[videoblogging] Re: Timelapse software?

2007-04-14 Thread Brad Hood
I like my Xacti! I expect you are looking for a Windows solution? I would use MP4Cam2Avi to make mp4 into avi. Then I'd import into Virtualdub and fiddle with the framerate settings. I have not needed to do this, but I'm confident it will work. You can export frames as well as AVI files. Good

Re: [videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread sull
I actually ended up stopping by this site a few days ago. I think it was mentioned in some article i read. Funny thing is, they have the exact same tagline as one of the sites I worked on. But yeah, they are giving you attribution but they are definately re-hosting a newly transcoded flv file:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread David Meade
They seem to be giving attribution and providing direct download links to the original file ... downloads will hit blip for stats and links will hit feedburner and what not ... but the transcoding still bugs me. I wonder why these sites are so determined to eat up their own hosting/bandwidth

Re: [videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread sull
I think its in part because they want to assure all videos on their site are flash in order to avoid playback issues with users... and also it provides them with some deeper viewing stats as well. They are using on2 flix http://on2.com/technology/flix-features/ They are using their bandwidth.

Re: [videoblogging] pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage
In the gold rushes the people who got rich were the ones selling pans and shovels, not the panners. People who are out to make a buck on the back of another will always be able find a way to do that. I don't respect them, but I accept them. Like I accept the existence of bacteria in my

[videoblogging] Saturday April 14th 2007 FlashMeeting

2007-04-14 Thread Enric
This Saturday, 4/14/07, FlashMeeting is about to happen. The time for entry is 10am - noon PST USA, 1pm - 3pm EST USA, 17:00-19:00 GMT. Enter through this link: http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/fm/f27ca7-8054 You may also check the FlashMeeting page at http://flashmeeting.cirne.com for future and

Re: [videoblogging] pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Blip's ads do not play through. That's a factor... Jan On 4/14/07, Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the gold rushes the people who got rich were the ones selling pans and shovels, not the panners. People who are out to make a buck on the back of another will always be

[videoblogging] when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Daryl Urig
when posting a podcast wich format should I use? .swf quicktime ipod converted file apple tv format? other? How can I convert a swf file to these formats? thanks

Re: [videoblogging] pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread Steve Garfield
I blogged about it here: http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2007/03/mike-hudacks-rules-for- video-sharing.html or http://tinyurl.com/2pvyg9 And posted their initial response: Update from Pyro.tv via Roxanne: I understand the importance of tracking views and data. We will be soon releasing

[videoblogging] Re: Our Apple TV Settings

2007-04-14 Thread Chumley
Speaking of settings, Does anyone know of a program (on PC) that allows bitrate manipulation of h.264 codec MP4s in 640x480? I have quicktime pro but you cant go 640x480 AND manipulate bitrate that I can figure out because they don't have simple profile yet just base. Rev. Chumley

[videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Gena
You have to think about the people who are coming to your site. The majority will be Windows users. However, you will also have Mac and Linux users as well. You also have to decide on the video quality and portability issues, i.e. do you want folks to download/share. Not all of your viewers will

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Our Apple TV Settings

2007-04-14 Thread David Meade
Hmm, I seem to be able to do it ok in QT Pro on my PC. (There is a settings button where you can set all the h.264 settings, but you have to then click an entirely different size button to set the size). I'll try to create a video w/ these settings on my PC today and out it online somewhere. On

Re: [videoblogging] pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread ryanne hodson
i also got a response from them saying what sull had said that they transcode so it's a more reliable playback experience... Ryanne - I'll have your channel removed as soon as possible. Just an FYI, I understand that transcoding and hosting is an issue, but we decided to go ahead with it because

Re: [videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 14.04.2007 kl. 16:40 skrev Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would not consider an .avi which is an older codec, lesser quality and is a huge honking sized file. The Apple TV format is so new that there is no bases of users. You can be one of the first but how many people have an Apple TV? AVI

[videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Daryl Urig
thank you, If I chose to go with .swf would that work for Apple TV, ipod and most everything necessary for podcast? Otherwise, how can I convert a .swf to quicktime? Daryl --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have to think about the people who are coming to your

[videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread caroosky
.swf files are actually flash video or flash animation files, exported with player code so that it is viewable in the browser using Flash Player. .swf also allows for some interactivity, with clickable hyperlinks, jumping around in the video or animation, etc. As an ouput for video I dislike it

[videoblogging] Re: MasamiBillShow

2007-04-14 Thread Bill Cammack
MasamiBillShow has been translated into Japanese and Haitian Creole: http://dotsub.com/films/masamibillshow001/index.php Join dotsub.com if you'd like to add other languages. -- Bill C. http://BillCammack.com --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MasamiBillShow

[videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Daryl Urig
well, you have hit on a couple of my concerns. When I export out of flash as a quicktime movie I loose the sound track of the imported and embeded quicktime movie. Any ideas why this is happening? Some may not know this, but you can publish quicktime, but the export quicktime video is a

[videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread caroosky
Long live blip.tv. I agree, their strategy of offering the flv permalink sets them apart in a world of vieo hosting options. And with that single link, we videobloggers have a whole host of other fun things we can do with our content. (This has been an unpaid and sincerely honest endorsement.)

[videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread caroosky
Then what about magnify.net? I haven't looked closely at how they aggregate videos...can anyone enlighten me? Carter CrowdAbout.us --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I blogged about it here: http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2007/03/mike-hudacks-rules-for-

Re: [videoblogging] imovie and flash - where did sound track go?

2007-04-14 Thread Rupert
Daryl Just checking in for a second and no chance to test, but see: http://tinyurl.com/2nqbj3 Which is the Flash 8 Documentation file: Using Flash Publishing Publishing Flash documents Specifying publish settings for QuickTime videos Particularly this paragraph: Select Streaming Sound to

[videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread Kent Nichols
We had our stuff removed last month and we're working through partners to get them to realize that reencoding is not cool. -K --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], ryanne hodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i also got a response from them saying what sull had said that they transcode so it's a more reliable

[videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread caroosky
I had so many issues with swf, I quit using them altogether, so I'm pulling this out of ancient history... Quicktime and swf are intermingled somehow. I think quicktime uses an swf in the quicktime wrapper when making things clickable in the video. Or something. Someone, please feel free to

[videoblogging] Re: Our Apple TV Settings

2007-04-14 Thread Chumley
Hey David, Thanks for looking into that, oh but let me clarify. I need the resulting MP4 with h.264 codec to be 640x480 and iPod compatable. I could of course use the m4v export to ipod option but my show is very very long (usually 1 hour 30 mins)and the straight export make the file size WAY

Re: [videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 14.04.2007 kl. 19:06 skrev caroosky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: intermingled somehow. I think quicktime uses an swf in the quicktime wrapper when making things clickable in the video. Or something. No. -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen URL: http://www.solitude.dk/

[videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Daryl Urig
I took the original quicktime movie i had, and stripped out the sound track using Sound Studio, a nice cheap sound editing program. Then I imported the seperate sound track into flash and exported it is a QuickTime Video. That worked. The quicktime now has he audio. With the sound track, a

[videoblogging] vlog flash meeting in progress

2007-04-14 Thread Heath
join us!

[videoblogging] Re: when posting a podcast wich format should I use?

2007-04-14 Thread Daryl Urig
I took the original quicktime movie i had, and stripped out the sound track using Sound Studio, a nice cheap sound editing program. Then I imported the seperate sound track into flash and exported it is a QuickTime Video. That worked. The quicktime now has he audio. With the sound track, a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Our Apple TV Settings

2007-04-14 Thread David Meade
hmm Im not sure I understand. Do you not see the limit bitrate option in the h.264 settings? Or are you saying that regarless of the bitrate settings the standard h.264 codec in windows QTPro cant be ipod compatabe? I've not done alot of testing ... just been clicking around in the options

[videoblogging] This Monday, San Francisco Concert to Celebrate my Release from Jail

2007-04-14 Thread Josh Wolf
Hey Everyone, just wanted to let all you bay area people know about the concert we'll be having this Monday night at the Brava Theatre to celebrate my release. David Rovics will be performing as will Emcee Lynx w/ Beltaines Fire, and also the Molotov Mouths. For more information, e-mail me or

