[videoblogging] Democracy Player and Thumbnails

[Bill Shackelford]

Is there anyway I can tag images in my posts so that democracy player will use 
them as 
thumbnails?

[videoblogging] Re: mono sound in Blip.tv

[Marco Raaphorst]

Thanks Mike. Uploading your own flv-files... mmm! Wow, I didn't know
that. I saw that option but didn't know I can upload my own
FLV-version. That's great!!!

regards,

Marco

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hudack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Marco,
> 
> It's for efficiency reasons.  If you'd like to have stereo sound in your
> Flash video you can upload your own flv files to blip (click "Add
> Alternate Format" on the upload form).
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Mike
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marco Raaphorst
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 2:16 AM
> To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [videoblogging] mono sound in Blip.tv
> 
> Does anyone know why all Blip.tv video's using Flash (flv) are
> converted to mono? The mp4-versions are untouched but the flv-files
> are always converted.
> 
> Thanks in advance for comments!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marco Raaphorst
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>

[videoblogging] Re: External Microphones?

[Rob Danielson]

At 2:44 PM + 4/21/07, Mark Schoneveld wrote:
>Thanks, Rob!
>
>No, the HD2 doesn't have manual gain control, unfortunately. It also
>doesn't have a headphone jack

Ouch! The manufs have been crippling-out manual gain and mic jacks 
over the last few years,. and now headphone jacks! Its so silly and 
frustrating. A good mic and manual gain makes a _huge_ difference in 
recording,.. If I really wanted good sound with your set-up, I'd 
consider recording  "double system" on a Hi-MD recorder. its quite 
easy to align the tracks with the audio wave forms in post and 
perfect sync with a digital disc recorder is no problem.

I posted some info about this alternative a few months ago. Many 
folks lust after CF recorders, but Hi-MD is the best quality recorder 
one can get for less than $600 (or more pending tests on some newer 
models by Fostex)  One can use  Hi-MD with high quality, low noise 
noise mics too if you want to upgrade:
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-reports/HiMD/index.htm

Good luck with your audio quests, Rob D.


>  but I wish you could monitor in real time.
>
>Anyone else have any feedback for this particular camera?
>
>Also, maybe we should start a "Gear List" on the wiki to compare and
>contrast what hardware everyone is using, no?
>
>>  If the Sanyo Xacti HD2 has manual gain, that is quite a find these
>>  days. I'm not sure what type of recordings you have in mind, but the
>>  Rode VideoMic seem to be a good investment mic for a boom mic. The
>>  shock it comes with can be mounted on a pole too. A pair of small
>>  lavaliere electret mics is very flexible for recording locations in
>>  stereo and interviewing. You can make these for less than $20 or buy
>>  them for around $70.
>>
>>  >Audio gear gets so neglected in the tech gear blogs! Help!
>>
>>  The naturerecordist list is a good resource to search about field
>>  audio recording:
>> 
>>http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/naturerecordists/
>>  Rob D.
>>
>
>


-- 
Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/

six, new media faculty positions:
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/FilmDept/Hirings/base.htm

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Re: [videoblogging] Re: External Microphones?

[Halcyon]

I have had bad luck with external mics and audio in general for my Xacti.

I tested several mics (mono,stereo, powered, non) and none sounded very good
at all to me. BUt I'm totally novice about audio.

