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We
\n have become obsessed with the idea of connecting a small digital video
\n camera directly to our ipod. This is not just because posting on the
\n topic allows us a chance to use these quasi-pornographic photos (if
\n not for their redeeming
\n social
\n value).<\/p>\n
In a previous A new alternative places a tiny hard drive on a Compact We were almost convinced. What a cool solution; a tiny We posed the question here<\/a> on They consulted and concurred that IF the camera manufacturer Thirsting for more expert advice, we visited the Apple After a respectable wait I was able to ask a cheese-faced When we had a chance to think about this, it didn’t Our next stop was Microcenter, the biggest and best Does anyone know how much of this is pure bullshit and We had always thought that the Warholian ideal of being But now we are imagining a palm-sized video camera attached So once again, let me ask the blogosphere: Is it possible We have become obsessed with the idea of connecting a small digital video camera directly to our ipod. This is not just because posting on the topic allows us a chance to use these quasi-pornographic photos (if not for their … Continue reading
\n posting <\/a>we outlined the basic problem;
\n the main drawback to using a digital video camera to record interesting
\n portions of your life is where to put the large digital files which result.
\n Digital Audio Tape requires time-consuming transfer, winding and rewinding
\n we thought we had left behind with audio cassettes. Flash memory is limited
\n to about 15 minutes of video per card, and recordable mini-DVD’s are
\n limited in availability, capacity and compatibility.<\/p>\n
\n Flash size card. Each MicoCard costs $200 and holds 4 gigabytes, enough
\n for an hour of high quality video.<\/p>\n
\n hard drive you could hold in the palm of your hand. Then we realized
\n – Hey, we already have a tiny hard-drive we carry with us everywhere
\n we go! And it holds 40 gigabytes! Why can’t we record from our digital
\n camera directly onto our iPod?<\/p>\n
\n the Dowbrigade, and despite a couple of comments, nobody had any idea
\n if it could be done, or how. We can’t find anything about the topic on
\n the web. So we asked John and Jon, the tech twins who live in the
\n server closet at work.<\/p>\n
\n adhered STRICTLY to the IEEE-1394 standards and protocols, it was theoretically
\n possible, but they doubted it would work in real life.<\/p>\n
\n Store in the Galleria Mall, swamped with desperate Christmas shoppers.
\n The iPods were flying off the shelves so fast they didn’t even keep them
\n on the shelves; they were piled on a wheeled cart directly behind the
\n register, where they were periodically restocked as the mountain diminished.<\/p>\n
\n 13-year-old clerk if it was possible to record directly from a digital
\n camera onto an iPod. He informed me categorically that it wouldn’t work
\n because the hard drive on the iPod isn’t fast enough to write video in
\n real time.<\/p>\n
\n really make sense. It occurred to us that our OTHER external firewire
\n hard drive can record an entire DVD-quality feature length motion picture
\n (for review purposes only) in about 3 minutes, could our iPod really
\n be that m<\/em>uch slower? Sure, the movie has been compressed and
\n codexed, but isn’t there a way to do that on the fly?<\/p>\n
\n all-around computer store in the Boston area. The sales guy in
\n the digital imaging section actually thought about our inquiry for a
\n moment and pronounced it an excellent idea. However, he noted,
\n it would depend on the camera manufacturer formatting their output into
\n a data stream the iPod could recognize and record, and they really had
\n no incentive to do so. He further suggested that the most likely appearance
\n of this technology would be if Apple came out with a proprietary video
\n camera designed to record directly to their iPods.<\/p>\n
\n how much has a grain of truth. If this is theoretically possible
\n but presently unimplemented, how hard would it be to do? In our imagination
\n it opens up a host of new possibilities.<\/p>\n
\n able to record and annotate every step of your waking life (why stop
\n there, remember Sleep?<\/em><\/a>)
\n was decades away. Even videoblogging ala Steve
\n Garfield<\/a> involved
\n lugging a ton of equipment and transferring and processing before posting.<\/p>\n
\n to a palm-sized iPod and a tiny omni directional microphone, all controlled
\n from a handy remote. The camera could be incorporated inconspicuously
\n into
\n a
\n hat or
\n helmet, so that at the touch of a single button you could record whatever
\n your eyes were pointed at and your ears could hear. Other people, even
\n right next to you, need not even know you are a walking documentary.<\/p>\n
\n to record live video onto an iPod? Are we nuts or is this the coolest
\n idea since podcasting itself? One significant difference; while podcasting deals with content diffusion and consumption, this enters the relm of content creation and media manager, using the iPod as an audio\/video recorder, repository, mixer and master control device.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"