[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Thanks for the compliments Brook :) You are no slouch in this. You are creating wonderful videos yourself! It appears that the NaVloPoMo'vians are all breaking out of those molds and experimenting with new things. Here is something that I find troublesome... There are so many fantastic videos being created for navlopomo and the majority of them are being hosted on Blip. I just went to the Blip front page and I see not a mention of any NaVloPoMo videos on the front page. Nothing. I see that Cooking with Jack Black is a hit though. Wow. Really...just...wow. It saddens me that Blip has gone the way of promoting Internet TV as their base and bypassed the independent videobloggers who, were really the ones that got them the attention when they first started up. Oh sure, occasionally Blip will feature a non internet television creator. The ratio is very lopsided though. I'm sorry Blip. I really don't want to point fingers at you but...you are the ones that host my videos. I chose you then because I believed in what you were doing...back then. I'm troubled with what you've become. Alas, I guess you have to follow the money or promote where the money may be. So, when we, the Independents have been tossed to the side in favor of shows and internet tv, posts like yours Brook inspire me to continue promoting the people who do this fantastic creative work and push the boundaries. Yes, everyone, please check out the amazing things that people are doing for NaVloPoMo. http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers A video posted every day of this month. 30 videos from each person involved. That's a massive amount of content. Personal content! Let's see an Internet TV show try and do that. Subscribe to the people. Get to know the people. Befriend the people. Support the people. I remember back when videoblogging was all about the people. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having just watched a David Howell navlopomo post that sent shivers down my spine, I have to come here and say: people are posting some of their best work EVER for this project. If you're not following it you really should. I'm only able to keep up with about 20% of the posts at most in real time but I'm looking forward to eventually catching up with all of them, because this is an AMAZING surge of creativity. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
Re: [videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Even though most of the shows on their front page could be labeled internet tv, that doesn't make them any less independent than your personal vlog, or Rupert's, or Schlomo's, or mine. I have Bullemhead.com to show my friends (like you) things from my life, things that catch my eye or ear. I don't care if only a handful of people see it, as long as it's the right handful. Wreck Salvage was born from a desire to share our work with a greater audience. We don't have any funding, corporate or otherwise. So how is our show less independent than a personal vlog? Not trying to start shit, just interested in your reasoning. Have you or anyone emailed the blip folks about promoting the NaVloPoMo? I'm sure they are open to suggestions, as that's pretty much been their M.O. from day one. You catch more flies with honey, etc. AQ On 11/6/07, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the compliments Brook :) You are no slouch in this. You are creating wonderful videos yourself! It appears that the NaVloPoMo'vians are all breaking out of those molds and experimenting with new things. Here is something that I find troublesome... There are so many fantastic videos being created for navlopomo and the majority of them are being hosted on Blip. I just went to the Blip front page and I see not a mention of any NaVloPoMo videos on the front page. Nothing. I see that Cooking with Jack Black is a hit though. Wow. Really...just...wow. It saddens me that Blip has gone the way of promoting Internet TV as their base and bypassed the independent videobloggers who, were really the ones that got them the attention when they first started up. Oh sure, occasionally Blip will feature a non internet television creator. The ratio is very lopsided though. I'm sorry Blip. I really don't want to point fingers at you but...you are the ones that host my videos. I chose you then because I believed in what you were doing...back then. I'm troubled with what you've become. Alas, I guess you have to follow the money or promote where the money may be. So, when we, the Independents have been tossed to the side in favor of shows and internet tv, posts like yours Brook inspire me to continue promoting the people who do this fantastic creative work and push the boundaries. Yes, everyone, please check out the amazing things that people are doing for NaVloPoMo. http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers A video posted every day of this month. 30 videos from each person involved. That's a massive amount of content. Personal content! Let's see an Internet TV show try and do that. Subscribe to the people. Get to know the people. Befriend the people. Support the people. I remember back when videoblogging was all about the people. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having just watched a David Howell navlopomo post that sent shivers down my spine, I have to come here and say: people are posting some of their best work EVER for this project. If you're not following it you really should. I'm only able to keep up with about 20% of the posts at most in real time but I'm looking forward to eventually catching up with all of them, because this is an AMAZING surge of creativity. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com www.brookhinton.com/temporalab Yahoo! Groups Links -- Adam Quirk Wreck Salvage 551.208.4644 Brooklyn, NY http://wreckandsalvage.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Major Shakeup in Hollywood
Well for me that would boil down to 2 issues. One is what exactly constitutes being a writer. If you just make your show up as you go along, theres no writing involved I guess. Are rough show notes considered writing, or only fullly scripted dialogue etc? The other is whether unions make any sense if you are completely independent and dont work for anybody else. If you dont have anything to negotiate with 3rd parties, dont have a boss, a union would have no function at all? its all so tied to what happens in general with online media, which nobody really knows. If I were looking for a compromise in the current writers strike, it would be to fudge the issue for a few years and have the next contract renewal in not so many years, when its clearer what how much revenue will come from online video. I eman the issue should be a bit more straightforward when we are talking about online shows that are owned by someone and use hired talent to perform various roles, that sort of thing should fit more with current models, and unions should be involved somewhere. But Im not sure the term vlogging will be closely associated with such shows in the longterm, we'll see. As for the idea that people are somehow cheating or being lazy for using lots of writers, well I dont agree with that. Many a fine creative talent has suffered from extreme burnout trying to come up with so much new material. TV has killed the careers of some comedians because of the need for new material all the time, wheras in bygone days of touring your stuff would have a much longer shelflife and could evolve at a saner pace. Cheers Steve Elbows We're vibrating too fast and you know it cant last. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it begs the question if vloggers were in a union, which would it be? Writer's Guild? AFTRA? Is it a case-by-case situation?
