I purchased a CruiseCam in-car camera mount. I have it mounted and took some initial video. The mount definitely needs some working with. Sound is pretty good, video is a bit shaky though. Here is a picture of how it is mounted inside the car. This is the first test and I had locked the seatbelt in place and slid the seat forward which helped a bit but the video is still kind of shaky. Anyone have any idea's on how to stabilize it a bit?



Also, can anyone suggest a free video editing program? It doesn't have to be super fancy.. Just enough to edit clips and maybe throw in some text. There is an autocross coming up Sunday and I wanted to try and get everything squared away before then.

Thank You

 

Your video is shakey because you have it mounted to a surface that moves.
The seat vibrates in all directions
You can try and put some padding under where the head rest is touching the bar on the upper and lower sides.
Dont know how much its going to help because you have multiple axis that you cant take care of in one shot.
The seat is your problem. You might want to look into a harness bar which would solve those movement issues.
Nothing beats a good IO Port camera mount though.

 

That is what I was afraid of hearing. There is a strap on the mount too... Someone suggested locking the rear seatbelt and hooking the strap to it then sliding the seat forward to where there is tension. Might have to give it a try tomorrow. I found this for $45 so I figured it was worth a try.

 

Try everything as long as you dont end up spending money that would end up equaling what a good mount would cost you.
You never know you might find something that works half way decent.

 

Windows Movie Maker works well for editing videos.

 

Run some bungee cords around the head rest posts on the seat hooked into the rear seat belt, pull them tight!!

 

To prevent the shaking I used a luggage strap that you used to keep your suitcase from opening when it's being loaded and unloaded on airplanes. Easy to pull tight:
You can sort of see it in this pic:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...3&id=616666355

Another one:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...b&id=616666355

Then I used rubber tubing and cut 4 pieces about 1" long and put them on top of the bar and below the bar. Pulled the luggage strap TIGHT and all was good

 

I think I might have somewhat stabilized it using a couple of the things said above. Tomorrow when I have some light to work with it more, I will try and get some more test video.

I just downloaded windows movie maker but I just ran into another problem. My video comes out as a .mp4 format, most video editing software doesn't support that. A lot of the video format converting programs I am trying out seem to have a ton of adware and crap along with the program itself. This is really starting to be a pain in the ***.

 

Any chance you have access to a Mac?

 

Try mounting the camera next to the headrest and shorten the arm. You may be magnifying the vibration. I have very little vibration with headrest mount.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/road-racing-autocross-time-attack-19/flip-mino-hd-camera-car-2795388/

 

For non-caged cars I use a camera mount attached to a 'Woods Powr Grip' industrial suction mount. Mount it in the rear glass and you'll get a wide angle view of the course and your driving as well. The nice part of the suction mount is that it also absorbs vibrations.

Here is a quick clip from my corvette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_1459FhnU

 

Well, I went back to what I like to do and just fabricated my own. $8 in steel, a little cutting and a couple tig welds and I have one that works pretty decent. He is some raw footage of the autocross. I still have yet to find a video editor I like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKT90x8zv9g

 

My ghetto idea was always to use the 2 10mm screws in the dome light.

And virtualdub is good for chopping/encoding. If you want fancy stuff I dunno. I have Premier, but no one wants to pay for that..

 

i have the cruise cam mount too what worked well for me was to shorten the distance it is away from the head rest. also this gets it further away from your head in the event of an incident it. With a shortened distance the vibrations will be reduced. I like that mount alot.

 

any pics of this mount?