Video of new watch

richlevy · 01-06-2008, 06:21 PM

So I picked up a new watch this weekend. It was one of those 'shiny shiny, neat, cool' guy moments that are the one reason I can't rib my wife about her attraction to shoes, purses, etc.

I bought it at a shopping channel outlet store at a significant reduction from the hideously inflated 'on-air' price that no sane person would pay, This means I got it for what would be considered a normal price in any other store.

Anyway, I thought it would be a good test subject for a video project. I took a few seconds of video of the front and back with my still camera, converted the .MOV file to .AVI, and used AVISynth and VirtualDub to create a side-by-side compressed video. The first part did not take long at all, and I've had VirtualDub for a while. It was figuring out how to use AVISynth to get VirtualDub to do the side-to-side part that took over an hour.

So without further ado, my new toy.

Aliantha · 01-06-2008, 06:38 PM

That's a pretty cool watch. I'd like one just like it.

Nice job on the clip too.

richlevy · 01-06-2008, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

That's a pretty cool watch. I'd like one just like it.

Nice job on the clip too.

Thanks. I should mention that this is an oversize watch about 1 1/2 times the size of a standard men's watch.

The video was a good test for my software. I actually crashed one of the converters that I downloaded from Giveaway of the Day.

Kitsune · 01-06-2008, 07:03 PM

Oh, damn, that's a sweet timepiece. I love the traditional gears-n-cogs.

HungLikeJesus · 01-06-2008, 10:44 PM

Why does it appear that the escape wheel is not turning?

Elspode · 01-07-2008, 10:03 PM

Perhaps it got away?

01-06-2008, 06:21 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Video of new watch So I picked up a new watch this weekend. It was one of those 'shiny shiny, neat, cool' guy moments that are the one reason I can't rib my wife about her attraction to shoes, purses, etc. I bought it at a shopping channel outlet store at a significant reduction from the hideously inflated 'on-air' price that no sane person would pay, This means I got it for what would be considered a normal price in any other store. Anyway, I thought it would be a good test subject for a video project. I took a few seconds of video of the front and back with my still camera, converted the .MOV file to .AVI, and used AVISynth and VirtualDub to create a side-by-side compressed video. The first part did not take long at all, and I've had VirtualDub for a while. It was figuring out how to use AVISynth to get VirtualDub to do the side-to-side part that took over an hour. So without further ado, my new toy. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-06-2008, 06:38 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's a pretty cool watch. I'd like one just like it. Nice job on the clip too. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-06-2008, 10:44 PM	#5
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Why does it appear that the escape wheel is not turning? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-07-2008, 10:03 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Perhaps it got away? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-06-2008, 07:03 PM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Oh, damn, that's a sweet timepiece. I love the traditional gears-n-cogs.

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