To have QuickTime save the movie to your disk you need to:
Launch QuickTime
Edit >> Preferences >> QuickTime Preferences…
That will display the QuickTime Settings dialog
Select “Browser Plug-in” in the dropdown list
Then check the option to “Save movies in disk cache”
Now the movies will be saved in the Temporary Internet files folder (assuming you’re using Internet Explorer).
After downloading the movie go to the file cache and copy the movie to somewhere else. Assuming you’re using Internet Explorer:
Tools >> Internet Options…
General tab
Settings…
View Files…
Find uni.mov and copy the file to somewhere else
Thanks for that, I’ll try again tonight to download it.
Do I have to stream it using the altered quick time settings or can I just right click and save on the address gbarnes gives?
yeah thats what i thought.muni is such a slow sport,thats whats so weird about Sean White.in the Thunder Dragon DVD somtimes it appears that Kris and Nathen are going way fast.how does he do that without speeding up the film?
Many thanks for the advice with the video which was successfully downloaded last night!
Overall I’m totally inspired by it, the level of skill is amazing, and if anyone hasn’t seen it yet they should definately have a look.
I’ve seen clips of Kris doing amazing stuff before but cos’ they were short I guess I thought they may have been a bit flukey, but now I see that he can pull this stuff off consistently.
I don’t suppose any one knows who did the soundtrack?
I was also trying to work out if Kris’s wheel was a 24" or a 26"?
It’s a 26" with probably a 2.7" Intense tire. It’s an old muni built before we all discovered the 24x3 Gazz. It’s also got a custom made splined hub built before the Profile was available.
Last year when I first encountered this forum there seemed to be some debate over 24" vs 26" wheels for Muni; is 24" with 3" tyre generally considered best now?
Hi,
I wanted to set the story straight on the riding scenes in Into the
Thunder Dragon. We tried to ride “snappy” (I think that was Kris’s term) and
you’ll notice that there isn’t much footage of us grunting and groaning
slowly up hills. Although in real life we know there’s a lot of that in
Muni! Other than trials, it’s mostly level or downhill where we can move.
Just to make sure I didn’t misrepresent how Sean shot or edited, I asked him
to describe how he did it.
Sean White wrote:
There are no sped-up action shots in the movie. The only editing speed
effect are the obvious landscape time-lapses, changing into ghos, driving in
bus, Tenzing changing etc… no riding. How to achieve this in such a
“slow” sport? Get as close to the action as possible… use lots of camera
angles and cut between them with the appropriate music. Of course, lots of
the POV are extreme positions and the follow cam is close to the ground,
exaggerating the speed. No trick editing. All in camera effects. I sometimes
used a slower shutter speed. (Normal shutter is 1/60th of a second or
faster. I used a lot of 1/30, 1/15 and sometimes 1/8). Oh yeah, when you’re
running behind the riders, it doesn’t seem like such a slow sport after all.
—Nathan
PS POV = Point of View. For these shots, we used a very wide angle fixed
focal length camera that could be attached to rider or unicycle - it even
worked underwater (1 second shot in the intro).
“jagur” <jagur.m995b@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote
>
> yeah thats what i thought.muni is such a slow sport,thats whats so weird
> about Sean White.in the Thunder Dragon DVD somtimes it appears that Kris
> and Nathen are going way fast.how does he do that without speeding up
> the film?
thanx for the clarity on that Nathan,i didnt even think about the follow cam being super close to the ground but for sure that works.it did look snappy now that you mention it.
oh and hey ive got a question for you Nathan.on those gnarley steps,the movie kind of makes it look like you chickened out it shows you riding some of them and then dismounting as you watch Kris pummel his wheel down down down.
did you reach the “ive got kids and cant die now” point? it happens to me alot.
It still depends on the type and style of riding you do. For the more aggressive or technical muni and freeride stuff the 24x3 is the best size. For XC style riding a 26 or 29er might be a better fit. The 26" and 29er wheels are not as strong as 24" wheels and are more likely to taco. Larger wheels also get to be more difficult to maneuver in technical terrain.
I rode the first flight down where there was no consequence for falling, but
after that they were much scarier, so I chickened out and stepped off to see
how Kris would fare. As it turned out, that was the only take from that
angle (which almost never happened). As you probably know, video has a way
of making terrain look less steep and smaller and generally less scary than
it is in real life. Kris makes it look easy, but those stairs are not.
When you’re traveling in very remote areas you have to tone down the risk
one notch. There are no helicopters in the country of Bhutan for instance.
Even a sprained ankle on the Rodang La would’ve turned the whole expedition
into an epic. We were several LONG days from the nearest road at that point.
I like “I’ve got kids and can’t die now”. This last weekend I was able to
use “Training for Norway, can’t injure myself” to avoid another painful day
of snowboarding with Beau. The whole concept of “I’m training for X so I
can’t do Y with you” is very useful. I used it once to get out of a drinking
competition in in Bulgaria.
—Nathan
“jagur” <jagur.m9uwm@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote
>
> thanx for the clarity on that Nathan,i didnt even think about the follow
> cam being super close to the ground but for sure that works.it did look
> snappy now that you mention it.
>
> oh and hey ive got a question for you Nathan.on those gnarley steps,the
> movie kind of makes it look like you chickened out it shows you
> riding some of them and then dismounting as you watch Kris pummel his
> wheel down down down.
>
> did you reach the “ive got kids and cant die now” point? it happens to
> me alot.
XC stands for cross country.
It’s the style of riding where you’re trying to ride the trail for speed, trying to ride the trail most efficiently, or trying to ride for distance off road. In XC style riding you’re rolling the wheel and not doing a lot of hopping. For XC style riding you’ll want lighter equipment, shorter cranks, and probably a larger diameter wheel.
Contrast XC riding with riding where you plow into roots and rocks, jump off drops, and generally be very rough on the equipment. This style starts to get into what can be called freeriding where you try to maximize the fun available on a given trail by jumping on and off things, riding skinny logs, trying to ride down crazy stuff, etc.
The 24x3 can do both XC and freeride. It’s more geared to the freeride end of the spectrum, but can do XC. If you aren’t worried about speed or distance then the 24x3 is the best wheel for muni for most folks unless all of your trails are really smooth and fast.
>I’ve actually got a 28" wheel which I use sometimes, but in England it
>seems there are no fat tyres available, biggest I could get was 45mm.
45 mm is indeed the fattest that Roger can supply for a 28" wheel.
There may be a lead in acquiring a fatter tyre in this (slightly
edited) quote from a post by joemarshall (Feb 2003):
QUOTE
anyway, what you all want is a ‘schwalbe big apple’
(http://tinyurl.com/5b6s) 60-622. Fit’s your 29" / 700c rim, is pretty
much slick, absolutely fattest of the fat and looks like it doesn’t
have a centre ridge.
Maybe you could order from a German bike shop (maybe ask in the german
unicycle forum for advice on which shop)
UNQUOTE
I will shortly try to buy one (28 x 2.35) from my LBS or online, for
my new 28" road uni.
it shows you riding some of them and then dismounting as you watch Kris pummel his wheel down down down.