Re: [videoblogging] looks like VIMEO is pushing me to pay

2009-11-09 Thread John Cardenas 

na
it is just that I belong to the vlomo group there...I posted 30 ones last 
november 2008...and no problems at all...but this year...they look hungry..LOL
 
also...I always have my youtube channel ... 
 
but thanks for the blip.tv shout ...I guess I still have my oldie account 
there...
 
 
 

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From: Kevin Lim 
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] looks like VIMEO is pushing me to pay
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 5:05 PM


  



Juan,
Just wondering if I'm missing something here. I love Vimeo (it's like the
flickr of video), but as an infrequent videoblogger, I use blip.tv. Even
their free basic level account gives me unlimited upload video length. Why
stick with Vimeo?

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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Juan John Cardenas wrote:

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>
>
> you have 160.0mb for free this week...hmmm today s Monday ... I have just
> uploaded 1 videofile ..88.0 mb .I am supposed to have free 500mb..per
> week...
>
> waiting in line ??? ... I hate this message
>
> your video is in line waiting to be converted ...but we cant provide an
> accurate guess when it will start.
>
> Vimo PLUS members are moved to the front of this line and never have to
> wait...
>
> hahahha ...damn it
>
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Re: [videoblogging] looks like VIMEO is pushing me to pay

2009-11-09 Thread Kevin Lim 
Juan,
   Just wondering if I'm missing something here. I love Vimeo (it's like the
flickr of video), but as an infrequent videoblogger, I use blip.tv. Even
their free basic level account gives me unlimited upload video length. Why
stick with Vimeo?

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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Juan John Cardenas wrote:

>
>
>
>
> you have 160.0mb for free this week...hmmm today s Monday ... I have just
> uploaded 1 videofile ..88.0 mb .I am supposed to have free 500mb..per
> week...
>
> waiting in line ??? ... I hate this message
>
> your video is in line waiting to be converted ...but we cant provide an
> accurate guess when it will start.
>
> Vimo PLUS members are moved to the front of this line and never have to
> wait...
>
> hahahha ...damn it
>
> __
> Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010
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[videoblogging] looks like VIMEO is pushing me to pay

2009-11-09 Thread Juan John Cardenas 


 

you have 160.0mb for free this week...hmmm today s Monday ... I have just 
uploaded 1 videofile ..88.0 mb .I am supposed to have free 500mb..per week...

 

 

waiting in line ???... I hate this message

 

your video is in line waiting to be converted ...but we cant provide an 
accurate guess when it will start.

 

Vimo PLUS members are moved to the front of this line and never have to wait...

 

hahahha ...damn it
  
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Slow HD editing

2009-11-09 Thread David Jones 
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:57 AM, compumavengal
 wrote:
>
> Congratulations! This was a good experience for both of us I think. You don't 
> necessarily have to accept what others are telling you or you can use it as 
> information but keep looking for your own answer.
>
> I wouldn't have changed Smart Proxy because I don't quite know what it means. 
> I assure you that I prowled the Ulead website for answers but at the time 
> .mp4 videos were not common. I had issues with JVC's .mod which is .mpeg2
>
> Anyway, glad you found a solution that might help others with similar 
> settings in their editing packages. I still think the size is too honking big 
> for web video but I'll go with the flow.

I agree, it is too big, that's why I also render a 480x270 iTunes
video podcast version as well. The 1280x720 only goes to YouTube, and
they host it all and take care of the rendering to different
resolutions to suit peoples bandwidths, and the embedded player takes
care of it all for you. But it's good to know your video is forever
more captured in HD for those that might want to see it that way.
This is why YouTube is now recommending uploading in 1280x720 if possible.

Dave.

Re: [videoblogging] navlopomo #08

2009-11-09 Thread Rupert 
I sent an introductory email to all players asking you to look at the  
calendar, find out the person who's following you and contact them  
directly, and then send them a link to your video as soon as you're  
done.

But I've seen today that some people didn't get that email because I  
sent it to their Yahoo address (not their regular email address) -  
their Yahoo address is listed here because this is a Yahoo group.  One  
person didn't even know they were down for a date (tomorrow).

So if you chose a date, even if you haven't heard from me, you will be  
on this calendar:
http://tinyurl.com/navlocal

Please contact the person who's following you in advance, and send  
them the link to your video as soon as you're done.

