Did you know I have a "Buy Me A Coffee" page buymeacoffee.com/countryhousegent Perfect for when you'd like to contribute to the channel, or simply want to buy me a coffee/pork pie/beer/lamb vindaloo (delete where applicable). Cheers,
So you're the producer, director, camerman, focus puller, lighting tech, sound recordist, editor and sound mixer, not to mention researcher, caterer, transport manager, and maintenance tech. Not only that but you're very good at all of them, I am very impressed.
Cheers that's awesome of you to say. Yes, I suppose I am all of the above and I reckon you could add publicist, agent and writer to that as well. 😁 Thanks again,
Enjoying your videos on prime over here in the states. Reminds of when I lived on Deep Seas down in the FL keys. She was a beautiful 33’ wooden double ended cutter built in DeGanwy N. Wales by Williams and Parkenson in 1937.
CountryHouseGent is my hero! A fully one man operation, clever, informative, relaxing, and beautifully executed! Open, honest and shares his trade secrets. I hope to one day make my way to England from the US to hire a narrow boat for a week or so. I’ve always dreamed of living on a powered boat on the coast somewhere and I’m quite jealous of the U.K. for having such an extensive and well maintained canal system. Keep it up Kevin and safe travels mate! Cheers!
This. I discovered it at about the same time and have watched all the episodes. So calming, relaxing, such beautiful countryside, and very interesting. At the beginning I was worried about the production level being a fully one man operation and seeming slightly amateur for an Amazon Prime show, but it works so well! CountryHouseGent is my hero!
Watching the show on prime, instantly my favorite show. So calming, and the sound of the mcclaren keeps me working at a steady pace! Thanks for documenting your adventures!
So impressed with the Travels by Narrowboat. I’m living vicariously through you! Keep it up. Please! Did I hear you say a 5th season? Can’t wait. I now want to quit my job, sell my house, buy my own boat and bring my guitar. I’d moor up for an acoustic jam session with ya anytime. And don’t cut your hair! Rock n roll! ;) Power to the people and all that jazz.
Got to be a first; disclosing your "secrets" for success. You forgot to mention not saturating video with (annoying) music and showing (dire) speeded up video fau pas. As you rightly state content over quality (and part of the valuable content is ironically the quality, not least the video editing expertise on presenting that content ) and great sounding engine. Keep on keeping on; you seem to be thriving on it and remain my favourite ditch vlogger.
An estimate for your hair cut should come in at £40 Kevin !🙂. You make really professional vlogs of the cut and other locations. Really enjoy your work. And your points of view in general of the world. Keep safe Kevin. Increase your security now ! !
It's amazing how people can dislike this video after seeing how hard you work to make this whole vlog possible. It takes very little ability to criticise. The quality of this footage is very good indeed, and well put together, on another note it seems strange watching on Amazon Prime we do cos we love the vlog. Thanks CHG
A lot of people honestly think the dislike button is simply to tune the type of content they receive; they entirely overlook the human factors. Edited to add: not to mention I manage to hit the damned thing by accident.
As Huey Lewis And The News said, "The dislike button, is a curious thing, make a one man weep, make another man sing ..." At that point the comparison becomes rather tenuous as the dislike button has no actual 'power', other than contributing towards a video's performance on RUclips, in a positive way. Yes, 'all' viewer interaction contributes to a video's popularity (yes really, Google it). Not to mention that each view of a video is, er, one extra view. Lovely 😍 With this in mind, the obvious course of action if trying to effect how a video performs, is to not watch it in the first place? 🤔 😁 Don't believe me? In that case, please 'do' continue to keep disliking the videos I post. I appreciate the support. So in all honesty, I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank my loyal band of dislikers (and they are, mainly, loyal subscribing regulars), for their enthusiastic and continual support - and helping, in some minor and practically insignificant way, towards making this channel what it is today. You're awesome. 😍 Cheers guys/gals
That's very awesome Steve, thank you and great to hear you'll be finding the vids useful. A couple of pints of Guiness Stout it is then. All the best with the chassis work. 😃
Wanted to say I have watched six seasons of travels and have found it to be very entertaining and interesting. Very good camerawork as I couldn't survive if it were shaky. Some very lovely scenery in UK, and I appreciated how you had much footage of wildlife. I hope there will be much more.
Great informative video. Although we make videos on different topics and use different equipment I found this video helpful especially the bits about using more than one camera and the editing software.
