[videoblogging] VP8 is Opensource NOW via google I/O 2010 - live now

[B Yen]

This just came over the QT mailing list:

> gentleman the waiting is over !!!
>
>
> via http://www.youtube.com/GoogleDevelopers
>
>
> ##
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> http://www.webmproject.org/
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> ##
>
> cheers
>
> marc


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Re: [videoblogging] Re: external hard drives for editing?

[B Yen]

On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Cris Thomas wrote:

> Couple of comments...
>
> If you are going to do actual editing on an external drive you will  
> probably need to go with Firewire800 and or SATA. USB will unlikely  
> be fast enough. Also get a fast drive, 7200RPM or faster.
>
> Some people don't like Lacie or OWC or whoever, neither of whom  
> actually make hard drives. If you have a drive failure and it wasn't  
> the power supply or the controller then it wasn't Lacie's or OWC  
> fault. I use dozens of Lacie Quadra drives at my office, I use them  
> exclusively and have not had one fail in almost three years. Of  
> course your mileage may vary.
>
> For editing on my MacBook Pro I use this
>
> http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10055890&cac=Result
>
> It is awesome, triple interface (USB FW400, FW800), 7200RPM, bus  
> powered. It is great because it is portable and fast. I don't need  
> an extra power supply when I am on the move. When I am home I can  
> daisy chain a FW400 drive off the back when needed. There are  
> several different versions of this, just make sure to find the  
> 7200RPM one.
>
> - C. Thomas
>
external 2TB Western Digital $139.99, USB 2.0

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-TechBargains&cm_mmc=AFC-TechBargains-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&Item=N82E16822136471

same drive as above, $129.99

http://www.frys.com/product/6167269?site=sa:Hard%20Drive%20&%20Memory%20Pod:Pod4

Hitachi 2TB 7200rpm, internal   $125.00

http://www.frys.com/product/6167269?site=sa:Hard%20Drive%20&%20Memory%20Pod:Pod4

There are various 2TB drives in the range of $129-$139, incl Western  
Digital.


I've been using Hitachi 2TB (see above) in Hornettek Hover (dual USB/ 
eSATA interface, JMicron chip controller, $29.99):

http://www.frys.com/product/5975674?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

I like this enclosure because of the dual fans (heat contributes to HD  
failure).


I just got a Sonnet E2P card (PCIe, $48) from OWC, for my older G5  
Powermac:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/TSATAIIE2P/

& it works with the above Hornettek Hover (dual USB/eSATA interface)  
in eSATA (note the Sonnet board will work with JMicron dual USB/eSATA,  
while it has issues with Oxford chip controller).

Here is a nice dual-drive enclosure (eSATA native) w/fan for $60  
(comes to ~$30 per drive):

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MESATATBEK/

I will be using the above with a couple of Hitachi 2TB drives (photo  
archival storage)

Newegg has some nice HD enclosures, like MacAlly:

G-S350SU Aluminum 3.5" Silver USB 2.0 & eSATA External Enclosure ($31)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817347015


macally G-S350SUA Aluminum 3.5" USB & 1394 & eSATA External Enclosure  
($39.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817347017

Note the above do not have fans.


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Re: Pixelpipe: cellphone video distributed to Blip.tv? [ was Re: [videoblogging] iPod Nano shoots video

[B Yen]

On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Rupert Howe wrote:

> Pixelpipe works for me to distribute to Blip. Check your Blip login.
>
I changed the "Applications Key" already once, still no go!!  I  
checked the special Pixelpipe email, it's OK.  I did a CC video email  
to Pixelpipe, Kyte.tv, Fragmob, Flickr.  The latter 3 all got the  
upload fine, so I'm not botching the email.

I even once deleted the "Blip.tv pipe", & started over.

I will try another one of my BLip.tv accounts, & see if that works.



> And Blip's autocrossposting blog service still worked when it received
> my post via Pixelpipe, even though their mobile upload has been
> discontinued (for good reasons, I understand).
>
> On 29-Sep-09, at 5:28 PM, B Yen wrote:
>
> > On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Rupert Howe wrote:
> >
> > > Pixelpipe is a fantastic sharing app - allows you to publish to
> > masses
> > > of sharing sites & networks with one click from your phone - or by
> > > email, or by web form.
> > >
> >
> > I tried using Pixelpipe to send cellphone video (via email), &
> > distribute to Blip.tv Didn't work for me. Anyone else having issues
> > with distribution to Blip.tv?
> >
> > I was disappointed that Blip.tv no longer takes cellphone video
> > transmissions.
> >
> > Over the weekend I covered an event. I ended up using Flickr &
> > Fragmob & Kyte.tv for my cellphone video transmissions
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157622471532460/
> >
> > http://www.fragmob.com/solareclipse
> >
> > http://www.kyte.tv/ch/350309-pats-2009
> >
> > >
> > > On 29-Sep-09, at 5:03 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > >
> > > > The other night I had guests over and we were talkiing about the
> > > > struggles
> > > > of the print industry and in particular the newspapers. I  
> pointed
> > > > out that
> > > > though technology advancements have caused this struggle, it  
> will
> > > > also be
> > > > their saving grace... as we see these advanced networked mobile
> > > > touch screen
> > > > tablet devices come to the market. And content is still king.
> > Soon,
> > > > the
> > > > tech influence will balance and the live or die scenarios will
> > > > circle back
> > > > home to the content that each publisher pumps out. No more
> > excuses.
> > > >
> > > > As for the ease of a networked camera... check out this n900 +
> > > > pixelpipe
> > > > video:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxD-MmSVohg
> > > >
> > > > sull
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Rupert Howe
> > > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > No. I realised the only reason I wanted an iPhone/iPod Touch
> > this
> > > > > week - the *only* reason - is for a job next week where the
> > client
> > > > > wants me to do audioboos.
> > > > > Otherwise, I've been saving up for an N900. I'll find another
> > way
> > > > > around the live audio posting. The Audioboo iPhone app is an
> > > elegant
> > > > > solution, but there must be other ways.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nokia rumors are that they will come out with a competing  
> device
> > > to
> > > > > the iPad next year, running Maemo. No prizes for guessing  
> which
> > > I'll
> > > > > be buying.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think these devices will change the way we read books,
> > > newspapers,
> > > > > magazines and watch films. If the big media companies have any
> > > > sense,
> > > > > they're wetting their pants in anticipation of proper
> > > multifunction
> > > > > media players and e-readers. Small independent media companies
> > > > should
> > > > > be doing the same.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rupert
> > > > > http://twittervlog.tv
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 29-Sep-09, at 4:05 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > So Rupert given your experience with Nokia and Apple, I
> > > would
> > > > > > love to
> > > > > > read your more elaborate thoughts on 

Pixelpipe: cellphone video distributed to Blip.tv? [ was Re: [videoblogging] iPod Nano shoots video

[B Yen]

On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Rupert Howe wrote:

> Pixelpipe is a fantastic sharing app - allows you to publish to masses
> of sharing sites & networks with one click from your phone - or by
> email, or by web form.
>

I tried using Pixelpipe to send cellphone video (via email), &  
distribute to Blip.tv  Didn't work for me.  Anyone else having issues  
with distribution to Blip.tv?

I was disappointed that Blip.tv no longer takes cellphone video  
transmissions.

Over the weekend I covered an event.  I ended up using Flickr &  
Fragmob & Kyte.tv for my cellphone video transmissions

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157622471532460/

http://www.fragmob.com/solareclipse

http://www.kyte.tv/ch/350309-pats-2009



>
> On 29-Sep-09, at 5:03 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
> > The other night I had guests over and we were talkiing about the
> > struggles
> > of the print industry and in particular the newspapers. I pointed
> > out that
> > though technology advancements have caused this struggle, it will
> > also be
> > their saving grace... as we see these advanced networked mobile
> > touch screen
> > tablet devices come to the market. And content is still king. Soon,
> > the
> > tech influence will balance and the live or die scenarios will
> > circle back
> > home to the content that each publisher pumps out. No more excuses.
> >
> > As for the ease of a networked camera... check out this n900 +
> > pixelpipe
> > video:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxD-MmSVohg
> >
> > sull
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Rupert Howe
> >  wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > No. I realised the only reason I wanted an iPhone/iPod Touch this
> > > week - the *only* reason - is for a job next week where the client
> > > wants me to do audioboos.
> > > Otherwise, I've been saving up for an N900. I'll find another way
> > > around the live audio posting. The Audioboo iPhone app is an  
> elegant
> > > solution, but there must be other ways.
> > >
> > > Nokia rumors are that they will come out with a competing device  
> to
> > > the iPad next year, running Maemo. No prizes for guessing which  
> I'll
> > > be buying.
> > >
> > > I think these devices will change the way we read books,  
> newspapers,
> > > magazines and watch films. If the big media companies have any
> > sense,
> > > they're wetting their pants in anticipation of proper  
> multifunction
> > > media players and e-readers. Small independent media companies
> > should
> > > be doing the same.
> > >
> > > Rupert
> > > http://twittervlog.tv
> > >
> > >
> > > On 29-Sep-09, at 4:05 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > >
> > > > So Rupert given your experience with Nokia and Apple, I  
> would
> > > > love to
> > > > read your more elaborate thoughts on the two options for mobile
> > > > smart phone
> > > > puters. Are you leaning towards iPhone?
> > > >
> > > > side note...
> > > > latest iPad rumor has it coming out in May/June and will run
> > iphone
> > > > OS with
> > > > a 3g and non-3g version.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/ten-new-details-on-the-apple-tablet/
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Rupert Howe  > >
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I must have subconsciously absorbed this news from the
> > internets.
> > > > > Apple have just ditched exclusivity with O2 in the UK and have
> > > > signed
> > > > > deals with Orange and Vodafone.
> > > > > AT&T exclusivity ends in 2010 - if the UK trial goes well for
> > Apple,
> > > > > perhaps they will then open things up more in the US too.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 28-Sep-09, at 11:05 PM, Rupert Howe wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yeah, I too thought of a black market iPhone, but imagined
> > it'd be
> > > > > > hard to get hold of a 3GS at this early stage. I hope they
> > ditch
> > > > > > these ridiculous exclusivity contracts soon. Am not feeling
> > very
> > > > > > Apple fanboyish at the moment, however nice this MBP is to
> > use.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > >
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[videoblogging] Amazon.com: Save $200 on the Panasonic HDC-TM20-K Camcorder

[B Yen]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002FGUMBO/ref=pe_17070_1316_fe_exp_1/?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

>
> As someone who has shopped for camcorders, you might be interested  
> in saving $200 onPanasonic's HDC-TM20-K. Normally $529.99, it's now  
> only $329.99 when you buy from Amazon.com. You'll be able to record  
> in full HD video (1920 x 1080 resolution) with a Leica Dicomar lens  
> for a crisp, clear image.
>
> To take advantage of this limited-time offer, simply add the  
> camcorder to your Shopping Cart, enter promotional code TM20DEAL at  
> checkout, and we'll apply the additional $200 savings.
>
> Offer valid through September 26, 2009. Applies only to purchases of  
> products sold by Amazon.com. Does not apply to products sold by  
> third-party merchants and other sellers through the Amazon.com  
> website.

This just came into my mailbox, sounds like a great deal.  Reviews of  
it are pretty good.  Leica lens!!

Anyone use it for video-blogging?


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Re: [videoblogging] Videopress and vPIP: UPDATED!!!

[B Yen]

I used Enric's version way back in 2006. Sample here:

http://bestinthedesert.blogspot.com/2006/08/mm305-lead-4-cars-bitd-06-vegas-to.html

I use Blogger blogs, & had to hack into the HTML.  They still seem to  
work for me.  I gravitated to Blip.tv's built in embedded players: for  
my .mp4 originals & .flv Flash conversions.  Blip.tv has some really  
impressive "show players", which show episodes in a right hand menu  
bar.  But, I don't think they have this "related video" feature.  I'm  
a big fan of cruising Youtube videos, & use the "Related Vidoes" menu  
bar all the time.  I use Youtube like a searchable jukebox, great stuff.

I like the new version (Videopress & vPIP plugins for Wordpress) on  
Ryanishungry. Is there a version for Blogger?


On Sep 23, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Jay dedman wrote:

> Eric Lorentz, aka UnholyKnght, has done us all a big solid. He updated
> the Videopress and vPIP plugins for the latest version of Wordpress:
> http://unholyknight.com/VideoWrangler/
>
> Many of you may remember all the work that Charles and Enric put into
> the original versions. These plugins helped make video a more active
> part of our WP blogs. As Wordpress evolved, these plugins starting
> acting buggy or broke. It's a lot of work keeping these plugins
> constantly updated.
>
> If you use the old versions, delete them and install these new ones.
> If you have no idea what I'm talking about, give them a try. Or
> hopefully some folks here will link to some examples.
>
> We want to redesign our videoblog, but you can see all the plugins in
> action: http://ryanishungry.com
> "VideoWrangler (new version of vPIP)" allows multiple video formats to
> play in one place. "Related Videos" on sidebar lets us choose which of
> our archives compliment the main video. We put "Recent Videos" on the
> footer to show our latest work. If you click "Archives" in the
> navigation bar, you'll be able to scroll through thumbnails and
> descriptions of our work.
>
> The plugins are all open source if anyone wants to imporve the
> functionality. I know Heath and Mike Moon have recently discussed
> better Archive pages.
>
> Thank you Eric!
>
> Jay
>
> -- 
> http://ryanishungry.com
> http://jaydedman.com
> http://twitter.com/jaydedman
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Re: [videoblogging] HD video via "superzoom" digital P&S cameras, Canon SX200 & Panasonic ZS3

[B Yen]

You are the man!!

I was a mobile-media-solution fanatic during my Jumplive.com project  
(2005-2007).

I was using videos from HP PDAs (HP3715) over WiFi, cellphone videos  
(Treo 650) over cellphone network.  I should have gone with the N93,  
which had WiFi & better quality video.  I even used a Canon 20D with a  
WFT-E1A WiFi adapter, to wirelessly send .jpgs over WiFi to my  
satellite DSL equipped 4x4 van.  For, LIVE webcasting Baja offroad  
races:

http://jumplive.com/TA/bitd1000day2/bitd1000day2.textamerica.com/indexdc94.html?r=2840451

Where do you get those Nokia phones (N82, N86, N900) & what carrier?   
Are they unlocked GSM phones?