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
You are correct. I will email Blip and see if they would promote NaVloPoMo. I dont know if anyone has actually emailed Blip about this? Your advice is well taken. Personally I dont see WS as a show. It's not...hmm...glossy. It's not produced. It's not trying to mimic television. I guess it could be classified as a show but no way would I ever call it Internet TV. I look at the work that you guys are doing coming more from the Independent or alternative side of doing things. With all the so-called shows being created, WS is a breath of fresh air. You arent trying to make a series. I suppose it's all in how one perceives the work that is created. Maybe my perception of what you guys do is wrong? I dont know? David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even though most of the shows on their front page could be labeled internet tv, that doesn't make them any less independent than your personal vlog, or Rupert's, or Schlomo's, or mine. I have Bullemhead.com to show my friends (like you) things from my life, things that catch my eye or ear. I don't care if only a handful of people see it, as long as it's the right handful. Wreck Salvage was born from a desire to share our work with a greater audience. We don't have any funding, corporate or otherwise. So how is our show less independent than a personal vlog? Not trying to start shit, just interested in your reasoning. Have you or anyone emailed the blip folks about promoting the NaVloPoMo? I'm sure they are open to suggestions, as that's pretty much been their M.O. from day one. You catch more flies with honey, etc. AQ On 11/6/07, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the compliments Brook :) You are no slouch in this. You are creating wonderful videos yourself! It appears that the NaVloPoMo'vians are all breaking out of those molds and experimenting with new things. Here is something that I find troublesome... There are so many fantastic videos being created for navlopomo and the majority of them are being hosted on Blip. I just went to the Blip front page and I see not a mention of any NaVloPoMo videos on the front page. Nothing. I see that Cooking with Jack Black is a hit though. Wow. Really...just...wow. It saddens me that Blip has gone the way of promoting Internet TV as their base and bypassed the independent videobloggers who, were really the ones that got them the attention when they first started up. Oh sure, occasionally Blip will feature a non internet television creator. The ratio is very lopsided though. I'm sorry Blip. I really don't want to point fingers at you but...you are the ones that host my videos. I chose you then because I believed in what you were doing...back then. I'm troubled with what you've become. Alas, I guess you have to follow the money or promote where the money may be. So, when we, the Independents have been tossed to the side in favor of shows and internet tv, posts like yours Brook inspire me to continue promoting the people who do this fantastic creative work and push the boundaries. Yes, everyone, please check out the amazing things that people are doing for NaVloPoMo. http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers A video posted every day of this month. 30 videos from each person involved. That's a massive amount of content. Personal content! Let's see an Internet TV show try and do that. Subscribe to the people. Get to know the people. Befriend the people. Support the people. I remember back when videoblogging was all about the people. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton bhinton@ wrote: Having just watched a David Howell navlopomo post that sent shivers down my spine, I have to come here and say: people are posting some of their best work EVER for this project. If you're not following it you really should. I'm only able to keep up with about 20% of the posts at most in real time but I'm looking forward to eventually catching up with all of them, because this is an AMAZING surge of creativity. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com www.brookhinton.com/temporalab Yahoo! Groups Links -- Adam Quirk Wreck Salvage 551.208.4644 Brooklyn, NY http://wreckandsalvage.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Im not so sure the net is going to be much different from distribution methods of the past, when it comes to promotion. Most of the time, nobody in the promotion business has a clue how to promote strange, different, risque things that push the envelope. Its so much easier to promote stuff that has an easier to recognise form. Something like Human Dog could also be considered a show, but only they themselves seemed to know how to promote it. Promotion on the net is the weakest link right now, as best I can tell, and most of the time the viral sical forms of prootion have nothing like the reach of traditional promotion. But have even the relatively great internet companies like blip really gone that far at promotion? Putting stuff on your front page is just the beginning. Oh I see at the other end of the spectrum that the completely rubbish entity I used to spill a lot of venom at, network2,tv, appears to have disappeared up its own promotube. But because they seem to be addicted to positive spin, the message says 'we are upgrading your network2 experience'. Still maybe they are right, I consider nothing to be an upgrade compared to what that guide to internet tv used to be. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct. I will email Blip and see if they would promote NaVloPoMo. I dont know if anyone has actually emailed Blip about this? Your advice is well taken. Personally I dont see WS as a show. It's not...hmm...glossy. It's not produced. It's not trying to mimic television. I guess it could be classified as a show but no way would I ever call it Internet TV. I look at the work that you guys are doing coming more from the Independent or alternative side of doing things. With all the so-called shows being created, WS is a breath of fresh air. You arent trying to make a series. I suppose it's all in how one perceives the work that is created. Maybe my perception of what you guys do is wrong? I dont know? David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage quirk@ wrote: Even though most of the shows on their front page could be labeled internet tv, that doesn't make them any less independent than your personal vlog, or Rupert's, or Schlomo's, or mine. I have Bullemhead.com to show my friends (like you) things from my life, things that catch my eye or ear. I don't care if only a handful of people see it, as long as it's the right handful. Wreck Salvage was born from a desire to share our work with a greater audience. We don't have any funding, corporate or otherwise. So how is our show less independent than a personal vlog? Not trying to start shit, just interested in your reasoning. Have you or anyone emailed the blip folks about promoting the NaVloPoMo? I'm sure they are open to suggestions, as that's pretty much been their M.O. from day one. You catch more flies with honey, etc. AQ On 11/6/07, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Thanks for the compliments Brook :) You are no slouch in this. You are creating wonderful videos yourself! It appears that the NaVloPoMo'vians are all breaking out of those molds and experimenting with new things. Here is something that I find troublesome... There are so many fantastic videos being created for navlopomo and the majority of them are being hosted on Blip. I just went to the Blip front page and I see not a mention of any NaVloPoMo videos on the front page. Nothing. I see that Cooking with Jack Black is a hit though. Wow. Really...just...wow. It saddens me that Blip has gone the way of promoting Internet TV as their base and bypassed the independent videobloggers who, were really the ones that got them the attention when they first started up. Oh sure, occasionally Blip will feature a non internet television creator. The ratio is very lopsided though. I'm sorry Blip. I really don't want to point fingers at you but...you are the ones that host my videos. I chose you then because I believed in what you were doing...back then. I'm troubled with what you've become. Alas, I guess you have to follow the money or promote where the money may be. So, when we, the Independents have been tossed to the side in favor of shows and internet tv, posts like yours Brook inspire me to continue promoting the people who do this fantastic creative work and push the boundaries. Yes, everyone, please check out the amazing things that people are doing for NaVloPoMo. http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers A video posted every day of this month. 30 videos from each person involved. That's a massive amount of content. Personal content! Let's see an Internet TV show try and do that. Subscribe to the people. Get to
[videoblogging] Any fruit on the niche tree?