-halcyon
p[.s
http://xacti.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=xactichat

On 4/21/07, Mark Schoneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Thanks, Rob!
>
> No,I the HD2 doesn't have manual gain control, unfortunately. It also
> doesn't have a headphone jI haack I quickly discovered, so it's hard to
> monitor what anything is sounding like in the field (wind noise, etc).
>
> I'm plugging in various mics that I had laying around and comparing
> them to one another vs. the on-board stereo mic. The on-board mic is
> very sensitive, but as you might imagine, too broad. I like the
> external's sound better, but I wish you could monitor in real time.
>
> Anyone else have any feedback for this particular camera?
>
> Also, maybe we should start a "Gear List" on the wiki to compare and
> contrast what hardware everyone is using, no?
>
> > If the Sanyo Xacti HD2 has manual gain, that is quite a find these
> > days. I'm not sure what type of recordings you have in mind, but the
> > Rode VideoMic seem to be a good investment mic for a boom mic. The
> > shock it comes with can be mounted on a pole too. A pair of small
> > lavaliere electret mics is very flexible for recording locations in
> > stereo and interviewing. You can make these for less than $20 or buy
> > them for around $70.
> >
> > >Audio gear gets so neglected in the tech gear blogs! Help!
> >
> > The naturerecordist list is a good resource to search about field
> > audio recording:
> > http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/naturerecordists/
> > Rob D.
> >
>
>  
>


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[videoblogging] Re: Saturday April 21st, 2007 FlashMeeting

[Enric]

It's on, come on by:

http://tinyurl.com/298vk6


--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This Saturday, 4/21/07, FlashMeeting is coming up. The starting time
> is 10am - noon PST USA, 1pm - 3pm EST USA, 17:00-19:00 GMT.
> 
> Go to this link:
> 
> http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/fm/5ba303-8160
> 
> For future and past meeting check the FlashMeeting page at:
> 
> http://flashmeeting.cirne.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
> 
> -- Enric
> -==-
> http://www.cirne.com
>

[videoblogging] norwegian labour party joins the youtube party

[trine bjørkmann berry]

just a note to those interested i political videoblogging (or, rather,
politician *doing* videoblogging)

Norwegian labour party just joined the youtube generation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVUb8vE6CU

reminded me of the even more uncomfortable announcement by Tony Blair
the other week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gul2U43solE

Trine

[videoblogging] Re: External Microphones?

[Mark Schoneveld]

Thanks, Rob!  

No, the HD2 doesn't have manual gain control, unfortunately.  It also
doesn't have a headphone jack I quickly discovered, so it's hard to
monitor what anything is sounding like in the field (wind noise, etc).  

I'm plugging in various mics that I had laying around and comparing
them to one another vs. the on-board stereo mic.  The on-board mic is
very sensitive, but as you might imagine, too broad.  I like the
external's sound better, but I wish you could monitor in real time.

Anyone else have any feedback for this particular camera?

Also, maybe we should start a "Gear List" on the wiki to compare and
contrast what hardware everyone is using, no?




> If the Sanyo Xacti HD2 has manual gain, that is quite a find these 
> days. I'm not sure what type of recordings you have in mind, but the 
> Rode VideoMic seem to be a good investment mic for a boom mic. The 
> shock it comes with can be mounted on a pole too.  A pair of small 
> lavaliere electret mics is very flexible for recording locations in 
> stereo and interviewing. You can make these for less than $20 or buy 
> them for around $70.
> 
> >Audio gear gets so neglected in the tech gear blogs! Help!
> 
> The naturerecordist list is a good resource to search about field 
> audio recording:
> http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/naturerecordists/
> Rob D.
> 

Re: [videoblogging] Variety Article - YouTube to Share Revenue with Users

[Adriana Kaegi]

this is the best news i have read in a long time, does
anyone know when youtube.com is going to implement the
ad rev. sharing option?
adriana
http://dearaddy.com
--- Gena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If this is true then it would help but not
> completely resolve one of
> my major beefs with YouTube.
> 
>
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963268.html?categoryid=18&cs=1
> 
> Gena
> 
> http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com
> http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> 


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RE: [videoblogging] Re: New blip.tv show player

[Mike Hudack]

Andy,

I would definitely suggest having separate blip accounts for each of
your vlogs.  The way blip is designed, it's best to have one account per
show.

Yours,

Mike
Blip.tv

-Original Message-
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of andydragt
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 9:30 AM
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [videoblogging] Re: New blip.tv show player

Can I just ask a clarifying question...

