Re: [videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread RANDY MANN
no dont use tape use a string.tape will leave sticky stuff every wehre . put a small peice of sting on the jack to do the same thing. wehn you get sick of the micky mouse stuff go and get a propeer addaptor. randy On 2/17/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's actually the

[videoblogging] Joost for Mac in Beta

2007-02-18 Thread Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
Noted on BoingBoing: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/17/now_in_beta_intel_ma.html Links here: http://www.joost.com/betatest/ A quick review here by Bryan Wyrick: http://blog.brianwyrick.com/?p=7 Any Joosters try the Mac version? I know Windows folks have been playing with it for a while.

[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Cammack
I can go for Randy's solution, since I would personally never do either one (tape or string). Whatever you can use that causes the least mess and gets the job done. The bottom line is that that can't be the solution, or else there should be recalls and free shipping for every single person who

[videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, brian conley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning I discovered that the work of one of my projects, Alive in Baghdad, had been posted on the front page of http://ourmedia.com. (I have enclosed a screen capture for your reference.) Not only did noone

[videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread Steve Watkins
Greetings, Interesting stuff. Heres my personal take on this: Using Creative Commons means that people certainly dont have any obligation to contact you first in order to fully redistribute (including re-host) your work, or make derivative works from parts of your show. Under the terms of the

[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Cammack
Here's the video... she neglected to mention you by name. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWIY_C7XUw --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A) Did you get your 10%? :D B) Next time mention YOUR OWN SHOW! :D --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread Jay dedman
I think it's an interesting topic that Brian's raised here. The obligation is attribution and whatever else, but attribution doesn't necessarily mean that the content creator received notice of that attribution. It also doesn't mean that the creator has APPROVAL over the use of their

[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
Hal Take a look at the plug. Is there one or two Bands below the tip? Post the link and any details/links to your mics, cables, and the plug you are using. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Photo-audiojacks.jpg What might be happening is that your camera is stereo but the mini plug is mono.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: SXSW

2007-02-18 Thread Brett Gaylor
I'm doing a panel called Open Knowledge vs Closed Knowledge on Tuesday the 13th. Can't wait! Brett --- Brett Gaylor http://www.etherworks.ca http://www.homelessnation.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's an interesting topic that Brian's raised here. The obligation is attribution and whatever else, but attribution doesn't necessarily mean that the content creator received notice of that

Re: [videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread Halcyon
interesting. The included adaptor has 2 bandsmaybe I can find a mono adapter and see if that works. the included 2.5mm - 3.5mm adaptor cable: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/394257604_63f4841808.jpg and short video of me talking with the plug pulled out a little:

[videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam

2007-02-18 Thread sull
Anyone use MyBlogLog.com? Are you having sudden spamming issues... splogs and bogus friend requests? I am. -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-18 Thread groups-yahoo-com
Very cool. Is anyone keeping track of vloggers and podcasters crossing over to broadcast radio or TV? I'm going to start a before they were famous or cross-overs guide on mefeedia. So far I just have Brookers, and LisaNova but I'm trying to think of any others. Dawn and Drew? Madge Winestien?

[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Cammack
From that video you made, it looks like you're using a mono mic. The specs of the camera say that it has a stereo input. If that's the case, the number of rings on the end of your mic is going to be different from the number of rings on the plug that goes into the camera. Basically, you want

Re: [videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam

2007-02-18 Thread Sanford Dickert
I am - and I am getting an increase in spam - thought it was just seasonal. On 18 Feb 2007, at 13:34, sull wrote: Anyone use MyBlogLog.com? Are you having sudden spamming issues... splogs and bogus friend requests? I am. -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project)

[videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread Steve Watkins
Great post Bill. I used google cache to see what the ourmedia page was like before it got changed. Because there is no mention of re-vlogging anywhere on ourmedia that I can see, and the site's historical emphasis has been on content uploaded by its members hosted at archive.org, I certainly do

[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-18 Thread Steve Watkins
Im not keeping track deliberately but off the top of my head: KarmaBanque got a deal with Al Jazeera English to make some videos for broadcast on TV. Clive James who is an Australian famous in Britain for many years in the mainstream media, now does stuff online, though I dont know if his videos

[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-18 Thread Steve Watkins
And, at least from an international point of view, Im perhaps more interested in those who 'make it' and dont cross-over. If Ask a Ninja signed some TV deal, what good is that to me in the UK? That means at best I can watch their stuff months later if its picked up by a uk tv network? Wheras Ask

[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
If that is the case and your mic's connectors/plugs are mono http://www.musik-schmidt.de/osc-schmidt/catalog/images/Die_Hard_Adapter_Mono_Mini_Klinkenbuchsen_Stereo_Mini_Klinkenstecker.jpg Radio Shack used to have these. I think Mono was Black moulded plastic (stereo mini - 2 mono mini L-R)

[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-18 Thread Kent Nichols
Yeah it's a good point. But also consider that the advertising deals Ask A Ninja has dealt with to this point have all paid us only for US views. They don't really care about the numbers internationally. I'm sure some clever tech person will develop a system that will dynamically insert the

[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
My mistake, I left a link out: http://secure.netsolhost.com/517570.528225/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYStore_Code=NAOFVCategory_Code=CAMSND For the future and pre planning for audio on location. A little late when trying to correct problems. Hope it will be of help.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FireAnt.tv video thumbnails

2007-02-18 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 10.02.2007 kl. 02:10 skrev Frank Carver [EMAIL PROTECTED]: a href='mythunbnail.jpg' rel='thumbnail'img src='mythumbnail.jpg'//a Then it will show fine in browsers, be XHTML compliant, and easy to scrape while generating a feed. Thoughts? Doesn't work in the real world. People use

