My first vid published

[iluvmercs]

Hey guys,

Just got my first vid put on pistonheads.tv (E320 Burnout).

Thats why my tyres only last 8,000 miles :hehe:

Darren

[simpo two]

Not taken with your camera I trust?

[iluvmercs]

Lol. The one used actually works on demand!

[iandbeech]

Hi Darren, before I download your video, what`s an "AVI" file?!

Haven`t seen my video come up on PH.tv yet, hope it got there ok!

[iluvmercs]

Hi Ian!

I cant wait to see your vid! It took about 3 or 4 days before my vid got on there.

An "AVI" needs Apple Quicktime to play rather than Windows Media Player.

If you go www.apple.com/quicktime, you can download it for free.

Darren

>> Edited by iluvmercs on Wednesday 28th September 20:56

[simpo two]

iandbeech said:

Hi Darren, before I download your video, what`s an "AVI" file?!

Anything *.avi - I'm guessing 'audio video integrated'. It's an old kind, prior .mpg IIRC which is low quality but most things play it.

Quicktime is .mov.

[iluvmercs]

I only mentioned Quicktime because thats what flashed up automatically when i played it.
I didnt know an .avi could be playedwith any thing - you learn something new every day

[iandbeech]

How could you do that to such a refined car?!

Very good though

[simpo two]

iluvmercs said:

I only mentioned Quicktime because thats what flashed up automatically when i played it.

Ah, that just means your computer is set to open *.avi files with Quicktime, but it's not essential.
I tried downloading it but it insisted on giving me iTunes as well annd it all got too complicated. So I use Windows Media Player and it plays everything - except .mov files!

[tuxman]

iluvmercs how did you get the front brakes to hold the car still ? great way to bed in a set of tyres !!!

[iluvmercs]

hi tuxman,

As its an auto, all I do is hold the brake firmly and press the accelerator. If you listen to it, you can hear the engine revs build for a second before the rear tyres start to spin.
As soon as the rear start to spin, I just keep the other foot on the brake until I think its smokey enough
I'm planning to load up a 2nd vid soon, altho its got one of my m8s using a "naughty" word in it - would they publish that?


Darren

>> Edited by iluvmercs on Thursday 29th September 13:52