Re: [videoblogging] Video contest: $25,000 top prize! Enough for you and your favourite charity.
Great. I'll enter, for sure. But two suggestions: 1) Consider changing the way it works asap so that the second stage and overall winner is NOT decided by number of views and votes. It's way too open to being gamed. And those with lots of friends and existing internet fan bases will have a huge unfair advantage. A lot of casual viewers will find it too much effort to log in to vote - so those with die hard fans will benefit. Another thing that happens is that whichever videos develop an early lead will win by a mile, since viewers always gravitate first towards the most viewed/most popular videos. It's a great idea to have the qualification process decided by users - the final 25 shortlist - but I really think that, when $25k is at stake, it's important to have the final winner decided by judges (who might indeed be influenced by what the viewers think). 2) Perhaps the reason you have 'only' 68 entries is that making a good 1 minute film that actually says something is much harder than you think. It's quite offputting, actually. Even 2 minutes is hard. Conveying passion in 1 minute raises the bar quite high. Anyway, thanks for letting us know about it :) Best, Rupert - http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 00:42, Tony Armstrong wrote: Hey friendly vloggers, We just launched a video contest at Microsoft Home Magazine. The top prize is $25,000 and so far only a handful of people have entered: 68 as of this evening. Did I mention the winner gets $25,000?. I watch your videos, I know what you are capable of. Share your passion! Here's the url to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzQeQIBWfE You can enter here: http://www.microsoft.ca/passion Please pass the word around! Thanks Tony Armstrong [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Video contest: $25,000 top prize! Enough for you and your favourite charity.
also, your mac.com email address advertising a microsoft competition is the funniest and most subversive thing I've seen in ages. good work! On 22 Apr 2008, at 12:31, Rupert wrote: Great. I'll enter, for sure. But two suggestions: 1) Consider changing the way it works asap so that the second stage and overall winner is NOT decided by number of views and votes. It's way too open to being gamed. And those with lots of friends and existing internet fan bases will have a huge unfair advantage. A lot of casual viewers will find it too much effort to log in to vote - so those with die hard fans will benefit. Another thing that happens is that whichever videos develop an early lead will win by a mile, since viewers always gravitate first towards the most viewed/most popular videos. It's a great idea to have the qualification process decided by users - the final 25 shortlist - but I really think that, when $25k is at stake, it's important to have the final winner decided by judges (who might indeed be influenced by what the viewers think). 2) Perhaps the reason you have 'only' 68 entries is that making a good 1 minute film that actually says something is much harder than you think. It's quite offputting, actually. Even 2 minutes is hard. Conveying passion in 1 minute raises the bar quite high. Anyway, thanks for letting us know about it :) Best, Rupert - http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 00:42, Tony Armstrong wrote: Hey friendly vloggers, We just launched a video contest at Microsoft Home Magazine. The top prize is $25,000 and so far only a handful of people have entered: 68 as of this evening. Did I mention the winner gets $25,000?. I watch your videos, I know what you are capable of. Share your passion! Here's the url to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzQeQIBWfE You can enter here: http://www.microsoft.ca/passion Please pass the word around! Thanks Tony Armstrong [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Mad Mooloolaba - The Movie
This is something completely different to my usual Videos, its about Clubs sharing the Aloha and having a great time. Very moody, entertaining and different. I think you might like this one Rox, partly inspired by BeachWalks, but with a crazy touch. Shot this with a Canon TX1 partly SD and some HD http://blip.tv/file/846588 Cheers Rambo Check out my Outrigging Blog ... Updated Daily http://rambos-locker.blogspot.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.3/1390 - Release Date: 21/04/2008 4:23 PM [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/
Re: [videoblogging] Videoblogging Week 2008
Maureen and I are in Maureen: http://richardswife.com/?p=21 Richard: http://richardshow.org/show/2008/04/22/vlog-week-2008-day-1-frog-fantasies/ ... Richard On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It all starts tomorrow... Are you Ready? On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED]joshleo%40gmail.com wrote: and here is the wiki: http://videobloggingweek.pbwiki.com/ On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED]jay.dedman%40gmail.com wrote: Just to let you know, http://videobloggingweek2008.blogspot.com/ April 20-26 Begin the discussion whew! Im glad we got a couple weeks notice this year. banners here: http://videobloggingweek2008.blogspot.com/2008/03/it-begins.html Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 -- Josh Leo www.JoshLeo.com www.ultrakawaii.com www.WanderingWestMichigan.com www.SlowLorisMedia.com -- Josh Leo www.JoshLeo.com www.ultrakawaii.com www.WanderingWestMichigan.com www.SlowLorisMedia.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Low light action shooting
Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera. It's had a history of being quite thirsty for light. I'd love to upgrade to something with larger CCDs, but I don't exactly have $1,500 to just throw around, and this is not a paying gig (none of my video work is). People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime
Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting
I guess it depends on what you're using it for, and what resolution you need. If you need DV, you could shoot on a 3CCD Sony or Canon prosumer camera - my XL1 is pretty good in low light, and I think the more expensive Sonys and Panasonics aren't bad, either. I mean, it's going to look dark. If it's really dark, you could shoot with a camera that has Night Shot - Infra Red - cheap and effective, but it's pretty ugly. If you need HDV, you could use a Canon HV-20 - the low light is very good, especially in 25P mode. If you're shooting for TV, then you can't do better than a Digibeta camera, which great in low light, but that's expensive to rent and you might need someone to operate it, too. But if you're just shooting for web at 640x480 or lower, then you should seriously consider using a good Canon digital stills camera. The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night scenes a real edge. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:40, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera. It's had a history of being quite thirsty for light. I'd love to upgrade to something with larger CCDs, but I don't exactly have $1,500 to just throw around, and this is not a paying gig (none of my video work is). People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting
I'd be for web production as well as possibly DVDs at something better than 320x240, most likely, and this footage will be the mainstay of a piece that could run 15-60 minutes. I'm considering an XL-1 if I have to...even buying a used one will basically be a very serious investment...but it'll beat the hell out of rental prices down here. At $350/day, the rentals will add up. I don't understand using stills cameras, though. I need video, as these will be action sequences. Could you explain further? -- Rhett I guess it depends on what you're using it for, and what resolution you need. If you need DV, you could shoot on a 3CCD Sony or Canon prosumer camera - my XL1 is pretty good in low light, and I think the more expensive Sonys and Panasonics aren't bad, either. I mean, it's going to look dark. If it's really dark, you could shoot with a camera that has Night Shot - Infra Red - cheap and effective, but it's pretty ugly. If you need HDV, you could use a Canon HV-20 - the low light is very good, especially in 25P mode. If you're shooting for TV, then you can't do better than a Digibeta camera, which great in low light, but that's expensive to rent and you might need someone to operate it, too. But if you're just shooting for web at 640x480 or lower, then you should seriously consider using a good Canon digital stills camera. The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night scenes a real edge. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:40, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera. It's had a history of being quite thirsty for light. I'd love to upgrade to something with larger CCDs, but I don't exactly have $1,500 to just throw around, and this is not a paying gig (none of my video work is). People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
[videoblogging] Re: Low light action shooting
Most digital still cameras will shot short or longer video clips. Often for as long as you have space on your flash drive. But it sounds like you need a real video camera. I just bought the Panasonic DVX100B, I upgraded from a Panasonic PV-GS180, I did a comparriosion shot with my new camera and my old one in low light, and I have to say the new camera BLEW away my old one. For these small consumer camera's you can only do so much with low light, even putting a light on top may not help alot with artifacts, etc. I will be honest, I didn't think there was that much of a differance until I had the footage side by sideit's literaly like night and day. I can't link to the footage right now, as I am at work and Flickr is blocked but if you go to my site and click on my flickr badge and go to my photo stream you can see for yourself. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, J. Rhett Aultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be for web production as well as possibly DVDs at something better than 320x240, most likely, and this footage will be the mainstay of a piece that could run 15-60 minutes. I'm considering an XL-1 if I have to...even buying a used one will basically be a very serious investment...but it'll beat the hell out of rental prices down here. At $350/day, the rentals will add up. I don't understand using stills cameras, though. I need video, as these will be action sequences. Could you explain further? -- Rhett I guess it depends on what you're using it for, and what resolution you need. If you need DV, you could shoot on a 3CCD Sony or Canon prosumer camera - my XL1 is pretty good in low light, and I think the more expensive Sonys and Panasonics aren't bad, either. I mean, it's going to look dark. If it's really dark, you could shoot with a camera that has Night Shot - Infra Red - cheap and effective, but it's pretty ugly. If you need HDV, you could use a Canon HV-20 - the low light is very good, especially in 25P mode. If you're shooting for TV, then you can't do better than a Digibeta camera, which great in low light, but that's expensive to rent and you might need someone to operate it, too. But if you're just shooting for web at 640x480 or lower, then you should seriously consider using a good Canon digital stills camera. The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night scenes a real edge. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:40, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera. It's had a history of being quite thirsty for light. I'd love to upgrade to something with larger CCDs, but I don't exactly have $1,500 to just throw around, and this is not a paying gig (none of my video work is). People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting
So all digital stills cameras have a movie mode. Good ones - like a $400 Canon Powershot - has a movie mode that will shoot very good quality video and sound for as long as the memory card will take. Slap an 8GB SD card in a Canon Powershot and you'll get over an hour of continuous video at 640x480 pixels, 30fps. I've posted two black and white videos I've shot with my Canon - unfortunately i haven't posted any with normal colors, just two which are black and white with one color enhanced. A video shot on dark San Francisco streets and in an underground car park (black and white, except for yellows): http://twittervlog.tv/?p=194 and another shot in my kitchen in daylight (black and white, except for greens): http://twittervlog.tv/?p=233 640x480 is more than enough for web video. It's just less than regular DVD. Instead of stretching to 720x480 for NTSC DVD, I would pillarbox (add black space on either side) and keep it at the resolution it was shot at. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 17:28, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: I'd be for web production as well as possibly DVDs at something better than 320x240, most likely, and this footage will be the mainstay of a piece that could run 15-60 minutes. I'm considering an XL-1 if I have to...even buying a used one will basically be a very serious investment...but it'll beat the hell out of rental prices down here. At $350/day, the rentals will add up. I don't understand using stills cameras, though. I need video, as these will be action sequences. Could you explain further? -- Rhett I guess it depends on what you're using it for, and what resolution you need. If you need DV, you could shoot on a 3CCD Sony or Canon prosumer camera - my XL1 is pretty good in low light, and I think the more expensive Sonys and Panasonics aren't bad, either. I mean, it's going to look dark. If it's really dark, you could shoot with a camera that has Night Shot - Infra Red - cheap and effective, but it's pretty ugly. If you need HDV, you could use a Canon HV-20 - the low light is very good, especially in 25P mode. If you're shooting for TV, then you can't do better than a Digibeta camera, which great in low light, but that's expensive to rent and you might need someone to operate it, too. But if you're just shooting for web at 640x480 or lower, then you should seriously consider using a good Canon digital stills camera. The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night scenes a real edge. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:40, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera. It's had a history of being quite thirsty for light. I'd love to upgrade to something with larger CCDs, but I don't exactly have $1,500 to just throw around, and this is not a paying gig (none of my video work is). People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting
You can shoot at 15fps, which is what you'll end up with very likely on the web anyway. That'll give you plenty of exposure and the blurry look is not unpleasant. You can also do a lot with levels and, even, gradients, in post. Joly People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Low light action shooting
Possibly he needs a real camera for this... but in my experience real cameras often can't match the low light performance of a little pocket camera. Sometimes the sound is even better from an in-camera mic on a pocket stills camera than it is from an in-camera mic on a DV camera. And I've often found that a Canon or a Kodak digital stills camera will shoot nicer looking video than a medium priced DV camera. I agree that it's good to have an expensive camera for professional quality work. But smaller cheaper cameras can sometimes be better for different situations and requirements. And you can be less obtrusive, too. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 22 Apr 2008, at 17:41, Heath wrote: Most digital still cameras will shot short or longer video clips. Often for as long as you have space on your flash drive. But it sounds like you need a real video camera. I just bought the Panasonic DVX100B, I upgraded from a Panasonic PV-GS180, I did a comparriosion shot with my new camera and my old one in low light, and I have to say the new camera BLEW away my old one. For these small consumer camera's you can only do so much with low light, even putting a light on top may not help alot with artifacts, etc. I will be honest, I didn't think there was that much of a differance until I had the footage side by sideit's literaly like night and day. I can't link to the footage right now, as I am at work and Flickr is blocked but if you go to my site and click on my flickr badge and go to my photo stream you can see for yourself. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, J. Rhett Aultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be for web production as well as possibly DVDs at something better than 320x240, most likely, and this footage will be the mainstay of a piece that could run 15-60 minutes. I'm considering an XL-1 if I have to...even buying a used one will basically be a very serious investment...but it'll beat the hell out of rental prices down here. At $350/day, the rentals will add up. I don't understand using stills cameras, though. I need video, as these will be action sequences. Could you explain further? -- Rhett I guess it depends on what you're using it for, and what resolution you need. If you need DV, you could shoot on a 3CCD Sony or Canon prosumer camera - my XL1 is pretty good in low light, and I think the more expensive Sonys and Panasonics aren't bad, either. I mean, it's going to look dark. If it's really dark, you could shoot with a camera that has Night Shot - Infra Red - cheap and effective, but it's pretty ugly. If you need HDV, you could use a Canon HV-20 - the low light is very good, especially in 25P mode. If you're shooting for TV, then you can't do better than a Digibeta camera, which great in low light, but that's expensive to rent and you might need someone to operate it, too. But if you're just shooting for web at 640x480 or lower, then you should seriously consider using a good Canon digital stills camera. The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night scenes a real edge. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:40, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera. It's had a history of being quite thirsty for light. I'd love to upgrade to something with larger CCDs, but I don't exactly have $1,500 to just throw around, and this is not a paying gig (none of my video work is). People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups
Re: [videoblogging] Re: slightly off topic, what did you use to build website?
