Tankbert's Video Gallery

3-Apr-2002 - Brought Racoon video back online and fixed older video links.

26-May-2001 - I've added the Racoon/Possum overnight timelapse video.

15-Jan-2000 - Eventually, I'll be adding two new video formats. The plan is to convert each of these videos to RealMedia and Windows Streaming formats. These will load about ten times faster than the current videos. The original files will remain online as space permits.

These videos are in AVI format. You must have a player such as Microsoft Media Player that supports AVI . The new, clearer videos were taken with the very nice 3Com HomeConnect PC Digital Camera. The blurry videos were taken with the Creative Labs Webcam3 camera.

 

Racoon and Possum nightlife timelapse - 320x240- 54secs - 4fps - 1273KB

This time lapse movie shows a Racoon and a Possum on my back porch. They drink from a water bowl and eat dry catfood. After editting, it compresses one overnight feeding session into 54 seconds. One frame was taken every 10 seconds. Playback is at 4 frames per second, so every one second of this movie is equal to 40 seconds of realtime.

Clowns and Convicts feeding at top of tank - 352x288 - 20secs - 6fps - 1631KB

My Clown Loaches have learned to feed with the Convicts on the cichlid pellets that float on the surface. Sometimes they look like vacuum cleaners going along the surface.

Clown Loaches mirrored against the glass - 352x288 - 19secs - 6fps - 1758KB

I like the reflected Clown images here.

Clown Loaches at feeding time - 352x288 - 20secs - 6fps - 2648KB

Clowns feeding on sinking wafers. Watch for the big convict coming in to steal a wafer.

A nice clip of the clowns and convicts grouped in the corner. - 352x288 - 20secs - 6fps - 2587KB

A nice grouping. Good example of "clowning around".

Mom n Pop Convict Cichlids with fry - 352x288 - 19secs - 8fps - 2675K

An example of a pair of Convicts defending territory and their fry. You can see some of the tiny fry in this video.

   
Older Videos

 

Clown Loaches and Convicts - 320x240 - 23secs - 5fps - 733KB

See all four Clowns in action!

A day in the life of my Clown Loaches and Convicts - 640x480- 26secs - 6fps - 5470KB

This time lapse movie compresses 11 hours into 26 seconds. One frame every 5 minutes.

Yes, it's the largest file here!

Squirrel on feeder - 320x240 - 9secs - 7fps - 413KB

A Gray Squirrel pigging out on the birdfeeder. Okay, it's really a squirrel feeder!

Squirrel jumping from feeder - 640x480 - 14secs - ~2fps - 802KB

This is one of the first videos I made with old CL camera. Really slow frame rate.

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