On Sep 18, 2009, at 4:49 AM, Rupert Howe wrote:

> Fair enough! I've always liked the Canon P&S video quality, but when
> I went to go and test the new SD980 P&S in May, I found it wouldn't
> even change focus when the video was recording, let alone zoom. I
> think that the Xacti can rival a lot of the P&S still cams for still
> photo quality.
>

Thanks for the Xacti alert, I had heard about it on this list.
>
> Yes, I use(d) the N93, which was great - bit of a brick, but very
> multifunctional. 2-3 years on, I find the colours very dull and video
> & photo quality pretty average compared to most of the other things
> out there. Other things I liked about the N93 were the wifi and the
> built in video editor - so I could cut & post videos without having to
> touch a computer. But wifi is ubiquitous in smartphones now, and
> Nokia have discontinued the in-phone editor in newer phones. I'm
> currently using a N82, which has slightly better quality, and is half
> the size.
>
> However, I just tested the Nokia N86 8MP for a few days, and I was
> hugely impressed with it. It's not HD, still 640x480, but the colours
> and low light performance are fantastic. It has a brilliant specially-
> crafted Zeiss lens and the zoom is smooth and clear. Big viewfinder
> screen. And the still photos are stunning. I have lots of video from
> my trip, which I'll be posting on my blog this weekend.
>

So you are a beta tester for Nokia?
>
> I also got to play with the unreleased Nokia N900, their answer to the
> iPhone. The video quality looked to be incredible. Again, not HD -
> but 16:9 850x480 - the responsiveness and picture quality through the
> screen was amazing. Haven't seen the release version's MP4 output,
> though.
> And it's running on a new Linux-based open source OS called Maemo.
>

Definitely do a report on it.
>
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.tv
>
> On 18-Sep-09, at 11:53 AM, B Yen wrote:
>
> > On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:30 AM, Rupert Howe wrote:
> >
> > > You have a Canon 5D MkII and you're asking about all these other
> > > mediocre cams for videoblogging? And you haven't tested the HD  
> video
> > > yet??
> > >
> > > The 5D Mk2 IS the bridge that you're looking for between a P&S  
> and a
> > > dedicated prosumer camcorder.
> > >
> >
> > I need something portable I can put in my pocket, which can do BOTH
> > pictures & videos. I've always wanted something longer than 3:1
> > optical zoom, so the Canon SX200 & Panasonic ZS3 are perfect
> > candidates.
> > >
> > > You yourself identified all the problems with the P&S cameras you
> > > listed. And they don't have things like Mic In or high quality
> > > optical zoom lenses.
> > >
> >
> > Again, I am willing to sacrifice that for portablility.
> > >
> > > If you want a pocket P&S camera that shoots average HD for
> > > videoblogging, get a Kodak, a Flip or a Xacti for $200
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the tip on the Xacti & Kodak. I don't like the Flip
> > because it's non-zoom. The Creative Labs Vado is also non-zoom
> > >
> > > And slip it in the side of your 5D MkII bag. I bet you'll use  
> the 5D
> > > more.
> > >
> > > Oh for the luxury of choice!
> > >
> >
> > Weren't you using the Nokia N93 (& N95), quality video wi/zoom (?)
> > built into cellphone. That would be the ultimate unified device to
> > handle video/photo + cellphone.
> >
> > B Yen
> > >
> > > Rupert
> > > http://twittervlog.tv
> > >
> > > On 17-Sep-09, at 9:35 PM, B Yen wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm getting interested in the "super zoom" P&S digital cameras,
> > > which
> > > > do HD videos. Canon SX200, Panasonic ZS3, Sony H20, Samsung  
> HZ15W.
> > > > People think the top

Re: [videoblogging] HD video via "superzoom" digital P&S cameras, Canon SX200 & Panasonic ZS3

[B Yen]

On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:30 AM, Rupert Howe wrote:

> You have a Canon 5D MkII and you're asking about all these other
> mediocre cams for videoblogging? And you haven't tested the HD video
> yet??
>
> The 5D Mk2 IS the bridge that you're looking for between a P&S and a
> dedicated prosumer camcorder.
>

I need something portable I can put in my pocket, which can do BOTH  
pictures & videos.  I've always wanted something longer than 3:1  
optical zoom, so the Canon SX200 & Panasonic ZS3 are perfect candidates.
>
> You yourself identified all the problems with the P&S cameras you
> listed. And they don't have things like Mic In or high quality
> optical zoom lenses.
>

Again, I am willing to sacrifice that for portablility.
>
> If you want a pocket P&S camera that shoots average HD for
> videoblogging, get a Kodak, a Flip or a Xacti for $200
>


Thanks for the tip on the Xacti & Kodak.  I don't like the Flip  
because it's non-zoom.  The Creative Labs  Vado is also non-zoom
>
> And slip it in the side of your 5D MkII bag. I bet you'll use the 5D
> more.
>
> Oh for the luxury of choice!
>

Weren't you using the Nokia N93 (& N95), quality video wi/zoom (?)  
built into cellphone.  That would be the ultimate unified device to  
handle video/photo + cellphone.


B Yen
>
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.tv
>
> On 17-Sep-09, at 9:35 PM, B Yen wrote:
>
> > I'm getting interested in the "super zoom" P&S digital cameras,  
> which
> > do HD videos. Canon SX200, Panasonic ZS3, Sony H20, Samsung HZ15W.
> > People think the top 2 are Canon SX200 & Panasonic ZS3:
> >
> > http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC_TZ7_ZS3/verdict.shtml
> > http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_PowerShot_SX200_IS/verdict.shtml
> >
> > Canon does H.264 encoding, & puts the video in a .mov wrapper.
> > Panasonic uses AVCHD, which is said to be import unfriendly to video
> > editing programs. Canon doesn't have zoom during video mode (!!),
> > Panasonic does. Panasonic uses Leica lens (very sharp), & people  
> note
> > that its pictures are sharped than the Canon. Canon has full manual
> > mode (with aperture & shutter priority, etc), while Panasonic is all
> > automatic modes (no full manual control).
> >
> > Has anyone tried any of the above 4 cameras? If so, what is your
> > workflow like? What video editing programs do you use? I saw a ZS1
> > video, man it looked GOOD!! I thought was from a camcorder, it was
> > that good. See:
> >
> > http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-conditions/40405-arroyo-station-fire-video.html
> >
> > Up to now, I've been using cellphone videos which are choppy. Audio
> > is bad. I want to shoot better quality videos, with a compact  
> "mobile
> > media solution". I need something to bridge the gap..to my SOny HDR-
> > HC3 HD camcorder (mini DV tape, HDV format) I got in 2006..3 yrs  
> ago.
> > These days, many of these camcorders are tapeless, going direct to  
> SD
> > cards. I just got a Canon 5D II, which does incredible HD video
> > (haven't tried it yet).
> >
> >
>
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[videoblogging] HD video via "superzoom" digital P&S cameras, Canon SX200 & Panasonic ZS3

[B Yen]

I'm getting interested in the "super zoom" P&S digital cameras, which  
do HD videos.  Canon SX200, Panasonic ZS3, Sony H20, Samsung HZ15W.   
People think the top 2 are Canon SX200 & Panasonic ZS3:

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC_TZ7_ZS3/verdict.shtml
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_PowerShot_SX200_IS/verdict.shtml

Canon does H.264 encoding, & puts the video in a .mov wrapper.   
Panasonic uses AVCHD, which is said to be import unfriendly to video  
editing programs.  Canon doesn't have zoom during video mode (!!),  
Panasonic does.  Panasonic uses Leica lens (very sharp), & people note  
that its pictures are sharped than the Canon.  Canon has full manual  
mode (with aperture & shutter priority, etc), while Panasonic is all  
automatic modes (no full manual control).

Has anyone tried any of the above 4 cameras?  If so, what is your  
workflow like?  What video editing programs do you use?  I saw a ZS1  
video, man it looked GOOD!!  I thought was from a camcorder, it was  
that good.  See:

http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-conditions/40405-arroyo-station-fire-video.html

Up to now, I've been using cellphone videos which are choppy.  Audio  
is bad.  I want to shoot better quality videos, with a compact "mobile  
media solution".  I need something to bridge the gap..to my SOny HDR- 
HC3 HD camcorder (mini DV tape, HDV format) I got in 2006..3 yrs ago.   
These days, many of these camcorders are tapeless, going direct to SD  
cards.  I just got a Canon 5D II, which does incredible HD video  
(haven't tried it yet).

Google Chrome + open-source video codec? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Re: Youtube and HTML5

[B Yen]

> - In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman  wrote:
> >
> > All the discussions around HTML5 have been abstract around here. Not
> > many good examples to point to its promise. We did say it'll take  
> the
> > big boys to start adopting it...so:
> > http://www.youtube.com/html5
> >
> > With Google buying On2 (the codec company who open sourced
> > Ogg/Theora)...this could be a good sign.
> > "The app shown in the video is coded in javascript and html and runs
> > in a web browser." NO FLASH!?
> >
> > From what I understand, if web browsers adopt the standard of
> > HTML5...then you could get around the incompatibility issues.  
> Youtube
> > would play on the iPhone because it would not use Flash. You could
> > make an iPhone-like app on a webpage...and not worry about being
> > accepted to through the Apple store. It all just goes back to the
> > web...versus what software you have installed on your computer.
> >
> >
>

If Google delivers Chrome with an open-source On2 codec, does that  
mean a codec plug-in is NOT required?  (I.e., it's built into the  
browser).

What about all the videos encoded in h.264 (& other formats)..are we  
back to the codec/player wars?  Educate me here.  We have QT (which  
could play .mov, .mp4, .avi) & WMP (which could play .wmv, .avi, etc),  
which was an Apple VS Microsoft battle.  Is Google jumping in, with an  
open-source solution: Chrome + On2?

I dabbled a bit in some Physics conferences, & each conference has its  
own "pet solution".  One place was an Apple fan, & used QTSS for  
lecture video delivery:

http://strings07.blogspot.com

One recent conference is using Real Video (which is drawing some  
complaints) PLUS .mp4, to ensure cross-platform compatibility.  An  
attendee is complaining about why there is this multitude of  
solutions, & why can't there be a single solution (say .mp4).

On Aug 24, 2009, at 11:09 AM, elbowsofdeath wrote:
> Despite my complete lack of enthusiasm for Theora, I still get very  
> excited about html5 video tag, and some other things that are  
> proposed for html5. Recently nightly builds of Webkit on Leopard,  
> and Safari in Snow Leopard, feature hardware-accelerated  
> transformations of web page elements whih are really lovely and  
> smooth. Combine these with video and there are some lovely  
> possibilities. All sorts of fancy stuff that could be done in Flash  
> already, but this way it looks nicer, is smoother, doesnt eat the  
> CPU and the tools to make the stuff dont cost loads money. I am  
> looking forward to Flash losing ground, all the things it can do  
> should really be part of web standards and handled by the browser,  
> for numerous reasons I have already hinted at.
>

The QTVR (quicktime virtual reality) group is complaining about the  
demise of Apple's support for QTVR.  Platforms like Vista 64-bit  
simply can't play .mov QTVR panoramas.  Followup solutions were done  
in Javascript & FPP (Flash Panorama Player), the latter being the most  
popular.

There is a video based VR solution

http://www.vrhotwires.com/spherical.html
http://www.vrhotwires.com/MalaysiaPanVid/monkeyfall/LucidViewer/index.html

Seems to be done from web browser only.  Is this Flash?

I'm interested in pushing the envelope, in bringing LIVE events (like  
solar eclipse) as an immersive web experience..that captures the  
"moment".  I just got back from China for the solar eclipse:

http://www.eclipse-chaser.com/2009/index.html

There are .mp4 iPod compatible videos (still need to convert them, so  
they can play back on Pangea app on iPhone) & 360x180 deg panoramas.   
Still doesn't capture the excitement of a solar eclipse.  Like 3  
minutes before totality, where the light gets really STRANGE & your  
heartbeat rises.

How about a fancy PC with linked GPUs (crosslink & SLI), running a  
fancy projector which can immerse the user in a virtual world of sight/ 
sound?  Sounds complicated & expensive.  In the future, such solutions  
might become consumer items.

 From last  year at SIGGRAPH 2008:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/2770595766/in/set-72157606777402578/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/2770595876/in/set-72157606777402578/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/2769749675/in/set-72157606777402578/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606777402578/


On Aug 24, 2009, at 11:09 AM, elbowsofdeath wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am returning due to these technologies sparking my interest, along  
> with the looming release of Snow Leopard which Im sure will give me  
> something to talk about.
>
> That youtube demo is interesting, especially when I compare CPU use.  
> The html 5 example uses way less CPU than the flash version of  
> youtube. With a busy site like youtube, this has the capacity to  
> reduce waste of electricity in quite a big way.
>
> Im not quite sure about your compatibility example, because the work  
> was already done on that issue when youtube started using h264. They  
> can

[videoblogging] Pinnacle Studio V12?

[B Yen]

Fry's has Pinnacle Studio V12 for free, after rebates.  Is this  
program any good? (for PC)  I currently have Sony Vegas (which I have  
barely used).

The reviews of V9 (CNET & PCmag) show a lot of dissatisfaction of  
freezeups:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1650507,00.asp

I've been using iMovie HD 6 (2006 version) on my Mac laptop & dekstop  
with no problems.  Only ocassional crashes.

[videoblogging] China firewall, need alternative (to Blip.tv) video hosting

[B Yen]

I've been using Blip.tv for video hosting, very satisfied.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/136089/top_10_video_sharing_sites.html

Except Blip.tv is blocked in China..experienced this first hand last  
year!!

http://www.caltechscience.com/08solareclipse/index.html
http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com
[ was blocked, so I didn't make updates.  Instead, created 
http://08solareclipse.blogspot.com 
   ...which was accessible??! ]

Even my websites (which use Blip.tv videos) were blocked!  I  
understand Youtube is blocked, & Gmail doesn't work.  Natively hosted  
Blogspot, Wordpress are blocked (most of the time).  Kyte.tv, Flickr,  
Fragmov worked for me last year.

I re-directed my http://08solareclipse.blogspot.com to a domain I own 
(http://2008.eclipse-chaser.com 
).  Would this "masking of the domain" allow access in China, or could  
they figure out the original IP (hosted by Blogspot) & I would still  
be blocked?


I'm going back to China in a few weeks for a project, & want to do  
same-day video-blogging:

http://www.eclipse-chaser.com/2009/index.html

I tried the following services yesterday:

Vimeo
Viddler
Veoh
Revver


Vimeo:
known for high quality.  Flash transcoding took a LONG time.  Has a  
bandwidth/week limit.  Embedded Flash video player can't access/play  
other videos in my account.  Hard to get direct URL for my  
original .mp4, so I can make an entry on my video-blog ("a  
rel=enclosure href="file.mp4")

VIddler:
it transcoded my uploaded .m4v (I use Apple Powerbook/iMovie) to FLash  
very quickly.  High limits for upload bandwidthEasy access to  
original .mp4 URL, thus facilitating a quick video-blog entry.  An  
embedded Flash player could be put on my video-blog quickly, which has  
ability to switch to other videos in my account.  Blip.tv embedded  
Flash video player has a really sophisticated indexing system, to  
access/play other videos in ones account.

Veoh:
Embedded Flash video player can't access/play other videos in my  
account.  Hard to get direct URL for my original .mp4, so I can make  
an entry on my video-blog ("a rel=enclosure href="file.mp4")

Revver:
had to wait for human approval of videos!  Still waiting 24 hrs later.


Viddler was my favorite.  Here is an endorsement of Viddler:

http://videoproductiontips.com/video-production-tips/viddler-is-the-video-hosting-site-of-choice-for-many-popular-bloggers/

Anyone else have recommendations & comments?



Kyte.tv is pretty interesting/cool.  You can upload photos in bulk &  
it will make a slide-show video:

http://www.kyte.tv/solareclipse2008

At the end of each day on my 2008 China trip, I would

- bulk upload pictures
- upload videos separately

Has nice Flash player, & it was a favorite of mine for daily trip  
updates.

Re: [videoblogging] Canon EOS 5D Mark II

[B Yen]

The QT list I'm on, is getting some excited reaction:

==

BIG GIANT WOW!!!

Harry you don't even know the half of it  This camera has caused  
such a stir around the world in a matter of a couple of days that  
CANON had to shut down the HD Streaming samples because it exceeded  
their servers. The footage samples (if you can find any) are RAW from  
the camera with no color grade. Straight QT encodes to H.264. This  
will tip the scales of power into the hands of the creative. The body  
is $2700 then you and start snapping on some great Canon lenses. For  
the first time true depth-of-field in an affordable HD VIDEO CAMERA.

AND I QUOTE as seen on the canon site:

"DUE TO HIGH DEMAND OF VIDEO CLIPS WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR DOWNLOAD  
CAPACITY.

WE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING ALTERNATIVE HOSTING METHODS."