I forgot to say thanks, Brook - this tip for NVU was perfectly timed for a client who needed an open source web editor. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 16 Apr 2008, at 23:26, Brook Hinton wrote: Another option for a program with some WYSIWYG tools is NVU, which is basically stripped-down, open-source Dreamweaver (and free). I've used it quite a bit (because I can only hack my way around hand coding), and it's buggy and like Dreamweaver needs to have its code edited sometimes (even by a hack like myself), but it works and you can't beat the price. A qualifier: my non-blogging web design needs and tastes run to super super super simple and minimalist. I don't like anything to move or pop up on my screen unless its a video clip. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
Could someone help me with a feed issue? I setup my site in a hurry, using wordpress vPip, and mefeedia gives me errors when I try to add the feed. This one is the vPip feed for quicktime: http://www.mutantquartz.com/wp-content/plugins/widgets/vPIPFeed.php?blogURL=http%3A//www.mutantquartz.commedia=vs-title%3A%2BQuickTime This is the standard wordpress rss2 feed: http://www.mutantquartz.com/?feed=rss2 Haylpe! Im not sure whether I should be trying to get a solution from wordpress, vPip, showinabox, or mefeedia. The vpip feed validates but with a few recommendations, the wordpress feed fails validation. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours to completely update both web page and RSS feed. Regards, Frank --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy markus.sandy@ wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Meade wrote: ( http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml ) is there a feed that works in iTunes? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting
Could you give some examples of what you're referring to when you're talking about levels and gradients in post? Are there techniques that have worked particularly well for you? -- Rhett. You can shoot at 15fps, which is what you'll end up with very likely on the web anyway. That'll give you plenty of exposure and the blurry look is not unpleasant. You can also do a lot with levels and, even, gradients, in post. Joly People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring budget, so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well for you, I'd love to know. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
Hi Steve, On 22 Apr 2008, at 18:50, Steve Watkins wrote: Could someone help me with a feed issue? I setup my site in a hurry, using wordpress vPip, and mefeedia gives me errors when I try to add the feed. This one is the vPip feed for quicktime: http://www.mutantquartz.com/wp-content/plugins/widgets/vPIPFeed.php? blogURL=http%3A//www.mutantquartz.commedia=vs-title%3A%2BQuickTime This is the standard wordpress rss2 feed: http://www.mutantquartz.com/?feed=rss2 Haylpe! Im not sure whether I should be trying to get a solution from wordpress, vPip, showinabox, or mefeedia. The vpip feed validates but with a few recommendations, the wordpress feed fails validation. Neither Wordpress nor vPIP are being kind to you. Neither is giving you a safe feed. By safe, it's generally meant (quoting Mark Pilgrim from way back in 2003) safe to consume with a browser-based RSS reader. Here are his recommendations: * Strip script tags. This almost goes without saying. Script tags can be used by unscrupulous publishers to insert pop-up ads onto your news page. Think it won't happen? Some larger commercial publishers are already inserting text ads and banner ads into their feeds. * Strip embed tags. * Strip object tags. * Strip frameset tags. * Strip frame tags. * Strip iframe tags. * Strip meta tags, which can be used to hijack a page and redirect it to a remote URL. * Strip link tags, which can be used to import additional style definitions. * Strip style tags, for the same reason. * Strip style attributes from every single remaining tag. My platypus prank was based entirely on a single rogue style attribute. http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/06/12/how_to_consume_rss_safely Of course, few feeds do actually stay within these guidelines. If I were you, I'd dive into the vPIP code and strip out the onclick attributes because the vPIP script is not included - and as a result they are redundant. It shouldn't be too hard to alter the atom:link href either, although I've not looked at vPIP's code for oooh a long time. I'm surprised that Mefeedia aren't parsing feeds to strip (at least some of) these tags out, but FWIW, the vPIP feed works fine in iTunes and NetNewsWire here on my Mac. Cheers, Christian
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Low light action shooting
Sound won't be an issue. For the record, this is for roller derby, and I'll probably be mixing together sound gathered in different ways, and a commentator voice will be some of the most featured sound. The idea of buying a really nice still camera and using its video feature is compelling. I might have to ask around among friends to give it a try first. Budget-wise, it beats the hell out of shelling out for an XL1. -- Rhett. Possibly he needs a real camera for this... but in my experience real cameras often can't match the low light performance of a little pocket camera. Sometimes the sound is even better from an in-camera mic on a pocket stills camera than it is from an in-camera mic on a DV camera. And I've often found that a Canon or a Kodak digital stills camera will shoot nicer looking video than a medium priced DV camera. I agree that it's good to have an expensive camera for professional quality work. But smaller cheaper cameras can sometimes be better for different situations and requirements. And you can be less obtrusive, too. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 22 Apr 2008, at 17:41, Heath wrote: Most digital still cameras will shot short or longer video clips. Often for as long as you have space on your flash drive. But it sounds like you need a real video camera. I just bought the Panasonic DVX100B, I upgraded from a Panasonic PV-GS180, I did a comparriosion shot with my new camera and my old one in low light, and I have to say the new camera BLEW away my old one. For these small consumer camera's you can only do so much with low light, even putting a light on top may not help alot with artifacts, etc. I will be honest, I didn't think there was that much of a differance until I had the footage side by sideit's literaly like night and day. I can't link to the footage right now, as I am at work and Flickr is blocked but if you go to my site and click on my flickr badge and go to my photo stream you can see for yourself. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, J. Rhett Aultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be for web production as well as possibly DVDs at something better than 320x240, most likely, and this footage will be the mainstay of a piece that could run 15-60 minutes. I'm considering an XL-1 if I have to...even buying a used one will basically be a very serious investment...but it'll beat the hell out of rental prices down here. At $350/day, the rentals will add up. I don't understand using stills cameras, though. I need video, as these will be action sequences. Could you explain further? -- Rhett I guess it depends on what you're using it for, and what resolution you need. If you need DV, you could shoot on a 3CCD Sony or Canon prosumer camera - my XL1 is pretty good in low light, and I think the more expensive Sonys and Panasonics aren't bad, either. I mean, it's going to look dark. If it's really dark, you could shoot with a camera that has Night Shot - Infra Red - cheap and effective, but it's pretty ugly. If you need HDV, you could use a Canon HV-20 - the low light is very good, especially in 25P mode. If you're shooting for TV, then you can't do better than a Digibeta camera, which great in low light, but that's expensive to rent and you might need someone to operate it, too. But if you're just shooting for web at 640x480 or lower, then you should seriously consider using a good Canon digital stills camera. The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night scenes a real edge. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:40, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera. It's had a history of being quite thirsty for light. I'd love to upgrade to something with larger CCDs, but I don't
[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
Hi Steve, The vPIP Quicktime feed worked fine. It is here: http://www.mefeedia.com/feeds/37130 The Wordpress feed didn't contain media elements, so won't work in Mefeedia or iTunes (well, you can add it to iTunes, but won't play any episodes). Also, we have a users group here in case anyone else is experiencing issues: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/mefeedia-users/ Regards, Frank http://www.mefeedia.com - Feed Me Media --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Christian Wach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steve, On 22 Apr 2008, at 18:50, Steve Watkins wrote: Could someone help me with a feed issue? I setup my site in a hurry, using wordpress vPip, and mefeedia gives me errors when I try to add the feed. This one is the vPip feed for quicktime: http://www.mutantquartz.com/wp-content/plugins/widgets/vPIPFeed.php? blogURL=http%3A//www.mutantquartz.commedia=vs-title%3A%2BQuickTime This is the standard wordpress rss2 feed: http://www.mutantquartz.com/?feed=rss2 Haylpe! Im not sure whether I should be trying to get a solution from wordpress, vPip, showinabox, or mefeedia. The vpip feed validates but with a few recommendations, the wordpress feed fails validation. Neither Wordpress nor vPIP are being kind to you. Neither is giving you a safe feed. By safe, it's generally meant (quoting Mark Pilgrim from way back in 2003) safe to consume with a browser-based RSS reader. Here are his recommendations: * Strip script tags. This almost goes without saying. Script tags can be used by unscrupulous publishers to insert pop-up ads onto your news page. Think it won't happen? Some larger commercial publishers are already inserting text ads and banner ads into their feeds. * Strip embed tags. * Strip object tags. * Strip frameset tags. * Strip frame tags. * Strip iframe tags. * Strip meta tags, which can be used to hijack a page and redirect it to a remote URL. * Strip link tags, which can be used to import additional style definitions. * Strip style tags, for the same reason. * Strip style attributes from every single remaining tag. My platypus prank was based entirely on a single rogue style attribute. http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/06/12/how_to_consume_rss_safely Of course, few feeds do actually stay within these guidelines. If I were you, I'd dive into the vPIP code and strip out the onclick attributes because the vPIP script is not included - and as a result they are redundant. It shouldn't be too hard to alter the atom:link href either, although I've not looked at vPIP's code for oooh a long time. I'm surprised that Mefeedia aren't parsing feeds to strip (at least some of) these tags out, but FWIW, the vPIP feed works fine in iTunes and NetNewsWire here on my Mac. Cheers, Christian
[videoblogging] Re: Low light action shooting
No doubt and I did not mean to imply that a real camera is better, it's excatly like you said, different cameras for different situatuions. I love my cannon SD100 for stuff, I shot a heck of a lot with it and my Kodak before it. And that is the reason I put the real in quotes as there are lot's of options, LOTS and experiment and find out which works best for what situation that you are filming for. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Possibly he needs a real camera for this... but in my experience real cameras often can't match the low light performance of a little pocket camera. Sometimes the sound is even better from an in- camera mic on a pocket stills camera than it is from an in-camera mic on a DV camera. And I've often found that a Canon or a Kodak digital stills camera will shoot nicer looking video than a medium priced DV camera. I agree that it's good to have an expensive camera for professional quality work. But smaller cheaper cameras can sometimes be better for different situations and requirements. And you can be less obtrusive, too. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 22 Apr 2008, at 17:41, Heath wrote: Most digital still cameras will shot short or longer video clips. Often for as long as you have space on your flash drive. But it sounds like you need a real video camera. I just bought the Panasonic DVX100B, I upgraded from a Panasonic PV-GS180, I did a comparriosion shot with my new camera and my old one in low light, and I have to say the new camera BLEW away my old one. For these small consumer camera's you can only do so much with low light, even putting a light on top may not help alot with artifacts, etc. I will be honest, I didn't think there was that much of a differance until I had the footage side by sideit's literaly like night and day. I can't link to the footage right now, as I am at work and Flickr is blocked but if you go to my site and click on my flickr badge and go to my photo stream you can see for yourself. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, J. Rhett Aultman wlight@ wrote: I'd be for web production as well as possibly DVDs at something better than 320x240, most likely, and this footage will be the mainstay of a piece that could run 15-60 minutes. I'm considering an XL-1 if I have to...even buying a used one will basically be a very serious investment...but it'll beat the hell out of rental prices down here. At $350/day, the rentals will add up. I don't understand using stills cameras, though. I need video, as these will be action sequences. Could you explain further? -- Rhett I guess it depends on what you're using it for, and what resolution you need. If you need DV, you could shoot on a 3CCD Sony or Canon prosumer camera - my XL1 is pretty good in low light, and I think the more expensive Sonys and Panasonics aren't bad, either. I mean, it's going to look dark. If it's really dark, you could shoot with a camera that has Night Shot - Infra Red - cheap and effective, but it's pretty ugly. If you need HDV, you could use a Canon HV-20 - the low light is very good, especially in 25P mode. If you're shooting for TV, then you can't do better than a Digibeta camera, which great in low light, but that's expensive to rent and you might need someone to operate it, too. But if you're just shooting for web at 640x480 or lower, then you should seriously consider using a good Canon digital stills camera. The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night scenes a real edge. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:40, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By low light, I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you might find at a nightclub or something similar. I've recently purchased a Sunpak for my camera, and this might actually be enough for my purposes (shooting generally no more than 10 ft from the action), but I have the extra concern that the camera light may be too distracting to the principles and bystanders at the venue. So, I'm trying to consider what other options I might have. I'm currently using a Panasonic PV-GS150, which I believe is a 1/8 x 3CCD camera.
[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
You may want to burn your wordpress feed with feedburner and then set that up as your main feed. It could also be another plugin issue causing the problem. If you need to know how to set up a feedburner feed check out Freevlog.org, they walk it through step by step heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone help me with a feed issue? I setup my site in a hurry, using wordpress vPip, and mefeedia gives me errors when I try to add the feed. This one is the vPip feed for quicktime: http://www.mutantquartz.com/wp-content/plugins/widgets/vPIPFeed.php? blogURL=http%3A//www.mutantquartz.commedia=vs-title%3A%2BQuickTime This is the standard wordpress rss2 feed: http://www.mutantquartz.com/?feed=rss2 Haylpe! Im not sure whether I should be trying to get a solution from wordpress, vPip, showinabox, or mefeedia. The vpip feed validates but with a few recommendations, the wordpress feed fails validation. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton frank@ wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours to completely update both web page and RSS feed. Regards, Frank --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy markus.sandy@ wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Meade wrote: ( http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml ) is there a feed that works in iTunes? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
From what people have been telling me for the last year, Feedburner is not all that. Personally, I'm not seeing that much activity from them since being acquired by Google. Does anyone have any thoughts on that? If I was starting a new feed, and am not a feed newbie, I would try to have the feed come from your site and not Feedburner. On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may want to burn your wordpress feed with feedburner and then set that up as your main feed. It could also be another plugin issue causing the problem. If you need to know how to set up a feedburner feed check out Freevlog.org, they walk it through step by step heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone help me with a feed issue? I setup my site in a hurry, using wordpress vPip, and mefeedia gives me errors when I try to add the feed. This one is the vPip feed for quicktime: http://www.mutantquartz.com/wp-content/plugins/widgets/vPIPFeed.php? blogURL=http%3A//www.mutantquartz.commedia=vs-title%3A%2BQuickTime This is the standard wordpress rss2 feed: http://www.mutantquartz.com/?feed=rss2 Haylpe! Im not sure whether I should be trying to get a solution from wordpress, vPip, showinabox, or mefeedia. The vpip feed validates but with a few recommendations, the wordpress feed fails validation. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton frank@ wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours to completely update both web page and RSS feed. Regards, Frank --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy markus.sandy@ wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Meade wrote: ( http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml ) is there a feed that works in iTunes? [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] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