Very clever Kevin. Thanks for the introduction to video production and editing. No matter what you do it's always professional and you always make me laugh at least once. Thanks Kevin.
we receive the highest quality audio/video from your programmes . we are plain commonfolk and cant afford high end devices , none the less your vids are # 1 with us . thanks and cheers.
I love seeing the kit creators use. Thanks. I'm also gonna give your software a go as the rubbish I use keeps crashing. Regarding the hair cut it could be worse you could be a slap-head like me. Cheers Rich.
Wish I could say I understood all the technical stuff but I did nod very sagely once or twice! It’s your hair, if you like it then it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.
I found it very interesting. Always wondered how it was done. Did it take you long to get to grips with the editing software? I wouldn't even know where to start. 😄
Cheers Carole. It took a few weeks to learn the software's ways of doing things and buy the end of the 3rd episode, season one, I'd learned all the stuff relevant to my needs.
Great stuff Kevin (all beyond me) very interesting, keep up the great work. You're luckier than I to have such locks so do what you think is right for you my friend. All the best Stevie
Thank you Stevie. Yes I think I'll give it a bit longer. Seems to behave itself, now it's collapsing under it's own weight. 😁 If it's good enough for Keanu Reeves, it's good enough for me. 😇
@@CountryHouseGent Cheers Kevin, yeh I agree I have had David Bowie hair jobs but don't want his now (sorry, sad) and Clint Eastwoods but even at his ripe old age has now got more hair than I have so embrace it while it's still there. Stevie
Like so many of the other respondents, especially here in the U.S., my wife and I travel vicariously through your enjoyable videos. We discovered you on Amazon and searched you out on Facebook and here on RUclips. I appreciate the difficulty in planning, shooting and editing the videos and your willingness in sharing how you accomplish it. One part of the editing you didn't cover that intrigues me is how you insert the Google earth maps (with zooms and moving across the landscape). Can you share that? Thanks so much and keep up the great work. Dick L. in Charlotte NC.
Thank you Kevin, very interesting to see the gear you're using. My Canon gave up the ghost so now looking for a replacement. Your vlog has given me some ideas. On the editing side, it's always interesting to see what others use. Personally I have been using Camtasia for many years, just upgraded to the new release 2019 but probably didn't need too. Cheers from Perth, Western Australia.
That was really interesting. I’d love to have a go at making a video but I worry my weakness for perfection would give me anxiety. Thanks for sharing that information, maybe some day I will have the confidence to give it a go.
Great video , well and clearly explained, I also have a RUclips channel , Air rifles , always interested to see what software people use, I use a laptop, Lenovo, i5, and used to use Sony Vegas to edit my vids , but the last 10 I’ve switched to the free to download , shotcut and find it great 👍, cheers shaneweightman
I'm sure you may already know but if you have extended memory in your Canon when the internal memory is full it does not cascade onto the next card when the internal is full, all you get is a flash up on the screen saying memory full, you then have to manually select the next memory location, on mine means when you switch off the camera at any time and then switch on again it defaults to the internal memory (that's every time!), why they did not make it automatically cascade I don't know!), it has caught me out a few times when I have not had my glasses on while filming which meant I was chatting away recording nothing!, I lost some great footage through this, very annoying, I don't want to try & teach you how to suck eggs and such but thought it may be of interest, it only comes into being a problem if you record long sessions though.
Cheers for the tip Albert, but they got rid of the internal memory with the G26. I have it set to swap from card A to B and it keeps the setting when turning off and on.
Well, thanks for that, but why did you upload as 720P and not at least 1080P? I watch on RUclips at 1080P and could watch at UHD on my TV, I do watch your series on Amazon Prime.
Very good question that. Umm. Only reason I can think of is habit. I've always produced at 720p, but as you say, I work at 1080p. Now you've got me wondering. 🤔
The boat is rarely left unattended. It would require a combination of someone who's a viewer, passing by on the rare occasion when I'm not there, who's seen the video and is also of that frame of mind. Finally, the Rottweiler with an elastic band round his old chap, would have a tasty snack.
Thanks for the video, I use the 17 64 bit version of Power Director, it is quite a bit easier to use I think anyway, it also has quite a few more Editing modes including 360 editor and an Auto mode which I must admit I have not tried yet, free music and sound effects, etc, keep the videos coming.
