[videoblogging] Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Heath
I was just curious what people thought about the file sizes of their video's or the video's that they subscribe too, download, etc. Do you look at the file size often, does it matter if it's big or not? by big I say over 50 mb. I know some of the size of your video file is dependent on how

[videoblogging] TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread johnleeke
Have you had any experience with trafficgeyser.com It is a service with a monthly fee to get your videos at the top of Google results. John Leeke www.HistoricHomeWorks.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: QuckTime 7.4 and FCP 4.5HD Disaster

2008-02-04 Thread John Oeffinger
I have had no problem with QT 7.4...but maybe that's because I am running Leopard and FCP 5.1. While I have not upgraded the FCP suite to the latest version, I have experienced no problems with either QT or FCP for a long time. I would also disagree with the statement that Apple's service

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-04 Thread Mike Meiser
comments below On Feb 4, 2008 6:58 AM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So Jay, is this an offer to develop it? I would be very happy to contribute feedback, design, CSS, light coding / anything I can just as long as it's either a) open source, or b) I have some stake in the entity

[videoblogging] Re: QuckTime 7.4 and FCP 4.5HD Disaster

2008-02-04 Thread Bill Cammack
Thanks for the warning. I'm using Quicktime 7.3. I also did NOT upgrade to Leopard. It's important to understand that these groups don't work together. For instance, when they come out with a quicktime upgrade, they don't check through every single possiblity of what could happen with Final

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Heath
Rural areas are a concern, I would agree, but again, you can only compress so much and sometimes you are fighting goverment regulation as in the case of china, so I am not sure what can be done about situations like that. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Jim Kukral
Make good videos. people will watch. Use service to get people to watch your videos is the absolute wrong way to go about it. Jim Kukral From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Iliya Krempeaux Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 2:05 PM To:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-04 Thread Mike Meiser
I think it would need someone who can develop it to do a protype of the idea in it's most simple form, a proof of concept. -Mike On Feb 4, 2008 11:42 AM, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldnt say it is that easy, a really intuitive system will need more thought in this area than

Re: [videoblogging] Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Michael Verdi
Let me see if I can give you a useful answer... In the US, at least at the moment, most people have broadband connections without monthly dowmload limits. So the size of the file is less of a concern especially if people are using aggregators like iTunes or Miro to download video. Where it

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Sure...because nobody ever made good videos but suffered from a lack of promotion. Making good videos and assuming the world will beat a path to your door is like opening a restaurant without advertising it. Good food or not, nobody knows you're there. -- Rhett.

Re: [videoblogging] Forms for music usage?

2008-02-04 Thread Ron Watson
Does anybody have some standardized text for a release form? I'm just going to go with the WP Release form plugin and need some legalese to plug in there. I will be dealing with small, local bands, and feel comfortable with this kind of arrangement, but I definitely need some better legalese

[videoblogging] Re: Feeling vindictive...me too goddamnit

2008-02-04 Thread Chris
I know that feeling, Irina. At this point, I'm pretty much the spokesperson for public transit in L.A. The project I just started is out in Reseda (I'm in North Hollywood), which means a 45 minute bus ride and 20 minutes of walking there, and the same back. Thankfully, my actors this time have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-04 Thread Jay dedman
So Jay, is this an offer to develop it? I would be very happy to contribute feedback, design, CSS, light coding / anything I can just as long as it's either a) open source, or b) I have some stake in the entity building it. I'm just sick of helping unappreciative companies / people build

Re: [videoblogging] Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Unless you only care about rich people in large urban metro areas, then yes, file sizes do matter. - Andreas Den 04.02.2008 kl. 09:44 skrev Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I was just curious what people thought about the file sizes of their video's or the video's that they subscribe too, download,

[videoblogging] Forms for music usage?