the main benifit I see with Feedburner is like in a case like mine where I switched from blogger to wordpress, people would have had to update their feedreaders, etc, people may not have had the right feed, they may not have known, etc... Of course David Meade did post something I think that takes part of the need away for those things, I need to look into it more. but for me worrying about my feed was the last thing I wanted to worry about with my switch and it's worked fine. Now as far as stats, etc, not sure about that Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From what people have been telling me for the last year, Feedburner is not all that. Personally, I'm not seeing that much activity from them since being acquired by Google. Does anyone have any thoughts on that? If I was starting a new feed, and am not a feed newbie, I would try to have the feed come from your site and not Feedburner. On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may want to burn your wordpress feed with feedburner and then set that up as your main feed. It could also be another plugin issue causing the problem. If you need to know how to set up a feedburner feed check out Freevlog.org, they walk it through step by step heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins steve@ wrote: Could someone help me with a feed issue? I setup my site in a hurry, using wordpress vPip, and mefeedia gives me errors when I try to add the feed. This one is the vPip feed for quicktime: http://www.mutantquartz.com/wp- content/plugins/widgets/vPIPFeed.php? blogURL=http%3A//www.mutantquartz.commedia=vs-title%3A% 2BQuickTime This is the standard wordpress rss2 feed: http://www.mutantquartz.com/?feed=rss2 Haylpe! Im not sure whether I should be trying to get a solution from wordpress, vPip, showinabox, or mefeedia. The vpip feed validates but with a few recommendations, the wordpress feed fails validation. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton frank@ wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours to completely update both web page and RSS feed. Regards, Frank --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy markus.sandy@ wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Meade wrote: ( http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml ) is there a feed that works in iTunes? [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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
Absolutely agree with you re: keeping the feed to keep the subscribers. I know I would lose many/most of them if I changed it. Heck, I probably wouldn't follow myself if I changed it! On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the main benifit I see with Feedburner is like in a case like mine where I switched from blogger to wordpress, people would have had to update their feedreaders, etc, people may not have had the right feed, they may not have known, etc... Of course David Meade did post something I think that takes part of the need away for those things, I need to look into it more. but for me worrying about my feed was the last thing I wanted to worry about with my switch and it's worked fine. Now as far as stats, etc, not sure about that Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Cozmo TV
Have any of you played with this?: http://cozmo.tv/ Seems like it could make a nice viewing experience to aggregate all of the Videoblogging Week videos. Just put in an rss feed (like the one Mefeedia makes) and sit back and watch. It also has a button on the lower right that brings you to the original sites page. Pretty cool. -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course David Meade did post something I think that takes part of the need away for those things, I need to look into it more. Yeah I just wrote up a how-to on editing the .htaccess file so that you can move your feed around without losing your subscribers: In case that's useful for anyone: http://www.davidmeade.com/archives/437 -- http://www.DavidMeade.com
[videoblogging] Technorati tardiness?
I've never had much to do with Technorati till videoblogging2008 but I've learned much the last day. First, it hadn't updated my blog in 5 weeks even though I've posted 3 times since then. I had them ping my site several times to get me up to date but my post from 9 hours ago is still not in their search. I pinged them again and put rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping into my blog's configuration but still waiting. I'm using WP 2.3.1 Thanks from the back of the bus. John jchtv dot com Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
[videoblogging] Re: Cozmo TV
Looks cool - will have to give it a try. thanks! The main problem I have had with these type of things is that they support Flash-only. At Mefeedia, we even created a basic experience like this ourselves, but canned it because of the non-Flash support. I'd be interested to see what they provide... Regards, Frank http://www.mefeedia.com - Feed Me Media --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have any of you played with this?: http://cozmo.tv/ Seems like it could make a nice viewing experience to aggregate all of the Videoblogging Week videos. Just put in an rss feed (like the one Mefeedia makes) and sit back and watch. It also has a button on the lower right that brings you to the original sites page. Pretty cool. -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
Thanks very much Frank and Christian :) I guess the errors I got when I tried were in themselves erroneous! Still my url for the feed that works is stupidly long, which probably doesnt help. I really need to pay more attention to this stuff, Ive been slack, but then again Im deliberately being sloppy and treating my vlog as a scrapbook. So thanks to everyone else too for the interesting feed discussion, I avoid 3rd party services if I can, often for no terribly good reason. I will save the good advise you have given me, for if I ever get round to trying to do a proper video show or something. At this rate thats still pencilled in for around 2014. Thanks again Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steve, The vPIP Quicktime feed worked fine. It is here: http://www.mefeedia.com/feeds/37130 The Wordpress feed didn't contain media elements, so won't work in Mefeedia or iTunes (well, you can add it to iTunes, but won't play any episodes). Also, we have a users group here in case anyone else is experiencing issues: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/mefeedia-users/ Regards, Frank http://www.mefeedia.com - Feed Me Media --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Christian Wach needle@ wrote: Hi Steve, On 22 Apr 2008, at 18:50, Steve Watkins wrote: Could someone help me with a feed issue? I setup my site in a hurry, using wordpress vPip, and mefeedia gives me errors when I try to add the feed. This one is the vPip feed for quicktime: http://www.mutantquartz.com/wp-content/plugins/widgets/vPIPFeed.php? blogURL=http%3A//www.mutantquartz.commedia=vs-title%3A%2BQuickTime This is the standard wordpress rss2 feed: http://www.mutantquartz.com/?feed=rss2 Haylpe! Im not sure whether I should be trying to get a solution from wordpress, vPip, showinabox, or mefeedia. The vpip feed validates but with a few recommendations, the wordpress feed fails validation. Neither Wordpress nor vPIP