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086


best,

Dan DiPaola

Co-Founder
HD-encoding.com
818.859.7700 office
818.823.5500 cell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


QualityNotQuantity

On Oct 9, 2008, at 11:04 PM, Harry wrote:
> Is this the ultimate camcorder? Canon EOS 5D Mark II
>
> *60 lenses to choose from.
> *Shoots 16:9 full HD video
> * H.264
> * 21.1 Megapixel CMOS Sensor (21.1 !!!)
> * Cost $2700 (what?)
>
> http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/new-chips-poise.html
>
> - Harry Pasternak
> http://www.publicopenspacedesign101.com

On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:09 AM, Ruud Elmendorp: Video journalist wrote:

> We're all forced into HD.
>
> But now with this 21.1 megapix Canon shooting HD, it becomes really
> something.
>
> Anyone any comments on this quite exciting camera?
>
> That small it offers really new ways of shooting, and imagine what  
> happens
> if you put a professional lens on it.
>
> Shout it out!
>
> Ruud Elmendorp
> Video Journalist Africa
> http://www.videoreporter.nl
>
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>
>
> 



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Re: [videoblogging] Flickr & Creative Commons (also video-sharing sites & Creative Commons)

[B Yen]

On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Rupert wrote:

> It could help a bit if you told us what picture, and where it's being
> used, and even gave a link to the forum where he's taunting you.

These characters are so lo-life, I don't want to trouble you.  There  
have been incidents of violence (even professional murder: a hit man  
hired, 2 people brains blown out..lying in driveway in pools of  
blood..shown on LIVE TV), believe me, you don't want to get  
involved.  High profile legal case, someone sitting in prison for Life.

Another entity I know told me "Oh, he [ his enforcer ] got life in  
prison".  So, unless you can play with these characters (muscle &  
guns), it's not worth it.  It's like the old days of NASCAR, where  
things were settled with fisticuffs.

>
> Flickr allows you to set permissions on your photos.  I believe it's
> All Rights Reserved by default, and that you can manually set various
> levels of Creative Commons permissions individually for each photo or
> by default.  Without seeing the photo page on Flickr, I can't tell
> what licence you've issued for the picture.  Probably All Rights
> Reserved, but if you've changed it to Creative Commons then he has
> certain rights to reuse it according to what licence you used.

I found the below link under "Copyright/IP Policy"

http://info.yahoo.com/copyright/details.html

It doesn't say explicitly "All Rights Reserved", but I assume that's  
the case.

There's another link for "Creative Commons"

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

but I don't believe I enabled these ever.  I have a Pro account, &  
haven't changed any settings.

I've investigated programs which can put a "graphic watermark" using  
batch mode.  I found out Apple's Aperture can do it.  There's a  
publicly available solution Coppermine:

http://coppermine-gallery.net/

which can also do it.  Except, my attempts to install it resulted in  
an error.  Anyone else know of any cool solutions (to put in a  
graphic watermark)?

>
> If All Rights Reserved, then he can't use your photo without your
> permission, whatever he says.  A simple Google search would confirm
> this to you and him.  You can Google about your rights under the
> DMCA, and issue him with a formal notice to stop using your image,
> also his web host, or whatever service he's using to steal it.

Turns out, there's a couple of other lo-lifes who have stolen images  
from me (& another professional photographer).  We caught them, I  
exposed them on the forum, big huge Internet fight.  That's what  
prompted this 3rd lo-life to go & steal my Flickr photo COLD_TURKEY,  
& taunt me.  These morons are truly idiotic.

I told them that the fact that I'm with Getty Images, means I have  
the protection of their legal umbrella.  I.e., their lawyers will  
converge on them in an instant.  The perpetrators are lo-lifes (they  
aren't worth suing).  However, they have gotten a foothold in a MAJOR  
offroad racing entity CORR:

http://corracing.blogspot.com
[ this is my CORR video-blog, which utilizes Blip.tv ]

So, it's more of a CORR management (high levels of incompetence, many  
racers/sponsors know about it & are unhappy with the level of  
disfuncitonality).  They have 50 million into it (!!), bought prime  
time LIVE slots (expensive), & are jeopardizing their attempts to  
build their brand-name, by doing business with these low-lifes.  It's  
a pretty UNBELIEVABLE situation: a so-called professional auto-racing  
organization who can't do simple background checks to keep out the  
weasels ("opportunists", who steal from legit media-outlets like me  
to get a "foothold").  You might remember Champcar (which went  
bankrupt earlier this year)..SAME THING.  A "professional" race-body  
bought by some businessmen (ABSOLUTELY no experience in running a  
race body), who ran it into the ground with GROSS mismanagement.   
Same thing, their media division was totally pathetic.  Many top  
people in Media dept quit & left in discust.

So, my prediction is that CORR is about to risk losing their 50  
million investment & likely fail (!!)

"Never attribute to conspiracy, what could be explained by INCOMPETENCE"
-- Napoleon

whew..

>
> But again, more info - and if you want some of us to go to the forum
> to back you up and discuss it with him, post a link.

If I did, your brain would explode...you would be so discusted &  
numbed out with incredulosity.

Thanks for the detailed comments.


BY

http://www


>
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.tv
>
> On 29-Aug-08, at 8:21 PM, B Yen wrote:
>
> I have a Flickr account, & have been uploading pictures. No image
> watermark like "C

[videoblogging] Flickr & Creative Commons (also video-sharing sites & Creative Commons)

[B Yen]

I have a Flickr account, & have been uploading pictures.  No image  
watermark like "COPYRIGHT ©2008 my name".  I want to confirm that  
people can't use my photos without permission.  Can someone summarize  
what my rights are?

Some clown deliberately used my photo & is taunting me on a forum  
that he can do it.  A bunch of his redneck friends are openly  
harassing me, & threatening me.

They are saying something to the effect "an image made publicly  
available, is fair game".  Uh, no.

There is a modification of Copyright Law (Berne convention, forgot  
what year), where as soon as the photo is made..it's automatically  
copyrighted.  PHotographer owns photo.  HOwever, there are other  
factors determining what a photographer can sue for, when infringed.   
Statutory damages, etc.

Can someone clarify this for me, given photo/video sharing websites &  
Creative Commons licenses?

Here is what I found on Flickr:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr

Licensing
Flickr offers users the ability to release their images under certain  
common usage licenses. The licensing options primarily include the  
Creative Commons 2.0 attribution-based and minor content-control  
licenses - although jurisdiction and version-specific licenses cannot  
be selected. As with "tags", the site allows easy searching of only  
those images that fall under a specific license.[19]



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

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[videoblogging] China Aug. 1 Solar Eclipse tentative report, blogs etc.

[B Yen]

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
 > Good luck to ya!
 >
 > Rolando

http://www.caltechscience.com/08solareclipse/index.html


I put in a HUGE effort, it was a challenge because of the Olympics  
heightened
security.
This led to the cancellation of my original plan (in Gongpoquan, NW of
Jiayuguan) on the
day I left for China (!!), in cooperation of my Chinese contact (LinLan,
high-school teacher
who led her own group there). So, I had to "wing it" by continuing on  
to Hami
(from
Jiayuguan). I was closely in touch with a small German group of  
dedicated
eclipse chasers
(Dan Fischer, et al), who had arrangements with Urumqi Observatory.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606356101935/

They observed from Yiwu..just SE of my location (popular with  
American eclipse
chasers,
due to pre-eclipse field report by Jay Anderson, official NASA eclipse
meteorologist),
where the clouds cleared TWO SECONDS before 2nd contact!! Ironically,  
my tour
agenc in
Hami mistakenly booked me for a Yiwu eclipse site..so, in retrospect  
that's
where I should
have been.

But, I personally have to be in an isolated spot with great scenery..so
Santanghu was THE
place for me. My 4x4 driver & myself made repeated attempts to get to  
this site
before E-
day (Aug 1), on July 30 & July 31. Because of proximity to Mongolia  
border
(political
tensions!) & heightened Olympic security, I couldn't get there until  
Aug. 1.
So, I was faced
with hurriedly setting up 230 lbs of equipment in several hrs (too  
rushed!).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606496796424/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606500933717/

As the result, some of my program was compromised. It kinda didn't  
matter,
since clouds
compromised the eclipse (for narrow angle photography, that is).

"You do your Best..you leave the Rest"
-- sports saying

"If you're gonna go, GO BIG [ ambitious plan ]"
"Go Hard, or GO HOME! [ big effort ]"
-- Offroad saying

Like the saying goes, what matters is "trying your best". I have no  
regrets on
my decision
tree, if I had to do it all over again I would have gone to Santanghu  
(over
Yiwu). In the
end, one does needs a bit of luck.


I could have used an extra bit of luck, my eclipse observation site  
(38 km NE of
Santanghu,
Chinese military area near Mongolian border) had cloud interference.  
2nd & 3rd
contact
were discernbile with 800mm lens/Canon 5D,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606639392023/
[ full Flickr travel photo blog at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/collections/72157606352221774/ ]

but corona shots were a "wash". However, all the wide-angle  
intervalometer
sequences (to
capture incoming/outgoing shadow) are fine. Still working on scanning &
uploading.

QTVR panorama came out OK:

http://360vrchina.com/Eclipse2008-totality/index_swf.html
http://360vrchina.com/Eclipse2008-totality/index.html

http://360vrchina.com/Eclipse2008-post-totality/index_swf.html
http://360vrchina.com/Eclipse2008-post-totality/

Here is wide-angle video of shadow:

High Definition on Sony FX1, below is iPod/iTunes downsized version:
http://blip.tv/file/1157034

DV on JVC 9800, below is iPod/iTunes downsized version:
http://blip.tv/file/1157066

In above video, you can actually see leading edge of shadow  
approaching, as I am
hurriedly scramblying to peel off mylar filters. It's a pretty close  
call, I
barely got them off
& back to scopes to fire off cameras!!

There is a Blip.tv video-blog (with full index of videos) at:

http://08solareclipse.blip.tv

[ the above videos can be downloaded to your iPod by going to iTunes  
& searching
on
"solar eclipse". Or goto, http://08solareclipse.blogspot.com & click on
upper-right link to
go directly to "08 solar eclipse" iTunes video-podcast ]


Videos are also viewable over Kyte.tv

http://www.kyte.tv/solareclipse2008
[ interstingly, if you have an iPhone, the videos are viewable on the  
mobile
Safari browser.
It works on my 3G iPhone, which was a shock to me!! ]

=

You can "experience" my China Aug. 1 solar eclipse expedition at the  
Flickr
blog:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/collections/72157606352221774/

The cultural interaction was GREAT!! I made a lot of friends, who  
assisted me
with my
effort. Yeyinan (of Hami, skateboard shop owner) took me all over  
Hami (on his
250cc
motorbike & car) to get supplies, allow me use of his office computer  
for
Internet
uploading, etc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606432565418/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606496866962/

Peter (of Balikunm masters degree in Law), let me stay at his parents  
house the
night
before eclipse (to avoid exorbitant motel rates), so I experienced  
some down
home
cooking & country life.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606628488025/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/sets/72157606630087145/

Lots of Human Interest photos/videos taken. I saw some 

[videoblogging] Blogger & Blogspot, blogging from China? (for Aug. 1 solar eclipse)

[B Yen]

http://www.danwei.org/net_nanny_follies/ 
blogspot_unblocked_but_blogger.php

> Blogspot unblocked, but Blogger is blocked
> Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 13, 2008 12:05 PM
>
>
> Blogspot, Google's popular blogging platform is accessible again in  
> China, judging from reports from Chengdu and Beijing.
>
> Blogspot has been blocked and unblocked so many times in China that  
> is barely worth mentioning: it usually works for a few weeks, and  
> then gets blocked again (see this Blogspot chronology on Danwei).
>
> But this time seems to be different. In the past, even when  
> Blogspot was inaccessible in China, people using the platform could  
> still post to their blogs even though they could not read the blogs  
> without a proxy. Today it seems that Blogger, the part of Blogspot  
> used for publishing blog entries, is blocked.
>
> This may just be a technical glitch, but perhaps it is a rather  
> subtle strategy of the Net Nanny:
>
> With Blogspot available, most Olympic visitors are less likely to  
> notice Internet censorship, but stopping Blogger will make it much  
> harder for some athletes, journalists and other visitors to publish  
> their thoughts online.
>
> Update: Judging from the comments, this may just be some type of  
> technical glitch rather than an act of the Nanny: Blogspot is still  
> not available in many places while Blogger is accessible.
>

I'm going to China for the solar eclipse on Aug. 1, & want to  
document my trip.  Like I did for Egypt '06:

http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar%20Eclipse%203% 
2F29%2F06%3A%20photos%2Fvideos
http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar%20Eclipse%203% 
2F29%2F06%3A%20trip

http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.html
http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl.html

I'm working with a high school teacher in China (who is leading her  
own group of students to observe the eclipse), & others (physicist  
@Chinese Academy of Sciences).  I want to have the Blogger blog do  
some cultural outreach between China & the World (incl USA).  So, if  
Blogger is blocked..I can't make posts!  Or, if Blogspot is blocked,  
then native Chinese can't see the content.

What to do?  I need experts on this list to figure out a solution/ 
strategy.  I leave in a week.

I've moved my http://eclipsescience.blogspot.com to another domain  
(using Bloggers publishing tool):

http://blog.eclipse-science.com

But, it still doesn't solve the "Blogger blocked" problem, since it  
would prevent me from publishing blog entries.

Another thing.  Can I upload videos to Blip.tv, without much  
trouble?  (are there bandwidth issues?  I know someone in New  
Zealand, who has trouble watching videos hosted in the US).

I want to try other blogging solutions like Kyte.tv  (pictures and  
videos), Mogulus.com

http://www.mogulus.com/solareclipse2006
http://www.mogulus.com/solareclipse2002
http://www.mogulus.com/solareclipse2001
http://www.mogulus.com/solareclipse1999
http://www.mogulus.com/solareclipse1998

http://www.kyte.tv/solareclipse2006
http://www.kyte.tv/solareclipse2002
http://www.kyte.tv/solareclipse2001
http://www.kyte.tv/solareclipse1999
http://www.kyte.tv/solareclipse1998

I like the email w/attachment (picture or video) solution.  I have no  
idea about cellphone accessibility in China, anyone know?

I'm sure there is coverage, but what about data & email attachments?   
I have a contact in China (travel agent who speaks good English, who  
is making a lot of travel arrangements for me: hotel w/Internet  
access, etc), who is researching the pre-paid SIM card  (which  
includes a good data package).

I will have Internet access at my observation site, the nearby  
weather station & Internet Cafe.

Basically, I need feedback from someone who has blogged their travels  
in China.  There are a couple of good forums, like Lonely Planet & VT  
(virtual tourist), which have extensive traveler feedback from China.

This is good timing, with Jay Dedman's post on "Collaborative video  
blogging project".  I suppose I could email my Blogger posts to  
someone here in USA, & have them post it via Blogger (I would have to  
give them access to my Blogger account). 

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Re: [videoblogging] iPhone devs?

[B Yen]

On Jul 11, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Bain Kennedy wrote:

> There’s a ton of lifecasting apps already available on the  
> appstore.  My
> personal project,  a product from Zannel (http://www.zannel.com)  
> will be out
> soon.
>
> Twitterific, has certainly been upgraded.  The only thing that I  
> haven’t
> seen on the appstore is effectively how to turn the iphone camera  
> into a
> video camera, I know it’s possible I’ve seen it done on Jailbroken  
> phones.

Qik.com & Kyte.tv are saying they have iPhone apps that do LIVE  
streaming.

This reason alone is why I'm probably going to get a 3G iPhone to  
play with.

Anybody doing any iPhone video mobile-blogging, say to Blip.tv?

