[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews
thanks for the address, jay. guess what - we are both in southwest michigan! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, liza jean dared...@... wrote: your email address is not available and your websites don't have a contact page - unless i have to have an account with you . . . --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote: Liza Jean, I guess the profit sharing could work both ways. As a production company, you are killing yourself with the presentation of your site. It just doesn't look serious. (just being frank here...). I think I could help you with the presentation of dyna-flix.com. There is no reason for your site to not look incredible. You've got all that scantily clad talent, and it's just sitting there in the middle of a white page. If you had a better layout and design, and asked people to cruise around and check things out I bet you'd be doing much better. Please take a look in my signature for examples of my work. If you are interested, give me a shout privately. That goes for anyone else too. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.com http://pawsitivevybe.com http://rescuedogstv.com http://k9athlete.com On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:14 AM, liza jean wrote: there are two of us at dyna-flix.com and after a year and a half of hard work and 50 fifteen minute chapters on the market as $5 downloads or 3 on a DVD for $20 we were up to $100 a day in sales. average. down a little with all the fear out there about money. most pay sites in our niche sell subscriptions. we prefer individual sales with active feedback from our customers thru a guestbook and a yahoo group. we tend to get our money back for each chapter in the first 48 hours we have it on the market. so we own our library free and clear. but we don't own much else but a pole barn. we currently run advert free on blip as our 150 or so clips there are nothing more than commercials for our work - getting some 1200 views a day. but once we finish the toned down (ever so slightly) set of 6 shows for australian broadcast we might park them on blip and troll for a sponsor. we had invited a third artist into this project. he helped us get up and running but dropped out. we'd take him back in a heartbeat, but he can't wait for the money like we can. mind you during this year and a half we have been deleted from youtube some dozen times in spite of millions of channel views with no complaints. seems it might be industrial sabotage of some sort - one is likely to find hot competion in a well funded niche. this year i hope to add ringtones and wallpapers to our product line, see about getting into the i-tunes store, and sacrifice 40% of the sale price to sell some more of our commercials on clips4sale. we are maybe getting close 1000 true fans level where we will venture into the exciting world of profit. the above is offered in hopes it will help someone else believe in themselves enough to try. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote: I don't care about people doing this for me, it's not about dog sports. It's not about me. My stuff was only an example. This is about the concept of profit sharing with producers and supplementing income of video producers and giving much needed help to community developers. It's the idea that I'm pushing, I don't want to push anybody into doing anything for me, but I do think this idea has merit and am a bit confused about the lack of interest on the list here. I hate this kind of communication, email lists, it's so easy to get a mixed message. I do like the latter part of your post, Jay, and think you are on it. I don't think Rosenbaum's piece was very groundbreaking either, other than the fact that it was in print (large blog) and it reinforced what I've believed and have been in the process of doing for a couple years now. And it did so with a little bit of anecdotal evidence and experience. I'm not used to seeing my thoughts and ideas in media until several years after they develop. You are right about the passionate hobbyist supporting their community, but I think it goes further than that. I think we're all about to realize just how important community is. We've been having our eyes opened it here Michigan for a few years now and as the economy takes it's final spins around the toilet bowl we're all going to get a look at how worthless our lives as consumers feeding an economy have become and how damaging it was to our society. We're all going to want to belong to and we're all going to *need* to belong to something in the near future. I
[videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
Jeffrey, There was an error in the URL you provided for the article. The actual link is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenbaum/5-trends-that-will-change_\ b_155119.html Nick Friedman www.DUCKPONDtv.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, liza jean dared...@... wrote: thanx for the article. so here's a new year resolution for we at dyna-flix.com - get on a lot more lists. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor thejeffreytaylor@ wrote: All of you folks out there wanting to make money off of web-based video, take a look at Steve Rosenbaum's article here. His #1 prediction is that the Curation Economy will boom in 2009. Who are the curators? Anyone. I just wish the money-holders weren't so damn slow on the uptake. Imagine what would be possible if poeple got this 3 or 4 years ago? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenbaum/5-trends-that-will- change_b_155119.html -- Jeffrey Taylor 912 Cole St, #349 San Francisco, CA 94117 USA Mobile: +14157281264 Fax: +33177722734 http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor http://organicconversations.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
