Vado HD and .avi plays upside down I recently bought a VadoHD. I'll get to the problem once I vent my spleen. I should have known better since I have never had a good experience with Creative Lab stuff. Support for my problem is nonexistent. They don;t have phone support anymore. They keep referring to webcams to solve my problem. Anyway... I save the .avi file and play it back using Winamp and the image is upside down. Creative Labs. I should have expected it. Does anybody have a fix for this please? Vado HD and .avi plays upside down I recently bought a VadoHD. I'll get to the problem once I vent my spleen. I should have known better since I have never had a good experience with Creative... » Read More Vado HD and .avi plays upside down I recently bought a VadoHD. I'll get to the problem once I vent my spleen. I should have known better since I have never had a good experience with Creative Lab stuff. Support for my problem is nonexistent. They don;t have phone support anymore. They keep referring to webcams to solve my problem. Anyway... I save the .avi file and play it back using Winamp and the image is upside down. Creative Labs. I should have expected it. Does anybody have a fix for this please? « Show Less
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I've had the same problem, its winamp. The file plays fine in Nero and Windows Movie Maker
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If you mount it on the windshield, your camera will record upside down. If you can flip the video over in your computer then it will look OK. If you place the dash mountadapter on the dash then the device will be in a position to mount the camera upright.
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Yes the directions do suck!!!. From memory(away from home), I believe, I connected usb cable to PC and held down the black push down button on the back till I saw the green light flashing from the front, then disconnected it and placed it where I wanted. After a few minutes I connected it back to PC and saw an avi file recorded.
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Anyone have any issues with .avi files that are over 1gb? I can fast forward through it, but when I try to play it normally, it cuts at about the 1hr 50minute mark.Thoughts?
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You cannot rotate the display on the unit, but you can play the video upside down on their media player. Initially I had problem with video playing upside down on my PC/window 7. Thanks to user L.O., I found a way to display the video right-side up. Find "Manage preferred 32-bit DirectShow source filters" in Window 7 Start menu. Under .MOV section, change selection from "System default" to "Haali", and select "Apply & Close". So you'd just need to change back to "System default" if you want to play video upside down again. I believe this works on their media player only. Changing the setting had no effect on Microsoft Media Player, which showed the video right-side up at the first place.
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I've never tried it, but I'm sur you could using the right software. The file output is .avi. Which is a movie file. Maybe if you could open the file in something like movie maker. I'll try it and let you know how it works.
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ive had .avi and mp4 files uploaded but received error messages until i downloaded a free video converter program called "Any Video Convertor". Its a great program to use and its FREE.
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Are you saying the files you play on your computer that are already in avi format are the end result of the conversion, or the files before you even try to convert them. If they play fine before the conversion but not after (on the computer), it's a problem with the conversion. If they play fine after on the computer but not on the Latte, it's also a problem with the conversion, but only that you apparently didn't convert it within the requirements of the Latte. If it's not playing properly before you even attempt to convert it, there's another problem somewhere else, not to mention it makes me wonder why you would bother converting it to begin with. You have to be more specific about which is the case before anyone can help you, as well as give any other information you can think of that might be applicable.
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I have both and I think the difference in picture quality is significant, especially for indoor shooting where you often have low light situations. After shooting HD videos, I was surprised how much grainier my older videos from Flip looked in comparison. The compression format is also different from the older Flip which helps compress the video despite the HD quality. The HD videos look so much better on my 17" LCD laptop than the older Flip videos. I also have Creative Vado HD, which I like due to the larger capacity and larger screen size for the same price range.
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I just received and plugged this in. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS. VLC worked for me after picking /dev/video1 as the capture device (/dev/video0 was the integrated webcam on the laptop). I also installed and ran the program called "cheese". It allowed me to capture pics and record video, although the video was very wavy as I moved the camera around. VLC had a wavy effect as well, but it wasn't as pronounced.
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Dear friend, thank you for your question. There is a switch "S-VIDEO/CVBS" on the back of this converter. Please turn it to the correct side. For example, when you use S-video output port of this converter, please turn it to the side of "S-VIDEO", the left side. When you use AV (CVBS) output port of this converter, please turn it to the side of "CVBS", the right side. In addition, there is a "PAL/NTSC" switch. Please swtich it to both sides to have a try. Hope that this will be helpful. Have a nice day! Best regards,KeedoxMaria
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It looks like the only recording file types are AVCHD and MP4. You would have to convert one of these file types to .mov
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This is a joke. It's the same exact camera for more money. The 4 gig is more expensive than the old 8 gig, lol. I had a reg. vado and am thinking of getting the old 8 gig. The original Vado was terrible in low light situations. Tried to capture video of a tv when the room was only moderately lit and all you could see was light intense light from the tv. How is the HD vado in low light situations? Anyone?
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Jean-Yves.I have the same set up at home (Explorer 8300HD+ & WD 1TB version). Every timethe 1TB is pluged in my picture starts making blocks (mosaic) as soon i start a newrecording. A Vidéotron technician came 3 times at my place and chande all cablesand connectors with no results. He also change the Explorer 2 times with same re- sults. We suspect the damn DVR Expander to be the problem.Yves.
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I called Canon and they confirmed it's mpeg2 format. In my video editing software (Vegas Movie Studio 8) mpeg2 is ALWAYS re-encoded every time there is a rendering, and hence a small quality loss. AVI is not re-encoded in VMS8, so this may be a problem for me if I decide to buy the FS100.
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Yes, Helen. I found the solution here: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=671897 Read the first post from "blink3times" and then a few posts later he explains exactly how to do it. That discussion was in April 2009. Scroll on down to January 24, 2010 to the "jasonvideodad" post where the discussion got going again and he added to the original post. By the way, I did not have all the files that were mentioned, but I made the change on the files I did have, and it has been working perfectly. Remember to backup up every one of these files before you make the changes. Please note that this is the user forum and this fix is not a recommendation by Sony. But I followed the instructions about "resetting the memory flags" and am able to render with no problems. The largest video I have rendered so far is a 6-1/2 minute video of AVCHD files with no problems. I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. The video rendered in 3-1/2 minutes. I would suggest that you read (or at least scan) through all of the posts in case there is something else that might refer to your particular situation or computer. Let me be clear that I am not recommending you do this, I am only saying that it worked for me and many others.
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There isn't any outputs on this device. It doesn't record sound either. You also need to use their software to watch the videos and export the video to AVI if you need to use the video for something. None of this is a big deal for me but I do miss that it doesn't record sound.