I've been using a Treo 650 & PPC 6700 (both over Sprint), for mobile- 
blogging to Blip.tv


>
>
>
>
> On 7/11/08 9:42 AM, "Rupert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil Campbell has just produced the Lifecast app.
>> He's a videoblogger, but probably not reading this list at the  
>> moment.
>> You can find him at http://me.dm
>> and http://twitter.com/philcampbell
>>
>> On 10-Jul-08, at 11:35 PM, Jen Simmons wrote:
>>
>> Hey who's kicking around here who knows the iPhone SDK??
>> I may have a quick project.
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> Jen Simmons
>> http://jensimmons.com
>> http://milkweedmediadesign.com
>>
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Re: [videoblogging] Mogulus Blip Import?

[B Yen]

On Jun 20, 2008, at 12:52 PM, WWWhatsup wrote:

> Mogulus doesn't work for me in Firefox, only in IE - anyone else  
> have the same prob?

I setup a "Tesla Motors" channel:

http://www.mogulus.com/teslamotors

& could not get Firefox (running on my PowerMac G4/667 over OS X) to  
take the Blip.tv feeds.  Uploading images (thumbnail & main image)  
was INCREDIBLY slow.  I went over to my laptop PC (Athlon 2ghz),  
fired up IE 7,..& it worked: images uploaded quickly & the Blip.tv  
RSS feed was taken.

I had some issues with Mogulus, under Safari on my Mac.



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> joly
>
>
>> Anybody have any success importing blip.tv feeds into mogulus?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
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Re: [videoblogging] Decline in posts to this group.

[B Yen]

On Jun 18, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Robert Scoble wrote:

> For me, a few reasons:
>
>
>
> 1.Videoblogging has changed. Many of the practitioners have  
> gone to cell
> phones, or streaming video.

I came into this group, as a practitioner/specialist in PDA/cellphone  
videos.

Can you give examples of people doing streaming video?

I played with it a bit, but never got into it.  Because, quick  
uploads of videos after a "live act" did the job.  Downloadable  
videos work pretty good.

I might be trying some streaming video at the upcoming Aug. 1 solar  
eclipse in China.

>
> 2.The idea of videoblogging never culturally caught on the way  
> text
> blogging did.

I addressed 2 markets in my project.

1)    (extremely tech-challenged market)
they are using BBS (bulletin boards) as a mechanism to do LIVE  
coverage from auto races.  A bunch of idiots copying phone  
transactions (satellite phone or cellphone).  "hey, that guy is just  
left the starting line"..followed by "thanks for the info!"..like 110  
pages of this worthless nonsense.  It sounds like a transcript of a  
100 member party-line conversation.  Pretty dumb.

As everyone knows, a blog (text, picture, video) is a solution for a  
LiveWebCast.  Especially, if the video-blog has an iTunes RSS feed:

http://corracing.blip.tv
http://score-international.blip.tv
http://bestinthedesert.blip.tv


2) Physics conferences (High Energy Physics)

This market was where Tim Berners Lee (of CERN, who created HTTP) did  
his pioneering work, where he was trying to help large teams of  
physicists at CERN to communicate with each other.

This market has me baffled.  I demonstrated

- Textamerica.com mobile-blogs as a LiveWebCast delivery (pictures &  
videos)
http://www.jumplive.com/susy06/1.jpg
http://www.jumplive.com/susy06/2.jpg
http://www.jumplive.com/susy06/3.jpg
http://www.jumplive.com/susy06/4.jpg
http://www.jumplive.com/susy06/5.jpg
http://www.jumplive.com/susy06/6.jpg
http://www.jumplive.com/susy06/7.jpg

[ unfortunately, Textamerica.com "went away" Dec 1/2007, the above  
are just screen shots ]

- Blogger video-blogs at a same-day delivery of videos (over iTunes)
http://susy06.blogspot.com
http://strings07.blogspot.com

I was working with 1 of the organizers of Strings '07 (they were  
really tech-savvy, they were using QTSS to deliver lecture videos  
with 1-hr turnaround), they let me transcode their QT .mov to iPod  
compatible .m4v

http://strings07thu.blip.tv

They went as far as to send a followup email to conference attendees  
(many are famous physicists from Harvard, Princeton, Caltech, et  
al)..& get a LOAD OF THIS.  I got ZERO, I mean ZERO, responses!!  You  
would think some of them would have said something.

We were shooting for an online article with Apple, about how  
Technology (e.g., video-blogging over iTunes) is changing how Physics  
conferences is delivering content (Research or Public Outreach).  We  
got a response from Apple, but I haven't followed up.

I recently made a query to a theoretical physicist, & they are saying  
"we are reflective (book nerdy), & don't like seeing pictures of  
ourselves".  But, many physicists I approached (at conferences) for  
pics/interviews were very receptive/friendly.  So, I just don't get it.

I agree with the statement, that "video-blogging has not caught on  
like text blogging".  The Physics blogosphere is primarily text- 
blogging (very difficult to read, very technical), many of them have  
rejected my public encouragement to do video-blogging.  However, a  
few have embedded Blip.tv Flash video player, & most use Youtube  
embedded videos.

I was watching that 4-part episode on Science Channel "Internet  
Wars"/"Browser Wars", et al.  They covered Youtube, Facebook, etc.   
The guy was saying:

"until the Technology becomes TRANSPARENT, it will not be accepted by  
the masses (& therefore make a ton of $$ for the entrepeneur)"

I think this is why video-blogging has not caught on on a _Massive  
scale_ (& why the mobile-media videos R. Scoble has mentioned is  
beginning to, via Twitter).  But, Blip.tv has a deal with CNN for  
iReport (citizen journalism via cellphone), so...aren't they getting  
it done?  I've delivered a LiveWebCast using cellphone videos sent to  
Blip.tv (& crossposted to Blogger blogs):

http://07baja1000.blogspot.com
http://07baja1000.blip.tv/
[ cellphone videos delivered to Blip.tv, over WiFi to my satellite- 
DSL equipped 4x4 van..you can see it in the background of the videos ]

http://07bitdtt250.blogspot.com/
http://07bitdtt250.blip.tv/
[ cellphone videos delivered over the cellphone networks.  Cellphone  
coverage is so good these days, you have coverage even in outlying  
desert areas ]

After using Textamerica as my mobile-blog solution, I was TOTALLY  
UNAWARE of the Blip.tv mobile solution..until Jay Dedman told me  
about it!!

So, if *I* have a "perception" problem, just think of Joe Average in  
the public.  It's kinda like EV (electric v

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Recommendations for a small camera (Xacti or other) to shoot in India

[B Yen]

On Jun 17, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Neil Katz wrote:

> Neil Katz here, a journalist.  I have had very good experiences with
> the Xacti CG65.   Small, cheap, shoots well in low light, and is
> stable on zoom, and files sizes are small.  I did an entire video
> story for the NY Times with that camera and even snuck a shot into a
> report for CBS News on national TV.
>
> http://video.on.nytimes.com/? 
> fr_story=74e0011bd397f3fdad54e60c3b52612d009fa8bf
> Judge image quality for yourself.  And keep in mind the NYT site is
> playing at about half resolution.
>
> I have purchased and returned every camera in the  Xacti line except
> the CG65.  The others have better specs, but nothing has a better
> picture.  And it fits in your pocket, which means you will get the  
> shot.

Big plus here.

The P&S type devices have the "grab & go" feature, that larger  
devices don't have

Cellphone cameras have the compactness, but not the quality (pinhole  
camera)

>
> Battery life is poor.  Buy three batteries and a quick charger.  Use
> an online site to buy non Sanyo batteries.  They run $20/each.
>
> The only negative is in order to edit you will have to convert the
> native mp4 files into DV.  Sanyo says you can edit with mp4 files and
> technically you can import them into Final Cut Pro.  But it doesn't
> really work, trust me.
>
> That conversion process will take about 1 minute per minute of
> footage.  So if you shoot three hours, expect three hours of
> conversion when you come home.
>
> As an aside, working in India, if you don't have Sony, you can't get
> it fixed or spare parts, adapters, etc.
>
> N
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I agree.  I've been using a Canon Ixus 860 (European name for
>> Powershot, I think) and it shoots beautiful video.  I love it.  And
>> it's FANTASTIC in low light.  Better than Xacti.  But not quite so
>> good a grip.  I think the Xacti pistol grip is the best way to shoot
>> - better than the traditional camcorder grip.
>>
>> It produces big video files, though, compared to other little cameras
>> I've used - so get yourself an 8GB memory card or two.  I found the
>> best deals for memory cards online - shops will rip you off.
>> Rupert
>> http://twittervlog.tv
>>
>> On 12-Jun-08, at 12:48 PM, Jay dedman wrote:
>>
>>> I'm heading to India for my honeymoon and the entire summer and
>> plan to vlog
>>> and do some
>>> interviews from there.
>>> I *do not* plan to bring my macbook. I just want to bring a
>> firewire or usb
>>> cable and upload
>>> at cafes.
>>> It needs to be small, light and easy to travel with and have
>> decent sound.
>>
>> the canon powershot is actually a great choice.
>> it has good sound, its small.
>>
>> It also records in AVI so a PC in an internet cafe will read them.
>> Just use Windows Movie Maker that comes with XP.
>> should be on most public computers.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> -- 
>> http://jaydedman.com
>> 917 371 6790
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Recommendations for a small camera (Xacti or other) to shoot in India

[B Yen]

On Jun 17, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Neil Katz wrote:

> Neil Katz here, a journalist.  I have had very good experiences with
> the Xacti CG65.   Small, cheap, shoots well in low light, and is
> stable on zoom, and files sizes are small.  I did an entire video
> story for the NY Times with that camera and even snuck a shot into a
> report for CBS News on national TV.
>
> http://video.on.nytimes.com/? 
> fr_story=74e0011bd397f3fdad54e60c3b52612d009fa8bf
> Judge image quality for yourself.  And keep in mind the NYT site is
> playing at about half resolution.

review of CG6 here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnwLDeYSb_8&

>
> I have purchased and returned every camera in the  Xacti line except
> the CG65.  The others have better specs, but nothing has a better
> picture.  And it fits in your pocket, which means you will get the  
> shot.
>
> Battery life is poor.  Buy three batteries and a quick charger.  Use
> an online site to buy non Sanyo batteries.  They run $20/each.
>
> The only negative is in order to edit you will have to convert the
> native mp4 files into DV.  Sanyo says you can edit with mp4 files and
> technically you can import them into Final Cut Pro.  But it doesn't
> really work, trust me.

I think that's what happened to me when I imported the .mpg from my  
Sony PD150 into iMovie..quality was compromised.

I have an old copy of Sony Vegas (from '05), & I will try it.

>
> That conversion process will take about 1 minute per minute of
> footage.  So if you shoot three hours, expect three hours of
> conversion when you come home.
>
> As an aside, working in India, if you don't have Sony, you can't get
> it fixed or spare parts, adapters, etc.
>
> N
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I agree.  I've been using a Canon Ixus 860 (European name for
>> Powershot, I think) and it shoots beautiful video.  I love it.  And
>> it's FANTASTIC in low light.  Better than Xacti.  But not quite so
>> good a grip.  I think the Xacti pistol grip is the best way to shoot
>> - better than the traditional camcorder grip.
>>
>> It produces big video files, though, compared to other little cameras
>> I've used - so get yourself an 8GB memory card or two.  I found the
>> best deals for memory cards online - shops will rip you off.
>> Rupert
>> http://twittervlog.tv
>>
>> On 12-Jun-08, at 12:48 PM, Jay dedman wrote:
>>
>>> I'm heading to India for my honeymoon and the entire summer and
>> plan to vlog
>>> and do some
>>> interviews from there.
>>> I *do not* plan to bring my macbook. I just want to bring a
>> firewire or usb
>>> cable and upload
>>> at cafes.
>>> It needs to be small, light and easy to travel with and have
>> decent sound.
>>
>> the canon powershot is actually a great choice.
>> it has good sound, its small.
>>
>> It also records in AVI so a PC in an internet cafe will read them.
>> Just use Windows Movie Maker that comes with XP.
>> should be on most public computers.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> -- 
>> http://jaydedman.com
>> 917 371 6790
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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[videoblogging] upload a Youtube video: adding textual commentary to parody/satire a news clip?

[B Yen]

> Copyright issues
>
> Although a parody can be considered a derivative work under United  
> States Copyright Law, it can be protected from claims by the  
> copyright owner of the original work under the fair use doctrine,  
> which is codified in 17 USC § 107. The Supreme Court of the United  
> States stated that parody "is the use of some elements of a prior  
> author's composition to create a new one that, at least in part,  
> comments on that author's works." That commentary function provides  
> some justification for use of the older work. See Campbell v. Acuff- 
> Rose Music, Inc.
>
> In 2001, the United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, in  
> Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin, upheld the right of Alice Randall to  
> publish a parody of Gone with the Wind called The Wind Done Gone,  
> which told the same story from the point of view of Scarlett  
> O'Hara's slaves, who were glad to be rid of her.
>
> Parodying music is legal in the U.K, America and Canada.
>
>


I want to upload a video clip from a news broadcast, to Youtube.  To  
avoid violating terms of use (copyright infringement), can I add some  
text for satire ("commentary").  Would this "parody" of a copyrighted  
broadcast..work?

Isn't that how Jay Leno/NBC (or Jimmy Kimmel/ABC) can take news  
clips, air it on their comedy shows with satire..& get away with it?

This subject has come up on this list a while back.  But, I forgot  
the outcome.

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Re: [videoblogging] Recommendations for a small camera (Xacti or other) to shoot in India

[B Yen]

I have a Sony PD150 P&S camera (with a 1G card), & tried out the  
video a couple of weeks ago:

http://tesla-roadster.blogspot.com
[ my officemate in grad school was M. Eberhard/Telsa Motors ]

I was surprised at how good the .mpg looked on my computer.  I  
imported it to iMovie, & exported it as a .m4v (iPod compatible).   
Which I uploaded to Blip.tv, & you see the results.  They don't look  
as good as the original .mpg, though.



On Jun 16, 2008, at 4:11 PM, pepa wrote:

> my canon powershot (sd600) doesn´t admit 8 g cards, only 1 and 2 g.
>
> http://pepa.tv
> http://teleperra.com
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> wrote:
>
>>   I agree. I've been using a Canon Ixus 860 (European name for
>> Powershot, I think) and it shoots beautiful video. I love it. And
>> it's FANTASTIC in low light. Better than Xacti. But not quite so
>> good a grip. I think the Xacti pistol grip is the best way to shoot
>> - better than the traditional camcorder grip.
>>
>> It produces big video files, though, compared to other little cameras
>> I've used - so get yourself an 8GB memory card or two. I found the
>> best deals for memory cards online - shops will rip you off.
>> Rupert
>> http://twittervlog.tv
>>
>>
>> On 12-Jun-08, at 12:48 PM, Jay dedman wrote:
>>
>>> I'm heading to India for my honeymoon and the entire summer and
>> plan to vlog
>>> and do some
>>> interviews from there.
>>> I *do not* plan to bring my macbook. I just want to bring a
>> firewire or usb
>>> cable and upload
>>> at cafes.
>>> It needs to be small, light and easy to travel with and have
>> decent sound.
>>
>> the canon powershot is actually a great choice.
>> it has good sound, its small.
>>
>> It also records in AVI so a PC in an internet cafe will read them.
>> Just use Windows Movie Maker that comes with XP.
>> should be on most public computers.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> --
>> http://jaydedman.com
>> 917 371 6790
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
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Re: [videoblogging] qik.com, kytetv and Rober Scoble's post on TechCrunch

[B Yen]

earch/label/Fri%20%28Contingency% 
2FTech%29
http://07bitdv2r.blogspot.com/search/label/Contingency%2FThu
[ all uploaded to Blip.tv, which automatically cross-posted to  
Blogger blogs ]

I think I might be the pioneer in using cellphone videos for  
interviews.  They look very *acceptable*, the "toy" pinhole cameras  
works pretty darn good!!  When you start moving the pinhole camera  
around, you get blurring..& it looks bad (unprofessional).