Some people probably thought the net would change the sorts of things that go mainstream, that it was just rubbish being force-fed to people, and when given more choice they would choose different, en mass. Some thought that 'personal' was where the promised land lay. Others antsed to stick to formulas more similar to existing media, but with some different rules of the game, and more freedom. For others, creating quality community centred around specific niche's seemed like the fertile plains of the future. We'll now years have passed, many people have proved that they got what it takes to make good content of many different types, but in all other aspects it seems reasonable to think there may be a few shattered dreams out there. For sure we've heard of the success stories, although the level of success may not be what was first imagined. Around a year ago the futurehype seemed to reach a peak, and a series of announcements made it feel like a new commercialised era was unfolding. During 2007 I would go as far as to say that this did not turn out to be the case, on a few levels the honeymoon is over and stagnation has set in. But in others the foundans are getting firmer and people are gettting a lot of gratification, either through creating or watching. So, Im rambling, hopign to elicit some conversation on any of these things. As per the title of the thread, I am particularily interested in how many people have managed to carve out a living in a specific niche. More or less people than you think? Still feels like international aspects are untapped, and that most poeple who may be interested, never get to know a site or series of videos exists in the first place, let along stick with it. And I bet that unfortunately, if I took a lot of time to go back through this messageboard and look at every ambitious project that was announced, many will have fallen well short compared to their expectations. Meanwhile on the technology front, the explosion in portable video devices seems to have made relatively little difference to any of the above so far? If I look to any upcoming technological developments to further things, I think there is probably more room for video as part of social networking, and I will be fasinated to see if google's open thingy project somewhat overcomes the 'walled garden' problem with social networking other net services, there could be some amazing possibilities. The right tools on a whole series of loosely connected sites that are tailored around the social aspects of humans, combined with video, could perhaps succeed where vlogging has failed to live up to dreams, or at least those dreams require more humans? Cheers Steve Elbows
[videoblogging] Re: Any fruit on the niche tree?
To clarify my google point at the end, here is my half-baked thoughprocess on this one: One of the things that made vlogging emerge was RSS, which opened the doors not only fo rthe podcast-type viewwer subscription thing, but also for sites and services to work with eachother without rocketscience. So Im just a wondering if the same could be said for google's OpenSocial (http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ ) I mean there are clearly positives about social networks, and although it has many other uses, it could also be used to enable video to be used much more intelligently by large numbers of people, and for content creators social network members to be less reliant on one service, less inside the walled garden, and more where we need to be? A simple example would be that if you make videos about niche subject, they could be very tightly integrated into existing social networking groups of people who are interested in that subject. Your potential audience, already together and making a community, now being intimately connected with your stuff. Any thoughts on this or related stuff? Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I look to any upcoming technological developments to further things, I think there is probably more room for video as part of social networking, and I will be fasinated to see if google's open thingy project somewhat overcomes the 'walled garden' problem with social networking other net services, there could be some amazing possibilities. The right tools on a whole series of loosely connected sites that are tailored around the social aspects of humans, combined with video, could perhaps succeed where vlogging has failed to live up to dreams, or at least those dreams require more humans? Cheers Steve Elbows
[videoblogging] vlog history project
Thought some of you might be interested. This is a 15 minute video that I showed at the Association for Internet Researchers conference - A Brief History of the Video Blog. http://tinyurl.com/29kdp4 I just put together the 4 videos I made previously and posted on the Richard Show. ... Richard -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv
Re: [videoblogging] Re: iTunes Problems
Thanks for this, Rupert. Though I still cant get a couple recent posts to download in iTunes, I erased the rel=enclosures from my latest post and it worked perfectly! Not sure what to do about the Lost Episodes Of Schlomo for my iTunes viewers, but I'm moving on to your new workflow. Thanks!! On Nov 5, 2007 8:15 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schlomo, Feedburner will make an enclosure for the first video file it sees a link to, unless it sees a rel=enclosure element. So when you used to just link to your mov file, it'd turn that into an enclosure that iTunes could see. But now you're copying the Blip copy paste code. And that contains two links to Flash files with rel=enclosures in them. So Feedburner sees that and turns the flv file into the only enclosure for that post, and so iTunes ignores it. If you also had a rel=enclosure in your Quicktime link at the bottom, Feedburner is smart enough to prioritise the mov file over the flv file. So what you need to do is add a rel=enclosure to your Quicktime link. Then Resync your feed totally (the nuclear option) in the Troubleshooting section of Feedburner and you'll be fine. It will prioritize your mov rel=enclosure over the two flv rel=enclosures in the Blip player code. Though you could just delete those, just to be sure. Actually, there's something else you should be aware of. If you copy paste your code immediately, before Blip's had time to do the Flash conversion, the Copy Paste code that they give you links to the original file (Quicktime mov or whatever), with a rel=enclosure. This is what you have on Rabbits and Weddings, which is the only other mov file that's an enclosure in your feed. But if you wait until the Flash conversion is done before copying pasting, you get only the flv files in the Player code, with rel=enclosure in the links, and that's what screws you up. What Blip should really do is either get rid of the rel=enclosure attached to flv files, which hardly anybody wants, or just STOP changing the copy paste code after it's done conversions. It should keep the original file in the copy paste code. It'd still play in a Flash player when clicked, because of a magic little script Blip puts in there that tells it to play the flv file if one is available. And it would stop you having to manually code a link to your mov file with a rel=enclosure. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ On 4 Nov 2007, at 18:18, David Howell wrote: Try resyncing your feed in feedburner. That might work. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Bill and ssukotto for the advice; but I'm still confused... (I've already tried to re-ping the services.) Ssukotto, how do I tell feedburner to use the quicktime? I've always put the quicktime as a link in the title post so the aggregators take that first. Always worked before; why the change? On 11/3/07, ssukotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://feeds.feedburner.com/EchoplexPark Hi Schlomo--the problem is in the Feedburner feed. For recent episodes, it is inserting the .flv version into the feed. Not sure why, but since this version is not QuickTime compatible / downloadable, neither the iTunes Store nor individual copies of iTunes can see those episodes. Check the source feed, make sure the QuickTime version is properly referenced there, then ping it with Feedburner again. -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat
Re: [videoblogging] vlog history project
This is brilliant, Richard. On 06/11/2007, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thought some of you might be interested. This is a 15 minute video that I showed at the Association for Internet Researchers conference - A Brief History of the Video Blog. http://tinyurl.com/29kdp4 I just put together the 4 videos I made previously and posted on the Richard Show. ... Richard -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Any fruit on the niche tree?