are being kind to you. Neither is giving you a safe feed. By safe, it's generally meant (quoting Mark Pilgrim from way back in 2003) safe to consume with a browser-based RSS reader. Here are his recommendations: * Strip script tags. This almost goes without saying. Script tags can be used by unscrupulous publishers to insert pop-up ads onto your news page. Think it won't happen? Some larger commercial publishers are already inserting text ads and banner ads into their feeds. * Strip embed tags. * Strip object tags. * Strip frameset tags. * Strip frame tags. * Strip iframe tags. * Strip meta tags, which can be used to hijack a page and redirect it to a remote URL. * Strip link tags, which can be used to import additional style definitions. * Strip style tags, for the same reason. * Strip style attributes from every single remaining tag. My platypus prank was based entirely on a single rogue style attribute. http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/06/12/how_to_consume_rss_safely Of course, few feeds do actually stay within these guidelines. If I were you, I'd dive into the vPIP code and strip out the onclick attributes because the vPIP script is not included - and as a result they are redundant. It shouldn't be too hard to alter the atom:link href either, although I've not looked at vPIP's code for oooh a long time. I'm surprised that Mefeedia aren't parsing feeds to strip (at least some of) these tags out, but FWIW, the vPIP feed works fine in iTunes and NetNewsWire here on my Mac. Cheers, Christian
Re: [videoblogging] Technorati tardiness?
Many who have depended on Technorati have moved onto Google Blogs: http://blogsearch.google.com/?hl=entab=wb On Apr 22, 2008, at 4:12 PM, John Coffey wrote: I've never had much to do with Technorati till videoblogging2008 but I've learned much the last day. First, it hadn't updated my blog in 5 weeks even though I've posted 3 times since then. I had them ping my site several times to get me up to date but my post from 9 hours ago is still not in their search. I pinged them again and put rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping into my blog's configuration but still waiting. I'm using WP 2.3.1 Thanks from the back of the bus. John jchtv dot com __ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http:// mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Digest Number 5081
Anyone into video blogging at http://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/content/home in SF wona meetup? Am just in town from the UK. Hamish http://visionontv.net http://hamishcampbell.com http://www.undercurrents.org
[videoblogging] Video Elements theme for Wordpress
I was wondering if anyone has experience using the Video Elements theme: http://www.wpelements.com/2008/04/09/introducing-the-video-elements-wordpress- theme-v10/ Any thoughts or comments about the Video Elements theme in general? Thanks and regards! W.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
I tried it on iTunes 7 on a power book and, I got the dreaded exclamation point meaning the feed is broken (in my world anyway). To clarify, the feed is: http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml I should be able to select advanced/subscribe to podcast, enter that and away I go? ... thanks ... Richard On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours to completely update both web page and RSS feed. Regards, Frank --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Meade wrote: ( http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml ) is there a feed that works in iTunes? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
It worked for me; I even got your video! On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried it on iTunes 7 on a power book and, I got the dreaded exclamation point meaning the feed is broken (in my world anyway). To clarify, the feed is: http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml I should be able to select advanced/subscribe to podcast, enter that and away I go? ... thanks ... Richard On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED]frank%40mefeedia.com wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours to completely update both web page and RSS feed. Regards, Frank --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Meade wrote: ( http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml ) is there a feed that works in iTunes? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [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] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008
I just tried it and it worked. Yes, in iTunes: Advanced - Subscribe to Podcast and there you go! We are working on an alternative interface too, but running into IE issues. Will let you all know! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It worked for me; I even got your video! On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried it on iTunes 7 on a power book and, I got the dreaded exclamation point meaning the feed is broken (in my world anyway). To clarify, the feed is: http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml I should be able to select advanced/subscribe to podcast, enter that and away I go? ... thanks ... Richard On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED]frank%40mefeedia.com wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours to completely update both web page and RSS feed. Regards, Frank --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy markus.sandy@ wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David Meade wrote: ( http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml ) is there a feed that works in iTunes? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [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] My 200th post
I just realized after I uploaded and posted my latest video, that it is my 200th post. In a way the video I ended up posting is fitting as it is a bit of a new begining for me http://heathparks.com/blog1/?p=266 Vlog on! Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com
Re: [videoblogging] Video Elements theme for Wordpress
I was wondering if anyone has experience using the Video Elements theme: http://www.wpelements.com/2008/04/09/introducing-the-video-elements-wordpress- theme-v10/ Any thoughts or comments about the Video Elements theme in general? we started picking apart how it works here: http://showinabox.tv/forum/topic.php?id=36 the theme uses something called Media Box. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
