Question for Lanse

Watched your video of the C the other night.

Your little tractor sounds good to me.

You are doing a good job on your tractor.

My question is what video editor do you use to combine more than one video file?

I noticed that your video was over 9 minutes and remember at least 3 "transitions" from one to another.

What is the term you young folks say - Cool...

When I was your age we said - Farm Out... or was it Far Out...

Right Arm... or was it Right On...

Sorry for the rambling.

If you would please send me an email and let me know.

Nancy and I will be on the farm this weekend so it might be next week before I can respond.

Thanks in advance.

James,
It might be time to move into the Mac arena, they have several movie editors that are quite friendly to we who didn't grow up with computers. The free IMovie that comes installed is very easy to use.

Farm out, im gonna use that one


Depends on which camera i use. First video on the disk is shot with a canon FS100, seond video, the first ever allis update on youtube, i made with a canon IS15. The IS15 is an 8 mp still camera that can also take video. The FS100 is a video camera that can take stills, 9mb.


I used to use crappy windows movie maker for editing. It is second nature and i had a feel for it after about a week. You can do transitions, trim footage, about anything you want. Even titles and credits.

Then i got the FS100 and that writes in some strange format, like MPG2P or something. avi is standard and my preference. You can only use canons software, not movie maker to edit that. Theres some cool transisions on that too, and the software is easy once you get used to it. Movie maker is still better in my opinion though.

Once i can find some work around here again, im going to buy better editing software, something a notch above the free stuff.

Im getting serious about the youtube thing, its accually starting to take off. Ive managed almost 100,000 video views since november when i started. Ive worked really hard at these videos, and they arent easy. a 10 minuite video is about 920 mb usually, that takes about eight hours to upload with high speed. I let it do that overnight or when im at school. I hope yall push that "HQ" (high quality) button


Movie maker is really good stuff. Its on this 2005 model dell laptop so it's been around a while. if you dont have it i bet you could download it from microsoft.


Good Luck!! I'll email this to you if you dont see it.

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i aint very good at this modern view thing...
allis videos
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Lanse, give your health and welfare a better chance by stacking your cement blocks 1/4 turn the other way. There is no strength in blocks stacked sideways, as they can get hairline cracks from getting thrown around and fold from weight like a stack of dominoes. They are not safe for blocking. Hope to see you around for a long time. Tom

That"s funny you bringing up the cement blocks. i used 2 today to block up a old mower. was cleaning up and moving things around with the tractor had it hooked to the three point and just got off the tractor and started blocking it up with the blocks and was unhooking it. had them stacked crushed them both. almost got my toes.

Lanse,
I use ULEAD and have used Pinnacle 9, both good products. If I remember right, they would run about 90 bucks each.
Tom

You need to get rid of them cement blocks. Get an old beam or two out of that barn. Cut em up into 2 & 3ft lenghts

Yes Lanse, those Concrete Masonry Units (CMU) you have placed under that tractor, are in no way designed to be used like that, even more so with the cells orientated horizontally. This material is offered in many shapes, sizes and compressive strengths, the latter being the most important. Not to lecture, and for those who "do this all the time" I will stand firm and say it is very dangerous, if they fail under compression, it's falling over. Even with high strength block, 5000 psi certified, with the cells 75% filled, ( which is not the case in the video) you are still taking a serious risk, others may see this and think it's ok to do the same. That is a relatively light tractor, but I've seen people on these kinds of forums use CMU under much heavier tractors like crawlers, just a friendly bit of advice, make up some hardwood timber cribbing for blocking, similar to what is still commonly used for falsework, to support heavy loads, as well as not having the ability to roll out of the stack. She's looking good there, coming right along.

Yes! At least if you must use them, turn them so the openings are up and down.

And even so, just exceed the compressive strength of the CMU and you'll be sadly surprised, playin with fire using these, be smart, don't use em for this, they are designed as modular units to form a wall, with mortar, reinforcing and other accessories, they are not by any means designed to be used for cribbing. Yeah I know, we do it all the time....... don't mean to be a pest, it just sets a bad example to see those used like this,you have no idea what strength they are, and how many times have they been dropped, handled, compromised etc., just asking to get hurt or worse... each to their own I suppose, can't save the world.......

Don't take does it ?

Definitely good advice about the blocks...in principle. BUT, that is not a very heavy tractor, and I'll bet there is more graves in your cemetery from people that got hit by lightning than from tractors that size crumbling cement blocks. But, having said that, it definitely isn't necessary to fill that firstv grave. BTW wooden blocks can fail and fall as well.

While this may be true, the realization that hollow concrete block is being misused here, should take precedence.

A light tractor, a small car, or what have you... if you are going to support the weight of same, CMU is a very poor choice of material and you put yourself at risk by doing so, every time, whether it crumbles and falls or whether you get away with it. And sure we have all done this, there is no doubt, however the practice is highly unsafe for the reasons mentioned. Now, say I had some certified 5000 psi CMU, 75% filled cells orientated vertically, a small tractor like this A-C or similar, probably won't crumble them, as it would take more than 5000 psi in compression to do so, the tractor itself does not weigh that much. However, you could crumble one of these with a heavier load, or if it has been compromised unknown to the user. Compare that to what you see in the video, Lanse is using an unknown CMU material, cells are horizontal, and the weight, is at least 1000 lbs + or - is placed onto the CMU, this is definitely unsafe.

Now here is another thing to toss in, realize that 3-4 courses high, just loosely stacked, if those top CMU's fall on you by themselves, it can and will break your legs, I have seen that first hand, both legs broke, compound fracture on one, 3 courses high stood on ends with boards for shelving, person grabbed onto the top one after stumbling, it fell across both legs, fractured same. It started by the improper use of this material, hard to believe that one of these, from 3'-0" to 4'-0" high can cause an injury like that. A different situation, but something many would not even consider.

Typical scenario with CMU:

People find new, used or old concrete block, then make use of a material they know nothing of or are certain about, like the strengths, physical properties, and or the safe use of same, as designed, as well as whether it has been compromised or not to support a substantial and often times unknown load, one that is also a work area, while it is supported.

You are at serious risk when working near an improperly supported tractor, car or piece of equipment, it's that simple, whether you get away with it or not, hollow concrete block is a very unsafe choice of materials to use for this purpose, principal or not, even with a light load, it's a practice to condemn, why take chances ? But..... like I said each to their own.....people will do what they want no matter what you tell em anyway...