Hey Steve, Great questions. I am operating in a niche market: Dog Frisbee and Positive Dog Training. 2007's not been as fantastic as I thought it would be either, but it's not all bad. 60,000 views on blip. Another 5,000 on You tube (11 videos), 33,000 on YT if you add the dude who swiped my video and posted it. We get quite a bit of mileage out of our internet presence. Our radio show is rocking 60 live listeners last week, k9disc.com is kicking ass with 415+ members, our business site is active. We're getting more access to more people. Many of our viewers are from Japan and Europe, so we're totally international. I believe that our web presence has given us great access to people across the world. We spent 35 days touring Europe running 8 discdog seminars, largely because of our internet presence. Apryl is, right now, picking up a German girl at the airport who will be staying with us and traveling to the USDDN International Finals in Kentucky. I think our videoblog is great marketing and social tool. I think the main problem with niche markets is generating revenue. I refuse to put google ads on k9disc.com because I find it terribly tacky, this despite the fact that my buddy says I could earn upwards of $10k on the traffic. You've all heard my 'people are more important than profit' rants, and I'm sticking to my guns. Although I'm not too sure that big corporate would be interested in pushing little old me with any kind of money. The numbers just are not there. We've been looking for small, philosophically similar companies to partner up with, but as of now there have been no takers. Small companies don't seem to have the money to spend on niche market advertising. Such a bummer. We've yet to tap into our broad support within our little niche with our training DVD and/or training wiki, and while we've sat around and tried to brainstorm a pay per view scheme, another guy in Colorado has started a venture in our market. This is tremendously disappointing, as we've literally given away tons of knowledge, I would not be surprised if some of that knowledge winds up being sold by our new competitor, which is fine, but what I am afraid of is that we've put our selves into a bad position by giving things away for free. It seems that people don't really respect and desire that which they have easy access to. I could really see people getting excited about paying our competitor to give them inferior instruction just because we've been so accessible and been 'giving things away. Our only defense against this is that we've built a large community, and have broad respect across the world. The Europeans have taken instruction from us and from other professionals and we're consistently a better draw and get strong compliments for the quality of our instruction. Anyway, I've prattled on long enough. I'd like to finish with a couple of questions: 1. Pay per view schemes for instructional video: Anybody have any ideas? 2. Mediawiki on DVD - Any ideas? Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://blogtalkradio.com/k9disc http://pawsitivevybe.com On Nov 6, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Steve Watkins wrote: Some people probably thought the net would change the sorts of things that go mainstream, that it was just rubbish being force-fed to people, and when given more choice they would choose different, en mass. Some thought that 'personal' was where the promised land lay. Others antsed to stick to formulas more similar to existing media, but with some different rules of the game, and more freedom. For others, creating quality community centred around specific niche's seemed like the fertile plains of the future. We'll now years have passed, many people have proved that they got what it takes to make good content of many different types, but in all other aspects it seems reasonable to think there may be a few shattered dreams out there. For sure we've heard of the success stories, although the level of success may not be what was first imagined. Around a year ago the futurehype seemed to reach a peak, and a series of announcements made it feel like a new commercialised era was unfolding. During 2007 I would go as far as to say that this did not turn out to be the case, on a few levels the honeymoon is over and stagnation has set in. But in others the foundans are getting firmer and people are gettting a lot of gratification, either through creating or watching. So, Im rambling, hopign to elicit some conversation on any of these things. As per the title of the thread, I am particularily interested in how many people have managed to carve out a living in a specific niche. More or less people than you think? Still feels like international aspects are untapped, and that most poeple who may be interested, never get to know a site or series of videos exists
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Any fruit on the niche tree?
I just spent the entire evening last night hooking up with likeminded people on facebook - what a great app! I think this is where we've been faltering as far as promotion goes. We need more push and I'm taking that on now. I'd love to hear more about leveraging the social networking platforms. Can I add that to my 2 questions in my post? Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://pawsitivevybe.com/vlog http://pawsitivevybe.com On Nov 6, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Steve Watkins wrote: To clarify my google point at the end, here is my half-baked thoughprocess on this one: One of the things that made vlogging emerge was RSS, which opened the doors not only fo rthe podcast-type viewwer subscription thing, but also for sites and services to work with eachother without rocketscience. So Im just a wondering if the same could be said for google's OpenSocial (http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ ) I mean there are clearly positives about social networks, and although it has many other uses, it could also be used to enable video to be used much more intelligently by large numbers of people, and for content creators social network members to be less reliant on one service, less inside the walled garden, and more where we need to be? A simple example would be that if you make videos about niche subject, they could be very tightly integrated into existing social networking groups of people who are interested in that subject. Your potential audience, already together and making a community, now being intimately connected with your stuff. Any thoughts on this or related stuff? Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I look to any upcoming technological developments to further things, I think there is probably more room for video as part of social networking, and I will be fasinated to see if google's open thingy project somewhat overcomes the 'walled garden' problem with social networking other net services, there could be some amazing possibilities. The right tools on a whole series of loosely connected sites that are tailored around the social aspects of humans, combined with video, could perhaps succeed where vlogging has failed to live up to dreams, or at least those dreams require more humans? Cheers Steve Elbows [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: iTunes Problems