Have often been tempted by Cyberlinks upgrade offers. 15 seems fine for now but it has demonstrated the occasional instability problem, usually around the time a new version comes out (strange but true).
You had a good deal there Kevin, this camera is making more money secondhand than you paid for a new one (albeit a special deal). Would love to make video's but it's all a bit beyond me tech wise, I'm still using film photography and a dark room!
What I want to know is why us blokes always get a hard time if our hair doesn’t meet with some peoples approval 🤔 Interesting video Kev, I’d been wondering about the pc you use because my laptops always struggled to process hd clips. It would slow right down and eventually refuse to work at all so I gave up. Now I’m wondering if it was the software. I was using Corel Video Studio so maybe I should try the one you’re using. Mind you I can’t stand the sound of my own voice so I never speak on videos I made. 😆
Another great video. When is the drone being added to the equipment ? Yep being a no1 hair cut kind of fella you have far too much hair. Just think of the £££ savings on shampoo and water if you had a good crop .... I am a vimeo subscriber and it has been top value, thanks, if I run the Prime stuff does it help you... happy to have it playing in their background?
Very professional looking !! Neat !! You seem to have skill with that as evidenced by those videos on prime !! Keep on !! Love the beauty of the country side and small towns etc !! Question. why no doggie ?? Or boat cat 🐈?? Just do you !! You don’t need to cut ur hair it’s cool !!
All in the editing took around 4 hours. Add around 2 hours in total setting up and filming the various scenes. Another hour for uploading and typing description, tags and links to RUclips and social media. Encoding is the process of the editing software turning all of the clips, cuts, fades, audio and so on (the edit), into a single file - in this case an MP4, about 1GB in size. This takes about 20 - 25 minutes. All in from start to finish, about 7 - 8 hours. 😴 In production terms, this sort of video is fairly straightforward. An episode kind of video is more involved. A typical episode of Travels by Narrowboat takes about a week of filming and a week of editing. My black and white "Canal Boating For Beginners", took six weeks from start to finish. The Middlewich Xmas special was 4 weeks.
Yes it ensures that my commentary is loud and clear, but the engine is quieter. When I started and for the first 3 episodes, it was pointing forwards. I was as quiet as a mouse, but the engine sounded glorious. 😁
Nice but you lost me when you started to edit the video . As I struggle with computers. But even so really enjoyed video 👍 . As a matter of fact I enjoy every video I have watched of yours .
Thank you Kevin though I wouldn't dismiss it that quickly. Yes the hours are long, the work involved is tiring, the pressure to come up with new ideas is taxing and the sleep deprivation is considerable, 'but', the rewards are minimal, so worth it in the end. 😁
Kev, in these unscrupulous days in which we live is it a good idea to inform those that do nasty deeds the jewels within your home. Now I know you are just being informative which is ok, but you have to be aware of the fact of how you live and where you live. It's dodgy out there so keep your wits and your jewels to yourself. Am I being paranoid ?, yes maybe but paranoia is a good thing because it keeps you aware of your situation........
Very good Kevin, A similar set up to myself, I have the older Canon Legria HF G25 which does not have the new rocker zoom switch or movable eye piece plus lens cover but the CMOS is what makes them good cameras, I also use Cyberlink power director a first class bit of software, I did upgrade to the latest version but unless you need 360 editing and a few more things as you say "17 will do the job!", I don't know if you are interested but there is a guy who does videos which are well worth a watch, link ruclips.net/channel/UCj1NjLNgrF6yn_GINPcfrwQ many a good tip, that's a good price on the usb memory storage, I will have a look for those, I have not used that fade in and out option so will give that a try, great and interesting video.
Hello Albert and very very good to hear from you. ☺ I never knew you were into the video side of things, just photography. These G series video cameras are so well made and go on and on. As you say, the CMOS is what makes it. Very recognisable Canon colors. Reminds me of my old 350D DSLR.
@@CountryHouseGent Yes I do some videoing for a local history group around Northwich, I also have a Canon G9x which I carry when out with the bicycle, good sound and good quality on the video, only trouble I have with it is on full zoom it seems to not focus (I need to RTFManual a bit more!!!), hope things are going well with the preparations for the sea crossing!! (unless you have already done it) or will it be CHG reporting from south America!!! ha ha. p.s I had a look at the memory storage best I could see was about £73! on Amazon and E bay, I have several storage drives running into many terra bites (15!) but seem to fill them quite quickly, I lost a lot once when a new hard drive went poof many hours of footage gone, hence I now double back up stuff hence the amount trouble is Windows can only handle up to 2 Terra bites it seems, Mac does not have that problem so I'm told, take care on the trip.
