[videoblogging] DV Widescreen settings

2007-12-11 Thread heytobey
I noticed that my canon HV20 has the ability to shoot in widescreen, with a 16.9 aspect ratio while still recording in SD. Is there any reason or disadvantages to shooting in widescreen? I'm just thinking of all the new gadgets coming out like appleTV that are allowing people to watch videos on

[videoblogging] Problem with flash compression

2007-10-07 Thread heytobey
Everytime I think I've got it all figured out...I get another face plant. I'm trying to use the Show in Box theme and vPip. I was told that I would be better off doing my own flash compression for my video and then upload that to blip.tv. I thought that using the highest quality video file

[videoblogging] mp4 editing

2007-08-01 Thread heytobey
I just purchased an xacti e1 camera. I noticed that used the mp4 h.264 codec. Am I still going to be able to use sony vegas movie studio to edit my videos or will I have to learn to use a new program? I know that movie studio will allow me to import the video but when I render the video

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread heytobey
Can someone provide a simpler answer to why we would want to use the DivX codec instead of mpg4 or any other? I'm just not understanding this DivX thing but I'm constanting hearing some buzz about it. Thanks for the help, Tobey --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, JV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[videoblogging] webcam

2007-02-03 Thread heytobey
I know this might be basic but I'm trying to figure out how I can use my camcorder as a webcam so I can join the vlogging meeting. I have a panasonic gs150 and canon elura, they have dv and usb ports, I installed the software with the usb drivers, but doesn't seem to work. What am I missing

[videoblogging] Re: webcam

2007-02-03 Thread heytobey
Yes, I'm on a PC...so am I better off just buying a webcam? Tobey --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tobey, you must be using a PC? On 3 Feb 2007, at 21:28, heytobey wrote: I know this might be basic but I'm trying to figure out how I can use my

[videoblogging] Help with compression formats

2007-01-15 Thread heytobey
I want to start off by saying that this group is great. The help I've received in this forum has been phenomenal to my learning process. But I need to ask for some additional help that goes beyond this forum. Here's my situation. I agreed to help someone by showing them a bit about how I

[videoblogging] Trying to understand compression

2006-12-09 Thread heytobey
Okay, any advice on this would be helpful as I'm trying to get over the compression hump. I was told that I should be uploading my vids in the mpeg4 format but I'm still a bit confused on whether I'm doing this correctly. I want to be able to submit my videos to the various directories like