That article was excellent. I've been contemplating a technology that would make all this happen much sooner. Suppose (and I'm sure many people have) that you had a system where folks could give you a few cents every time they looked at a video. Let's say you have a site with 10 videos that anybody can watch, and then you post 20 or 30 or 100 more that it costs anywhere from 1 cent to 10 cents ( or more) for people to watch. And on your site you have a little button that takes folks to another site where they buy credits - $ 5.00 or $ 10.00 at a time. Then they come back to your site, and click on a video that they want to watch, that costs 2 cents. They watch it and they are happy, and you've made two cents. Now when you reach a certain threshold - say $ 10.00, the Flick Bank deposits the money in your paypal account. You can let it gather if want. (Maybe the Flick bank pays interest??) The way this starts is that somebody puts together the Flick Kicks Bank, and starts signing up artists. Then Flick Kicks starts promoting the idea that people should get paid for their work. The problem that has held this back - that has stopped this process of mini-micro payments is that up until now, merchant account or Paypal, have charged $ .30 a transaction plus 2.7%. With this new system, Flicks has to pay for the transaction - but only once. So even though $ 5.00 represents 200-250 transactions, there's only one charge at the beginning and one that the artist pays, when they get their money. Anybody want to help me build this? Milt
[videoblogging] super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon
Hey all I love my Xacti E1, and Amazon has a really good deal on the E2 today: http://icanhaz.com/xacticam In case you are looking for something like this. Had fun with mine on the waterslides the other week. (they are waterproof) Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
Let's say you have a site with 10 videos that anybody can watch, and then you post 20 or 30 or 100 more that it costs anywhere from 1 cent to 10 cents ( or more) for people to watch. And on your site you have a little button that takes folks to another site where they buy credits - $ 5.00 or $ 10.00 at a time. Then they come back to your site, and click on a video that they want to watch, that costs 2 cents. They watch it and they are happy, and you've made two cents. Looks like it's time to revisit the Micropayments debate. Clay Shirky in 2000: http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2000/12/19/micropayments.html Clay Shirky in 2003: http://www.shirky.com/writings/fame_vs_fortune.html Scout McCloud rebuttal: http://www.scottmccloud.com/home/essays/2003-09-micros/micros.html Our very own Nathan Frietas even made a great site that allowed you to charge for downloads: http://cruxy.com/ I know he intimately understands shaving pennies fromm online transaction fees. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews
I've got to move my contact us from the homepage menus. You're not the first to miss them. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:15 AM, liza jean wrote: thanks for the address, jay. guess what - we are both in southwest michigan! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, liza jean dared...@... wrote: your email address is not available and your websites don't have a contact page - unless i have to have an account with you . . . --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote: Liza Jean, I guess the profit sharing could work both ways. As a production company, you are killing yourself with the presentation of your site. It just doesn't look serious. (just being frank here...). I think I could help you with the presentation of dyna-flix.com. There is no reason for your site to not look incredible. You've got all that scantily clad talent, and it's just sitting there in the middle of a white page. If you had a better layout and design, and asked people to cruise around and check things out I bet you'd be doing much better. Please take a look in my signature for examples of my work. If you are interested, give me a shout privately. That goes for anyone else too. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.com http://pawsitivevybe.com http://rescuedogstv.com http://k9athlete.com On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:14 AM, liza jean wrote: there are two of us at dyna-flix.com and after a year and a half of hard work and 50 fifteen minute chapters on the market as $5 downloads or 3 on a DVD for $20 we were up to $100 a day in sales. average. down a little with all the fear out there about money. most pay sites in our niche sell subscriptions. we prefer individual sales with active feedback from our customers thru a guestbook and a yahoo group. we tend to get our money back for each chapter in the first 48 hours we have it on the market. so we own our library free and clear. but we don't own much else but a pole barn. we currently run advert free on blip as our 150 or so clips there are nothing more than commercials for our work - getting some 1200 views a day. but once we finish the toned down (ever so slightly) set of 6 shows for australian broadcast we might park them on blip and troll for a sponsor. we had invited a third artist into this project. he helped us get up and running but dropped out. we'd take him back in a heartbeat, but he can't wait for the money like we can. mind you during this year and a half we have been deleted from youtube some dozen times in spite of millions of channel views with no complaints. seems it might be industrial sabotage of some sort - one is likely to find hot competion in a well funded niche. this year i hope to add ringtones and wallpapers to our product line, see about getting into the i-tunes store, and sacrifice 40% of the sale price to sell some more of our commercials on clips4sale. we are maybe getting close 1000 true fans level where we will venture into the exciting world of profit. the above is offered in hopes it will help someone else believe in themselves enough to try. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote: I don't care about people doing this for me, it's not about dog sports. It's not about me. My stuff was only an example. This is about the concept of profit sharing with producers and supplementing income of video producers and giving much needed help to community developers. It's the idea that I'm pushing, I don't want to push anybody into doing anything for me, but I do think this idea has merit and am a bit confused about the lack of interest on the list here. I hate this kind of communication, email lists, it's so easy to get a mixed message. I do like the latter part of your post, Jay, and think you are on it. I don't think Rosenbaum's piece was very groundbreaking either, other than the fact that it was in print (large blog) and it reinforced what I've believed and have been in the process of doing for a couple years now. And it did so with a little bit of anecdotal evidence and experience. I'm not used to seeing my thoughts and ideas in media until several years after they develop. You are right about the passionate hobbyist supporting their community, but I think it goes further than that. I think we're all about to realize just how important community is. We've been having our eyes opened it here Michigan for a few years now and as the economy