It's seems like conventional wisdom has recommended against using a
seperate blip account for each vlog. However, with the new show
player, it makes sense to have your content in seperate accounts. 
Otherwise it's pretty much useless.  

Heres the question: Is this "two weeks" comment about a solution to
this problem or should I begin to seperate my content into different
accounts so I have the option of using the player on one of my sites?

Am I right in understanding the "best practice" has been to have only
one account and cross-post to different blogs?

thanks all,

Andy Dragt

www.developinggr.com - a vlog about development in GR, MI
www.developinggr.com/house - a vlog about my home renovation...




--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hudack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Two weeks.  :)
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Mike
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mattfeldman78
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:36 PM
> To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [videoblogging] Re: New blip.tv show player
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone found a way to control the order of the episodes within the
> player?  Is this something that Blip is planning on offering?
> 
> 
> -Matt
> http://neovids.tv
> 
> 
> 
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Verdi" 
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes - point taken about it not being a replacement. It's also good
for
> > things like user profiles on various social networks.
> > - Verdi
> > 
> > On 4/16/07, Bill Cammack  wrote:
> > >
> > >   --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> ,
> > > "Steve Watkins"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Offering both makes a lot of sense to me. I dream of this stuff
> being
> > > > pushed to the extreme and for it to be possible for a blog like
> > > > experience to be completely available from within a flash
player.
> > > > Complexities quickly arise when the people providing the player
> are
> > > > hosting your videos, but are not responsible for the rest of
your
> > > > blog, it leads to an understandable focus on the video hosting
> page
> > > > rather than your blog page. This may not be considered a probem
> > > > because the expectation may be that you embed their player in
your
> > > > site, and your site provides all the other bloggy stuff you
> want. But
> > > > this doesnt cover scenarios where our show player may be
embedded
> on
> > > > another site or used as a widget.
> > > >
> > > > I see the guide button is optional, and its easy to rebrand the
> player
> > > > so that its got your own site in the bottom right hand corner,
> which
> > > > is a clickable link pointing to the URL of your choice.
> > >
> > > Thanks for mentioning that. I had those pointing to the blip
shows,
> > > basically by default, but I've switched them now so that they
point
> to
> > > the blogs for the shows instead of the blip pages.
> > >
> > > This helps out the permalink situation A LITTLE BIT, but it still
> > > takes the viewer to the most recent post in the blog. The only
thing
> > > that seems to update with the individual video is if you click
> "guide"
> > > and then "read more about this on blip.tv", which takes you to the
> > > individual video's page on blip.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bill C.
> > > BillCammack.com
> > >
> > >
> > > > Id love to see the creative commons stuff thats been requested
> in the
> > > > past, be rolled out into this show player in the future, whether
> it be
> > > > through a little cc icon on the bottom bar of the player, or the
> > > > inclusion of this info in the popup 'about this episode' tab.
> > > >
> > > > I agree about the font size, hmm this stuff starts to get a bit
> > > > tricky, a big decision to break away from the player being
> 320x240. I
> > > > see that Veoh's player is rather large now, but this makes it
look
> > > > quite good and leaves more room for additional info overlays to
be
> > > > displayed in a larger font. Some other services have really wide
> > > > players with separate episode bars to one side of the video.
> > > >
> > > > Personally Im fascinated by the idea of a flash player for
> wordpress
> > > > that can display the entire blog, text video etc, in the flash
> player.
> > > > I was looking at WPF/E but I think I'll ignore that technology
for
> > > > now, and go buymyself a copy of flash and join the fun.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Steve Elbows
> > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> ,
> > > "Mike Hudack"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael,
> > > > >
> > > > > For some pe

RE: [videoblogging] mono sound in Blip.tv

[Mike Hudack]

Marco,

It's for efficiency reasons.  If you'd like to have stereo sound in your
Flash video you can upload your own flv files to blip (click "Add
Alternate Format" on the upload form).

