files (wmv) and have been optimised for use with Windows Media Player 9 and above. This player (if you do not have it) is currently at version 11 and can be downloaded: Here
Viewers will greatly benefit if they have a broadband connection. All the video files come with music so please turn your speakers on (some of the visuals are better with the music playing).
How to view
Click on “Video(s)” in the tab selection at the top of the page. This will display a “drop down menu” called “Video1, Video2 etc”. Just click the page you would like to navigate to.
You will be presented with a video selection. Just click the thumbnail picture next to the brief description to view the file. Windows Media Player will open, and the file will download and start to play automatically.
In the past, I was editing the video(s) within Premiere Pro. Saving an AVI file and then converting that file to either mpeg (if burning a DVD) or encoding to wmv format. However, I now encoded the AVI file using Windows Media Encoder, because the results are a lot better than Premiere Pro’s efforts! However, the file sizes are slightly larger (but this is offset because of their quality).
In this age of broadband, the file sizes are now not that large. The files will take a minute or two to buffer before playing. Please be patient - Thank you.
Click on “Video(s)” in the tab selection at the top of the page. This will display a “drop down menu” called “Video1, Video2 etc”. Just click the page you would like to navigate to.
You will be presented with a video selection. Just click the thumbnail picture next to the brief description to view the file. Windows Media Player will open, and the file will download and start to play automatically.
In the past, I was editing the video(s) within Premiere Pro. Saving an AVI file and then converting that file to either mpeg (if burning a DVD) or encoding to wmv format. However, I now encoded the AVI file using Windows Media Encoder, because the results are a lot better than Premiere Pro’s efforts! However, the file sizes are slightly larger (but this is offset because of their quality).
In this age of broadband, the file sizes are now not that large. The files will take a minute or two to buffer before playing. Please be patient -
February 12th 2008
1. Rewrote the entire website.
2. Added an email “Form” to the Contact Us Page (that took forever to get working)!
February 14th 2008
1. Added a For Sale Section
February 19th 2009
1. Added Guestbook - Please sign it!
October 25th 2009
1. Scooter swapped for a Smart 451
1. Rewrote the entire website.
2. Added an email “Form” to the Contact Us Page (that took forever to get working)!
February 14th 2008
1. Added a For Sale Section
February 19th 2009
1. Added Guestbook -
October 25th 2009
1. Scooter swapped for a Smart 451