[videoblogging] Google Helping Bloggers with Data Portability
Supposedly, this should make exporting your blogspot account to another host, say WordPress, much easier. Let me know if you try it out! Curious if its seamless or not. Sent to you by Schlomo Rabinowitz via Google Reader: Google Helping Bloggers with Data Portability via ReadWriteWeb by Lidija Davis on 1/11/09 Want to move your blog to another publishing platform? Well now Google has made it easier for you. Last Friday, the Data Liberation Team announced the Google Blog Converters project on their Open Source Blog. Google made data portability a lot easier for Blogger users a month ago and with this announcement it appears they are offering easier portability solutions to WordPress, Movable Type, and LiveJournal users as well. Sponsor Friday's release provides Python libraries and runnable scripts that convert between the export formats of the above platforms. Future plans include synchronization tools between services that don't offer import/export features as well as support for BlogML. Google has also released templates for hosting the conversions on Google App Engine. Take a look at the examples hosted on Google App Engine: - Blogger to WordPress - WordPress to Blogger - LiveJournal to Blogger But beware the caveat noted in the readme file: There is a limit to the size of a downloaded file on appspot.com of 1 MB of data. Thus, these hosted applications should only be used for reference or for the conversion of small blog export files. If you're interested in getting involved with the project, take a look at the source code or join the discussion group here. Discuss Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to ReadWriteWeb using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
Hi guys, I've created a very simple ad for pay to play video on my site and I'd like to get some feedback from you all. http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/onlinejam.jpg Just your kneejerk reaction. Go with your gut. What does it make you feel/think? Could it be effective? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
Honestly, I am totally baffled. I'm not sure what its saying. It looks two completely random images and a topic heading. What are you trying to say with it? ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
I was afraid of that... I'm trying to avoid putting a monetary value on the ad. Online instruction is $5 per topic. Try this... http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/onlinejam2.jpg Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Honestly, I am totally baffled. I'm not sure what its saying. It looks two completely random images and a topic heading. What are you trying to say with it? ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
I understand what you are trying to say, but not through the ad... I'd get rid of the coke bottles; I think its what is confusing me. Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Ron Watson k9d...@mac.com wrote: I was afraid of that... I'm trying to avoid putting a monetary value on the ad. Online instruction is $5 per topic. Try this... http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/onlinejam2.jpg Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Honestly, I am totally baffled. I'm not sure what its saying. It looks two completely random images and a topic heading. What are you trying to say with it? ___ 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
on your site you have a little button that takes folks to another site where they buy credits - $ 5.00 or $ 10.00 at a time. Then they come back to your site, and click on a video that they want to watch, that costs 2 cents. Most non-geek/tech/online-most-of-the-time folks will give up if they have to go to another site then come back or deal with something like credits. To break through this sort of thing needs an interface that works for people who don't spend lots of time online and don't understand navigation beyond the back button and their bookmarks. I think breakthrough curation sites will use minimalist, simple designs and interfaces that can be mastered without thought by total novices. Your grandma who has only used the internet for yahoo mail has to not need to call anyone for help or look anything up, and feel totally confident that everything involving money is completely, utterly secure. 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
Yeah the coke bottles are completely confusing. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
People will spend $5 at the gas station on a candy bar, bottle of coke and bag of chips, and they'll do it over and over - never think twice about it. But to download professional instruction, to get training techniques mainlined to them, $5 is prohibitively expensive? Doesn't make sense to me. I want to draw attention to that comparison very quickly and simply - visually. So what do I use for the comparison? Or is that entire concept bunk? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Yeah the coke bottles are completely confusing. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