Hi James. It does that's for sure. A minimum 2 weeks per episode. My Christmas Special along the Middlewich took 4 weeks. The black & white 'Boating For Beginners' took 6. ☺
Thanks Kevin. Many thanks we really enjoy your programmes and look forward to them. Just waiting to complete the Season Three on Amazon. Waiting for number episode 4. Then onto vimeo.
Did you know I have a "Buy Me A Coffee" page buymeacoffee.com/countryhousegent Perfect for when you'd like to contribute to the channel, or simply want to buy me a coffee/pork pie/beer/lamb vindaloo (delete where applicable). Cheers,
So you're the producer, director, camerman, focus puller, lighting tech, sound recordist, editor and sound mixer, not to mention researcher, caterer, transport manager, and maintenance tech.
Not only that but you're very good at all of them, I am very impressed.
Cheers that's awesome of you to say. Yes, I suppose I am all of the above and I reckon you could add publicist, agent and writer to that as well. 😁 Thanks again,
I still don't get why people give these videos a thumbs down. Why did you bother even tuning in then?
canadian My thoughts exactly!!
Enjoying your videos on prime over here in the states. Reminds of when I lived on Deep Seas down in the FL keys. She was a beautiful 33’ wooden double ended cutter built in DeGanwy N. Wales by Williams and Parkenson in 1937.
CountryHouseGent is my hero! A fully one man operation, clever, informative, relaxing, and beautifully executed! Open, honest and shares his trade secrets. I hope to one day make my way to England from the US to hire a narrow boat for a week or so. I’ve always dreamed of living on a powered boat on the coast somewhere and I’m quite jealous of the U.K. for having such an extensive and well maintained canal system. Keep it up Kevin and safe travels mate! Cheers!
Hello Jared and you're very kind. Cheers for watching. ☺
Discovered your series on Amazon Prime just last week. Watched all of them already. Your series is very calming. A pleasure to watch!
This. I discovered it at about the same time and have watched all the episodes. So calming, relaxing, such beautiful countryside, and very interesting. At the beginning I was worried about the production level being a fully one man operation and seeming slightly amateur for an Amazon Prime show, but it works so well! CountryHouseGent is my hero!
Watching the show on prime, instantly my favorite show. So calming, and the sound of the mcclaren keeps me working at a steady pace! Thanks for documenting your adventures!
So impressed with the Travels by Narrowboat. I’m living vicariously through you! Keep it up. Please! Did I hear you say a 5th season? Can’t wait. I now want to quit my job, sell my house, buy my own boat and bring my guitar. I’d moor up for an acoustic jam session with ya anytime. And don’t cut your hair! Rock n roll! ;) Power to the people and all that jazz.
Gooday Patrick and cheers for watching. Yes an 8 episode season 5 to follow. Jam on ☺
Got to be a first; disclosing your "secrets" for success. You forgot to mention not saturating video with (annoying) music and showing (dire) speeded up video fau pas. As you rightly state content over quality (and part of the valuable content is ironically the quality, not least the video editing expertise on presenting that content ) and great sounding engine. Keep on keeping on; you seem to be thriving on it and remain my favourite ditch vlogger.
Really enjoyed this video, and all the others. A nice behind-the-scenes look - thanks for your work - looks great!
An estimate for your hair cut should come in at £40 Kevin !🙂.
You make really professional vlogs of the cut and other locations.
Really enjoy your work.
And your points of view in general of the world.
Keep safe Kevin.
Increase your security now ! !
It's amazing how people can dislike this video after seeing how hard you work to make this whole vlog possible. It takes very little ability to criticise. The quality of this footage is very good indeed, and well put together, on another note it seems strange watching on Amazon Prime we do cos we love the vlog. Thanks CHG
A lot of people honestly think the dislike button is simply to tune the type of content they receive; they entirely overlook the human factors.
Edited to add: not to mention I manage to hit the damned thing by accident.
As Huey Lewis And The News said, "The dislike button, is a curious thing, make a one man weep, make another man sing ..."
