when I tried to make
a short film about
couchsurfing
So this is just a pathetic
powerpoint about how tricky
it turned out to be to make a
short mobile phone film – and
I'm here hoping to pick up some
tips
So I was going to a
couchsurfing gathering – a
meal at someone's house in
North Shields - and I took
some video clips on my
mobile phone
I got them on to the
computer and found they
were in 3GP format....
tried to find free video format converter software, but the first one I tried
AVS4U puts an advert in the middle of the screen
and
Mobile Media Converter said Conversion Failed
FFmpeg version 0.5, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
built on Mar 25 2009 18:58:58, gcc: 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C:\Users\owner\Videos\Couchsurfing Video\Couchsurfing Video\video-0007.3gp':
Duration: 00:00:07.80, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
Stream #0.0(und): Audio: libamr_nb, 8000 Hz, mono, s16
Stream #0.1(und): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 176x144 [PAR 12:11 DAR 4:3], 30 tbr, 1k tbn, 30 tbc
Output #0, avi, to 'C:\Users\owner\Videos\Couchsurfing Video\Couchsurfing Video\video-0007.avi':
Stream #0.0(und): Video: msmpeg4v2, yuv420p, 176x144 [PAR 12:11 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 700 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Stream #0.0 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
Compiler did not align stack variables. Libavcodec has been miscompiled
and may be very slow or crash. This is not a bug in libavcodec,
but in the compiler. You may try recompiling using gcc >= 4.2.
Do not report crashes to FFmpeg developers.
Multiple frames in a packet from stream 0
Multiple frames in a packet from stream 0
frame= 34 fps= 0 q=2.0 size= 214kB time=6.30 bitrate= 279.0kbits/s
Multiple frames in a packet from stream 0
[libmp3lame @ 0x17efc10]lame: output buffer too small (buffer index: 9195, free bytes: 597)
Audio encoding failed
Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The
Player might not support the file type or might not
support the codec that was used to compress the file.
Then Real player said this clip cannot be
played it contains unexpected data and may b
Cannot play back the file. The format is
not supported
And VLC said....
VLC can't recognize the input's format:
The format of
'C:\Users\owner\Videos\Couchsurfing
Video\video-0007.avi' cannot be detected. Have
a look the log for details.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format
"samr".
Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
and so it went on.....
realplayer is not responding.....
VLC media player is not responding...
nothing is responding....
nothing is closing down when asked to ....
nothing is doing any fucking thing at all
So this is just a pathetic
powerpoint about how tricky
it turned out to be to make a
short mobile phone film – and
I'm here hoping to pick up some
tips
I made some screen
shots from the video
clips......
this is the food I took to the 'kitchen surfing' evening
here's Colins torso, legs and feet...
and here are his head, arms and chest
Here's Gio..... He's from Sicily and is a great salsa dancer and teacher
Colin's delicious bruschetta
Elena's fab shoes
Gio teaching salsa to Matt and Susanna
Colin's lovely cat wants out
Anyway, I'll have to tell you
more about couchsurfing and
why we were eating at Colin's
house another time.....
Now back to trying to make
my film
Wonderful, look here's a forum for tips and tricks
from Dogma..... this is just what I need. But there are
no posts. Everyone must know how to do it already...
How to make a 'how-to' film... great.
how to make a mobile camera film.
OK I'd like to know
Sorry we don't know how to do that.....
Pocket film Festival June 11th - 14th
Interesting site, some great films - but no tips about how to do it
That's probably quite enough
about how I didn't make a
short film about couchsurfing
I'll try harder for next time
and meanwhile
CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for
making connections between travellers
and the local communities they visit.
"CouchSurfing seeks to internationally
network people and places, create
educational exchanges, raise collective
consciousness, spread tolerance, and
facilitate cultural understanding."