Hey guys, Thought I'd chime in here. A couple things: * You're going to have the best experience using blip to get to iTunes if you use your blip iTunes feed to do it. Your blip iTunes feed is http://yourname.blip.tv/rss/itunes/ * If you use FeedBurner in this fashion it'll still work, but you may run into problems like these. * We're about to refactor our cross-posting system in an upcoming release (probably maybe a month off) and we're going to address this problem in that refactoring. The entire cross-posting workflow and templating system will change... and those changes, in addition to making everything more elegant and more efficient, will almost definitely solve this problem. Yours, Mike --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schlomo, Feedburner will make an enclosure for the first video file it sees a link to, unless it sees a rel=enclosure element. So when you used to just link to your mov file, it'd turn that into an enclosure that iTunes could see. But now you're copying the Blip copy paste code. And that contains two links to Flash files with rel=enclosures in them. So Feedburner sees that and turns the flv file into the only enclosure for that post, and so iTunes ignores it. If you also had a rel=enclosure in your Quicktime link at the bottom, Feedburner is smart enough to prioritise the mov file over the flv file. So what you need to do is add a rel=enclosure to your Quicktime link. Then Resync your feed totally (the nuclear option) in the Troubleshooting section of Feedburner and you'll be fine. It will prioritize your mov rel=enclosure over the two flv rel=enclosures in the Blip player code. Though you could just delete those, just to be sure. Actually, there's something else you should be aware of. If you copy paste your code immediately, before Blip's had time to do the Flash conversion, the Copy Paste code that they give you links to the original file (Quicktime mov or whatever), with a rel=enclosure. This is what you have on Rabbits and Weddings, which is the only other mov file that's an enclosure in your feed. But if you wait until the Flash conversion is done before copying pasting, you get only the flv files in the Player code, with rel=enclosure in the links, and that's what screws you up. What Blip should really do is either get rid of the rel=enclosure attached to flv files, which hardly anybody wants, or just STOP changing the copy paste code after it's done conversions. It should keep the original file in the copy paste code. It'd still play in a Flash player when clicked, because of a magic little script Blip puts in there that tells it to play the flv file if one is available. And it would stop you having to manually code a link to your mov file with a rel=enclosure. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ On 4 Nov 2007, at 18:18, David Howell wrote: Try resyncing your feed in feedburner. That might work. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz schlomo@ wrote: Thanks Bill and ssukotto for the advice; but I'm still confused... (I've already tried to re-ping the services.) Ssukotto, how do I tell feedburner to use the quicktime? I've always put the quicktime as a link in the title post so the aggregators take that first. Always worked before; why the change? On 11/3/07, ssukotto ssukotto@ wrote: http://feeds.feedburner.com/EchoplexPark Hi Schlomo--the problem is in the Feedburner feed. For recent episodes, it is inserting the .flv version into the feed. Not sure why, but since this version is not QuickTime compatible / downloadable, neither the iTunes Store nor individual copies of iTunes can see those episodes. Check the source feed, make sure the QuickTime version is properly referenced there, then ping it with Feedburner again. -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
What? In everything you wrote, you asked me one question. I removed what wasnt pertainent to the question and answered that question. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said no. Go play games with someone else. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Your opinion is your opinion. Admittedly coming from a biased viewpoint and not objective. So, I am rather nonplussed with what you've written and have nothing to add or continue discussing with you. You didn't DISCUSS anything in the first place. You selected the very end of my post and deleted EVERYTHING ELSE I said. Yes. Admittedly biased, which was in the [disclosure], which you ALSO deleted for your own purposes. I am not naming the site as if it doesnt pan out and they dont promote the NaVloPoMo videos, I dont want to see people disappointed. Oh. Ok. -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
[videoblogging] Repair AVI files?
Hi all, A large number of the AVI files that my camera creates are corrupted. Some will not open at all while others open but have flickering and static. I don't know how it happened; it could be that they were damaged when I copied them onto my hard drive but that really doesn't matter at this point. I've already tried to see if I could recover them from the memory card but I had already overwritten them. Does anyone know of a tool that I can use that will repair (or salvage whatever can be salvaged from) the videos? I did a Google search but don't really want to install some random program. I'd rather get recommendations first. I'm on XP but have access to Macs as well. Thanks. . . . Kenya Allmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kenya.allmond.us http://kenya.allmond.us/vlog VM/F 202-478-0490 To thine own self be true. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage wrote: Even though most of the shows on their front page could be labeled internet tv, that doesn't make them any less independent than your personal vlog, or Rupert's, or Schlomo's, or mine. I have Bullemhead.com to show my friends (like you) things from my life, things that catch my eye or ear. I don't care if only a handful of people see it, as long as it's the right handful. Wreck Salvage was born from a desire to share our work with a greater audience. We don't have any funding, corporate or otherwise. So how is our show less independent than a personal vlog? Not trying to start shit, just interested in your reasoning. Have you or anyone emailed the blip folks about promoting the NaVloPoMo? I'm sure they are open to suggestions, as that's pretty much been their M.O. from day one. You catch more flies with honey, etc. What is a show? We use the term to include anything which is regularly created, and which contains some degree of intent. Wreck and Salvage is most definitely a show, by our usage. As for TV, I don't know what TV is anymore. Does it cover public access? If there is a spectrum with Smallville on one side, and dogs on skateboards on the other, blip occupies a large area in the middle. The situation at blip is not that we feel we have outgrown the original vloggers in search for greener ($) pastures. It is that we are well occupied keeping up with growth and making sure our servers are serving. We have just moved offices, our project manager just left, and I don't even have time to update my blog anymore! So I am wondering if there is any truth to your criticism, that needs correcting, because we really don't intend to leave the community behind. But yes, if we had gotten an e-mail about NaVloPoMo, Eric certainly would have promoted it.