Yours,

Mike

-Original Message-
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marco Raaphorst
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 2:16 AM
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [videoblogging] mono sound in Blip.tv

Does anyone know why all Blip.tv video's using Flash (flv) are
converted to mono? The mp4-versions are untouched but the flv-files
are always converted.

Thanks in advance for comments!

Regards,

Marco Raaphorst



 
Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [videoblogging] External Microphones?

[Rob Danielson]

At 11:41 PM + 4/20/07, Mark Schoneveld wrote:
>Howdy everyone,
>
>Advice time!
>
>I just bought the new Sanyo Xacti HD2. I love it. One of the main
>reasons I bought it is not for the 720p HD abilities (very nice), but
>the fact that its so small and portable and has a mic input!
>
>Been searching around... what are your favorite small directional
>mics?

If the Sanyo Xacti HD2 has manual gain, that is quite a find these 
days. I'm not sure what type of recordings you have in mind, but the 
Rode VideoMic seem to be a good investment mic for a boom mic. The 
shock it comes with can be mounted on a pole too.  A pair of small 
lavaliere electret mics is very flexible for recording locations in 
stereo and interviewing. You can make these for less than $20 or buy 
them for around $70.

>Audio gear gets so neglected in the tech gear blogs! Help!

The naturerecordist list is a good resource to search about field 
audio recording:
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/naturerecordists/
Rob D.


>
>Thanks!
>Mark*
>
>thepovertyjetset.blip.tv
>
>


-- 
Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/

six, new media faculty positions:
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/FilmDept/Hirings/base.htm

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[videoblogging] is this an interlacing problem?

[wazman_au]

Hey videoblogging yahoos, it's been a while.

I'm just finishing our long-awaited latest episode and having some
weird problems.

When I export it as a large AVI from Premiere Elements 1.0 all looks
fine, and that same AVI also looks fine in Windows Media Player.

But when I open and play it in QuickTime I get that buzzy, jagged-edge
looks that suggests an interlacing problem. Same goes for the MP4 I'm
exporting from this source material.

So I go back into Premiere Elements and export a deinterlaced AVI with
no fields. Still looks bad in QuickTime.

Now, as I type this, I've just opened that AVI in QuickTime, gone into
movie properties -> video track and selected deinterlace, as well as
"high quality". The video now plays better but I reckon there are
still faint lines in it. If I only select "high quality" it maybe
looks even better - can't quite tell. 

I'm going to go back to Premiere Elements and export a
non-deinterlaced file and see what happens if I fiddle with the
QuickTime settings. But this seems weird - I've never had it before,
other than when I accidentally captured PAL video into an NTSC
project. There have been a few codec packs on an off this computer,
but I've not removed them all and reinstalled QT from scratch.

Waz from Crash Test Kitchen
www.crashtestkitchen.com

[videoblogging] Re: mono sound in Blip.tv

[wazman_au]

possibly because mono is unnecessary for many video blog/podcast files
if they mostly contain dialogue - and it saves on file size?

or maybe there's a setting in your blip dashboard that you can tweak.

waz from crash test kitchen
www.crashtestkitchen.com

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Marco Raaphorst"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know why all Blip.tv video's using Flash (flv) are
> converted to mono? The mp4-versions are untouched but the flv-files
> are always converted.
> 
> Thanks in advance for comments!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marco Raaphorst
>

[videoblogging] Saturday April 21st, 2007 FlashMeeting

[Enric]

This Saturday, 4/21/07, FlashMeeting is coming up. The starting time
is 10am - noon PST USA, 1pm - 3pm EST USA, 17:00-19:00 GMT.

Go to this link:

http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/fm/5ba303-8160

For future and past meeting check the FlashMeeting page at:

http://flashmeeting.cirne.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

-- Enric
-==-
http://www.cirne.com