At that point the comparison becomes rather tenuous as the dislike button has no actual 'power', other than contributing towards a video's performance on RUclips, in a positive way.
Yes, 'all' viewer interaction contributes to a video's popularity (yes really, Google it). Not to mention that each view of a video is, er, one extra view. Lovely 😍
With this in mind, the obvious course of action if trying to effect how a video performs, is to not watch it in the first place? 🤔 😁
Don't believe me? In that case, please 'do' continue to keep disliking the videos I post. I appreciate the support.
So in all honesty, I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank my loyal band of dislikers (and they are, mainly, loyal subscribing regulars), for their enthusiastic and continual support - and helping, in some minor and practically insignificant way, towards making this channel what it is today. You're awesome. 😍
Cheers guys/gals
I can see that their isn't as much leisure time as we imagine, ironically. But you do make it look easy and relaxing. I enjoy cooking dinner with you.
I just kicked a tenner your way - have a pint on me. I'm about to start a LR Discovery project and your frame repair videos are sublime.
That's very awesome Steve, thank you and great to hear you'll be finding the vids useful. A couple of pints of Guiness Stout it is then. All the best with the chassis work. 😃
very interesting, wouldn't mind a few more like this especially on how you compose and edit your vlogs
Cheers Martin. Good idea, I'll look in to doing some more.
Great video Kevin 👍,, amazing the work that goes into these videos .
Cheers
Cheers Benno
Wanted to say I have watched six seasons of travels and have found it to be very entertaining and interesting. Very good camerawork as I couldn't survive if it were shaky. Some very lovely scenery in UK, and I appreciated how you had much footage of wildlife. I hope there will be much more.
That's great to hear David. Yes, more to come once this madness is passed. ☺
Incredible episode. I watch lots of RUclipsrs but never saw a behind the scenes regarding equipment, editing, etc. Thank you.
Thank you buddy! Feels like your Penn or teller? Of YT content creators! Giving out secret of "really hard!" Editing! Good luck 👍
Great informative video. Although we make videos on different topics and use different equipment I found this video helpful especially the bits about using more than one camera and the editing software.
Very clever Kevin. Thanks for the introduction to video production and editing. No matter what you do it's always professional and you always make me laugh at least once.
Thanks Kevin.
A pleasure Ken ☺
Just saw S02E01 is on amazon now, fantastic! Keep 'em coming!
Thank you Benjo
we receive the highest quality audio/video from your programmes . we are plain commonfolk and cant afford high end devices , none the less your vids are # 1 with us . thanks and cheers.
very good, interesting at last behind the the camera teck sean good one
Excellent video giving us an idea of how much editing goes into making a good video!
I totally agree with you regarding storage in the cloud, I store everything on external drives as well.
You have more patience than me - did not realise how much was involved.
It takes a while but also enjoyable at the same time, or it would be a nightmare?
Thanks for the lesson and information. All daunting until it isn’t by way of doing it. Wishing you well in present time.
Thanks for all the equipment and tech videos. Might be just the inspiration my fam needs to make a leap of our own.
Fabulous information. It takes a lot of patience when learning to edit these videos. Thank you for the video.
That was really interesting. I have a decent video setting on my Fuji XT2 digital camera. I must give it a go and make a short video.
It's a strangely fulfilling and moreish experience. Have fun.
Oh so the "tribble" on the microphone stops the wind sound. I thought oh his camera has a wig on. Good idea but made me chuckle.
Yes it sure does, otherwise the sound would be very, er, windy. Tribble is a good term and I shall refer to 'him' as that from now on. Cheers, ☺
I love seeing the kit creators use. Thanks. I'm also gonna give your software a go as the rubbish I use keeps crashing. Regarding the hair cut it could be worse you could be a slap-head like me. Cheers Rich.
😁 Well I wasnt going to say anything. Powerdirector has an initial learning curve but nothing overly brain numbing. Recommended.
?very interesting, thank you.
Wish I could say I understood all the technical stuff but I did nod very sagely once or twice! It’s your hair, if you like it then it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.
No worries Rita, it's all magical elastictrickery stuff. 😁
CountryHouseGent , Ha ha I have to admit that the Box Brownie had only just come off the official secrets act when I was a youngster!! 😳
Huge giggles. Bless your cotton socks.
