Mon 8 Dec 2008
Virtual HD Fireplace
Posted by Andrew Mitry under AudioVisual, Open Source
[6] Comments
My wife and I love sitting in front of the fire in our living room, we would love to have a fireplace in our less formal family room but alas it isn’t practical. In my typical geekness I wondered if there were any virtual fireplace options available for playback on our big screen. After scouring the net for a while, I did manage to find a few fireplace DVD options, but I couldn’t justify handing out cash for those. While taking a nice retreat day in front of the fire, I set up my Canon Vixia HD Camcorder on a tripod and got 30 minutes of great flames. I’ve put it up on Vimeo in case anyone else is as corny as I am and wants to loop it on their TV…at least it is greener than burning firewood!
This version has no audio, maybe I’ll get the shotgun mic setup for a second version if there is enough demand. Go here to view in HD or to download the MP4 (must be logged in to Vimeo).
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Thanks : ) Now if only I could find firewood scented candles.
can you make another 1 with chestnuts roasting and maybe some smores? Oh and don’t forget the sounds of the fire also.
try iyule.tv!
I need a loop for a fancy dinner I’ll be having with my girlfriend in my basement.
Any way you could get one done with sound before next week?
Heh that’s pretty ingenius. I’ve been seeing alot of plasma TV’s with fireplace screensavers running on them in family rooms – I suppose it’s alittle more economical than remodeling a room!