what about something really obvious for people - text like 'your spare change Vs my training video' I didn't know what the coke bottles or other image were for. maybe u need to check with the dog list who are your audience? do some market research with them as they might make the links better? 2009/1/12 Ron Watson k9d...@mac.com: People will spend $5 at the gas station on a candy bar, bottle of coke and bag of chips, and they'll do it over and over - never think twice about it. But to download professional instruction, to get training techniques mainlined to them, $5 is prohibitively expensive? Doesn't make sense to me. I want to draw attention to that comparison very quickly and simply - visually. So what do I use for the comparison? Or is that entire concept bunk? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Yeah the coke bottles are completely confusing. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Ron Watson k9d...@mac.com wrote: People will spend $5 at the gas station on a candy bar, bottle of coke and bag of chips, and they'll do it over and over - never think twice about it. But to download professional instruction, to get training techniques mainlined to them, $5 is prohibitively expensive? Doesn't make sense to me. I want to draw attention to that comparison very quickly and simply - visually. So what do I use for the comparison? Or is that entire concept bunk? I apologize if you;ve already read the links I posted today on Micropayments, but I think they get to the meat of the problem: Clay Shirky in 2000: http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2000/12/19/micropayments.html Clay Shirky in 2003: http://www.shirky.com/writings/fame_vs_fortune.html Scout McCloud rebuttal: http://www.scottmccloud.com/home/essays/2003-09-micros/micros.html Yes, people spend $10 when walking out of the house. But there just isnt the culture of paying for each little click online. Doesnt mean it's not possible. You are just simply fighting the uphill battle of creating new habits. Before the Obama campaign, giving money online was a rare habit. He made it a normal part of the online experience. I dont think any of us really need convincing. Try your arguments out on your friends who arent media makers. Take a poll on who would pay to watch your videos. what hoops would they jump through to get to it...when there are a billion other websites to entertain for free. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
on your site you have a little button that takes folks to another site where they buy credits - $ 5.00 or $ 10.00 at a time. Then they come back to your site, and click on a video that they want to watch, that costs 2 cents. Most non-geek/tech/online-most-of-the-time folks will give up if they have to go to another site then come back or deal with something like credits. To break through this sort of thing needs an interface that works for people who don't spend lots of time online and don't understand navigation beyond the back button and their bookmarks. I think breakthrough curation sites will use minimalist, simple designs and interfaces that can be mastered without thought by total novices. Your grandma who has only used the internet for yahoo mail has to not need to call anyone for help or look anything up, and feel totally confident that everything involving money is completely, utterly secure. I appreciate the comments, Brook. Actually, the link takes them directly to the shop where the videos reside, right to the particular category, which is also linked in a menu item. Same exact menu items for each dog sport discipline. The videos are aptly titled Japanese Dog Catch - which is a wicked disc dog move that most people think is impossible, and most people would love to learn. I teach it in 5 minutes to just about anyone and it's as simple as pie. Front Cross Foundation - an elementary move in Agility, but a million ways to teach it and to improve it, shaving seconds off a team's time. Hitting the End of the Dock - something that all dock jumping dogs need to do. Many take off 2 feet from the end of the dock. Seeing as how inches count in dock diving, adding 2 feet to a jump is HUGE. And it's actual money, not credits, although I've toyed around with that. Trying to make it as simple as possible, but it's not a simple site. It's friggin' HUGE. Perhaps it's too big, I don't know. This is not personal video either, and it's worth more than 2 cents. Do you know what it costs to take a seminar with us? With the other trainers that will be offering video instruction? It's not cheap, and most people come in wanting one or 2 skills. People drive hundreds of miles to our seminars. People drive a thousand miles to come train here at our place. I run into this 'hobbyist' thing and underestimated value all the time, and it's frustrating. Clean Run, an agility Magazine, does $8million in revenue. That's one sport. People pay $400 for a couple days of seminar work in Agility. The economy has tanked, people can't afford that anymore. That's where we step in. Sorry to hit the list with this stuff, but you guys are really the best resource I have for what I'm trying to do, and if I can dial this in it might be a nice model for others. I know it's not quite a 'videoblogging' topic, but it sure does dance around the edges of topicality. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:03 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: on your site you have a little button that takes folks to another site where they buy credits - $ 5.00 or $ 10.00 at a time. Then they come back to your site, and click on a video that they want to watch, that costs 2 cents. Most non-geek/tech/online-most-of-the-time folks will give up if they have to go to another site then come back or deal with something like credits. To break through this sort of thing needs an interface that works for people who don't spend lots of time online and don't understand navigation beyond the back button and their bookmarks. I think breakthrough curation sites will use minimalist, simple designs and interfaces that can be mastered without thought by total novices. Your grandma who has only used the internet for yahoo mail has to not need to call anyone for help or look anything up, and feel totally confident that everything involving money is completely, utterly secure. 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