I found it very interesting. Always wondered how it was done. Did it take you long to get to grips with the editing software? I wouldn't even know where to start. 😄
Cheers Carole. It took a few weeks to learn the software's ways of doing things and buy the end of the 3rd episode, season one, I'd learned all the stuff relevant to my needs.
super as always kevin ,i use the external hard drives, so simple to store things on
The amount of work that goes into editing....
Great stuff Kevin (all beyond me) very interesting, keep up the great work. You're luckier than I to have such locks so do what you think is right for you my friend. All the best Stevie
Thank you Stevie. Yes I think I'll give it a bit longer. Seems to behave itself, now it's collapsing under it's own weight. 😁 If it's good enough for Keanu Reeves, it's good enough for me. 😇
@@CountryHouseGent Cheers Kevin, yeh I agree I have had David Bowie hair jobs but don't want his now (sorry, sad) and Clint Eastwoods but even at his ripe old age has now got more hair than I have so embrace it while it's still there. Stevie
Like so many of the other respondents, especially here in the U.S., my wife and I travel vicariously through your enjoyable videos. We discovered you on Amazon and searched you out on Facebook and here on RUclips. I appreciate the difficulty in planning, shooting and editing the videos and your willingness in sharing how you accomplish it. One part of the editing you didn't cover that intrigues me is how you insert the Google earth maps (with zooms and moving across the landscape). Can you share that? Thanks so much and keep up the great work. Dick L. in Charlotte NC.
When will you start your canal journey's again Kevin, I'm getting withdrawal symptoms?
Liked this video Kevin. Thanks for sharing the camera info! and thank you for answering my camera questions the other day as well!
That was great and very interesting keep them coming
I think you are so right about the dart board and model names! Yes....... lol
Thank you Kevin, very interesting to see the gear you're using. My Canon gave up the ghost so now looking for a replacement. Your vlog has given me some ideas. On the editing side, it's always interesting to see what others use. Personally I have been using Camtasia for many years, just upgraded to the new release 2019 but probably didn't need too. Cheers from Perth, Western Australia.
That was great - thanks Kevin!
That was really interesting. I’d love to have a go at making a video but I worry my weakness for perfection would give me anxiety. Thanks for sharing that information, maybe some day I will have the confidence to give it a go.
Outstanding
Great video , well and clearly explained, I also have a RUclips channel , Air rifles , always interested to see what software people use, I use a laptop, Lenovo, i5, and used to use Sony Vegas to edit my vids , but the last 10 I’ve switched to the free to download , shotcut and find it great 👍, cheers shaneweightman
Love air rifles. I'll check your channel out Shane.
Thanks for sharing all that.
It's interesting to see what gear other RUclipsrs use. I hope things are going well for you on Prime Kevin.
Thank you JP. Fingers crossed, I'm eating every day now. 😁
Great video Kevin... I've just started out with a Canon camera.. and 1080P fine for me!
Keep up the good work.
Just been looking at your hair on old videos! What difference does it make what I think? How do you like your hair? That’s how you should wear it.
Excellent
So thats how it is done, thank you kind Sir.
You're welcome, thank you. ☺
I'm sure you may already know but if you have extended memory in your Canon when the internal memory is full it does not cascade onto the next card when the internal is full, all you get is a flash up on the screen saying memory full, you then have to manually select the next memory location, on mine means when you switch off the camera at any time and then switch on again it defaults to the internal memory (that's every time!), why they did not make it automatically cascade I don't know!), it has caught me out a few times when I have not had my glasses on while filming which meant I was chatting away recording nothing!, I lost some great footage through this, very annoying, I don't want to try & teach you how to suck eggs and such but thought it may be of interest, it only comes into being a problem if you record long sessions though.
Cheers for the tip Albert, but they got rid of the internal memory with the G26. I have it set to swap from card A to B and it keeps the setting when turning off and on.
Well, thanks for that, but why did you upload as 720P and not at least 1080P? I watch on RUclips at 1080P and could watch at UHD on my TV, I do watch your series on Amazon Prime.
Very good question that. Umm. Only reason I can think of is habit. I've always produced at 720p, but as you say, I work at 1080p. Now you've got me wondering. 🤔
Interesting
Very interesting,well done 👍😁👏👏👏
Hi Kevin, With all this expensive equipment on board and everybody now knowing about it, is it difficult securing Aslan from thieves?
