[videoblogging] Freevlog pop up video in wordpress
I have a question, I have just imported my Blogger vlog into wordpress and for well over a year, I used the freevlog video pop up maker to have my video's play in a nice little window, with fast start and everything. Well when I imported to wordpress it no longer works. Anyone have any idea why? Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com
Re: [videoblogging] Another One Bites The Dust (VideoEgg) Re: Stage6 flipped
Speaking to one of the founders a couple years ago, they were never really about videoblogging and long-tail content. They were made for major corporations and large viewerships. On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is because it costs too much money and doesnt bring any in, right? > > > On 3/29/08, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > Here we go again. :) > > > > This message came through from VideoEgg, which I would never have > > heard of, except you were forced to use them to upload stuff to > > Current.TV. > > > > Same deal, earlier notice so people can get their videos. > > > > Bill > > http://BillCammack.com > > > > Attention: my.videoegg.com users > > > > It is with our sincerest regret to inform you that we will be closing > > the doors on the Videoegg Publisher Platform and related services at > > http://my.videoegg.com/. You can download all of your content from our > > servers, so be sure to stop by our site to reclaim your belongings. > > > > Our last day of service will be May 31, 2008. Account creation and > > video uploading are already disabled. > > > > We understand that you may have some questions and direct you to our > > updated FAQ to find the answers to common questions. It's been a great > > ride, so let's enjoy these last months together, reminisce about how > > far we've come, and finish strong with some awesome video blogging. > > > > Thank you for your participation and for your support of Videoegg. > > It's been a pleasure working with you. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Videoegg Staff > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah. There are threads appearing on stage6 forums about where > > people are moving to, > > > the scramble has begun. > > > > > > eg: > > > > > > http://www.stage6.com/forum/712/19420/ > > > > > > Things that would have been attractive about stage6 were quality, > > res & filesize limits, > > > existing familiarity with Divx format and/or having hardware that > > played it. Also as divx > > > files are avi, and avi is still a popular format for certain > > sections of users, divx may have > > > been favoured for offline playability on Windows. > > > > > > So there are opportunities for video hosts to win these sorts of > > potential content creator > > > users over. If you are a video host who has been testing higher res > > h264-based flash > > > playback privately, now might be a good time to whack it out as an > > alpha or beta whilst > > > the world of 'who does high quality best' is in shift following the > > disappearance of stage6. > > > Or highlighting any existing high-res, long clip, divx compatibility > > or other attractive > > > features also makes sense. > > > > > > I guess a few sites support the uploading of divx, do any others > > make use of the divx stuff > > > for embedded video playback of this stuff in browser? > > > > > > Unfortunately it sounds like some of stage6's features also made it > > a more attractive > > > destination for people pirating material in full length at high > > quality in a format some > > > really prefer, so they had quite a lot of problems with this. I also > > just read that there was > > > some sort of server compromise earlier this year, some defacement > > and compromise of > > > user account details. > > > > > > As usual I probably make the mistake of being a bit too net & vlog > > centric when criticising > > > DivX and writing them off. Stage6 ended up being a giant pain in the > > ass for them, and its > > > unclear if the bad will generated by the closing of stage6 will mean > > the whole episode did > > > more harm than good in the end. Meanwhile they make their mooney by > > doing things with > > > hardware player companies. I still think h264 will squeeze them here > > over time, but as > > > DivX playback support has recently been added to some games > > consoles, the brand is still > > > alive enough for companies to fork out for certification, and so > > people will still create & > > > convert to that format, and it has a future. Plus if they are > > intending to do a new DivX that > > > uses stuff from h264, they could survive longterm. > > > > > > I wonder if DivX will look to other areas to nurture legitimate uses > > for DivX as a format > > > that people obtain video in, or whether they will just give up on > > that side of things. Before > > > stage6 existed I used to say they needed more legit divx content, > > now we've come full > > > circle and they dont want to pay the large costs to do that anymore, > > and I dont know how > > > easy it will be for them to get many 3rd parties to use their > > format. Still despite all my > > > years of hope regarding h264, theres a long way to go for > > simplifying the computer video > > > format muddle, not so clearcut as the recently concluded blueray vs > > hd-dvd battle. I can > > > make it sound l
[videoblogging] Re: Other Tube Mogul-like Options
Thanks Jay yes, since I jumped in this water two years ago things have evolved quickly. Make video, be happy is what I like to say now. All these tools, some free, some not help accomplish that. Now I am trying to see what I can do with a Euro/LA base. I like Tube Mogul, I see no downside to it. They are actually taking care of the work of posting to multiple sites, not much more. They save time, and can be worth it at the premium paid level. There will be more shakedown as time goes on, and the option to host your own video will always be there, and continue to cost less. Sometimes we forget when there is a free service that .we are getting something for free! Thanks to all, Jay..Tim for prompting this discussion. Ciao Tutti! Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not saying, "Don't use them." I'm asking for a group think on > > this. Is there anything bad that could happen to independent content > > creators or should we not care and just go along for the ride and see > > where it takes us? > > well, its like Video Egg and Stage 6 recently shutting down. > if I had depended on them for their free hosting...i'd be screwed. > always have a backup plan. > > One reason i love blip is their "dont be evil" feature that lets me > cross-upload to Archive.org. > if they ever blew up...i just delete my videos on blip...and point to > the same videos on Archive (which could also blow up) > > I think all these video services have been great. (and the smart ones > have been well rewarded) > its opened the door for many people to just start posting video. > Back in 2004-2005, this group just talked about the details of tech > because we were hacking our way into reality. > Now we mainly discuss business and licensing since all these services > have made it easy to videoblog. > we can focus on storytelling and the struggle to be independent. > we used to all be on the same wavelength, but this year I've realized > that may of us are approaching videoblogging from much different > angles. Not bad, just an observation. > > its as we've always said here. > if Im just fooling around and posting random videos to take part in a > social scenethen does it matter what happens to these videos? > the service blows up...feeds change...who cares. > > if Im a serious storyteller-entertainer-artist...and my videos are my > identitythen I need to rely on myself. > I think wordpress-drupal-joomla have all evolved to be powerful, > self-hosted video platforms. > I also think that bandwidth is cheap enough to host your own videos > these days (amazon S3)...unless youre getting a million views a day. > And in that case, you got luxury problems. > > jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 >
[videoblogging] Re: London Police Poster Against Street Photography
This part really bothered me: He said that since I didn't have a NY State ID he couldn't run my information over the radio, and he would have to take me into the station at 145th St to check it out "in front of his peers". He then asked me to turn around and put my hands behind my back and then he handcuffed me. I know for a fact that almost every police department in the United States, especially those in medium to large cities have full access to the NCIC system to run checks on licenses, ID's etc. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is an extract from the Times Online UK article: > > "Now, a new poster campaign by the Metropolitan Police is inviting > Londoners to call a hotline if they don't like the look of a > photographer. "Thousands of people take photos every day," runs the > text. "What if one of them seems odd?" The poster states that > terrorists use cameras for surveillance. Life with a camera might be > about to turn tougher." > > http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3574763.ece > > First France with laws on the books on no photography on police > activities. Now the police in the UK are trying a variation by asking > citizens to profiling and suppressing street photography. > > Not that this hasn't been tried in the U.S. > > http://carlosmiller.com > http://carlosmiller.com/2008/02/09/new-york-city-photographers-will-protest-sunday-against-ongoing-harassment/ > > Boing Boing was on this and you can see some of the parodies that the > UK police poster inspired. > http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/05/remixing-the-london.html > > U.S. vloggers need to know your rights. > > http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf > http://photojojo.com/content/tips/legal-rights-of-photographers/ > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-12-29-camera-laws_x.htm > > Gena > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com >
[videoblogging] Re: A YEAR AT THE WHEEL Still going strong at 8000 milesk
keep the horizon straight in your videos rodli
Re: [videoblogging] Re: London Police Poster Against Street Photography
The states must really fear documentation. Demonize documentation, buy time. Odd that the article conflates photography with pedophilia in the article's sub-title. Weird, that. But demonization is easier if you have a moral issue to harp upon. Hell, the demonization of the interwebs used pedophilia, porn and fears of identity theft / stalking as tools. Know your rights (thanks for the links, Gena). Take photographs, record audio & video. In the words of a wise man: Videoblogging. Yeah. [Hi & Happy Birthday, Raymonde] Yeah. Jan On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This part really bothered me: > > He said that since I didn't have a NY State ID he couldn't run my > information over the radio, and he would have to take me into the > station at 145th St to check it out "in front of his peers". He then > asked me to turn around and put my hands behind my back and then he > handcuffed me. > > I know for a fact that almost every police department in the United > States, especially those in medium to large cities have full access to > the NCIC system to run checks on licenses, ID's etc. > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is an extract from the Times Online UK article: > > > > "Now, a new poster campaign by the Metropolitan Police is inviting > > Londoners to call a hotline if they don't like the look of a > > photographer. "Thousands of people take photos every day," runs the > > text. "What if one of them seems odd?" The poster states that > > terrorists use cameras for surveillance. Life with a camera might be > > about to turn tougher." > > > > > > http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3574763.ece > > > > First France with laws on the books on no photography on police > > activities. Now the police in the UK are trying a variation by asking > > citizens to profiling and suppressing street photography. > > > > Not that this hasn't been tried in the U.S. > > > > http://carlosmiller.com > > > > http://carlosmiller.com/2008/02/09/new-york-city-photographers-will-protest-sunday-against-ongoing-harassment/ > > > > Boing Boing was on this and you can see some of the parodies that the > > UK police poster inspired. > > http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/05/remixing-the-london.html > > > > U.S. vloggers need to know your rights. > > > > http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf > > http://photojojo.com/content/tips/legal-rights-of-photographers/ > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-12-29-camera-laws_x.htm > > > > Gena > > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - by whatever media necessary http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS http://fauxpress.blogspot.com aim=janofsound air=862.571.5334 skype=janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] pocket sized projectors, the future of impromptu video blog screenings?
