ATC2K Sport Video Camera

digi · Post by **digi** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:45 am

I don't see how... considering the resonate frequency of say, 12,000 RPM.

If the SD interface loses contact, the camera shuts off. It's probably an error condition, like unable to write to media, etc, etc. If unable to write to media, shutdown.

Most likely to prevent file corruption. This IS FAT16, so it would be very easy to corrupt the entire video if you lost which sector you are writing to. There are no journals to keep count on which sector is being written at any time. It's basically a hardware device puking to a filesystem. Not very sophisticated.

What SHOULD be happening is the camera errors, closes the first video, and then writes a second video when the connection is reestablished to media. The camera already contains the function calls to write multiple videos to the media, it's simply a matter of calling that function when the error occurs.

I am assuming that the developers actually wrote for that condition though. Hell, it might just be segfaulting when the media goes away. Very possible.

I will let everyone know how my next test goes... again, reinforcing the media so that its actually jammed tight in the slot. I still don't see how heat can affect it when its in front of the bike, in the wind.

Firewa11 · Post by **Firewa11** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:07 am

Every time the camera shut off for heat, the video was still written properly and wasn't corrupted, the camera finished writing and shut down. For vibration, well, who knows. Hopefully jamming it in there will work for you.

Don't you also have a motorcycle camera setup already tho? Why don't you put that one on your bike?

Blizzard_1708 · Post by **Blizzard_1708** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:10 am

The other setup is just a camera and a monitor, no recording device

digi · Post by **digi** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:33 pm

The other camera is very nice, but with no recording media, it doesn't do any good. It's also not selfcontained as far power.

Probably would need a pocket DVR to make it useful. Would be no sound though... something that I like about the new cam is that while sound is awfully loud, you can mix that down, and get the effect.

Firewa11 · Post by **Firewa11** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:34 pm

I like the idea with rubber and foam, that would probably suffice to get past the vibration issues. I've even got some R/C oil-filled car shocks that can probably absorb a lot of the vibrations, and probably help steady it up quite a bit. Then again, making it look good and simple, that's another issue.

I think the bottom line, if you want it to look good, and function well, you have to find a spot that has the least vibration, and a manageable level of heat. I'm just going to strap my camera underneath my frame sliders. That gets it away from the heat, and gives me a solid platform bolted to the frame that has a lot less vibration. When I get my race plastics I'll find a different spot.

vagrant · Post by **vagrant** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:52 pm

race plastics!?!?!? assphinctersayswot?

whats going on here.....

anyway firewall, Im gonna go out on a limb here and just buy one - or ask you to buy me one. I'll PM you my details.

Firewa11 · Post by **Firewa11** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:28 am

You got it man! Yeah, definitely race plastics... kinda hard to race without em! I'm getting excited about putting on a yellow shirt and getting r done!

Hey Digi, 30 mins of video when I mounted the camera on the bottom of my frame slider. It gets it out of the engine heat, and I guess I'm fortunate to not have the vibration issues... We could always try your camera on my bike, just to make sure you didn't get a faulty unit... or at least to confirm your Yamahammer is faulty

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:58 pm

Good idea! Since you both have the same camera, try it on FireBall's bike and see if it the unit or the bike.

Blizzard_1708 · Post by **Blizzard_1708** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:22 pm

I dont think its the bike or the camera. I think its the mounting location

vagrant · Post by **vagrant** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:48 pm

Im going to strap mine to a fence post and then tie the fence post to my helmet, so I can get "action shots" through the corners.

Firewa11 · Post by **Firewa11** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:59 am

That would be sweet, you gotta get Linda to take pics of you with that contraption on your head!

vagrant · Post by **vagrant** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:04 pm

how do you think I get those priceless "money shots" ?

Firewa11 · Post by **Firewa11** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:46 pm

By putting the contraption on her, I hope... I don't wanna see any money shots on your face... We'd have to reconsider our friendship

ZX9R · Post by **ZX9R** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:49 am

Bird325 wrote:Good idea! Since you both have the same camera, try it on FireBall's bike and see if it the unit or the bike.

Hold up right there bird boy. Firewa11 could be on to something.....It is a Yamaha!!!!

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:39 pm

Oh, God, you guys just never quit beating up the Yama-ha-ha's.

Firewa11 · Post by **Firewa11** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:06 am

New video on how indestructable this camera really is...

Grinner · Post by **Grinner** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:04 pm

Duuude...that shot rocks!!!

Now I definitly have to get a couple of these things...I can think of all kinds of cool things I can do with em...

vagrant · Post by **vagrant** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:28 pm

Come on camera!

(I can see a new external hard drive in my future to hold the footage)

Super Dave · Post by **Super Dave** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:42 am

Like i always said, Yamahas make good boat anchors........................not camera platforms!

digi · Post by **digi** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:11 pm

And I always thought old dudes made great fish bait!

dz · Post by dz » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:12 pm

I just ordered one of these. Any idea how much footage you can record with the 2 gig card? How do you get the video to the pc, via USB or somethin?

Post by **DarcShadow** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:14 pm

Yes, USB

I believe Don said on the low res you could get about 5 hours, on high res about an hour.

dz · Post by dz » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:31 pm

Ahh. I wonder if I could get that USB to transfer to my iPod like my camera. I'll have to test it when it arrives.

digi · Post by **digi** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:43 pm

I just pull the SD out of the camera and stick it in my printer (it has a reader).

dz · Post by dz » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:44 pm

digi wrote:I just pull the SD out of the camera and stick it in my printer (it has a reader).

Ya, but if I take the camera on a long trip I won't have that luxury