what about something really obvious for people - text like 'your spare change Vs my training video' I didn't know what the coke bottles or other image were for. maybe u need to check with the dog list who are your audience? do some market research with them as they might make the links better? Thanks Kath, appreciate it. Better idea. Perhaps Abe Lincoln, or a five spot... I know you guys don't care about dog sports, that's cool and I understand that, but this is not only about dog sports though. This is about monetizing instructional video - any instructional video. Anyway, thanks for shooting it down so quickly and deftly and for the positive commentary about improving it. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Kath O'Donnell wrote: 2009/1/12 Ron Watson k9d...@mac.com: People will spend $5 at the gas station on a candy bar, bottle of coke and bag of chips, and they'll do it over and over - never think twice about it. But to download professional instruction, to get training techniques mainlined to them, $5 is prohibitively expensive? Doesn't make sense to me. I want to draw attention to that comparison very quickly and simply - visually. So what do I use for the comparison? Or is that entire concept bunk? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Yeah the coke bottles are completely confusing. ___ 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Dreamhost JW Flash Player
It's 4am and I'm about to go to catch a ferry to Vancouver for a breakfast with David Howell and Jeff Pulver and 50 social media vampires, so my brain is a bit foggy, which is why I actually read the Dreamhost newsletter for once. Also, it had a poop theme, which sort of sucked me in. Anyway, the guy who writes it had something to say about the JW Flash Video Player, so I thought I'd just copy paste it. It looked kind of interesting - but forgive me if it's not, my brain is still in lizard stage (although impressively able to type and spell, no?) Rupert http://twittervlog.tv 4. New.. Version of the Flash Video Player! I don't have any more stories about poop or Oklahoma. But, I do have a new version of Jeroen's Flash Video Player (v4.3) at our http://media.dreamhost.com/ site, available to all Happy DreamHost Customers! With such amazing new features as: * The ability to switch between HD and SD versions of a video * The ability to put ads around your video * The ability to do other things, explained here: http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/ Remember, if you're not so technical, we've got a super-easy flash converter available right from our web panel at: https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=goodies.media Which will do everything for you, and then send you an email when it's done with the HTML code snippet you need to embed the (new) flash video player right into your website or blog post!
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
Like I said, I understand your message (and dont think its a bad one at all), just the coke bottles didnt work for me. There is definitely money in online education/instruction. For video, it will be even more so. It's a good niche to get into. I'm just a cat person is all! Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Ron Watson k9d...@mac.com wrote: what about something really obvious for people - text like 'your spare change Vs my training video' I didn't know what the coke bottles or other image were for. maybe u need to check with the dog list who are your audience? do some market research with them as they might make the links better? Thanks Kath, appreciate it. Better idea. Perhaps Abe Lincoln, or a five spot... I know you guys don't care about dog sports, that's cool and I understand that, but this is not only about dog sports though. This is about monetizing instructional video - any instructional video. Anyway, thanks for shooting it down so quickly and deftly and for the positive commentary about improving it. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Kath O'Donnell wrote: 2009/1/12 Ron Watson k9d...@mac.com k9disc%40mac.com: People will spend $5 at the gas station on a candy bar, bottle of coke and bag of chips, and they'll do it over and over - never think twice about it. But to download professional instruction, to get training techniques mainlined to them, $5 is prohibitively expensive? Doesn't make sense to me. I want to draw attention to that comparison very quickly and simply - visually. So what do I use for the comparison? Or is that entire concept bunk? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Yeah the coke bottles are completely confusing. ___ 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon
Thanks! I've been meaning to buy a Xacti for a while, and I was thinking that a waterproof E1 would serve me well up here in the Pacific Northwest winter. (Seems the trick is not to totally immerse it too much, or the screen dies) Also, I've loved the quality of the footage that people get with their E1s. But I saw David Howell today in Vancouver, and he had a Xacti HD100. It shoots great video. If you haven't seen his recent video shot at English Bay in Vancouver with it, you should check it out - some of the shots are stunning. Admittedly, most of the imagemaking is done by the person making the image, not the camera... but anyway, he said he got his HD100 at Walmart for... $99.00 Maybe he was yanking my chain. $99 for an HD camera that shoots stuff that good. Must have been a clearance sale or something. Or a mistake. I've done 10 hours of travelling today so I'm too tired to check on Walmart.com to see if that offer's still on - but it might be worth checking out what they have, and for how much. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 11-Jan-09, at 12:39 PM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: Hey all I love my Xacti E1, and Amazon has a really good deal on the E2 today: http://icanhaz.com/xacticam In case you are looking for something like this. Had fun with mine on the waterslides the other week. (they are waterproof) Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon
I agree, a great camera that you dont mind not being too delicate with it... and not too surprised he found such a good deal -- they make new models of these xactis at a pretty steady clip so the older model (which is usually only last years model) tend to get these good online deals. Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: Thanks! I've been meaning to buy a Xacti for a while, and I was thinking that a waterproof E1 would serve me well up here in the Pacific Northwest winter. (Seems the trick is not to totally immerse it too much, or the screen dies) Also, I've loved the quality of the footage that people get with their E1s. But I saw David Howell today in Vancouver, and he had a Xacti HD100. It shoots great video. If you haven't seen his recent video shot at English Bay in Vancouver with it, you should check it out - some of the shots are stunning. Admittedly, most of the imagemaking is done by the person making the image, not the camera... but anyway, he said he got his HD100 at Walmart for... $99.00 Maybe he was yanking my chain. $99 for an HD camera that shoots stuff that good. Must have been a clearance sale or something. Or a mistake. I've done 10 hours of travelling today so I'm too tired to check on Walmart.com to see if that offer's still on - but it might be worth checking out what they have, and for how much. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 11-Jan-09, at 12:39 PM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: Hey all I love my Xacti E1, and Amazon has a really good deal on the E2 today: http://icanhaz.com/xacticam In case you are looking for something like this. Had fun with mine on the waterslides the other week. (they are waterproof) Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, reminded me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just happen to be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation. So... Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about video uploading to joomla. One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http:// hwdmediashare.co.uk/ ) . One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use. Here's how it wound up looking for me: http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/devscreenshots/videoplex.jpg I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but it's real nice looking, I think. It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the player at present. Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution. I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up and running... It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and will be handling them for my site. I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was jogged and it was sitting right in front of me. I think it's worth taking another look at. Peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: Hey there, so you are using JomSocial. Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? Cheers, MyFirstMemory.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: Joomla as Video Portal --- Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. http://hwdmediashare.co.uk From the website: hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows you to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side processing and playback of large video media in all popular formats. I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and the current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the bomb, though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can see, that's an understatement. I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a possibility. There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ Very cool stuff. Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to embrace media and social networking. Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com . If you goto Main MenuConnectDisc Dog Cantina to see a brand spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc dog community. I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about ready to wrap it into that 'large project'. More on the 'large project' --- I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play instructional video, a facebook-esque social network, affiliate vendor support, and online magazine. If anyone is interested in discussing Joomla as a media/social network platform, I'd be happy to engage in that conversation. I've been buried in the application for a few months now, and have a lot of information to share. I think Joomla has been overlooked and is under-appreciated application by this community, and would really like to see a little focus put on it by some of you serious video geeks. I sure could use someone to bounce ideas off of. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon
Thank you Rupert, that video by David Howell is STUNNING! Too bad that there is no external mic. Looks like the HD1000 is the least expensive Xacti ($400-500) with that. There is a great thread on external mics and the Xacti's here: http://tinyurl.com/8ane5c All the best, Andrew -- Andrew Darlow Editor, The Imaging Buffet http://www.imagingbuffet.com Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques: An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http:// www.inkjettips.com On Jan 12, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Rupert wrote: Thanks! I've been meaning to buy a Xacti for a while, and I was thinking that a waterproof E1 would serve me well up here in the Pacific Northwest winter. (Seems the trick is not to totally immerse it too much, or the screen dies) Also, I've loved the quality of the footage that people get with their E1s. But I saw David Howell today in Vancouver, and he had a Xacti HD100. It shoots great video. If you haven't seen his recent video shot at English Bay in Vancouver with it, you should check it out - some of the shots are stunning. Admittedly, most of the imagemaking is done by the person making the image, not the camera... but anyway, he said he got his HD100 at Walmart for... $99.00 Maybe he was yanking my chain. $99 for an HD camera that shoots stuff that good. Must have been a clearance sale or something. Or a mistake. I've done 10 hours of travelling today so I'm too tired to check on Walmart.com to see if that offer's still on - but it might be worth checking out what they have, and for how much. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv . - [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