If Kyte is being funded by Nokia, & there is a need for cellphone  
videos, then it will put pressure on cellphone makers to make higher  
quality cellphone cameras (for pics & videos).  I like that Nokia N93  
(non pinhole camera, has optical zoom), but unfortunately it doesn't  
have a pdaphone-like QWERTY keyboard.  When I upload cellphone  
videos, I have to tag the Subject/Body with a lot of text: need that  
type-pad to type in furiously as race-cars are zooming by me!!

Does anyone know of any comparable cellphone (like the N93) with an  
optical zoom camera, with a QWERTY keyboard??  If so, I would buy it  
in an instant.


>
>
> Robert Scoble
> Managing Director, Fast Company TV
> mobile: 425-205-1921
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> -Original Message-
> From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com  
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> On Behalf Of B Yen
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 6:09 PM
> To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [videoblogging] qik.com, kytetv and Rober Scoble's  
> post on
> TechCrunch
>
> On Jun 14, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Andrew Darlow wrote:
>
>> I just saw this on Twitter and thought others might like to read this
>> very in-depth article by Robert Scoble about how he is using cell
>> phone video::
>>
>> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/14/why-kytetv-will-kill-qik-and-
>> flixwagon-in-cell-phone-video-space/
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/5ssot2
>>
>> Pretty amazing things are happening in the live video space, and I
>> really like how Robert explains why he likes features from specific
>> services from a power user's perspective.
>
> I've been playing with cellphone video since '05, when I got on this
> group.  I later caught on to this group's main intent: production
> quality videos.  I'm into iTunes/iPod, since the iPod is a "mobile
> media solution" (just like cellphones).
>
> "Agile Mobile Hostile"
> -- football term (referring to linebacker)
>
> The problem with cellphone videos is that they don't have that
> Quality look, they originate mostly from "pinhole" cameras.
> Resolution ~ aperture.  I think that N93 was using a non-pinhole
> camera (like from a real video camera).  In low-light conditions, the
> pinhole cellphone videos look TERRIBLE: slow frame rates (because of
> integrated mode for exposure).  You can compensate this with an
> external light.
>
> That Qik.tv video of the Tesla Roadster look choppy & amateurish.
> Clients want QUALITY.  I ran into a situation where a client balked.
>
>
>
> That article forgot about Blip.tv, it is a generalized solution
> (doesn't specifically target cellphone video, but can handle it):
>
> 1) production quality videos
> distribution points to Facebook, Myspace, Blogger, Wordpress, iTunes,
> et al
>
> 2) cellphone videos
> distribution points to Facebook, Myspace, Blogger, Wordpress, iTunes,
> et al
> [ I haven't tried it, but it is theoretically possible for Blip.tv to
> transcode cellphone videos to iPod/iTunes compatible .mp4..for a near
> LIVE delivery to iTunes!!!  See if Kyte or Qik can compete with  
> that. ]
>
> The Flash player Blip.tv has is incredibly KOOL, it really looks like
> "Internet TV"
>
> http://corracing.blip.tv
> http://score-international.blip.tv/
> http://bitd.blip.tv/
>
> I can upload .mp4 videos edited from a Mac (that get to iTUnes) OR
> cellphone videos.  The only "hitch" is that Blip.tv can't transcode
> my PPC6700 .mp4 to .flv, however it has no problem with my .3g2 Treo
> 650 cellphone videos.
>
>
>> # The distribution system that Kyte has built is much better than
>> either Qik or Flixwagon. Translation: the embeddable player that
>> Kyte.tv has is much better than Qik or Flixwagon, more on that in a
>> second.
>
> See Blip.tv, it's distribution points are even better.
>
>> # The chat room that Kyte has built is much better than Qik or
>> Flixwagon and can be participated in from other cell phones,
>> something that Qik and Flixwagon can't do.
>
> Strong point.  Other CMS (Conte

Re: [videoblogging] qik.com, kytetv and Rober Scoble's post on TechCrunch

[B Yen]

On Jun 14, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Andrew Darlow wrote:

> I just saw this on Twitter and thought others might like to read this
> very in-depth article by Robert Scoble about how he is using cell
> phone video::
>
> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/14/why-kytetv-will-kill-qik-and-
> flixwagon-in-cell-phone-video-space/
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/5ssot2
>
> Pretty amazing things are happening in the live video space, and I
> really like how Robert explains why he likes features from specific
> services from a power user's perspective.

I've been playing with cellphone video since '05, when I got on this  
group.  I later caught on to this group's main intent: production  
quality videos.  I'm into iTunes/iPod, since the iPod is a "mobile  
media solution" (just like cellphones).

"Agile Mobile Hostile"
-- football term (referring to linebacker)

The problem with cellphone videos is that they don't have that  
Quality look, they originate mostly from "pinhole" cameras.   
Resolution ~ aperture.  I think that N93 was using a non-pinhole  
camera (like from a real video camera).  In low-light conditions, the  
pinhole cellphone videos look TERRIBLE: slow frame rates (because of  
integrated mode for exposure).  You can compensate this with an  
external light.

That Qik.tv video of the Tesla Roadster look choppy & amateurish.   
Clients want QUALITY.  I ran into a situation where a client balked.



That article forgot about Blip.tv, it is a generalized solution  
(doesn't specifically target cellphone video, but can handle it):

1) production quality videos
distribution points to Facebook, Myspace, Blogger, Wordpress, iTunes,  
et al

2) cellphone videos
distribution points to Facebook, Myspace, Blogger, Wordpress, iTunes,  
et al
[ I haven't tried it, but it is theoretically possible for Blip.tv to  
transcode cellphone videos to iPod/iTunes compatible .mp4..for a near  
LIVE delivery to iTunes!!!  See if Kyte or Qik can compete with that. ]

The Flash player Blip.tv has is incredibly KOOL, it really looks like  
"Internet TV"

http://corracing.blip.tv
http://score-international.blip.tv/
http://bitd.blip.tv/

I can upload .mp4 videos edited from a Mac (that get to iTUnes) OR  
cellphone videos.  The only "hitch" is that Blip.tv can't transcode  
my PPC6700 .mp4 to .flv, however it has no problem with my .3g2 Treo  
650 cellphone videos.


> # The distribution system that Kyte has built is much better than  
> either Qik or Flixwagon. Translation: the embeddable player that  
> Kyte.tv has is much better than Qik or Flixwagon, more on that in a  
> second.

See Blip.tv, it's distribution points are even better.

> # The chat room that Kyte has built is much better than Qik or  
> Flixwagon and can be participated in from other cell phones,  
> something that Qik and Flixwagon can’t do.

Strong point.  Other CMS (Content Management System) use a comment  
section.  Having "live" commentary is certainly a bump up.

> # The ability to mix videos from your webcam, live videos streaming  
> from your web cam, recorded videos from camcorders, or from places  
> like YouTube, along with both recorded and streamed videos from  
> your cell phone goes way beyond what Qik and Flixwagon have done  
> today.

Just like Blip.tv, a *generalized* solution (not just cellphone  
videos) increases your market

> # Kyte.tv can play videos on an iPhone today. Neither Qik or  
> Flixwagon can do that.
> # Kyte.tv can play videos on a Nokia today. Both from your  
> recordings and other people’s. Neither Qik or Flixwagon can do that.

Definitely a plus.  Delivery to mobile-users via cellphone taps into  
a HUGE customer demographic.

I don't have an iPhone (but I guess that might change soon), but  
doesn't the anticipated Flash functionality mean that the iPhone  
could play the Blip.tv Flash presentation (see above)?


Another player was Textamerica.com (which "went away" last Dec  
1/2007), which was my preferred LiveWebCast solution back in  
2005/2006.  It could take BOTH picture & video uploads.  (Note that  
Flickr has finally integrated videos into its solution, in  
conjunction with photos).  Textamerica had a really nice Flash  
player, for both pics & videos.

After Textamerica.com went away, I went with the Blip.tv (automatic  
cross-post to Blogger) & Blogger solution for LiveWebCast of Offroad  
Races.  Even the Rose Bowl:

http://www.jumplive.com/08rosebowl/index.html

Note that media rights for Rose Bowl are REALLY TIGHT.  ABC has  
exclusive video-rights (fans entering the stadium have their video  
cameras "confiscated").  I had to call up the Rose Bowl mgmt, to make  
sure I wasn't in conflict.  The head of ABC prime-time programming  
called me after the even, so I could discuss Internet Solutions (ESPN  
handles that).  It's interesting that Mike Hudack/Blip.tv came from  
NHL (must have been ESPN)

>
> All the best,
>
> Andrew
> ---
> Andrew Darlow
> Editor, The Imag

[videoblogging] Kyte.tv Vs Blip.tv, Blip.tv can't transcode my PPC6700 .mp4 to .flv [ was N93-like cellphone w/optical zoom? for qik.com

[B Yen]

On Jun 14, 2008, at 4:22 PM, B Yen wrote:

>> Re: [videoblogging] Re: Recommendations for a small camera (Xacti
>> or other) to shoot in India
>>
>> I've been using my Nokia n95 to do interviews and streaming live to
>> the web site
>> using a Silicon Valley start-up called Qik. Check out my stuff at
>> http://qik.com/djksar
>> Granted it is a GSM based phone. Is where you are going GSM or CDMA?
>>
>> -Randy
>
> Some people on this list use Nokia N93 for video blogging.  I like
> its optical zoom (but don't like the fact it doesn't have a qwerty
> keyboard).
>
> Are there any other candidate cellphones, with optical zoom & QWERTY
> keyboard?
>
> The Motorola Q9C (for Sprint) has a QWERTY keyboard, but no optical
> zoom.  Cellphone videos tend to look bad, so I'm also looking for
> quality.
>
> I have a Treo 650 & PPC6700 (both over Sprint).  The Treo 650 has
> better video than the PPC6700 (which looks choppy).  I basically
> upload a recorded video (as opposed to video streaming) to Blip.tv or
> other blogging services.  Works fine.
>
> http://07baja1000.blogspot.com/search/label/El%20Vigia%20autograph-
> session%20%28Sun%29
> [ videos shot with Treo 650 ]
>
> http://07bitdtt250.blogspot.com/search/label/Race%20MM12
> [ videos shot with PPC6700 ]

The above videos don't get transcoded to .flv by Blip.tv correctly.   
3 secs into the video, it stops.  You have to move the play cursor  
forward..then it plays, but with no sound.

Can I get some multimedia experts to weigh in on this issue?

I tried the Kyte.tv solution, & the .mp4 (or my Treo 650 .3g2) appear  
immediately at:

http://www.kyte.tv/channels/browse.html#uri=channels/69102

They don't appear to be using .flv conversion..or are they?  The  
player looks like Flash.

I like the ultra cool Flash presentation by Blip.tv

http://07bitdtt250.blip.tv/
[ the later videos are shot with Treo 650, the early videos are shot  
with PPC6700..which don't get .flv converted properly ]

or the matrix presentation of video thumbnails:

http://07bitdtt250.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc
[ the later videos are shot with Treo 650, the early videos are shot  
with PPC6700..which don't get .flv converted properly ]

But, the .flv "bug" is really a bottleneck.  Can't make a  
presentation to potential clients.

However, the Kyte.tv presentation lacks a matrix presentation.  The  
inline player only shows, "next" & "previous" videos.  This is a  
little cumbersome.

>
>

[videoblogging] N93-like cellphone w/optical zoom? for qik.com

[B Yen]

> Re: [videoblogging] Re: Recommendations for a small camera (Xacti  
> or other) to shoot in India
>
> I've been using my Nokia n95 to do interviews and streaming live to  
> the web site
> using a Silicon Valley start-up called Qik. Check out my stuff at
> http://qik.com/djksar
> Granted it is a GSM based phone. Is where you are going GSM or CDMA?
>
> -Randy

Some people on this list use Nokia N93 for video blogging.  I like  
its optical zoom (but don't like the fact it doesn't have a qwerty  
keyboard).

Are there any other candidate cellphones, with optical zoom & QWERTY  
keyboard?

The Motorola Q9C (for Sprint) has a QWERTY keyboard, but no optical  
zoom.  Cellphone videos tend to look bad, so I'm also looking for  
quality.

I have a Treo 650 & PPC6700 (both over Sprint).  The Treo 650 has  
better video than the PPC6700 (which looks choppy).  I basically  
upload a recorded video (as opposed to video streaming) to Blip.tv or  
other blogging services.  Works fine.

http://07baja1000.blogspot.com/search/label/El%20Vigia%20autograph- 
session%20%28Sun%29
[ videos shot with Treo 650 ]

http://07bitdtt250.blogspot.com/search/label/Race%20MM12
[ videos shot with PPC6700 ]

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[videoblogging] Youtube videos, ownership?

[B Yen]

Who owns the Youtube videos, I thought it was Youtube.

I did a project a year ago, where I asked the uploader for permission  
to transcode the Youtube .flv to an iPod compatible .mp4.  So, I  
could put it on 1 of my iTunes video-podcast.  I did a similar thing  
for another project:

http://strings07.blogspot.com

Except, they were uploading QT videos & they gave me permission to  
transcode them to .mp4 for the "Strings 07" iTunes video-podcast.  We  
wanted Apple to do an article about how the new Technology was  
helping the Content/Distribution model for physics conferences.

We actually got a response from Apple, but haven't followed up to  
push it through.  (I really should get on it)


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080131214045AA3Q4Ia

Answerer 1
Read the terms and conditions to truly figure that out. I think that  
since Google owns the space that the Video is uploaded on that they  
do own the Videos. Also the fact that they have the right to remove  
any Videos on Youtube

Answerer 2
It's more of a shared ownership. Both the uploader and Youtube can  
remove the videos at their discretion. All videos uploaded are  
subject to youtube's policies.

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Re: [videoblogging] Re:From Mac *TO* PC -- Should I Switch?

[B Yen]

On Jun 10, 2008, at 1:50 PM, missbhavens1969 wrote:

> Same here. I'm a overheating/no second memory slot victim, too. But I
> had Applecare and after some prodding and tears they did cover the
> repair (more like a replacement, really). I was *so* grateful for
> Applecare when my Powerbook fried out. I'd nevernevernever buy another
> laptop without it.

I read the lengthy posts on Apple forums, about this issue.

After the "missing memory slot" issue, the repaired Powerbooks..had  
the problem resurface!!

It's the heat issue that DAMAGES the logic board!

There's an outfit in S. Carolina that understands the problem, & will  
fix it RIGHT.  Applecare wouldn't have covered it, the Good Guys  
extended care did.

I am real leery of all this Apple "cool" stuff (that ends up  
breakting the "Laws of Physics"), that's also overhyped marketing wise.


>
> I actually always buy extended warantees for expensive
> electronics/appliances that I don't plan on upgrading soon. Computers,
> cameras, dishwashers. Clock radio? Not so much.
>
> I think warrantees are always worth it. Peace of mind. Granted,
> Applecare ain't cheap, but neither is a new computer. Free repair vs
> $2000? No contest.
>
> Bek
> --
> http://www.missbhavens.com
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I have the Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz, & I got Good Guys extended warranty
>> (2 yr).  Good thing I did, the HD died at the end of 2 yrs.
>>
>> This laptop had the infamous "missing memory slot" that affected tens
>> of thousands of users..there's a class-action lawsuit.  Basically,
>> the "cool thin ness" violates the Law of Physics (Thermodynamics):
>> the heat kills the logicboard..which creates the "missing memory
>> slot" bug.  Apple refuses to acknowledge this problem.
>
>
> 
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Re: [videoblogging] Re:From Mac *TO* PC -- Should I Switch?