2008-02-04 Thread Ron Watson
Hey everybody, I was wondering if any of you could point me in the direction of a good, simple permission form for music usage for our videoblog and also for public access TV. Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Jim Kukral
The point I was trying to make was. If you make good videos, people will watch. But yeah, you do need promotion. However, finding a tool that will help people find your videos sounds bit spammy and wrong. Tubemogul just helps you get them up, and now gives you some extra non spammy ways to

Re: [videoblogging] QuckTime 7.4 and FCP 4.5HD Disaster

2008-02-04 Thread Brook Hinton
7.4 also breaks renders over 10 minutes long (that's rendering time, not project time) in After Effects, and misc. problems have been reported with pre-FCPStudio2 Apple Pro products as well, though its the After Effects problem that is significant. Workaround if you already upgraded is to install

[videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-04 Thread Steve Watkins
I wouldnt say it is that easy, a really intuitive system will need more thought in this area than we normally see. Sure, at its most basic its not that hard, but Id sure like to see some attempts to experiment more with how multiple videos are presented visually, see if there is room to

Re: [videoblogging] Forms for music usage?

2008-02-04 Thread Kathryn Jones
hey ron! I am happy to forward you the release I used for my postcast question of the week, it was a man on the street interview show and I got clearance for everyone... just want to stress that a lawyer did not write it, I cobbled together a template I bought and a few releases I found,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Charles Iliya Krempeaux
I don't know.. I think making good videos is definitely necessary... but you still need to get people to come to your site somehow. SEO can help get them there. (Of course once they're there, your _good_ videos will hopefully keep them coming back.) Not that SEO is the only strategy for

Re: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Charles Iliya Krempeaux
From what I've heard of TubeMogul, it seem like a useful service But does TubeMogul provide SEO services?... which is what I think John was after (when asking about trafficgeyser.com). (My guess is he wants to get people to his site to watch his videos... rather than pushing his videos to

[videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread marotblat
I don't have first hand experience with traffic geyser's subscription service, but I do know about TubeMogul's free service (I'm part of the founding team). We now also have a subscription service for corporate users. TubeMogul allows you to distribute to the top sites, which also gives you the

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Jake Ludington
I don't think SEO will get you video views. but it can get people to your site. (Whether they stay there or and whether they watch you videos is another question.) 10 ways to get more people to your show without paying anyone for SEO: 1) Be Interesting. If you're boring, no one will link

Re: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Richard Amirault
- Original Message - From: Jake Ludington (snip) The big secret for video bloggers who want to rank well in Google is you need to be willing to write text - Google is still a text based search engine. If you can't be bothered to write something descriptive, you will languish in search

Re: [videoblogging] Forms for music usage?

2008-02-04 Thread Ron Watson
Thanks Kathryn! Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Feb 4, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Kathryn Jones wrote: hey ron! I am happy to forward you the release I used for my postcast question of the week, it was a man on the

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Jake Ludington
I've investigated that .. and it's beyond me .. but, currently, that page shows up on the first page of a Google search .. good enough for now. I apologize for my post - I had the mistaken impression that you were attempting to get more traffic. As for not liking QuickTime - I don't really

[videoblogging] May be of interest to some here

2008-02-04 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
Call For Entries Issued for Filmmakers, Television Producers and Videographers by International Awards Competition, The Accolade Deadline: February 15 Information: www.TheAccolade.net Now in its sixth year, top-tier, international awards competition, The Accolade, announces its Call For

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-04 Thread Charles Iliya Krempeaux
I would be nice if, for example, each WordPress (or Show in a Box) based video blog had a plugin that could show the entire threaded convo itself. That way you could see the convo no matter which video blog you were on. -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Motorsport Videos

Re: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Charles Iliya Krempeaux
I don't think SEO will get you video views. but it can get people to your site. (Whether they stay there or and whether they watch you videos is another question.) -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Motorsport Videos http://TireBiterZ.com/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging

Re: [videoblogging] Updated Video Comments plug-in: version 1.2

2008-02-04 Thread Sull
Hey David, Thoughts on spam issues with plugins like this? Can it hook into Wordpress Aksimet? Nice work. Sull On Feb 4, 2008 5:01 PM, David Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all - Based on some initial playing around with the video comment plugin for wordpress, I've updated the