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Pardon me...pertinent. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What? In everything you wrote, you asked me one question. I removed what wasnt pertainent to the question and answered that question. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said no. Go play games with someone else. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Your opinion is your opinion. Admittedly coming from a biased viewpoint and not objective. So, I am rather nonplussed with what you've written and have nothing to add or continue discussing with you. You didn't DISCUSS anything in the first place. You selected the very end of my post and deleted EVERYTHING ELSE I said. Yes. Admittedly biased, which was in the [disclosure], which you ALSO deleted for your own purposes. I am not naming the site as if it doesnt pan out and they dont promote the NaVloPoMo videos, I dont want to see people disappointed. Oh. Ok. -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your opinion is your opinion. Admittedly coming from a biased viewpoint and not objective. So, I am rather nonplussed with what you've written and have nothing to add or continue discussing with you. You didn't DISCUSS anything in the first place. You selected the very end of my post and deleted EVERYTHING ELSE I said. Yes. Admittedly biased, which was in the [disclosure], which you ALSO deleted for your own purposes. I am not naming the site as if it doesnt pan out and they dont promote the NaVloPoMo videos, I dont want to see people disappointed. Oh. Ok. -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Your opinion is your opinion. Admittedly coming from a biased viewpoint and not objective. So, I am rather nonplussed with what you've written and have nothing to add or continue discussing with you. I am not naming the site as if it doesnt pan out and they dont promote the NaVloPoMo videos, I dont want to see people disappointed. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Really cool videos for NaVloPoMo07! I just featured NaVloPoMo07 on the Mefeedia homepage: http://www.mefeedia.com I had to hack a solution to get it on the homepage - see the first how shows this week entry. Be sure to visit the tag, though, - all of the entries are there - and it is a far better playback experience and RSS solution (again, the show was so that i could quickly put it on the homepage): http://mefeedia.com/tags/NaVloPoMo07/ If you see a video that SHOULD be a part of this, and it is in mefeedia, login, go to the video page, and click Add a tag, then add the NaVloPoMo07 tag (of course, you could always change it at the source and we will pick it up too, but just in case you want instant gratification...). Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn my typing. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said yes. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: What? In everything you wrote, you asked me one question. I removed what wasnt pertainent to the question and answered that question. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said no. Go play games with someone else. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Your opinion is your opinion. Admittedly coming from a biased viewpoint and not objective. So, I am rather nonplussed with what you've written and have nothing to add or continue discussing with you. You didn't DISCUSS anything in the first place. You selected the very end of my post and deleted EVERYTHING ELSE I said. Yes. Admittedly biased, which was in the [disclosure], which you ALSO deleted for your own purposes. I am not naming the site as if it doesnt pan out and they dont promote the NaVloPoMo videos, I dont want to see people disappointed. Oh. Ok. -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the compliments Brook :) You are no slouch in this. You are creating wonderful videos yourself! It appears that the NaVloPoMo'vians are all breaking out of those molds and experimenting with new things. Here is something that I find troublesome... There are so many fantastic videos being created for navlopomo and the majority of them are being hosted on Blip. I just went to the Blip front page and I see not a mention of any NaVloPoMo videos on the front page. Nothing. I see that Cooking with Jack Black is a hit though. Wow. Really...just...wow. [disclosure: Everybody knows I'm a fan of the blip people, work ethic and business sense] It saddens me that Blip has gone the way of promoting Internet TV as their base and bypassed the independent videobloggers who, were really the ones that got them the attention when they first started up. Oh sure, occasionally Blip will feature a non internet television creator. The ratio is very lopsided though. That's not really what happened. As far as I recall, when I first started trolling http://blip.tv , they had two tabs. One of them was Shows and the other one was Episodes or something like that. If you clicked on the Shows tab, there wasn't JACK there! :D ... The top 6 shows never changed and either number 2 or number 3 was Josh Leo. Meanwhile, there were tons of episodes being loaded daily, so your 'eye' was attracted to the individual clips that were being presented. There was no initial blip focus on independent clips... It was that the shows didn't EXIST at all. :) Eventually, some of the shows gained some prominence, and the way I see it, blip INTELLIGENTLY went with the flow of their niche, which is online, serial shows. You had your Amanda Across America and Scriggity and Vlog Soup and Reinventing Television and Noodlescar and I think CommandN, etc. After they had a bunch of serial, episodic shows, they started with that player that would skip from show to show on the front page. After that, they progressed to how the page looks now. My point is that as far as I can see, there wasn't a change in blip's focus. It was that there was NOTHING to focus ON at the time, so it seemed that the site was all about people posting random clips. On top of that, blip.tv is a 'back end'. I complained AGES AGO that they had a one-way friends list system, where you couldn't tell if anyone else friended you, and they couldn't tell if you added them either. When I asked about that, the point was made to me that they weren't trying to be a destination site. So... Basically, what you were seeing originally was an 'uncovered' back-end site. All that stuff is still going on in the background, but that's what it always was, background processes. That doesn't make those random videos any less important than the serial shows, but it's not a niche. You can put random videos on YouTube, Revver, Veoh... ANYWHERE, including blip. What makes them stand out is their attention to and promotion of serial shows, NOT the fact that people can post random videos or even random *collections* of videos and get automatically featured on the front page. I see you've already responded to Adam's statements/questions about *requesting* some recognition. I'm sorry Blip. I really don't want to point fingers at you but...you are the ones that host my videos. I chose you then because I believed in what you were doing...back then. I'm troubled with what you've become. Alas, I guess you have to follow the money or promote where the money may be. I don't think it's a money issue. I think it's a business plan issue. I would imagine that blip.tv is a frontrunner in making deals for independent video producers to get either advertising dollars or directly sponsored, and they're honing their skills DAILY. Not that I run around looking for stuff like this, but I hadn't seen anything like the sponsorships that they got for Ze Frank's ARCHIVE... not even NEW shows!, which I think was DeWars and Amanda's sponsorship from PalTalk. Believe me. If you end up in a situation where you want your videos monetized, SOMETHING about the work that blip's putting in right this very minute is going to come in handy for you, either because of blip directly or because someone down the line followed their business model(S). So, when we, the Independents have been tossed to the side in favor of shows and internet tv, posts like yours Brook inspire me to continue promoting the people who do this fantastic creative work and push the boundaries. There's no tossing to the side. Blip.tv is a back-end. I never read anywhere that blip was focused on random videos. I *DID* read that they were focused on serial, episodic shows. Also, Adam's point about who is and isn't independent applies. Yes, everyone, please check out the amazing things that people are doing for NaVloPoMo.