[videoblogging] Video Blog File Type Recommendation Request

2007-02-18 Thread Giovanni Gallucci
OK...I bow before the video masters. Simple question ­ What does the videoblogging group members recommend when it comes to video file-type for a video blog. I am doing post production on a Mac with a combination of iMovieHD and FinalCut Express. I am considering .mov, .mp4, and .m4v. I have

[videoblogging] Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)

2007-02-18 Thread jsmooth995
Hello hello, been lurking for a while now and gleaned lots of insight from you all (my first little forays into video are here: http://illdoctrine.blip.tv/). I want to pick up a second camera that's easier to carry around, and after reading up here and elsewhere I'm looking at the Elura 100 and

[videoblogging] Re: What really traps new talent (and it's not the gatekeepers)

2007-02-18 Thread humancloner1997
Bill Cammack's advice to become an editor reflects a truism about the arts in general. The technicians generally earn a living and/or prosper while the artists would-be stars starve. This was the biggest discovery I made while hustling Hollywood Blvd one summer in the late 1950s. The

[videoblogging] Moving on to other podcasting ventures, selling old domains

2007-02-18 Thread Jacek Artymiak
I'm moving on to other podcasting ventures and getting rid of these domains: vlogger.pl: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=130081595534 podcasting.pl and other 7 domains: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=130081547263 -- Jacek Artymiak

[videoblogging] Re: Joost for Mac in Beta

2007-02-18 Thread Dee Copeland
I'm getting started in video blogging and would like to test the platform for Mac as well. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ryan Kawailani Ozawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Noted on BoingBoing: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/17/now_in_beta_intel_ma.html Links here:

[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Cammack
Checked out your videos. Entertaining. :) Depending on what you're trying to do, you might consider getting a digital still camera that also shoots video. I picked up the Samsung NV3, though it's unreliable sound-wise. Another option is the Sony W-70 for ~ the same price or the Sony W-100 for

[videoblogging] Re: Video Blog File Type Recommendation Request

2007-02-18 Thread David Howell
This is my personal preference for video file formats. I am by far not an expert, master or authority on this though. For the best quality and size, I prefer h.264 encoded .mov files. For the best distribution, probably Flash format. I use Final Cut Express HD to do all my editing. David

[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-18 Thread humancloner1997
Maybe you could wind some sewing thread around it and/or find s rubber washer that would keep it sitting right in the plug. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Hoboken, NJ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Halcyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ohmygoodnesss I found something on dvinfo.net. (below)

[videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread humancloner1997
I understand Brian's objection to how his AIB has been revlogged as if he was part of OurMedia and with a misleading political slant given his video via choice of thumbnail a quote taken out of context. I have to admit being technically challenged here. I am just starting to study linking.

[videoblogging] Boston Globe Article is Online

2007-02-18 Thread Darren Winkler Darren Scott
Hey group! Here is the link to the article in the Boston Globe that I told you about last week where I was interviewed regarding the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Bomb Scare in Boston. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBcriyqJeg You can also view the Blog here:

[videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread Darren Winkler Darren Scott
This is a very interesting thread to me in that I am a member of Our Media yet have found myself taking issue with the moderators of the site many times in the past. I have been what they call a guest editor and was charged with providing the links on the home page of Our Media and I can say

Re: [videoblogging] Re: OurMedia, Whose Media? Concerns with CC licenses...

2007-02-18 Thread Jan McLaughlin
One thing about blogging is that you can present your case - and I think AiB should do so - using the blogtools available. A great chance to speak to their mission / purpose. Make it part of the AiB blog. The screenshot. Parts of this discussion. I'd be delighted to vlog it. Jan On 2/18/07,

[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)

2007-02-18 Thread amani_c
What up Jay welcome! I can't offer a comparison, but I've been using to Elura 100 for a lot of my v-blog episodes, and I have no complaints. Its a very affordable camera, it takes great pictures (for a 1 chipper), it has a mic imput which is a must if you're doing any interviews, and it

[videoblogging] Re: Boston Globe Article is Online

2007-02-18 Thread Darren Winkler Darren Scott
Hey gang... I posted the wrong link to the Boston Globe story... Here is the correct URL to the article: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/18/sound_the_alarm/ Thanks, Darren W The Driving Blogger --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Darren Winkler Darren Scott [EMAIL

Re: [videoblogging] Joost for Mac in Beta

2007-02-18 Thread T Shey
I downloaded and played with it a bit last night, we have a few beta testing accounts via our company. The video quality was pretty impressive over my wifi connection... froze up once or twice but in general videos started playing pretty quickly and looked pretty sharp and smooth. It beats any

Re: [videoblogging] Joost for Mac in Beta

2007-02-18 Thread tim
Leme hold one of dem tokens. Please. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -Original Message- From: T Shey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:06:30 To:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Joost for Mac in Beta I downloaded and played with it a bit

Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-18 Thread Harold Johnson
A) Not even 1% B) I would have IF I HAD ONE! :D Since posting this info. to this group, I've since discovered that LisaNova (real name Lisa Donovan) previously auditioned for MadTV, but was rejected until recently. Still don't know if my reminder had any influence at all on her hiring, but you

[videoblogging] a gentle suggestion

2007-02-18 Thread Deirdre Straughan
...for those of you who run blogs. I'm 44 years old. I've been horribly near-sighted since I was a kid, and now my close-up vision is going as well - it's getting harder and harder for me to read small type. For some reason, the default font size on every blog theme I've seen is tiny. I'm