[videoblogging] Lifecasting

2007-04-14 Thread Enric
Now Scoble: http://www.ustream.tv/watch/channel/n6m2nBTlCbmJHPL0,I51JQ

[videoblogging] NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Casey McKinnon
In Canada, the CRTC is the equivalent to the FCC (in the US), so this is TERRIBLE NEWS: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/04/13/crtc-review.html The CRTC are the creators of a crappy thing called CanCon (Canadian Content) which forces broadcasters to play a large percentage of Canadian

[videoblogging] Re: Vonnegut's Advice To Videomakers

2007-04-14 Thread mcmpress
http://videopancakes.blogspot.com/2007/04/awful-things.html http://videopancakes.blogspot.com/2007/04/awful-things.html --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kent Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was really advice to Short Story authors, but i think it also applies to thos of us that are striving to

[videoblogging] Re: NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Steve Watkins
Its good to be concerned about this stuff, thanks for posting about it. Luckily I dont think its quite as bad as it sounds. Ive read the following very boring document to get some detail on what they might be looking at exactly: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2007/n2007-5.htm You are

Re: [videoblogging] NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Rupert
I'm hoping to move to Canada next year, so this makes my buttocks tighten even more. I don't see how they could regulate it in the same way, but time to organize and make your/our voices heard right now, I guess. Rupert http://twittervlog.blogspot.com/ http://www.twitter.com/ruperthowe/ On

[videoblogging] Re: Our Apple TV Settings

2007-04-14 Thread Steve Watkins
I think the confusion centres around this bit I have quicktime pro but you cant go 640x480 AND manipulate bitrate that I can figure out because they don't have simple profile yet just base Unless something has changed recently and Im out of date, it is baseline profile that you want to select to

[videoblogging] Re: NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Casey McKinnon
I created a Facebook group called Canadians for New Media Freedom here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2319008732 In all honesty, I don't care about trying to highlight Canadian voices... I believe you'll find your audience if people like you, so why force Canadian content on Canadians?

[videoblogging] Re: NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Steve Watkins
Oh I do agree that it could be a foot in the door. Its just really unclear how far that sort of censorship will go on the internet in the future, by any country. Do you know specifically what current regulation would prevent sexually suggestive or ass-rape jokes from being done by you if they

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Rupert
That's absolutely my concern, too. And even if your content isn't censored as such, I'd be worried that you'd be subject to bureaucratic bullshit - having to get your content Rated, forcing users to confirm they're over a certain age, confirming the %age of your production team and

[videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-14 Thread Steve Watkins
By reencoding footage they are on extremely rocky legal ground. They are actively redistributing content, and so they absolutely must adhere to peoples license. They cant try and wriggle around in the grey area that some who only embed videos have over this issue in the past. They are also most

[videoblogging] Re: NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Steve Watkins
From my limited knowledge as an outsider, Candas style of legislation looks to me like a cross between the wider EU way of doing things, some stuff that seems quite a bit stronger, similar to France and their sense of strong promotion of one national culture by government. with the close

[videoblogging] Re: NOOOOOOO!!!!

2007-04-14 Thread Steve Watkins
Oops sorry I didnt mean to typo Canada. Found an article from some years back when there was some focus on much the same issue: http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-CRTC---the-Internet--Forbidden-Domain/176409 Im not sure Id agree with its use of that strange child pron case judgement as

[videoblogging] The Spirit Moves Me

2007-04-14 Thread Shannon Noble
I don't understand myself at times. I posted two pieces at once. Excuse me. I apologize for stepping up like this. I have no idea what's come over me. Probably the free Jamba Juice coupon I got in the mail today. http://x.nnon.tv/reasonable_illusions/2007/04/merry_go_round.html

[videoblogging] Re: Our Apple TV Settings

2007-04-14 Thread Chumley
Baseline works fine in h.264 320x240 for ipods, but baseline profile in 640x480 h.264 is not ipod compatable at any bitrate. In order for it to be ipod compatable at 640x480 it has to be in the new Simple h.264 profile. I've tried every bitrate I can think of in h.264 with baseline profile but