[B Yen]

On Jun 9, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Pete Prodoehl wrote:

>
> Mac Mac-nerds have told me they follow this policy:
>
> Laptop work or home - Get AppleCare

I have the Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz, & I got Good Guys extended warranty  
(2 yr).  Good thing I did, the HD died at the end of 2 yrs.

This laptop had the infamous "missing memory slot" that affected tens  
of thousands of users..there's a class-action lawsuit.  Basically,  
the "cool thin ness" violates the Law of Physics (Thermodynamics):  
the heat kills the logicboard..which creates the "missing memory  
slot" bug.  Apple refuses to acknowledge this problem.  I ended up  
send it to a 3rd party to fix it (some place in S. Carolina).  The  
corrupt GE care (which took over when Good Guys disappeared) wouldn't  
pick up the tab!!??

The thin Powerbooks look cool, but have major cooling issues.  (it  
gets INCREDIBLY hot on your lab, it's a widely known issue).  It's  
what leads to the failure rates.  Heat is the Enemy.

I goto the desert offroad races (hot!), & this Powerbook has died  
TWICE because of heat: hard drive goes kaput.  My PC laptop works  
fine, because it's FAT & has a F***G fan!!  Law of  
Thermodynamics..must dissipate the heat!

> Desktop Mac at work - Get AppleCare
> Desktop Mac at home - Skip AppleCare if you want...

I have a quad G5 that's sitting 4 ft away (I'm using a G4/667 desktop  
that's circa 2001..7yrs old!!).  On a hot day in 2006, it went  
kaput..heat issues.  It took 3 visits to Applecare to fix it (fancy  
watercooled system).  I was 4 days late in buying Applecare, so I  
don't have coverage.  Frankly, I'm scared the quad G5 will blowup & I  
will have an expensive paper weight.  I use it ocassionally (to  
render videos), but it's definitely not my main machine.

A bunch of other people have had problems with the quad G5, & it's a  
known fact to stay away from this machine.

>
> But I did get AppleCare with the last iMac I got at home, mainly cuz I
> feel Apple's quality has sunk in the last few years, and my  
> previous Mac
> had the log board die. (Granted, it was about 6 years old.)

I agree.

I have had issues with Apple hardware going back to '95.  There was  
this Applevision 1710AV monitor, which was a total POS.  It was  
widely known to be a defective product.  When I called in, the Apple  
guy refused to acknowledge the problem (lie) & wouldn't do anything  
about it.  I have never bought an Apple monitor since.

Apple has always had an elitist attitute (with price to match)

The Apple AV cable for the iPod, a pricey $20..the connector cracked  
& broke.  (Apple found a cheap supplier, & uses its "brand name" to  
jack up the price).  I got a 3rd party one for $20 (at the local  
supermarket), works fine.  Apple has a lot of hype/marketing behind  
it.  I asked an Apple sales guy about the iPod, why it's so  
successful.  His response was "Marketing".

"People don't buy Good Products, they buy GOOD MARKETING"
-- business saying

Apple vs PC, it's a matter of "lesser of 2 evils".

I have a Hewlett Packard PC laptop running Windows XP, NEVER had a  
problem with it.  However, it's incredibly "clunky" vs Mac OS in  
terms of intuitive useability.  Existing PC users use it because they  
are "used to it".


>
>
> Pete
>
>
> Kathryn Jones wrote:
>> I have to totally disagree with Tony about applecare,  especially if
>> you have a laptop. I have had the logic board replaced, the screen
>> replaced, the casing replaced and two batteries replaced (pretty
>> evenly spread between my two years of ownership) and have paid 0
>> dollars. I have a first generation macbook pro 17" - so its been a
>> little over buggy, but even so,  applecare has been more than worth
>> it to me with every laptop I've owned.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Tony Pelliccio wrote:
>>
>>> As someone who has analyzed the AppleCare policy, it isn't worth
>>> it. Most failures occur within the first year and Apple covers out
>>> to one year automatically.
>>>
>>> Secondly don't let Apple install options like bigger HD's and RAM,
>>> you can do all that yourself less expensively. And were you to do
>>> that anyhow you'd void your AppleCare contract.
>>>
>>> I currently have an laptop with XP Pro and am seriously considering
>>> a MacBook.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> 
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

[videoblogging] how to play .flv on my computer

[B Yen]

dumb question:

I've got a Mac running OSX, how do I play some Youtube .flv's I  
downloaded?

Everytime I double-click on them, it trys to run Flash (which I don't  
have the license for).  Surely there must be a nice 3rd party player  
out there.

Re: [videoblogging] Video Artist Arrested for Taking Photos of Police

[B Yen]

On Mar 13, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Jay dedman wrote:

>>  Triny was arrested last night after being suspected of taking  
>> photos of
>>  police officers, which is illegal in France. Fellow list member  
>> Loiez
>> Deniel
>>  has started a blog about the affair, and you can get the full  
>> story here:
>>  http://urltea.com/2xa5 
>
> oh man.
> whatever happened was overreaction.
> France needs http://ratemycop.com.
> (i guess its be http://ratemyLEcop.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBeB81PPlng

These tech-savvy kids used a cellphone video to capture the whole  
"police assault".  Right at the end, the rogue cop says "that better  
not be going on Youtube.."..

"careful what you wish, you just might get it"

Bad cop gets suspended.  Citizen journalism (video-blogging) is  
protecting everybody's rights.

Shreveport Woman Beat By Cop While In Custody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOPKT-Jy3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxgNKNEtk18

"according to police policty in that jurisdiction, if you do not  
agree to take a sobriety test, & get booked, they're allowed to turn  
off the tape [ video camera ]. It makes you wonder, is it time to re- 
visit the policty"

No documentation of what happened, cops word VS woman.  Nice. "no  
video, no crime"


I've been using cellphone videos uploaded to Blip.tv (which get cross- 
posted to my Blogger blogs) to do "near LIVE" videos.

http://07baja1000.blogspot.com/

Make sure you carry around a cellphone (w/video capability) so you  
can be a "watchdog" to any rights violation.


This incident sounds alarmingly like the 2002 incident, where a LEO  
(”law enforcement officer”) ASSAULTED a black teen:

http://revcom.us/a/1266/donovan-jackson-chavis-verdict.htm
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/07/12/police.beating.officer/index.html
http://www.knbc.com/video/1547338/index.html

The first frames of the video show a skinny young kid lying face down  
on the asphalt, handcuffed, utterly still. Four beefy cops surround  
him. They yank his limp body off the pavement by grabbing the silver  
chain around his neck. He is choked unconscious. They slam him hard  
face-first onto the trunk of the black-and-white. The blow jolts him  
awake. The camcorder zooms in on his face: His mouth is red-wet, and  
the blood smears across his cheek. His jaw is slack and his eyes  
can’t focus. He tries to lift his head, but it falls back down. The  
four cops are close around him, an unforgiving wall. Officer Jeremy  
Morse, on the Inglewood force for three years, grabs the back of the  
kid’s head and turns it to the right, spending a few seconds to  
position it just so. He smashes his clenched fist into the youth’s  
face, then wraps his hands around his throat. On the video, you can  
see Morse’s face clearly: contorted by a grimace, teeth bared in a  
snarl, he truly does look like a beast.

The LEO in question was found to have had a history of abuse (at  
least 2 cases, see above article where one of his victims was in a  
coma for 5 days).

The below comments from a news bbs summarizes it best:

T*O*P*I*C Discussion Started: 07-10-2002, 2:54 PM
Attorneys for a teen who was videotaped while an Inglewood police
officer slammed him onto a squad car plan to file a lawsuit over the
incident as public pressure mounts and various law enforcement agencies
launch separate investigations. Meanwhile another man claims he too was
beaten by Inglewood police officers. What do you think about the police
brutality situation in Inglewood? Elsewhere? What, if anything, do you
think the videotape proves?

don87654 07-16-2002, 3:27 PM
Southern California cops are just plain crooked, period! I was once a
State of California Correctional Peace Officer at the California
Institute for Women at Frontera. We were taught in the Academy at Galt
how to formulate evidence to make ourselves look good and victims to
look bad. I refused to cater to this treatment and was fired by an
abusive Lieutenant that was in charge of Internal Affairs at the time.
Later because of my outspoken stances on this, charges were levied
against me involving vehicle tampering and simple assault and I was
convicted of this by what appeared to be paid police witnesses. My
attorney at the time, one of the best criminal lawyers in southern
California, told me to pack my bags and leave town, which I did. It took
him 8 long years to get my conviction erased from court records and to
get the warrant for my arrest dropped by the court so I was no longer
“wanted”. It does not matter where they are at….these California cops
that completed the Academy in Los Angeles, or for the State, are just
plain crooked–they are taught to be that way

Jbp912 07-10-2002, 6:21 PM
I am a disabled military veteran. I am in my senior years and I have
become cynical of police officers and the entire judicial system. There
has been too much lying, cover-ups, and irresponsible behavior by law
enforcement persons. It seems t

[videoblogging] Science Channel, "Download: The True Story of the Internet"

[B Yen]

Started Mon. March 3 (yesterday):

http://science.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html? 
paid=48.14998.25448.32270.2

Browser Wars
Search

Bubble
People Power

In People Power (will start in 5 minutes on Pacific/USA), they covered:

- Youtube
- Blogging
citizen journalism

I liked the programs, any one else have any input?

[videoblogging] 2/20/08 Lunar Eclipse videoblog

[B Yen]

http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com

I photoblogged the 8/28/07 lunar eclipse LIVE from Hungry Valley/CA  
(offroad park 60 miles NW of Los Angeles).  I shot video, but never  
uploaded it:

http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com/search/label/Lunar%20Eclipse%208% 
2F28%2F07

I shot the  lunar eclipse on 2/20 in front of my house (since the  
weather was iffy, & I didn't feel like driving to a dark sky).  I did  
a quick edit of the video,  uploaded it to Blip.tv, then blogged it.


NOTE:
There seems to be an interest in Astronomy Outreach, dealing with  
existing astro-imagery

Microsoft To Announce WorldWide Telescope On February 2

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/18/microsoft-to-announce-worldwide- 
telescope-on-january-27/


A variation of this would be a "browser" for LIVE astronomical events:

http://spaceweather.com/submissions/map.php?cat=eclipses&limit=50

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Re: [videoblogging] Fair use in the Digital Age

[B Yen]

On Jan 17, 2008, at 2:27 AM, Jay dedman wrote:

>>  so fair use = part or all of a work for the purposes of: criticism,
>>  comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research.
>>  with words on the internet, it's fairly cut and dry.
>>  bloggers are usually criticising, commenting, reporting, teaching or
>>  reserching. it's easy :-)
>>  with something like a remix song, it's less clear perhaps. Does  
>> the song
>>  provide a critical commentary on a subject in a way that requires  
>> a sample
>>  of the subject in order to make the commentary? etc...
>
> so im making a video about the tech scene in San Francisco.
> Can I use snippets of people's videos from tech parties in my
> commentary on the SF scene?
> this would be like me grabbing text snippets from people's blogs to
> show the ideas in the community.
> attribution is of course given as it would be in a text blog.
>
> My point is that there seems to be an idea that online videos are like
> individually wrapped movies not to be touched, instead of pieces of a
> large conversation we can all use to talk to each other.
>
> This "watch but dont touch" mentality is being firmly entrenched in
> our minds with Youtube leading the way since there is no easy way to
> grab a Youtube video from the site. Youtube being the largest video
> site has the greatest impact on how we understand correct interaction.

Try Download Helper (Firefox extension):

http://www.downloadhelper.net/index.php

I've become a fan of Youtube (because of cool music videos, for  
entertainment) & download videos before they get removed by Youtube.

I actually used DWHelper to download the .flv, & use iSquint to  
transcode them to .m4v iPod compatible videos for viewing on an iPod.


I don't quite understand the question.  Everyone is able to embed  
Youtube videos in blogs & BBS forums.  Doesn't that solve your "grab  
a Youtube video from the site"?


Sidenote:
1 of the Youtube founders (the one that went to Stanford grad school/ 
Computer Science) is from my alma mater

[ Univ of Illinois, the team that got CREAMED by USC on Jan 1 in the  
Rose Bowl.  See http://www.jumplive.com/08rosebowl/index.html  ]


>
> So as creators, our relationship is this:
> you make a video. I watch.
> I make a video for you to watch.
> We do not use each others videos.
> if you replaced "text" where I said "video", you would not have
> blogging as we know it today.
>
> Jay
>
>
> -- 
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>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
>
>

Re: [videoblogging] why would feedburner....?

[B Yen]

On Jul 4, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Heath wrote:

> Any ideas on why feedburner would pick up my "flash" version of my vid
> instead of my quicktime or mp4?  It's never done it before but this
> time it, any ideas anyone?

I had that happen to me about a year ago.

So, I stuck this code in front of the Flash video:

 rel="enclosure">

& the problem went away.


BTW, how do you "set" your podcast  _description_?  I put some text  
as the 1st line of my video-blog entry:

this is my description

Click for video

& it picks it up.  Unfortunately, it also picks up the other text  
"Click for video", thus making the iTunes description look messy.


>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

[videoblogging] problems submitting Feedburner feed to iTunes, for String Theory video-podcast (Blip.tv = video host)

[B Yen]

I'm doing some video-blogging tests for the Strings '07 conference  
(annual String Theory conference @Madrid, Spain):

http://strings07.blogspot.com

I've been in touch with the organizers, & they are excited about  
increased exposure over video-blogs, iPod/iTunes/AppleTV/iPhone.   
String Theory has been getting a lot of press (mostly critical), so  
they could use a publicity boost.  Information videos over iPod/ 
AppleTViPhone ("Science public outreach") could be a solution.  It's  
also great exposure for Blip.tv


Problem is, my submission to iTunes Store of the Feedburner feed is  
not going thru:

1) submssion on Wed afternoon went "OK" ("your podcast has been  
submitted, we will contact you at [EMAIL PROTECTED]")
however, didn't get an acknowledgement email from Apple iTunes like I  
usually do.  I didn't get an approval within 24 hrs (typical  
turnaround for me, never had an issue until now)

2) re-submission on Thu afternoon (& Fri) gave errors
iTunes Store "5002" error.  Now, it's "An error occurred. The iTunes  
Store could not process your request, please try again later"

I used Feeburner's "Troubleshootize" (Podmedic & Feedmedic),  
everything looks OK

I even tried creating another Blogger blog

http://strings2007.blogspot.com

..same thing.  When I submit a Feedburner feed for one of my existing  
iTunes video-podcast, i get "Feed already submitted".

Someone else is having the same problem as me:

http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=14659

I'm frustrated like him, & I've had to hold off any further video- 
posts.  The Blip.tv TV show player is holding me thru, in the meantime.


Is this an iTunes Store issue? Possibly due to the heightened  
activity for the June 29 iPhone release?  I remember there was an  
iTunes Store snafu, due to heavy traffic after a recent Apple iPod  
release.

TIA, for any help/suggestions.




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[videoblogging] video posts in Blogger, how to present *lots* of video thumbnails?

[B Yen]

I am using Blogger for a video-blog:

http://trophykart.blogspot.com

For each post I want to display a bunch of video-frame stills  
(320x180), & there are often LOTS.  This is to show some highlights  
of the video, to get the user to view the video.


Right now, I have the clickable videos at the top..followed by a long  
list of stills.  It makes each post look  long, & the entire blog  
looks drawn out.  Has anyone had a similar situation, & what is your  
solution?

I thought of the following to try to "condense" the long list of stills:

- Flash player
to display the stills

- 2D matrix presentation
I would make the stills smaller (160x90), & present them 2 per row  
(2D matrix)

Anyone know of any reliable Blogger plug-ins to do this?

Thanks for any suggestions.