One of my favorite things about pixelodeon was not the set screening room sessions but the widespread use of 17 macbooks for impromptu screening of all manner of videos over beers, at party's or simply gatherings in hotel rooms. It's these shared interactive viewing experiences that really make video come full circle as a part of real world face to face conversations. If the following nytimes article is correct pocket-able projection units are expected to hit the market by years end at $300-350. This could in 2009 usher in a whole new possibility for impromptu video screenings. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/business/30novelties.html I'd be curious to know if anyone has gotten their hands on any early prototypes yet. Perhaps there is some potential for sponsorship here at future video blogging events. Of course, cheap portable projectors could have far more ramifications then simple video blog screenings. I cannot begin to imagine how useful these things might become in the next 5 years. As they get cheaper they could one day become as common in laptops as video cams are now, and they have some interesting ramifications as secondary information displays for "ambient" information such as twitter, friend feed, Digg Spy, news, weather, and things we have yet to dream up. If they become ubiquitous enough they could further blur the spacial boundaries between office chair and arm chair, or put in other terms between computer screen and tv. As an information architect I find this prospect of a more ubiquitous physical information space fascinating. Anyone who has ever been on a trading room floor at an exchange will know what I'm talking about by ubiquitous information space. Or for that matter anyone who's watched a scifi movie where whole walls are information displays. Geography / real world space is the new frontier of cyberspace / media space. We've brought meat space to cyberspace, now we're increasingly bringing cyberspace back to meat space. This has tremendous implications for memory, productivity, and privacy. If the medium is the message, such bringing of video to meat space means that today's trends such as the personal and non-linear nature of videos will be nothing in comparison o the non-linearity and personal nature media created for this eventual future. Video made to be projected ubiquitously into the real world will have to be more non-linear, and in order to grab our attention be more personal then ever. The narrative will be ever increasingly abstracted and exploded. TV shows like south park, the simpsons and so called "reality tv" that are increasingly dependant on direct references to larger narratives in culture rather then their own sub plots will look as quaint as Leave it to Beaver in coming years. This goes for MTV's non-linear programing as well. It also means our notions of information overload today will quaint in comparison to those of tomorrow. Case in point these cheap tiny projectors are not just consumer technology. They may be used to assault our senses in yet new ways. They are perfect for projecting advertising in all manner of unpredictable spaces... subways, public bathrooms, elevators and more since they will be much cheaper, easier to install, and easier to secure then today's ad display systems. Of course a simple piece of gum will become a great weapon for future ad busters. :) I'm reminded of Jan of Faux Press's ideas of "vlogvertising". We artists mine as well be the first to explore and exploit this newly opening media space. My dream of widespread true traditional gallery spaces for video blogging will increasingly become possible, even probable. Of course my 1984 type prediction is projected media will one day be as ubiquitous at assaulting our senses as video cam's are already becoming at recording our every action. My answer to that is we as citizens must preserve our right to give as well as we get in this future. Such is the important front line of the battle with public photography and graffiti. The right to arm oneself with a camera should be as protected as the right to free speech, or even more so then our right to Carry a gun. The camera is the new gun. I'm continually reminded of William Burrough's "Apocalypse". Art leaps from its frames. A whole new frontier is starting to open for media space. And you thought all the real innovation had already happened. P.S. Don't even get me started on on 3D holographic projection. ;) -Mike mmeiser.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] pocket sized projectors, the future of impromptu video blog screenings?