Rupert

On 9-Nov-09, at 3:23 PM, miglsd27 wrote:

> My turn. Theres HD too. Me likes. Good luck whoever is next.
>
> Miguel.
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RE: [videoblogging] my video vlomo,navlopomo..day 08 (a China sex related one )

2009-11-09 Thread Juan John Cardenas 

day 08
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9anNHqgM0j4

 


 
> To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> From: jan...@hotmail.com
> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:21:10 +0800
> Subject: RE: [videoblogging] my video vlomo,navlopomo..day 07 ( a morning 
> howling dog in pain)
> 
> 
> 
> day 07
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SKKGsHW0kk
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> John Dkar 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> > From: jan...@hotmail.com
> > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:48:21 +0800
> > Subject: RE: [videoblogging] my video vlomo,navlopomo..day 06
> > 
> > 
> > day 06
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acctv2H5cDg
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> > > From: jan...@hotmail.com
> > > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:56:02 +0800
> > > Subject: [videoblogging] my video vlomo,navlopomo..day 05
> > > 
> > > 
> > > day 05
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlBa-zyJowQ
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> > > > From: jan...@hotmail.com
> > > > Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:18:04 +0800
> > > > Subject: RE: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo-days 01,02,03,04
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > day 04
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gSgYQvGVZM
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > day 03
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf4yOqaiA9Y
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > day 02
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYQJUsr5vZA
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > day 01
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMICox33Bjo
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > regards
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > John Dkar
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > http://twitter.com/JohnDkarFilms
> > > > http://twitwall.com/JohnDkarFilms
> > > > http://www.facebook.com/johndkarfilms
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/JohnDkar
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > From: jan...@hotmail.com
> > > > > Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:04:29 +0800
> > > > > Subject: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo-day 01
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > okidokis 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > here is my first one (Nov 01,10:04 am, Trujillo,Peru,SA)
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > day -01 (November 2009)
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMICox33Bjo
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > lets see if I can keep on with the challenge of one video a day
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > regards 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > John
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > From: rup...@twittervlog.tv
> > > > > > Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:06:10 +
> > > > > > Subject: [videoblogging] Happy NaVloPoMo
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It's begun!
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Even though I'm not planning on posting one a day this month, it 
> > > > > > seems 
> > > > > > like a good prompt to post videos whenever I can (apart from the 
> > > > > > other 
> > > > > > game of consequences)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > So I posted for Day 1 at http://twittervlog.tv
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > _
> > > > > Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when 
> > > > > they e-mail you.
> > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010
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[videoblogging] Re: Slow HD editing

2009-11-09 Thread hpbatman7 
To render out in mp4 in Vegas you need to go to "file", "render as".  Then in 
the drop down box, select "mainconcept.mp4" and this then should give you an 
option for an "Ipod" version, if you select one of those and select the custom 
tab to the right you can then tweak the setings to get the mp4 output you want.

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--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Jones  wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Rupert  wrote:
> > Amused as I am by you telling David H that he's off the mark, just as
> > he sounds like he's about to blow... (wait - 3, 2, 1, I think I can
> > hear him popping like Krakatoa from 7000 miles away)
> >
> > He's actually right.   MP4 - particularly H264 MP4 - are notoriously
> > bad to edit with.  They *look* editable, but they grind and crunch and
> > take forever to render and slip out of sync and won't be trimmed and
> > cause your software to crash.  Getting a faster processor won't help
> > you.  Even people with blazing fast Macs and Final Cut Pro can't cut
> > H264.
> >
> > So you *do* have to transcode them first.   It will speed *everything*
> > else up. It's one of the reasons I edit all my clips from little
> > cameras & phones in iMovie or Vegas.  iMovie converts to DV codec as
> > it imports - and in my opinion the absolute best thing about Vegas is
> > that it doesn't do any conversion - you put the clips in the timeline
> > and cut.  Which is why I recommended it to you.  Although there's
> > still a chance that it would have trouble editing big H264 MP4 files
> > because H264 is a bugger to edit.
> > Weirdly I had a conversation a bit like this - but the other way round
> > - with David H on Twitter about 2 years ago when I complained about
> > not being able to edit my point & shoot and phone MP4s in Final Cut
> > Pro.  Lots of other people were complaining about it - but David's FCP
> > was editing his MP4s fine at that point.   I think that was before he
> > got his Xacti - and Xacti files for some reason seem to cause more of
> > a problem than most.  In fact, I just remembered, one time I did have
> > trouble editing Xacti files on Vegas.
> >
> > Unless you want to try Vegas, you're going to have to transcode the
> > clips.  It's like taking things off tape - but you don't have to watch
> > & log while you do it - you can batch convert a bunch of clips while
> > you sleep or do something else.
> >
> > Honestly, Google it online - in almost every type of editing, there's
> > some kind of preparation of clips.  It seems like an insane waste of
> > time, I know - why can't the editing companies adapt their software so
> > we don't have to do this whole extra step, when it seems so close?
> > But at the moment, it's necessary.
> >
> > If your editing software won't output a good enough video file, that's
> > another truly unnecessary extra step - and one that's costing you an
> > extra level of compression.  Vegas (or Premiere) would be able to
> > export a good quality MP4 direct from your timeline.  Just download
> > the trial of Vegas and try it.  It's great.
> 
> I already said I *have* tried Vegas (Platinum) as recommended, and for
> the life of me I cannot find a way to output MP4 in 1280x720. If it's
> there then please point me to where...
> I've hardly used it, but I go to the obvious Make Movie output screen
> and it only gives me 1440x1080 or higher for Sony AVC which seems like
> the only MP4 option. Perhaps I'm missing the obvious?
> 
> If I have to convert first and editing 1280x720 H.264 direct is an
> absolute waste of time, then so be it. But really, with Video Studio I
> feel so close, I can't help pushing until I get it. Sorry if I seem
> overly stubborn, but also please remember that everyone has different
> requirements. What might be not usable/not possible for your needs
> might be perfectly adequate for my needs.
> In fact VS has moments when it lets me trim and preview without any
> major problems, but this seems fairly random. So perhaps going from 2G
> to 3G RAM will the trick for me. I also have not optimised my machine
> for performance. If it can work *sometimes* then why not all the time
> on a good/optimised machine/software?
> 
> Some people have mentioned you have to get a more "editable friendly"
> MP4 codec, so that gives me further hope that's it's actually
> possible.
> 
> I can't believe there is no one out there successfully editing
> 1280x720 MP4 directly, anyone?
> 
> I'm tackling this problem in two separate areas:
> 1) Basic editing of 1280x720 MP4 video
> 2) Direct outputting of 1280x720 MP4 video
> 
> Ideally I want a program that lets me do both with minimal work.
> 
> Thanks.
> Dave.
>

