Time Lapse: Durango CO to Silver City NM in 1800 mph Toyota Corolla

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Part one of three of a 30:1 time-lapse of a drive from Fort Lewis College in Durango CO to Silver City NM. Equivalent speed in the 49 mpg Toyota Corolla is in the 1000 -- 2100 mph range. How I did it: (This video would not be possible without the patient help from the people at forum.videohelp.com, and the inspiration from Drew (www.youtube.com ) The camera is suspended upside-down from the passenger seat visor using two woodworking clamps and an Adorama c-clamp mount. I brace the whole silly thing with a Leki spring-loaded hiking pole, some high-density foam and some duct-tape. The HDR-CX550V does not havea time-lapse mode, so I just shoot the whole thing in 1440x1080i 9mbps mode (HD-HQ on the camera menu). I render them for YT in 1280x720p mode. Quality is always lost after YT processes the video, and is particularly annoying for high-motion driving time lapse. This is a YT limitation, and I can't complain much -- YT is "free". But, you should see the video on my home computer -- stunningly crisp and focused! The camera can hold at least 64 GB of video, which is enough for about 20 hours at that quality setting. I stop every once in a while to check the camera, clean the windshield, etc. Each clip is in the 1-6 GB range. After getting the video into my computer, I go through multi-phase processing steps, working with Sony Vegas Pro 9.0 64-bit, Huffyuv x64 lossless AVI encoder and VirtualDub x64 V 1.9.9 (www.virtualdub.org * With Sony Vegas Pro 9 , rotate each clip so it <b>...</b>

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Runaway, Toyota, Corolla, 1800, mph, Durango, Co, Silver, City, NM, Sony, Vegas, Pro, Farmington, Reserve, Aztec, Fort, Lewis, College, time-lapse, driving, virtualdub, huffyuv, decimate, fly, under, radar, ground, HDR-cs550v

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