I think you are right unless cable companies can figure out a way to lobby congress and outlaw the public projection of video onto walls that are not owed by the projectionist. - I'm just kidding - kind of. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels &Blog http://1timstreet.com On Mar 30, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Mike Meiser wrote: > One of my favorite things about pixelodeon was not the set screening > room > sessions but the widespread use of 17 macbooks for impromptu > screening of > all manner of videos over beers, at party's or simply gatherings in > hotel > rooms. > > It's these shared interactive viewing experiences that really make > video > come full circle as a part of real world face to face conversations. > > If the following nytimes article is correct pocket-able projection > units are > expected to hit the market by years end at $300-350. This could in > 2009 > usher in a whole new possibility for impromptu video screenings. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/business/30novelties.html > > I'd be curious to know if anyone has gotten their hands on any early > prototypes yet. > > Perhaps there is some potential for sponsorship here at future video > blogging events. > > Of course, cheap portable projectors could have far more > ramifications then > simple video blog screenings. > > I cannot begin to imagine how useful these things might become in > the next 5 > years. > > As they get cheaper they could one day become as common in laptops > as video > cams are now, and they have some interesting ramifications as > secondary > information displays for "ambient" information such as twitter, > friend feed, > Digg Spy, news, weather, and things we have yet to dream up. > > If they become ubiquitous enough they could further blur the spacial > boundaries between office chair and arm chair, or put in other terms > between > computer screen and tv. > > As an information architect I find this prospect of a more ubiquitous > physical information space fascinating. > > Anyone who has ever been on a trading room floor at an exchange will > know > what I'm talking about by ubiquitous information space. > > Or for that matter anyone who's watched a scifi movie where whole > walls are > information displays. > > Geography / real world space is the new frontier of cyberspace / media > space. We've brought meat space to cyberspace, now we're increasingly > bringing cyberspace back to meat space. > > This has tremendous implications for memory, productivity, and > privacy. > > If the medium is the message, such bringing of video to meat space > means > that today's trends such as the personal and non-linear nature of > videos > will be nothing in comparison o the non-linearity and personal > nature media > created for this eventual future. Video made to be projected > ubiquitously > into the real world will have to be more non-linear, and in order to > grab > our attention be more personal then ever. The narrative will be ever > increasingly abstracted and exploded. TV shows like south park, the > simpsons and so called "reality tv" that are increasingly dependant on > direct references to larger narratives in culture rather then their > own sub > plots will look as quaint as Leave it to Beaver in coming years. > This goes > for MTV's non-linear programing as well. > > It also means our notions of information overload today will quaint in > comparison to those of tomorrow. > > Case in point these cheap tiny projectors are not just consumer > technology. > They may be used to assault our senses in yet new ways. They are > perfect > for projecting advertising in all manner of unpredictable spaces... > subways, > public bathrooms, elevators and more since they will be much > cheaper, easier > to install, and easier to secure then today's ad display systems. > > Of course a simple piece of gum will become a great weapon for > future ad > busters. :) > > I'm reminded of Jan of Faux Press's ideas of "vlogvertising". > > We artists mine as well be the first to explore and exploit this newly > opening media space. > > My dream of widespread true traditional gallery spaces for video > blogging > will increasingly become possible, even probable. > > Of course my 1984 type prediction is projected media will one day be > as > ubiquitous at assaulting our senses as video cam's are already > becoming at > recording our every action. > > My answer to that is we as citizens must preserve our right to give > as well > as we get in this future. Such is the important front line of the > battle > with public photography and graffiti. The right to arm oneself with > a camera > should be as protected as the right to free speech, or even more so > then our > right to Carry a gun. The camera is the new gun. > > I'm continually reminded of William Burrough's "Apocalypse". Art > leaps
[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats on wordpress.com
Thanks, Jay, good point on the flexibility of a feedburner feed. So, are there any stat-hounds in the house? Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but > > not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. > > im not the best one to answer. > but if you look at Federated Media...they seem to charge by page views: > http://www.federatedmedia.net/authors/index > > Your video stats would probably be the click throughs. > > > 2) Should I stick with the wordpress.com feed or install feedburner? > > wordpress is slowly bringing back feed stats. They currently let me > > see how many hits on a particular post come from its feed and they'll > > eventually let me know the total number of feed subscribers. But > > wordpress is rolling out new features slowly. Feedburner will give me > > clickthroughs. Are there other compelling reasons to go with > > feedburner? I realize I may want to use feedburner to capture email > > subscribers. > > feedburner is nice because if you ever decide to change your feed in > the future, you can switch it out...and viewers wont know the > difference. > this is a nice feature of Feedburner. > > > 3) Do I want to install a stat counter and, if so, which one should I > > install? The only stat counters that wordpress.com supports are > > sitemeter, statcounter, shiny stats and activemeter. I lean towards > > sitemeter—anyone having issues with sitemeter? > > dont know this one. > > > 4) If I switch to a self-hosted blog with wordpress.org, will that > > cause a problem? What do I need to know about transitioning my stats? > > im not sure i understand your question. > whatever stat counter you use should work on whatever blog you use. > to me, stats are often fuzzy and whatever you choose to present to the world. > Im sure there are some stat hounds on this list who can school us both. > > jay > > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 >