Re: [videoblogging] navlopomo #08

2009-11-09 Thread Jay dedman 
> My turn. Theres HD too. Me likes. Good luck whoever is next.
> Miguel.
> 

Looks like Bekah is next:
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=vn4l8rhqqk83ng2l3bus3k16s4%40group.calendar.google.com&dates=20091101%2F20091130

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[videoblogging] navlopomo #08

2009-11-09 Thread miglsd27 
My turn. Theres HD too. Me likes. Good luck whoever is next.

Miguel.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Slow HD editing

2009-11-09 Thread Jay dedman 
YOU CAN edit MP4 files directly on ordinary hardware!
> I can film my blog in HD 1280x720 30fps MP4 on my Xacti HD1010 and
> copy the MP4 files directly to my drive and drop straight into the
> timeline in VS Pro X2 and trim and edit without any conversion or
> other messing around. Then just hit the output option which renders
> MPEG2 really quickly, and then I convert to MP4 using whatever
> standalone program.

congrats on finding that solution. I wonder if this trick extends to
other editing programs. Ive never seen "smart proxy" on FCP.

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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Slow HD editing

2009-11-09 Thread Rupert 
Marvellous!  Congrats.  Glad you didn't listen to me and kept on  
trying :) I know only too well how offputting unnecessary extra steps  
are - it's one of the things that pushed me to start experimenting  
with doing all the shooting, cutting & posting in my phone.  Something  
that Nokia has killed in its new phone, just as it becomes possible on  
the bloody iPhone.
R

On 9-Nov-09, at 11:38 AM, David Jones wrote:

> Well, it turns out the solution has been under my nose the whole time!
> My current editing software Ulead Video Studio Pro X2 *CAN* edit HD
> without too many problems at all on my current (not high end)
> hardware.
> I found an option in the program preferences called "Smart Proxy"
> which was caching(?) video if it was over 720x576 SD. All I did was
> disable this and HD editing directly on my 1280x720 MP4 files now
> works a treat!
> And this is still with all my other programs open in the background, I
> haven't optimised my system yet, nor put in more RAM.
>
> Trimming is still not as smooth and instant as SD, but certainly quite
> usable now. Previews are seamless.
> I'm yet to give it a full run on a blog from start to finish, but
> loading and playing with an existing project it now looks good, a big
> improvement from before.
>
> As a bonus I also found that the output render option for HDV 720p
> (25fps) is about 10 times quicker than the previous manual 1280x720
> MPEG2 option I was using. So my rendering is now lighting quick as
> well.
>
> I still have the hassle of having to convert the outputted 1280x720
> MPEG2 into my final 1280x720 MP4, but there are plenty of solutions
> for that. MPEG StreamClip is faster than before with this different
> output encoding too, so that helps. But I'll look into faster programs
> to do this.
>
> So there you have it, YOU CAN edit MP4 files directly on ordinary  
> hardware!
>
> I can film my blog in HD 1280x720 30fps MP4 on my Xacti HD1010 and
> copy the MP4 files directly to my drive and drop straight into the
> timeline in VS Pro X2 and trim and edit without any conversion or
> other messing around. Then just hit the output option which renders
> MPEG2 really quickly, and then I convert to MP4 using whatever
> standalone program.
>
> Dave.
>
> 