Re: [videoblogging] Updated Video Comments plug-in: version 1.2

2008-02-04 Thread David Meade
as far as I understand it, this should work with the moderation system and plugins like akismet. (If that's not the case let me know). The video fields get saved to the database once the actual comment does, so if you have some sort of pre-screen check (captcha or something) it should work fine

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-04 Thread Sull
obviously of interest http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2008/02/urls-are-people-too.html On Feb 4, 2008 1:40 PM, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it would need someone who can develop it to do a protype of the idea in it's most simple form, a proof of concept.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Richard Amirault
- Original Message - From: Jake Ludington Not to pick on you, but both of those sites are horrible from an SEO perspective. :) You lost me with SEO Each of those video posts you have should live on an individual page, with an appropriate title. For instance, create a separate page

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Jake Ludington
My experience with Google is that it does not matter what text you have on your site .. if no one is linked to your site Google will not list your site in ANY position. The more folks who link to your site the higher you will rank. http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org Not to pick

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Heath
I completly agree on having choices, that's part of why I offer a windows file as well as a flash, the issue I am having at the moment, is that in Vegas you can now export to Ipod right out of vegas, saving me time as I now longer have to create an avi then use quicktime pro. But in vegas you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for people to invite to Vlog Europe '08

2008-02-04 Thread Roxanne Darling
Thanks Jeffrey; I am officially watching and this will help me remember as I get RSS from my Upcoming events. :-) Rox On Feb 3, 2008 1:16 PM, beth_tilston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Invite me, then I'll feel special and will probably come. Maybe I'll have converted some people via Node

Re: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Richard Amirault
- Original Message - From: Jake Ludington I apologize for my post - I had the mistaken impression that you were attempting to get more traffic. The original poster may have .. I was making a comment on my experience with Google. To further explain: I have a friend who I wrote a

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Chumley
Matter in what sense? Largest possible audience? Probably, but I've been doing HUGE files since 05 and havn't had any problems growing an audience. As a general rule my shows are a hour and a half long (movie and host segments). Now I have spent a long time trying to perfect my compression, but

Re: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Charles Iliya Krempeaux
There's also the Google Sandbox... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_Effect You're put under a waiting period before being listed. Although having people link to you can help you get out of the sandbox. See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Motorsport Videos

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread Jake Ludington
To further explain: I have a friend who I wrote a webpage for: http://halkoltinshow.com and then I submitted this page to Google and various other search engines .. and I waited .. and waited .. for months .. with zip for results. For better results in the future - the domain is actually

[videoblogging] Updated Video Comments plug-in: version 1.2

2008-02-04 Thread David Meade
Hi all - Based on some initial playing around with the video comment plugin for wordpress, I've updated the plugin to version 1.2. You can download the latest version at http://www.davidmeade.com/wordpress-plugins#videoComments Feel free to test/play-around at:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Michael Verdi
On Feb 4, 2008 5:14 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But this does lead to another question, how many people are watching the videos on site and how many download and watch on their portable? Anybody know of any studies on that? Good question. I think the vast majority of people are

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Steve Watkins
I have been inspired by this video: http://www.flashvideofactory.com/test/DEMO720_Heima_H264_500K.html So that video is 1280x720 25fps but the bitrate is only 500K :) So that video which is naerly 4 minutes long, is only 15.5MB in size, but 720p resolution :) In not sure which encoder

Re: [videoblogging] Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Adrian Miles
On 05/02/2008, at 1:44 AM, Heath wrote: It seemed in the begining, shorter and smaller was better, but is that changing at all? I mean with the push towards HD, with being able to view content on the TV, etc, it just seems like its all a part of the evolution...or is it? hi Heath

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Rambos Locker
Steve, the quality at that size is incredible. I’ve played around with Divx in SD footage and got my best results, but nothing like that. Outputting the best quality from the Cam still seems to be the key to stunning video. Cheers Rambo HYPERLINK

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-04 Thread Adrian Miles
On 02/02/2008, at 8:53 PM, Jay dedman wrote: when you start talking like tis Adrian, you lose me. I am understanding the concepts of video commenting and following the threads. im in. fair enough. lose myself too. I'll think through and try to make a QT mockup to explain what I mean.