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Damn my typing. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said yes. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What? In everything you wrote, you asked me one question. I removed what wasnt pertainent to the question and answered that question. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said no. Go play games with someone else. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Your opinion is your opinion. Admittedly coming from a biased viewpoint and not objective. So, I am rather nonplussed with what you've written and have nothing to add or continue discussing with you. You didn't DISCUSS anything in the first place. You selected the very end of my post and deleted EVERYTHING ELSE I said. Yes. Admittedly biased, which was in the [disclosure], which you ALSO deleted for your own purposes. I am not naming the site as if it doesnt pan out and they dont promote the NaVloPoMo videos, I dont want to see people disappointed. Oh. Ok. -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
1. I tend to not fuc* with people who provide me a tremendous service for free 2. Blip is an awesome firm quite possibly the best firm I've seen in the video, if not the entire web 2.0 space. It is, however, a firm of human beings. Please let them be human beings. The show vs. legacy-TV imitators thing is never going to be fully put to bed, because so few serialized web video programs fall within one extreme or another. It's a case by case thing, and not all of are going to agree. There's some real cool cats and some total douchebags in this space, and perhaps the best practice here is to catch people doing things right and tell everyone who wants to listen about that. We can all do better at this myself included. On 06/11/2007, Charles HOPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage wrote: Even though most of the shows on their front page could be labeled internet tv, that doesn't make them any less independent than your personal vlog, or Rupert's, or Schlomo's, or mine. I have Bullemhead.com to show my friends (like you) things from my life, things that catch my eye or ear. I don't care if only a handful of people see it, as long as it's the right handful. Wreck Salvage was born from a desire to share our work with a greater audience. We don't have any funding, corporate or otherwise. So how is our show less independent than a personal vlog? Not trying to start shit, just interested in your reasoning. Have you or anyone emailed the blip folks about promoting the NaVloPoMo? I'm sure they are open to suggestions, as that's pretty much been their M.O. from day one. You catch more flies with honey, etc. What is a show? We use the term to include anything which is regularly created, and which contains some degree of intent. Wreck and Salvage is most definitely a show, by our usage. As for TV, I don't know what TV is anymore. Does it cover public access? If there is a spectrum with Smallville on one side, and dogs on skateboards on the other, blip occupies a large area in the middle. The situation at blip is not that we feel we have outgrown the original vloggers in search for greener ($) pastures. It is that we are well occupied keeping up with growth and making sure our servers are serving. We have just moved offices, our project manager just left, and I don't even have time to update my blog anymore! So I am wondering if there is any truth to your criticism, that needs correcting, because we really don't intend to leave the community behind. But yes, if we had gotten an e-mail about NaVloPoMo, Eric certainly would have promoted it. -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November
Awesome Frank!! Thanks tons! David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really cool videos for NaVloPoMo07! I just featured NaVloPoMo07 on the Mefeedia homepage: http://www.mefeedia.com I had to hack a solution to get it on the homepage - see the first how shows this week entry. Be sure to visit the tag, though, - all of the entries are there - and it is a far better playback experience and RSS solution (again, the show was so that i could quickly put it on the homepage): http://mefeedia.com/tags/NaVloPoMo07/ If you see a video that SHOULD be a part of this, and it is in mefeedia, login, go to the video page, and click Add a tag, then add the NaVloPoMo07 tag (of course, you could always change it at the source and we will pick it up too, but just in case you want instant gratification...). Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Damn my typing. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said yes. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: What? In everything you wrote, you asked me one question. I removed what wasnt pertainent to the question and answered that question. You asked me if that was all I was going to say about what you wrote and I said no. Go play games with someone else. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Your opinion is your opinion. Admittedly coming from a biased viewpoint and not objective. So, I am rather nonplussed with what you've written and have nothing to add or continue discussing with you. You didn't DISCUSS anything in the first place. You selected the very end of my post and deleted EVERYTHING ELSE I said. Yes. Admittedly biased, which was in the [disclosure], which you ALSO deleted for your own purposes. I am not naming the site as if it doesnt pan out and they dont promote the NaVloPoMo videos, I dont want to see people disappointed. Oh. Ok. -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: Why don't you name the site then? Also, is that ALL you had to say about my entire rebuttal? :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Actually Bill, I was sent an email this morning after I posted this by a hosting site asking for a list of NaVloPoMo videos that they could promote. I didnt have to approach them. They had the ambition to approach me when they saw that there was a need to fill. Apparently, you dont *think* correctly. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: BTW... Is there anywhere else besides blip.tv where you would have the slightest, most miniscule, REMOTE chance of sending an email and MAYBE being featured on the front page of that host? I don't think so. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: iTunes Problems
Schlomo, I checked it out. Assuming you've corrected your rel=enclosures, you then need to drop Feedburner a line, and ask them to reset your enclosures. Then all will be fine again. Resyncing isn't enough. Once the enclosures have been made and associated with each post ID, they don't get remade again. I guess this is to avoid Feedburner having to remake all enclosures every time you ping or resync. So it has to be a manual request. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ On 6 Nov 2007, at 19:52, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: Thanks for this, Rupert. Though I still cant get a couple recent posts to download in iTunes, I erased the rel=enclosures from my latest post and it worked perfectly! Not sure what to do about the Lost Episodes Of Schlomo for my iTunes viewers, but I'm moving on to your new workflow. Thanks!! On Nov 5, 2007 8:15 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schlomo, Feedburner will make an enclosure for the first video file it sees a link to, unless it sees a rel=enclosure element. So when you used to just link to your mov file, it'd turn that into an enclosure that iTunes could see. But now you're copying the Blip copy paste code. And that contains two links to Flash files with rel=enclosures in them. So Feedburner sees that and turns the flv file into the only enclosure for that post, and so iTunes ignores it. If you also had a rel=enclosure in your Quicktime link at the bottom, Feedburner is smart enough to prioritise the mov file over the flv file. So what you need to do is add a rel=enclosure to your Quicktime link. Then Resync your feed totally (the nuclear option) in the Troubleshooting section of Feedburner and you'll be fine. It will prioritize your mov rel=enclosure over the two flv rel=enclosures in the Blip player code. Though you could just delete those, just to be sure. Actually, there's something else you should be aware of. If you copy paste your code immediately, before Blip's had time to do the Flash conversion, the Copy Paste code that they give you links to the original file (Quicktime mov or whatever), with a rel=enclosure. This is what you have on Rabbits and Weddings, which is the only other mov file that's an enclosure in your feed. But if you wait until the Flash conversion is done before copying pasting, you get only the flv files in the Player code, with rel=enclosure in the links, and that's what screws you up. What Blip should really do is either get rid of the rel=enclosure attached to flv files, which hardly anybody wants, or just STOP changing the copy paste code after it's done conversions. It should keep the original file in the copy paste code. It'd still play in a Flash player when clicked, because of a magic little script Blip puts in there that tells it to play the flv file if one is available. And it would stop you having to manually code a link to your mov file with a rel=enclosure. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ On 4 Nov 2007, at 18:18, David Howell wrote: Try resyncing your feed in feedburner. That might work. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Bill and ssukotto for the advice; but I'm still confused... (I've already tried to re-ping the services.) Ssukotto, how do I tell feedburner to use the quicktime? I've always put the quicktime as a link in the title post so the aggregators take that first. Always worked before; why the change? On 11/3/07, ssukotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://feeds.feedburner.com/EchoplexPark Hi Schlomo--the problem is in the Feedburner feed. For recent episodes, it is inserting the .flv version into the feed. Not sure why, but since this version is not QuickTime compatible / downloadable, neither the iTunes Store nor individual copies of iTunes can see those episodes. Check the source feed, make sure the QuickTime version is properly referenced there, then ping it with Feedburner again. -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] The IT room
This looks like fun: http://www.theitroom.com/
[videoblogging] latest MoveDigital blog post
http://blog.movedigital.com/2007/11/06/tracking-progress-day-6-post-2/ I just learned MoveDigital will be operational until Thursday, November 8th unless we receive the balance of funds needed to keep the service up. The balance needed stands at $38,400. We are committed to reaching this goal but need your help. By comparison, Citibank need $1 trillion. Future generations will need at least 400 years to pay back federal debt of the United States. But what is MoveDigital's business model? Is it sustainable? It's completely up to you. Feel the power of the freedom? Posted by Mark Smith on November 6th, 2007, 1:53 pm
Re: [videoblogging] Major Shakeup in Hollywood
Hi everyone: On 11/5/07, Andrew Baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The major studio writers are on strike starting today. They are interested in obtaining royalties or monetary compensation for their work that airs online. I think the studios are moving slow and can not agree on how money will be made in the future are have been unwilling to commit. Most of these people have contracts with terms well into the future that were defined a long time ago and thus have terms that make no mention of use online. I think it's more of a case of the writers FINALLY waking up, smelling the Starbucks (Either that or the Senseo :D) and realizing the very fact they've been getting screwed over by the studios more than anything. This is really a major shakeup for the industry. Many people expect this to go unresolved for months. It should IMO. Maybe if the studios take a few MAJOR $$$ hits, they'll realize that they just can't screw over the very people who tirelessly work their butts off just to give them content month in and month out. What will happen next? How does or can this effect videobloggers? It would affect political videobloggers such as myself in the sense that we would have to rely more on the news sources than anything (But then again, don't we already do that?). Just my opinion :D -- Pat Cook Denver, Colorado PODCASTS - AS MY WORLD TURNS - Blogger Page - http://asmyworldturnstv.blogspot.com/ BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/20453 PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ PAT'S HEALTH MEDICAL WONDERS VIDEOCAST - http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepcshow THE PAT COOK SHOW (Video Podcast) - Blogger Page - http://thepctvshow.blogspot.com/ - BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/19924
[videoblogging] Re: Repair AVI files?
Just the usual good freebies like Squared 5 MPEG Streamclip, Virtual Dub and QuickTime Pro. I'd start with MPEG Streamclip cuz that baby can open a wide number of programs. http://www.squared5.com Next I'd try QuickTime Pro to see if it would accept the .avi files. http://www.virtualdub.org can do it as well but MPEG Streamclip gives you a lot of import/export options. Hope this helps, Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kenya Allmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, A large number of the AVI files that my camera creates are corrupted. Some will not open at all while others open but have flickering and static. I don't know how it happened; it could be that they were damaged when I copied them onto my hard drive but that really doesn't matter at this point. I've already tried to see if I could recover them from the memory card but I had already overwritten them. Does anyone know of a tool that I can use that will repair (or salvage whatever can be salvaged from) the videos? I did a Google search but don't really want to install some random program. I'd rather get recommendations first. I'm on XP but have access to Macs as well. Thanks. . . . Kenya Allmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kenya.allmond.us http://kenya.allmond.us/vlog VM/F 202-478-0490 To thine own self be true. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Repair AVI files?
Hi everyone: On 11/6/07, Kenya Allmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, A large number of the AVI files that my camera creates are corrupted. Some will not open at all while others open but have flickering and static. I don't know how it happened; it could be that they were damaged when I copied them onto my hard drive but that really doesn't matter at this point. I've already tried to see if I could recover them from the memory card but I had already overwritten them. Does anyone know of a tool that I can use that will repair (or salvage whatever can be salvaged from) the videos? I did a Google search but don't really want to install some random program. I'd rather get recommendations first. I'm on XP but have access to Macs as well. Thanks. Just took a peek at CNET and got these results http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20qt=Repair%20AVItag=srch I'm sure you can find something in that list. Good luck. Cheers :D -- Pat Cook Denver, Colorado PODCASTS - AS MY WORLD TURNS - Blogger Page - http://asmyworldturnstv.blogspot.com/ BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/20453 PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ PAT'S HEALTH MEDICAL WONDERS VIDEOCAST - http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepcshow THE PAT COOK SHOW (Video Podcast) - Blogger Page - http://thepctvshow.blogspot.com/ - BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/19924
Re: [videoblogging] New update of miro with improved permalinks
Hi everyone: On 11/4/07, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows XP on AMD Duron 1 Ghz. CPU 512 MB RAM. On this machine, I can't play ANYTHING in QT formats above 320 x 240 (Doing so just simply results in freeze frame playback). I have no experience with QT on XP. I would think it should work, but maybe QT is slow on windows XP. Only on my machine, which is (Admittedly) a boatanchor in DIRE need of replacing with something more.ErmShall we say modern? :D *Embarrased look* Cheers :D -- Pat Cook Denver, Colorado PODCASTS - AS MY WORLD TURNS - Blogger Page - http://asmyworldturnstv.blogspot.com/ BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/20453 PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ PAT'S HEALTH MEDICAL WONDERS VIDEOCAST - http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepcshow THE PAT COOK SHOW (Video Podcast) - Blogger Page - http://thepctvshow.blogspot.com/ - BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/19924
[videoblogging] invite to all to vlog my talk show with Larry Lessig this Friday
Hey all, Some of you know that i do this live monthly interactive talk show in San Francisco. http://www.heathergold.com The next show is this Friday and as always, it's creative commons-ed (if that isn't a verb, I'd like it to be one) . So along with ustreaming the show, we're going to experiment with opening it more. If you'd like to vlog the show, or shoot and flickr it, email and let me know. (If you'd just like to come and participate that's cool too). Friday, November 9: Earnestness: The current importance of being earnest. How can we create believability in our corrupt and chronically insincere politics? What exists outside the quotation marks? Heather conversates with Larry Lessig (founder of Creative Commons, Stanford Law Professor and now a political corruption revolutionary), Curtis Reliford (named American Red Cross' American Good Samaritan for his post-Katrina work), comedian and anti- dealth penalty advocate Aundré the Wonderwoman and you. Show: 8:009:30 pm. Doors open 7:30 After-Party: 9:30 - 11:00 pm. Luscious Garage (map) 459 Clementina St, San Francisco tix: http://www.heathergold.com