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[videoblogging] Re: Slow HD editing

2009-11-09 Thread compumavengal 
Congratulations! This was a good experience for both of us I think. You don't 
necessarily have to accept what others are telling you or you can use it as 
information but keep looking for your own answer.

I wouldn't have changed Smart Proxy because I don't quite know what it means. I 
assure you that I prowled the Ulead website for answers but at the time .mp4 
videos were not common. I had issues with JVC's .mod which is .mpeg2

Anyway, glad you found a solution that might help others with similar settings 
in their editing packages. I still think the size is too honking big for web 
video but I'll go with the flow. 

Good to have an engineer in the group. 

Gena

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Jones  wrote:
>
> Well, it turns out the solution has been under my nose the whole time!
> My current editing software Ulead Video Studio Pro X2 *CAN* edit HD
> without too many problems at all on my current (not high end)
> hardware.
> I found an option in the program preferences called "Smart Proxy"
> which was caching(?) video if it was over 720x576 SD. All I did was
> disable this and HD editing directly on my 1280x720 MP4 files now
> works a treat!
> And this is still with all my other programs open in the background, I
> haven't optimised my system yet, nor put in more RAM.
> 
> Trimming is still not as smooth and instant as SD, but certainly quite
> usable now. Previews are seamless.
> I'm yet to give it a full run on a blog from start to finish, but
> loading and playing with an existing project it now looks good, a big
> improvement from before.
> 
> As a bonus I also found that the output render option for HDV 720p
> (25fps) is about 10 times quicker than the previous manual 1280x720
> MPEG2 option I was using. So my rendering is now lighting quick as
> well.
> 
> I still have the hassle of having to convert the outputted 1280x720
> MPEG2 into my final 1280x720 MP4, but there are plenty of solutions
> for that. MPEG StreamClip is faster than before with this different
> output encoding too, so that helps. But I'll look into faster programs
> to do this.
> 
> So there you have it, YOU CAN edit MP4 files directly on ordinary hardware!
> 
> I can film my blog in HD 1280x720 30fps MP4 on my Xacti HD1010 and
> copy the MP4 files directly to my drive and drop straight into the
> timeline in VS Pro X2 and trim and edit without any conversion or
> other messing around. Then just hit the output option which renders
> MPEG2 really quickly, and then I convert to MP4 using whatever
> standalone program.
> 
> Dave.
>

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Slow HD editing

2009-11-09 Thread David Jones 
Well, it turns out the solution has been under my nose the whole time!
My current editing software Ulead Video Studio Pro X2 *CAN* edit HD
without too many problems at all on my current (not high end)
hardware.
I found an option in the program preferences called "Smart Proxy"
which was caching(?) video if it was over 720x576 SD. All I did was
disable this and HD editing directly on my 1280x720 MP4 files now
works a treat!
And this is still with all my other programs open in the background, I
haven't optimised my system yet, nor put in more RAM.

Trimming is still not as smooth and instant as SD, but certainly quite
usable now. Previews are seamless.
I'm yet to give it a full run on a blog from start to finish, but
loading and playing with an existing project it now looks good, a big
improvement from before.

As a bonus I also found that the output render option for HDV 720p
(25fps) is about 10 times quicker than the previous manual 1280x720
MPEG2 option I was using. So my rendering is now lighting quick as
well.

I still have the hassle of having to convert the outputted 1280x720
MPEG2 into my final 1280x720 MP4, but there are plenty of solutions
for that. MPEG StreamClip is faster than before with this different
output encoding too, so that helps. But I'll look into faster programs
to do this.

So there you have it, YOU CAN edit MP4 files directly on ordinary hardware!

I can film my blog in HD 1280x720 30fps MP4 on my Xacti HD1010 and
copy the MP4 files directly to my drive and drop straight into the
timeline in VS Pro X2 and trim and edit without any conversion or
other messing around. Then just hit the output option which renders
MPEG2 really quickly, and then I convert to MP4 using whatever
standalone program.

Dave.