BY

Egypt solar eclipse blogging-expedition, Pixelodeon [ wasRe: [videoblogging] Re: Indonesia videoblog

[B Yen]

On Jun 14, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Pinot W. Ichwandardi wrote:

> Hi vloggerian.
>
> Thanks for the warm welcome. My name is Pinot. I may be the first
> vlogger from Indonesia joining this group. Please forgive me for my
> vlog language, since I'm not that good in English 'verbal language'.
> As I said to Jay, I hope my video medium can tell the story better
> and universally.
>
> I'm a video hobbyist since I was a kid. My first attraction with
> video was when my father made a documentation about total solar
> eclipe in Indonesia (1983).
> Though the betamax video itself is now fully-damage, I've transferred
> the video into miniDV and did a little restoration. It still viewable
> and worth a look.
> http://pinot-videoroom.blogspot.com/2006/08/gerhana-11-juni-1983.html
> YouTube link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es-WZLzjKTE

I'm one of the crazy eclipse-chasers that travels the world.

I met some Indonesian solar eclipse chasers 1 year ago in Egypt, I  
moblogged my entire eclipse-trip over a Textamerica.com mobile-blog:

http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=22896

It was taken at a camp in Sallum (Egypt/Libya border, landmines all  
over the place from WWII), where various international groups had  
eclipse sites.  One of my goals in my eclipse-trip, is International  
Outreach: locals (my guide was Bedouin) & foreign eclipse-chasers.  I  
met eclipse-chasers from Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Japan.  I have a  
very technical program, & was supposed to be with the Science Group.   
(didn't happen because of intense security, due to Egypt president  
Mubarak observing there).  But, I took this day to be more "human" &  
interact with fellow eclipse-chasers.  I spent some time with the  
Indonesian group, & they were very well equipped with photographic  
equipment.

Some Italians followed me to my site outside the compound (safety  
against land mines), next to a mausoleum:

http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4511666

& dropped off some breakfast.  I slept overnight there under the stars.

You can browse the above site, & see the various nationalities I  
met.  I met Russians at Abu Galloum (camel ride N. of Dahab)

http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23124

Italians & Americans (Giza Pyramids in Cairo)

http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23121

Germans (Dahab).  I really enjoyed the young kids I met, especially  
at Dahab:

http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23123
[ I finally broke them down from their "hawking souveneirs to  
tourists" mode, & we became friends.  I bought them Kosherie, & ate  
together http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4528623&_ctgry=23123   
I also went "inter species", & shared my breakfast with a  
cat..blogged that! ]

I ended up at Dahab by accident, after the person sitting next to me  
on my Lufthansa flight (American girl, sociology major @UC Berkeley,  
Muslim convert w/Egyptian husband) recommended it to me.

http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com/2006/03/lufthansa-flight-584- 
frankfurt-to.html

[ I ended up communicating with her & another girl (N. California,  
exercise spa owner) over email up to eclipse-day, about eclipse  
observation sites.  Internet Connectivity in action, I made friends  
along the way & we were communicating in-transit in a 3rd world  
country!  If this can happen in Egypt, the concept of "One Planet,  
One Community" has arrived ]

The cultural experience was terrific, & was able to blog it with Same- 
Day coverage.  Uploaded content that evening from Internet spot.   
I've done it LIVE from Baja/Mexico, over the local phone services  
(international charges are expensive).


I also text/picture/video-blogged using a Blogger blog:

http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com
[ eclipse video hosted by Blip.tv ]

You can see my entire trip (& other blogs) at:

http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.html

I was amazed that during my entire Egypt trip (Cairo hotel, Marsa  
Matrouh, Sallum, Dahab/Red Sea), that there was Internet access  
everywhere.  Whether it was:

- small hotel in Cairo (free Internet, courtesy to guests)
- condo in Marsa Matrouh (free dialup)
- Bedouin home in Sallum (free dialup)
- Internet Cafe in Sallum (sharing over a dialup connection!!?)
- Internet Cafe in Dahab/Red Sea (high bandwidth)
- Web geeks @Frankfurt Int'l airport
http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23127
- Connexion satellite Internet on Lufthansa flight (LIVE blogging!)
http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23126

I just now realized I should have had a presentation of the above  
made at last weekend's Pixelodeon.

"Mobile-Blogging & Video-Blogging at March 29/06 Egypt  
Eclipse...massive Culture & Science experience"

I should have had someone at least do it for me..NUTS!!

[ I was out-of-town video-blogging a wacky offroad race:

http://corracing.blogspot.com
http://www.jumplive.com/07corrcv6/index.html ]

I missed a chance to network with some luminaries @Pixelodeon..double  
NUTS!!  This could have led to further p

Re: quality N93 videos, or better? [ was Re: [videoblogging] (Almost) Live Video from Pixelodeon

[B Yen]

On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Rupert wrote:

> Hi B
>
> Thanks.  Very interesting about your conference.  Looking forward to
> checking out your different sites when I'm less panicked about
> getting on the plane.

I blogged "live" over Greenland, on my Lufthansa flight from  
Frankfurt to Los Angeles (using Boeings satellite internet "Connexion"):

http://solareclipse.textamerica.com
[ note the techno-geeks I met at Frankfurt airport, we were using the  
local WiFi networks ]

..on the way back from Egypt for my solar eclipse trip last March/ 
2006.  Incredibly, I was able to blog my way around Egypt..Cairo to  
Sallum  (Egypt/Libya border) to Dahab (Red Sea).  Get this: there was  
a hole-in-the-wall Internet Cafe in Sallum..sharing bandwidth over a  
dialup connection!  Dahab had a hi-speed Internet Cafe.

The world is getting more interconnected, if I can blog the entire  
way thru a 3rd world country like Egypt then...

More info here:

http://www.caltechscience.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.html

Griffith Park (huge fire recently) is right next to AFI, you might  
want to take a hike up there & see if you can vlog a hike.


>
> The N93 that I use does video at twice the resolution of the video
> you saw, which was at 320x240 - I often shoot at 640x480 - slightly
> larger file sizes, but still not bad.
>
> The N95 also does high quality video at the same resolutions, but it
> compresses with H264, so better, smaller and quicker.  The N93 uses a
> straight MP4 codec.  And it doesn't do Fast Start, which is a pain.
> But I think it's easier to use as a video camera, because it has a
> flip out screen and a lens on the side with optical zoom, whereas the
> N95 just looks like a regular phone with a lens on the back (no opt
> zoom).
>
> Both N93 and N95 are fantastic mini-computers - with wifi and lots of
> apps.  N95 has GPS.
>
> The Treo also does good quality video - see http://taoofdavid.com/ -
> though i think David's been cursing the Treo a little on Twitter.

I use a Treo 650 myself (2 yr old), & the quality is good.  Not as  
good as your N93.

I just got back from the Baja 500 offroad race, here are some samples:

http://07baja500.blogspot.com
http://07baja500.blip.tv
[ Baja is challenging, since there is no conventional communications  
infrastructure in the boonies.  I use a satellite-DSL equipped van, &  
setup my own "local" WiFi hotspot.  That's how I get those race  
videos up to the blog, as the race cars whiz by ]

I live only 10 miles from Pixelodeon, but unfortunately I have to be  
out of town for another wacky offroad race.  You can watch my  
vlogging (LIVE & Same-Day) at:

http://corracing.blogspot.com

Otherwise, I'd be there to network with other vloggers.  I did make  
an entry in the Pixelodeon wiki about my blogs.


BY

>
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.blogspot.com/
> http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/
>
>
> On 6 Jun 2007, at 21:54, B Yen wrote:
>
> Rupert:
>
> Those N93 videos have really good quality. Are there any other
> camera-phones which do quality video?
>
> I looked at the 1st video at your vlog:
>
> http://twittervlog.blogspot.com
>
> It's 56 sec, 3.2 mb size. With todays cellphone infrastructure
> (e.g., EVDO), that's manageable.
>
> I have a Nikon P2 (5M digital camera w/WiFi, which can do video), but
> it's video-sizes are prohibitive for "near live video updates". Like
> 3 mb for 5 sec video, but it's high quality.
>
> I went to a physics conference 1 year ago (last June), & did some
> tests with various video-delivery. I used
>
> - cellphone video (like you, as a movlogging solution) "near LIVE"
> http://susy06.textamerica.com/
>
> - digital camera w/video (delivered to the conferences video-blog &
> iTunes video-podcast within 15 min of shooting) "within 15 min"
> http://susy06.blogspot.com/
>
> - HD video (downsized iPod video delivered to video-blog & iTunes
> video-podcast) "within hours"
> http://susy06.blogspot.com/
>
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Rupert wrote:
>
>> For those of you not lucky enough to come to Pixelodeon this weekend,
>> I'll be shooting as many short moments as I can and posting them
>> immediately to http://twittervlog.blogspot.com/
>>
>> My feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/
>> (nb - this is different from my fatgirlinohio feed)
>>
>> I'll shoot (and cut if I need to) in my Nokia phone at good
>> resolution, and then I'll post it straight from the phone using the
>> Pixelodeon wifi.
>>
>> If you want me to focus on something more or less, please leave
>> comments. I'll try and get as wide a rang

quality N93 videos, or better? [ was Re: [videoblogging] (Almost) Live Video from Pixelodeon

[B Yen]

Rupert:

Those N93 videos have really good quality.  Are there any other  
camera-phones which do quality video?

I looked at the 1st video at your vlog:

http://twittervlog.blogspot.com

It's 56 sec, 3.2 mb size.  With todays cellphone infrastructure  
(e.g., EVDO), that's manageable.


I have a Nikon P2 (5M digital camera w/WiFi, which can do video), but  
it's video-sizes are prohibitive for "near live video updates".  Like  
3 mb for 5 sec video, but it's high quality.


I went to a physics conference 1 year ago (last June), & did some  
tests with various video-delivery.  I used

- cellphone video (like you, as a movlogging solution)  "near LIVE"
http://susy06.textamerica.com/

- digital camera w/video (delivered to the conferences video-blog &  
iTunes video-podcast within 15 min of shooting)  "within 15 min"
http://susy06.blogspot.com/

- HD video (downsized iPod video delivered to video-blog & iTunes  
video-podcast)  "within hours"
http://susy06.blogspot.com/


On Jun 6, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Rupert wrote:

> For those of you not lucky enough to come to Pixelodeon this weekend,
> I'll be shooting as many short moments as I can and posting them
> immediately to http://twittervlog.blogspot.com/
>
> My feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/
> (nb - this is different from my fatgirlinohio feed)
>
> I'll shoot (and cut if I need to) in my Nokia phone at good
> resolution, and then I'll post it straight from the phone using the
> Pixelodeon wifi.
>
> If you want me to focus on something more or less, please leave
> comments.  I'll try and get as wide a range of stuff as possible, and
> try never to bore you.
>
> And I'll be giving a presentation on how to Movlog with the eminent
> David Howell at 4pm on Saturday.
>
> I started Twittervlog as an experiment in videoblogging week, then
> carried it on - and in the last 2 months, I've shot, cut & posted 70
> videos direct from my phone.
>
> I wanted to break through all my old worries about time, production
> values, structure and formality and just post more stuff that
> inspired me in my day-to-day life.  It's worked because it's so
> amazingly easy and quick to catch, cut and send.  It's not polished -
> it's rough and ready, but it's immediate and real.
>
> It's also changing a lot in my life - I'm paying more attention to
> the world around me, and I'm in contact with a lot more people on a
> daily basis, including a lot of you that I knew less well before -
> even though I'm contributing less on this list.
>
> I really recommend it to anybody who wants to vlog more but finds it
> too daunting or time-consuming.  Cut loose.  Forget rules.  Rough &
> ready ultramobile video is the new punk rock ;)
>
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.blogspot.com/
> http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/
> http://www.twitter.com/ruperthowe/
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Re: [videoblogging] setting "description" for iTunes video-podcast, using Blogger & Feedburner?

[B Yen]

On May 23, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Roxanne Darling wrote:

> Have you tried modifying the ID3 tags in the actual file before  
> uploading it?
>
> We bring the file into iTunes, then "Get Info", then add in title,
> author, year, notes, etc. and save.
>
> Then right-click on the file in iTunes to "Show in Finder" and rename
> that file to a URL-friendly name, and upload that version.
>
> Aloha,
>
> Rox

Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried this on one of my old .m4v iPod videos (except I renamed it  
to a .mp4):

I found these categories when I did a "Get Info" on this .m4v :

- Info
"Name", "Artist", "Album Artist", "Album", "Grouping", "Composer",  
"Comments"

- Video
"Show" entry:  I assume this is what gets put in "Description" for  
the iTunes video-podcast
"Episode ID"

I uploaded the .mp4 to Blip.tv, created a new entry in the Blogger  
Blog, pinged it's Feedburner RSS feed.

But, when I updated the video-podcast for the above blog..it didn't  
work.  It still plucked the text from the blog-entry, & used it for  
"Description".

??

What if I edited the Blip.tv file (.mp4)..would that help?


The solution of editing the file info wouldn't be practical, since I  
have a LOT of .mp4 videos on BLip.tv.  I would have to re-upload all  
of them!!

I have a temporary fix for my problem, I can just put ONLY the  
description text in the blog-entry.  But, that would mean my blog- 
entry would have practically no text-content (other than the  
"description")





>
>
> On 5/23/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> I'm using Blogger for my video-blog. The Feedburner RSS feed  
>>> picks up
>>> the blog-entry "title" for the podcast name. However, it picks up  
>>> any
>>> text in the body for the "description"..which looks messy in the
>>> iTunes podcast section. E.g.
>>
>>  In feedburner, i believe theres a way to add a description.
>>  have you checked in their fields?
>>
>>  Jay
>>
>>  --
>>  Here I am
>>  http://jaydedman.com
>>
>>  Check out the latest project:
>>  http://pixelodeonfest.com/
>>  Webvideo festival this June
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Roxanne Darling
> "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian
> 808-384-5554
> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling
>
> http://www.beachwalks.tv
> http://www.barefeetshop.com
> http://www.barefeetstudios.com
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

[videoblogging] setting "description" for iTunes video-podcast, using Blogger & Feedburner?

[B Yen]

I'm using Blogger for my video-blog. The Feedburner RSS feed picks up  
the blog-entry "title" for the podcast name. However, it picks up any  
text in the body for the "description"..which looks messy in the  
iTunes podcast section. E.g.

[ my description..followed by additional words ]

How can I force the "description" to be some phrase I want?

I use [a href="my video URL" rel="enclosure" ] to force the RSS feed  
to pickup the video. Is there a similar thing for "description"?

Tx for any help.


BY



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Re: [videoblogging] Pixelodeon

[B Yen]

On May 14, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Jay dedman wrote:

> > Wow Jay, the site looks frigging beautiful. Y'all have done an  
> amazing job
> > putting this thing together. Very proud to be a part of it. This  
> is history
> > in the making.
>
> All hats off to Rick Rey with help from Zadi and Steve on the site.
>
> > Btw, a bunch of us Bay area peeps are planning to caravan on down  
> to LA.
> > I've got a truckload of peeps. Anyone else want to run away and  
> join the
> > circus for the weekend?
>
> caravan is the way to go.
> people flying in should use the wiki to coordinate flights so you can
> share rides into the city.
>
> How many LA people are on this list?
> you should be telling us what to do

I'm in LA, in Pasadena (near AFI).

That Wiki

http://pixelodeon.pbwiki.com/Hotels%20and%20Transportation

pretty much covers it.

You might want to consider hotels in nearby Glendale.