The boat is rarely left unattended. It would require a combination of someone who's a viewer, passing by on the rare occasion when I'm not there, who's seen the video and is also of that frame of mind. Finally, the Rottweiler with an elastic band round his old chap, would have a tasty snack.
Wow a lot of work!! Thank you.
Thank you for this video, very informative.
Kevin, is that your hair on top of your new camera? :-) Nice camera by the way, keep putting out your Great Vids!
😁 So that's where it went?
Kevin: 'This is a completely different ballpark, altogether.'
Everybody: 'THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALLPARK!'
sorry. couldn't resist 😁
😁 Leslie Nielsen would be proud.
Love show but very sad about the physical attack on U New Years Eve
Sara Nosel, broke my heart too. Hope you’re ok, Kevin.
We felt the same way. Kevin, you're just a Darlin Gentleman. Thank you.
Thanks for the video, I use the 17 64 bit version of Power Director, it is quite a bit easier to use I think anyway, it also has quite a few more Editing modes including 360 editor and an Auto mode which I must admit I have not tried yet, free music and sound effects, etc, keep the videos coming.
Have often been tempted by Cyberlinks upgrade offers. 15 seems fine for now but it has demonstrated the occasional instability problem, usually around the time a new version comes out (strange but true).
@@CountryHouseGent I have just downloaded an update for stability, check their website to check for updates for your version.
Thanks, a very interesting video.
I couldn’t do this video magic but I’m glad as hell you can. Self taught or tech school? GlennFHoward
Entirely self-taught.
You had a good deal there Kevin, this camera is making more money secondhand than you paid for a new one (albeit a special deal). Would love to make video's but it's all a bit beyond me tech wise, I'm still using film photography and a dark room!
I miss my darkroom. A couple of hours in peace and isolation with the Rodinal. Perfect therapy.
I loved the tutorial.
You're very welcome.
Have a hair cut in June ready for the good weather.lol Excellent video, thanks.
Yes it got a bit sweaty last year
What I want to know is why us blokes always get a hard time if our hair doesn’t meet with some peoples approval 🤔
Interesting video Kev, I’d been wondering about the pc you use because my laptops always struggled to process hd clips. It would slow right down and eventually refuse to work at all so I gave up. Now I’m wondering if it was the software. I was using Corel Video Studio so maybe I should try the one you’re using. Mind you I can’t stand the sound of my own voice so I never speak on videos I made. 😆
Here here !!
Really interesting thank you 👍
That editing looks complicated.
Watched you right from the beginning.
Love your videos!
Very good video
Thank you Sue
Another great video. When is the drone being added to the equipment ? Yep being a no1 hair cut kind of fella you have far too much hair. Just think of the £££ savings on shampoo and water if you had a good crop .... I am a vimeo subscriber and it has been top value, thanks, if I run the Prime stuff does it help you... happy to have it playing in their background?
Very professional looking !! Neat !! You seem to have skill with that as evidenced by those videos on prime !! Keep on !! Love the beauty of the country side and small towns etc !!
Question. why no doggie ?? Or boat cat 🐈??
Just do you !! You don’t need to cut ur hair it’s cool !!
great video again
greetings,, kitty.
If we can use for black magic camera for Amazon prime to make a film or web series ??
Brilliant Kevin, how long would this video of taken to edit? For those of us uneducated, what is "encoding"?
All in the editing took around 4 hours. Add around 2 hours in total setting up and filming the various scenes. Another hour for uploading and typing description, tags and links to RUclips and social media.
Encoding is the process of the editing software turning all of the clips, cuts, fades, audio and so on (the edit), into a single file - in this case an MP4, about 1GB in size. This takes about 20 - 25 minutes.
All in from start to finish, about 7 - 8 hours. 😴
In production terms, this sort of video is fairly straightforward. An episode kind of video is more involved. A typical episode of Travels by Narrowboat takes about a week of filming and a week of editing.
My black and white "Canal Boating For Beginners", took six weeks from start to finish. The Middlewich Xmas special was 4 weeks.
@@CountryHouseGent Amazing, 7-8 hours for 15 minutes, a full time job then.
Oh yes 😁
@@CountryHouseGent omg :o
Yes you should Kevin
Brava ☺️
The microphone points backwards?
Yes it ensures that my commentary is loud and clear, but the engine is quieter. When I started and for the first 3 episodes, it was pointing forwards. I was as quiet as a mouse, but the engine sounded glorious. 😁
@@CountryHouseGent How much horse power? Asks the gent with a TD5?
