How to download video from a Canon Vixia HV40 to a PC
12 Apr 2012 2 Comments
in Movie, Work Tags: pc laptop, technology
Okay, so I have *tried* for hours to get this video camera to download its videos from tape to my old work PC laptop, and nothing, but nothing worked, until yesterday. I was determined to get this thing to work. And I want to share what I had to do in case anyone else runs into this problem on their PC.
I had to buy a firewire cable. That didn’t come with the camera. Go figure, right? Amazon.com had the cheapest one.
I had to download a new Codec. Yeah, what the heck, right?
I had to download ffdshow:
And I had to download HDVSplit:
I put all of this software on my PC laptop, opened HDVSplit, and viola, now I can see my camera and download my video. Most of this information I obtained from a board on overclock.net.
Happy 2012!
01 Jan 2012 5 Comments
Happy 2012!
In case you don’t believe that Syracuse, New York is devoid of snow, here’s a couple of pics I just took on Montgomery Street, outside of work (Onondaga Historical Association), a few minutes ago:
Unbelievable. It’s supposed to go up to 53 degrees F today. Enjoy your day!
Happy Ending!
31 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
I still take quite a few photos when the mood strikes, and I upload them to Flickr, but that’s about it. So I figured it’s about time to write a post, before the end of 2011, so I can start with a clean slate. Let’s see, since Letchworth with Mom, I’ve captured photos of the old John Deere / Case Supply building in Syracuse, now being converted to our local PBS station, WCNY.
(I didn’t take this photo, I would have centered it better, hee hee)
A couple of months later, I was told to get my hiney back there, because they tore out the middle section of the complex:
And on the northwest side, they found an interesting structure in the middle of another portion they tore down. Safes are inside of this little structure. The safe on the top floor will be opened and displayed.
I documented via photos and web (not done with the web yet) the Octagon Schoolhouse Cemetery, and filed for an historic marker, since this cemetery has NO marker or sign, at all.
I’ll find out next year if the marker is approved.
My apartment was full of ghoulish things for Halloween (not mine), but I do like the lights in the window.
I try to capture the full moon on December 10 over Irondequoit Bay.
There are some funky clouds in this one:
I try to go for a ride in the snow at the New York Museum of Transportation, but alas, no snow:
This was our engineer:
After the snowless trolley ride, I checked out the museum, and the buses outside. How about this old greyhound bus?
Next I learned that East Rochester used to be called Despatch, and yes, it was a big railroad town. I have rare film footage of a factory there that built railroad cars. Cool beans! This is the railroad side of Despatch Junction:
Here’s part of the old factory where they built the RR cars:
I think the side of this building says “Merchants Despatch”
And we had a great time at Aunt Avie’s and Uncle Jerry’s home for Thanksgiving this year. Here I am holding my cousin’s new baby girl. Don’t you love the way my cousin looks at his daughter?
And then there’s Christmas. I haven’t downloaded the photos yet, but the old apartment windows are highly decorated with icicle and other lights and dripping with fake snow, since there’s no real snow. Yet!
Too Precious
06 Sep 2011 1 Comment
Not for anything, I know we have way too many deer here in upstate New York. Way, way, way, too many. But when I just went to the bathroom and looked out and saw five deer lounging in my backyard, and a couple of them still have their spots, I just have to stare in wonder, and grab my camera and sneak photos through the glass without scaring them away. I have a regular deer sanctuary back here, because it is so quiet, and there’s lots for them to chew on. Here’s what I saw. One older one to the left:
“I see you, woman”
Three little ones in the middle:
And one older one to the right, in back of the Rose of Sharon:
And here are close-ups of the middle ones, left to right:
See the bend in the neck. . . he was ready to plop his head down:
Sleep good, baby.
The middle one is already sound asleep:
And the right one is close behind:
I can barely stand all of this deer cuteness. But these guys are why I can’t walk around my own backyard with bare feet.
Letchworth State Park
06 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
On Labor Day my Mom and I went to Letchworth State Park. It was cloudy and rainy all day, but we still had a great time. I didn’t get photos of everything we saw, but that’s okay. The middle falls was beautiful:
We went into the museum, hoping the rain would stop. It didn’t, but we saw some cool things in the museum.
I saw a copy of this amazing painting by Thomas Cole, of the Portage Falls and Hornby Lodge, 1841:
And a pencil sketch by Thomas Cole of Hornby Lodge, 1841:
I love Thomas Cole’s work, so I was happy!
Back outside, the mist was beautiful. Mind, we went from very hot temperatures over the weekend to in the 60′s F.
For this next photo, my camera was flashing it’s red box as if to say “what is it you want me to focus on here?”
I love this rock face:
We needed to go back to Inspiration Point to see the falls from up high. We had a heard a train horn, but I didn’t know we would see the train on the Portage Bridge – one very scary bridge for a railroad engineer! You can see a previous post here on a train crossing over the bridge.
Here’s a close-up from far away:
Not so close now:
We stopped at the Gardeau overlook and tried to find the old sycamore, and talked about Mary Jemison:
If I ever think I’m having a bad day, I’ll imagine being Mary Jemison, on the day she lost her entire family. Suddenly the day won’t be so brutal.
Even though it was raining, it was still relaxing and refreshing to be at Letchworth.
2011 New York State Fair
05 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
Okay, we went to the NY State Fair this year. I was exhausted, so I didn’t really enjoy myself like I could have, but we went through the carriage museum and saw lots of cool, old carriages:
and milk delivery vehicles:
and of course, sleighs, for winter:
There was a corner in this building dedicated to Deacon Doubleday, a radio personality, from when I was really young and before (I remember my Mom listening to him while making our breakfast every morning):
The annual butter sculpture is never a disappointment:
A Strates Shows trailer at the midway:
A steam engine:
And a tractor somewhat like the first one my Dad had, I think:
Here’s my Dad and my younger brother on the tractor in 1967. I’m digging the glacier carved hills in the background. This was our view while I was growing up. I wish I still had this view!
Wait, here’s another photo I just found. I think it is the same tractor. This photo is from 1966. My Dad talking to his sister, with my Grandpa. I’m in the background running on the porch.
Back to the fair. I didn’t see anything more. Well, I did, but I didn’t take photos. Here’s a fuzzy end to the day:
I didn’t get to do half of what I wanted to do because there were just so many people there! There is always next year.
A Great Lake Sunset
29 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
in Lake, New York State
I love one of the Great Lakes that we have here in NY State. When I get to missing it, I drive to it, no matter where I am. The other nite I had the chance to drive to Oswego for dinner at Rudy’s (yummy fish); then visit a great book store called The River’s End bookstore, and then up to Fort Ontario to view the lake.
View from Rudy’s looking towards the nuclear power plant at The Port of Oswego.
It was a beautiful evening, not humid, just right.
Soon I won’t be able to watch the sunset over the lake, but for now, I’ll take it.
Once at Fort Ontario, we had to walk down a set of old, unused railroad tracks to get to our final destination to watch the sun set.
The water was beautiful.
The sun on the rock and the water splashing on the rock was pleasant.
Wave action from a boat passing by. I took video of this so I can listen to it in the middle of winter.
The sun shining on the shore is beautiful.
People were out enjoying the evening.
Even though I don’t like the sun to go down, I love watching it, especially when it hits the horizon, then you really can tell how fast it is moving.
The dude sets real fast.
The last little bit of it.
The boats start heading in.
The lighthouse starts flashing, even though I didn’t capture it flashing here.
And we head home, too.
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