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Good luck Dan !!

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What a little star! Will get on the case Bob.

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I’ve just moved to a Moto G7 power dual sim – mainly because I wanted a monster battery and dual-sim with SD card (old Lonovo P2 was either dual sim or single sim + SD). Its lower specced than the other G7s but love the phone and battery is unbelievably good. Camera is definitely better than the P2 (although not a big deal for me) and Android 9 is very nice. Only downside is no 5G wifi – very odd but only seems to apply to the dual sim Euro version that I bought. I used to insist on a removable battery and always had samsungs up the S5 when they stopped doing it. Horses for courses but in the last 2 phones I have never even thought about charging and that is a real plus for me.

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Bob as an alternative – if you are not that @rsed about quality then you could use the composite (red/white audio and yellow video) connectors to capture to a PC using a USB capture device. There are a couple of HDMI adapters on the same page – but probably overkill for a one-off and may need to the use of a (very cheap) HDMI splitter to handle HDCP.

As an aside If any of the recordings are recent and from BBC or ITV then you can download directly from a PC using get_iplayer (BBC only) or you-tube-dl (BBC and ITV).

As another aside just checked on my Linux (Enigma2) receiver and none of the recordings (HD or SD) are encrypted – which was nice!

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I saw that Duke – hadn’t realised you’d scooped him up. He’s a good keeper – not a great one – but a great character and our fans loved him. A little surprised we let him go but Fabianski is a cut above.

Favourite memory of him was his penalty against Everton – that is when he became a folk hero at WHU – not sure why he took his gloves off but it all added to the effect

https://youtu.be/QLy4B-KjowU?t=47

 

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Welcome home Bob, glad you enjoyed it (for the most part). You didn’t miss much except a predictable hiding for my lot off City first game – last 5 games against them the aggregate score is 23-1 !

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If its a 365 one (sounds like it) then maybe not a surprise – I’ve not heard of 2016 or 2019 (non-subscription) versions failing – but you never know.

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Blimey! A bit over my head!

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I notice they’ve changed their “normal” video compression on iPlayer as well. Not so long back it was variable bit rate and “best” would be 720p at typically 1GB ber hour. The ones I’ve grabbed recently from get_iplayer and youtube-dl are still 720p but a fixed bit rate (around 5 Mb/s) and around double the file size.

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The only subscription software I use is MS Office 365 – and then only really for the OneDrive 1TB storage. I have the “home” sub that is officially £79.99 but always obtainable (per year) around £40-£45 (stackable ebay codes). For 5 users (I’m only using 4) it is working out £8-£10 year per user for 1TB online storage each – the Office functionality is almost incidental.

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PAL standard is 25 fps not 24. NTSC is just under 30 and “Film” is 24 (ish) – latter two are North American. When I re-encode anything I  leave the frame rate alone. Do a small section to test is the best bet.

The other thing with TVs and monitors is the refresh rate – auto-mode or suck it and see. It is a complicated area that I used to know more about but since modern TVs etc. are so forgiving I tend not to bother too much as the rendering TV generally takes care of it.

Generally I would say with a decent display be it a Telly or a monitor the less you do to the source video the better unless something is really wrong when you look at it.

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I’ve always associated them with being a seller rather than a manufacturer. Have bought a few HDMI cables, and video/audio adapter from them via Amazon with no issues. Can’t vouch for the LAN cable but have always had good experience with “the name” Ed.

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Pretty sure the cigarette lighter is typically 12V DV and the USB Adapters bring it down to 5V DC. Most standalone Sat Navs (mines a tomtom) are designed to be permanently powered – one hour is quite long (my TomTom is a few minutes without power). Don’t quite follow about the battery bank – is it any better at charging the Garmin?

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All the best to both of you Bob!

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got my wide brimmed England cricket hat for the same purpose – life saver.

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Good luck Richard – I love Duxford and it is one of the few places that might tempt me out in this heat – hope you all have a great day.

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Thanks Dave – you’re right the Rig Pro has no local storage – its £25/year for one camera or £80/year for unlimited devices. I don’t think I’d do anything beyond the doorbell – their other devices don’t look great to me. The Ring 2 does have an SD card but the Pro doesn’t. So far the motion detection zones seem accurate – I’m getting people coming on to my drive but not people on the pavement or cars on the road. Time will tell. Once I’ve tidied up my drive(just had the front of the house rendered)  I’ll put some pictures up.

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Thanks Dave – the “wedge” and a pair of hands turned up. I’ve got it mounted and temporarily connected to power – will wire it in to a garage socket tomorrow/Monday once I’ve picked up some trunking. They recommend mounting them at 4ft high which looks a bit odd next to the door but seems about right for the video coverage. Tested the audio and the lag is very low – even on 4g- I’d say maybe half a second tops.

I’ve dipped in to the one year plan for 30 days rolling online storage (£25) and will assess it for a year. One nice feature is that you can adjust the motion detection zones in the app, as well as setting a schedule or a one off snooze (e.g. washing the car).

These are no doubt expensive for what they are and no way would I have paid the £230 RRP – but £150  on prime day tempted me. In fact as the pro comes with a chime it was effectively the same price as the discounted “2” if you factor in the chime cost £30).

Going to have a think about the back of the house and will no doubt be tapping you up again! Cheers.

 

 

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Thanks Dave & Richard. Still waiting for an extra pair of hands – and also delivery of a “wedge” to adjust the angle of the doorbell (improvised one yesterday which worked well with double sided tape). The footage from the Ring Pro does look very good- even at night. Hadn’t considered lighting and its been overcast here since I got it, so will have to see when the sun comes out. My front is more or less East Facing so cops the sun in the morning. The bell would be under an overhang which I think would help most of the time. From what I’ve read the Ring Pro video quality is a definite step-up from the “2”. I’ll see how it goes before I drill any holes! Do like the look of those Solar ones though…..especially thinking of the back where one of Dave’s Ubiquiti APs means WiFi aint an issue!

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Cheers Dave – I know you are the go-to man on all this stuff. None of that stuff you linked is a doorbell though (at least I don’t think so?). I’ve got a “normal” drive I think for an end-terrace – comfortably fits a couple of cars – three at a push. Since I posted I’ve lashed the Ring Pro up with a bit of double sided tape and the transformer wire out through the letterbox. It seems to be pretty good. All my tribe are away at the moment so god willing will have a proper go over the weekend when hopefully one of them rocks up! Also been thinking about a camera (maybe two – front and back) upstairs where I have PoE – but Solar is something I hadn’t thought of. I’ll see how I go with the doorbell and might pick your brains after. thanks again.

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