😁 I assume you mean Aslan's engine and not the microphone? 20hp.
@@CountryHouseGent Yep the engine. I'm replacing a hub tomorrow, Kicking out the three amigos.
@@CountryHouseGent I thought the commentry was post production. I wondered how you reduced the reverb from inside Aslan!!
cool
Please film shaving your head. How do you order from amazon when you're on a boat? Enjoy the zoom noise, canons great for that.
Thank you for the video subject suggestion. I use a local post office service called Poste Restante. I use an external mic, so no zoom noise.
Nice but you lost me when you started to edit the video .
As I struggle with computers.
But even so really enjoyed video 👍 .
As a matter of fact I enjoy every video I have watched of yours .
Very good video
Have a trim 😎😎😎
😁 My hair or the video clips? 😎
@@CountryHouseGent videos could be longer. Best wishes
I like your hair just the way it is.
Sue Cox me too
Get a number 2 all over..
jk
Cheers Kevin i think i will pass on being a vlogger i will leave it to you mate bloody interesting tho.
Thank you Kevin though I wouldn't dismiss it that quickly. Yes the hours are long, the work involved is tiring, the pressure to come up with new ideas is taxing and the sleep deprivation is considerable, 'but', the rewards are minimal, so worth it in the end. 😁
When is Season 6 on Vimeo?
It'll be when Amazon is up to Season 5.
@@CountryHouseGent Next week? or 2020? I guess I justs has to waits.
My friend, HOW ARE YOU !👍
Very well thank you
Kev, in these unscrupulous days in which we live is it a good idea to inform those that do nasty deeds the jewels within your home. Now I know you are just being informative which is ok, but you have to be aware of the fact of how you live and where you live. It's dodgy out there so keep your wits and your jewels to yourself. Am I being paranoid ?, yes maybe but paranoia is a good thing because it keeps you aware of your situation........
beats an android phone and windows movie maker any day
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Very good Kevin, A similar set up to myself, I have the older Canon Legria HF G25 which does not have the new rocker zoom switch or movable eye piece plus lens cover but the CMOS is what makes them good cameras, I also use Cyberlink power director a first class bit of software, I did upgrade to the latest version but unless you need 360 editing and a few more things as you say "17 will do the job!", I don't know if you are interested but there is a guy who does videos which are well worth a watch, link ruclips.net/channel/UCj1NjLNgrF6yn_GINPcfrwQ many a good tip, that's a good price on the usb memory storage, I will have a look for those, I have not used that fade in and out option so will give that a try, great and interesting video.
Hello Albert and very very good to hear from you. ☺ I never knew you were into the video side of things, just photography. These G series video cameras are so well made and go on and on. As you say, the CMOS is what makes it. Very recognisable Canon colors. Reminds me of my old 350D DSLR.
@@CountryHouseGent Yes I do some videoing for a local history group around Northwich, I also have a Canon G9x which I carry when out with the bicycle, good sound and good quality on the video, only trouble I have with it is on full zoom it seems to not focus (I need to RTFManual a bit more!!!), hope things are going well with the preparations for the sea crossing!! (unless you have already done it) or will it be CHG reporting from south America!!! ha ha. p.s I had a look at the memory storage best I could see was about £73! on Amazon and E bay, I have several storage drives running into many terra bites (15!) but seem to fill them quite quickly, I lost a lot once when a new hard drive went poof many hours of footage gone, hence I now double back up stuff hence the amount trouble is Windows can only handle up to 2 Terra bites it seems, Mac does not have that problem so I'm told, take care on the trip.
Don't cut your hair, I love your hair, just brush it back and tie it back as it gets longer you would look neat with a pony!!!!!
Pronounced TAH-HO. Named after the American lake.
That's interesting thank you. 👍
it must take weeks to edit produce a programme.
Hi James. It does that's for sure. A minimum 2 weeks per episode. My Christmas Special along the Middlewich took 4 weeks. The black & white 'Boating For Beginners' took 6. ☺
Thanks Kevin. Many thanks we really enjoy your programmes and look forward to them. Just waiting to complete the Season Three on Amazon. Waiting for number episode 4. Then onto vimeo.
I see said the blind man. That was very technical but thoroughly enjoyable like all your videos.
Thank you David
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