Recommendation:
fly into Burbank airport (rather than LAX)

AFI (American Film Inst) is on the border of Hollywood & Los Feliz,  
it's way closer/easier to get to from Burbank airport (than LAX):

http://www.afi.com/about/directions.aspx

 From Burbank airport, just go down 5 fwy several miles, exit Los  
Feliz west..continue on when it just turns into Western.  You're there.
[ BTW, that recent big fire in Griffith Park/LA was just off Los  
Feliz Blvd ]


I used to goto AFI in 1993, they brought in a lot of hi profile  
people & companies for talks.  Like Marc Canter/Macromedia, RIck  
Smolan/National Geographic (1st book to have a companion CD), Bob  
Stein/Voyager, Kai Krause/HSC Software (later Metacreations), Mark  
Granger/Electric Image, et al. Multimedia (CD's were hot then!) &  
Computer Animation.  Jurassic Park (CGI animation) just came out.   
Lots of entrepeneurs & Hollywood people would be there, to network.

I still remember them talking about Quicktime back then, there was  
some competition for best QT movie.  On a teeny-weeny screen.  Now 14  
years later, we have high-bandwidth Internet which can support video- 
blogging, iTunes video-podcasting, Youtube, et al


>
> Jay
>
> -- 
> Here I am
> http://jaydedman.com
>
> Check out the latest project:
> http://pixelodeonfest.com/
> Webvideo festival this June
>
> 



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[videoblogging] using Apple iTunes logo/graphic on a billboard to promote podcast?

[B Yen]

Has anyone tried promoting your iTunes video-podcast with an Apple  
iTunes logo & graphic, with the podcast name XXX next to it?   
Specifically, like on a billboard or on my car (driving around  
town).  I.e., trying to induce people to goto iTunes Store & do a  
search on XXX.

Does this require special permission from Apple.  I want to make sure  
there aren't any copyright issues (like the Apple graphic).  I know  
it's not an issue on a website, but the billboard thing sounds  
different.


BY

Re: [videoblogging] Videoblogs on TiVo?

[B Yen]

Anyone?

On Oct 4, 2006, at 8:38 AM, Casey McKinnon wrote:

> It's been many months since TiVo launched their exclusive agreement
> with Rocketboom (http://research.tivo.com/rocketboom/) with the hopes
> of opening it up to other videoblogs in the future.  Has anyone heard
> any updates on this?
>
> Casey
>
> ---
> Casey McKinnon
> Executive Producer, Galacticast
> http://www.galacticast.com/
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [videoblogging] H264 compression for iPod

[B Yen]

I've been using iMovie.  I just use "Share" "Expert Settings" "iPod",  
does this use the H.264 codec?  If not, what codec is used?  I just  
rename the .m4v file to .mp4

Using the above solution, my wide screen format comes to around  
320x196.  Ryanne recommends using 365 x ... using "Expert Settings"  
"Options".


On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Michael Verdi wrote:

> We haven't posted too many things a Freevlog in a while (soon to
> change) but Ryanne did make a great sceencast about compressing with
> H264 that ya'll probably be interested in.
>
> < http://www.freevlog.org/index.php/2006/12/13/screencast-h264-ipod- 
> compression-from-imovie-and-final-cut-pro/
>>
>
> -Verdi
>
> -- 
> http://michaelverdi.com
> http://spinxpress.com
> http://freevlog.org
> Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

"Life is like High School..with Money" [was Re: [videoblogging] A Message from Andrew Congdon [Was: *quasi-transcript*}

[B Yen]

> On 7/10/06, Casey McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Andrew Congdon has been waiting to be accepted to this group and  
>> asked
>> me to post the following message in the meantime:
>>
>> I've been in college for a few years now but even I am surprised at
>> how this whole debacle reminds me of high school. As a (former)  
>> member
>> of the Rocketboom team I haven't really posted much but I wanted to
>> take this opportunity to clear a few things up.

"Life is like High School..with Money"
-- David Letterman

I was going to ask the question about the situation with Amanda's  
brother, I saw him speak @Vloggercon:

http://vloggercon.textamerica.com/?r=4952568

It's a bad deal, when the Truth begins to come out..one can't do a  
coverup when there are so many "loose ends" running around.  It's  
like the Nixon Watergate scandal..the coverup did in Nixon:

"I fear there is a Cancer involving the Presidency"
-- Bob Haldeman, Re: coverup

My own "blow up", involving an unethical party who was going to be my  
business-partner ended up the same way.  It was a very  1-sided  
affair, with the unethical party leaving ALL SORTS of paper-trail.

"It's easy to establish business patterns"

Other parties came forward to testify against the "bad-guy" (they  
have pissed people off for years), & they are making phone-calls on  
my behalf to protect my interests.  The scum bags are trying to  
undercut me this very minute with my business-contacts, & I have to  
perform some blocking-manuevers.

"In the end, the Truth comes out"
"I'm locally pessimistic [ short-term data points ], globally  
optimistic [ perspective: global statistics ]"

My lawyer friend told me:

"Bob, you take care of the Technology..I will take care of WHAT CAN  
GO WRONG..I will write the contracts"
"NEVER assume Anything"
[ a sign on his office wall ]

"Partnership is like a Marriage..it can be a wonderful thing if  
everything is SYncing, & just awful when things break up"

To everyone:
Get a good lawyer for all your startups, it will pay off in the end

On Jul 10, 2006, at 12:59 PM, Devlon wrote:

> omg, the drama continues.  Could we just start a new yahoo group for
> this or something?
>
> On 7/10/06, Casey McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Andrew Congdon has been waiting to be accepted to this group and  
>> asked
>> me to post the following message in the meantime:
>>
>> I've been in college for a few years now but even I am surprised at
>> how this whole debacle reminds me of high school. As a (former)  
>> member
>> of the Rocketboom team I haven't really posted much but I wanted to
>> take this opportunity to clear a few things up. I attended the big
>> meeting in June, where according to the above poster I sat (as a
>> member of the "rocketboom team") next to Andrew Baron and across from
>> Amanda and my parents. I'm afraid that simply isn't so, Mario,  
>> myself,
>> Amanda and our father sat across from Andrew Baron, Patrick (a
>> personal friend / business advisor of Andrew's) and Andrew's personal
>> assistant. To me that doesn't really sound like a Rocketboom team.
>> Over the past 3 months the 4 people working everyday on the show were
>> Amanda, Andrew Baron, Mario, and myself. Now I know I hadn't  
>> worked at
>> RB as long as the other 3 but when Andrew B said that Amanda quit and
>> left the New York team (meaning himself and his assistant?) I was
>> fairly surprised, mainly because the 4 of us were the New York team
>> (plus our intrepid editor Sherng-Lee). I couldn't help but notice
>> Andrew's posting on Dembot regarding his contributions to the show.
>> Once again, I realize I haven't been involved as long as the others,
>> but the months I did work on the show I didn't get the impression  
>> that
>> we (Amanda, Mario, myself) were only creating 5% of the show, which
>> seems to be what he is suggesting. I'm all for giving credit where
>> credits due, but honestly, he has said publicly that he hasn't been
>> involved in the creative side of the show for a long time and was
>> upset by this (understandably), but if we are to take him at his word
>> then that means during the time he was working primarily on the
>> business side of the show he was still managing to write, direct and
>> produce 95% of the shows. He doesn't take into account the viewer
>> submitted story ideas which were such a huge part of the show ("Fact:
>> I found, picked over 90% of all the stories we have ever used" –
>> Andrew B) that's just not being fair to our terrific audience.  
>> Anyway,
>> I just feel like there has been a pattern of deception coming from
>> that side, I mean I thought I was part of the NY team before I found
>> out I was canned. Amanda was never on vacation, she certainly hasn't
>> moved to Hollywood to "chase her dreams", and now Andrew's taking
>> credit for a lot of people's work, that's just not fair. I hope that
>> I've helped to clear up some confusion with this post, I'm sorry it
>> was so lengthy.
>>
>> For

[videoblogging] blip.tv, my .mp4 uploads appear as .flv files? [ don't appear over iTunes video-podcast ]

[B Yen]

Previously, my .mp4 uploads appears as .mp4 when I upload to blip.tv

They've changed it around, a fancier look.  My .mp4 uploads now  
appear as .flv

I'm using Blogger as video-blog source for my iTunes video-podcasts.   
Feedburner shows the .flv as enclosures, but iTunes is not picking  
them up when I "update" my video-podcast.

What is the solution?

Can I changed the source files on blip.tv to .mp4..?





  
  
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[videoblogging] QTVR panorama opportunities @Vloggercon?

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I'm getting into QTVR panos, I'd like to do some at Vloggercon.  Are there any good San Francisco places that lend itself to 360 degree panoramas?Seehttp://www.360vr.comhttp://www.rcfisher.comhttp://www.jumplive.com/lbgp06/index.htmlhttp://360vr.com/BYen/[ for some reason, my website is down at http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.html ]http://www.rcfisher.com/eclipse/[ that pano with the umbrella & bay, is the place in Dahab where the terrorist bombing happened.  The CNN article referred to "body parts" flung into the bay..that was the place!  I was eating breakfast there & my hotel was 100 ft away.  I missed getting blown up by 4 weeks! ]I'd like to do one, with some Vlogger pioneers in the pic.  Say, at the San Francisco water front.  Or, the Exploratorium:http://www.exploratorium.eduat one of the exhibits, say video-technology one.  Or, do some conventional photography (get creative) with pioneers like:xxx[ I need to know who they are, I'm not that well informed in this regard ]Sidenote:Check out the Exploratorium's video-podcast of their Live eclipse project:http://qt.exploratorium.edu/Download_Store/pages/eclipse2006.htmlMine is also avialable on the "Eclipse Science" video-podcast over iTunes, see the video-blog at:http://eclipsescience.blogspot.com[ scroll way down to the bottom, or click on upper-right icon to take yourself to iTunes ]I blogged my entire eclipse trip:http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.comhttp://solareclipse.textamerica.comI was amazed at the Internet connectivity in all the Egypt places I went, even a hole-in-the-wall Internet Cafe in Sallum/Egypt (small border town, Egypt & Libya border):http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=22897http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4517509&_ctgry=22897[ this Internet Cafe was in a back-alley, on the 2nd floor..talk about 3rd world type of thing.  They were using *shared bandwidth* over get this..DIALUP!!  Man, were the downloads slow!  But, it was nevertheless a Internet hookup.  The manager was Egyptian, with an American wife in Detroit..unbelievable. ]Check out this Internet Cafe in Marsa-Matrouh (between Sidi Barani & El Alamein..big names in WWII history):http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23120http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4523913&_ctgry=23120http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4523911&_ctgry=23120[ that's a very attractive Internet Cafe operator, BTW! ]There was a really excellent Internet Cafe in Dahab (along Red Sea, across from Saudi Arabia..north of Sharm El-Sheikh, that place the politicians goto to meet about "Middle East issues" ].  Don't have a pic, but it was DSL access & the manager spoke good English & was very knowledgable..who was Christian BTW.  I have his contact into (email).  Unfortunately, Dahab was the place that got hit by the "terrorist bombing" (One man's terrorist, is another man's Freedom-Fighter).I even blogged usiing the DSL computer terminal at Magy Hotel in Cairo/Egypt.. no charge!  See:http://www.hostelz.com/hotel/32502-Magy-Hotel[ you can see the Internet terminal in those pics ]I even blogged from the house I stayed in Salloum:http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=22895http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4495346&_ctgry=22895http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com/[ scroll down for entry "Raining on Mar 27 (morning), what !?" ]& the condo @Marsa Matrouh:http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com/[ scroll down for entry "Blogging from Marsa-Matrouh" ]The above 2 places were down with dialup connection.




  
  
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need bios/summaries of Vlogging leaders [ was Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon 2006 Meetup III

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I'm a Getty Images photographer, & they want "editorial stories".  So, I can cover it.  Let Getty Images distribute/sell it.  The sell to all the major mags all over the world.  BBC, Stern magazine (Germany), National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, etc.  My stuff has been on CNN, Newsweek, ABCNews, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News:http://www.jumplive.com/about.htmlI even have the contacts with CBS in San Francisco, they called in a story idea to CBS Evening News w/Dan Rather (New York office)back in '97 (Comet Hale-Bopp, I got lead-photo for Comet Hale Bopp) & were going to send a van to interview me on Mt. Wilson.  They cancelled at the last minute, because of that crazy mass suicide in San Diego (Comet Hale-Bopp related).  They owe me a kill-fee, I've been waiting a LONG time to use it.  Maybe now?Can you put me in touch with the "movers & shakers" of Vlogging?  I kinda just  skim this list, since I'm busy with my own projects.  I need to start correspondence with some "Leaders in the Field, like Vloggercon founders/creators, Andrew Baron/Amanda Congdon, Michael Verdi, et al.  We need a Collaborative/Cooperative/Coordinated "plan of action" ("C cubed") to publicize Vlogging."People don't buy Good Products, they buy GOOD MARKETING"-- business saying[ the "Product" is Vlogging..with a future business-model in themaking, "GOOD MARKETING" is worthy/well-done media splashes..like with WIRED magazine, CNN "NEXT" (formerly CNN Science & Technology Week), Cnet.com, etc  I know the chief photo editor for Newsweek & National Geographic (back in '97, that is), & have some contacts with the local TV affiliates in Los Angeles: KABC, KNBC, KCBS.  One of my friends is a free-lance videographer for KCOP 13, who has connections.  I will forward this post to him ]As I see it, here are some hi-profile names:Andrew Baron/Amanda Congdon (Rocketboom.com)[ I've mentioned this to many of my business-partners, & potential VC funders..one of them is an ex-CEO of a 100 billion dollar fiber-optics company (w/computer networks as applications) & another one is  a major Las Vegas casino owner who called me 1 year ago for a business-proposal.  We're working on getting my thing funded this very minute.  With Rocketboom's transition to a business-model & ours doing the same thing, we are on the verge..Taking "Concept" (Proof of Concept) into "Reality" (Business Model Reality) ]Michael Verdian original pioneer, who did a tutorial on video-blogging?[ we've been in touch privately ]Any others?Anyone on this list, feel free to chime in & tell me about yourself/company & your vision of Vlogging.Tell me about this new Videoclix technology, is there anyone else doing it other than Eline Technologies?http://www.elinetech.com/videoclix_main.htmlWith Rocketboom's sponsorship (& my projects Auto Racing market, where sponsorshp is the DRIVING force behind auto-racing), this video-clix thing is a key technology.We're working on a big project which will happen in early June, just before Vloggercon.  Hopefully, we can report on a smashing success at Vloggercon.  It should have major funding (it's still a "test", much like Vlogging & Apple's video capable iPod & video-podcasting, TIVO's deal with Rocketboom..are still "Tests"), with a LOT of multimedia flying all over the place.  Including video-podcasting, Sony PSP, mobile-blogging.Anyone in Southern California (Los Angeles & San Diego, possibly NoCal) available as video-bloggers & video-podcasters who might be available for contract-work..say in Northern Baja?  Sample venue, Baja 1000 offroad race:http://baja1000.textamerica.comhttp://www.jumplive.com/baja1k05/index.htmlexcept we will be doing a LOT more.  We will have at least 2 (possibly 3) more livewebcast'ers down there.Using mobile blogs like I did with NAB:http://nab2006.textamerica.com& video-podcasts (& audio-podcast of audio race-traffic)http://nab2006.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23686[ Isilon booth pics & videos, camera-cellphone pics & digital SLR pics ]http://nab2006.textamerica.com/?r=4696879&_ctgry=23686[ Isilon booth, my digital SLR pic made "Editorial Pick" on Textamerica.com , check out the commnets.  Click on "original image" for high-res 2M pixel image, http://imageserver4.textamerica.com/user.images.x/81/IMG_465681/Big/_0425/T520060425102544810.jpg ]On May 7, 2006, at 9:01 PM, Anne Walk wrote: sure will, B! we are the media! it'll be the most covered event of all time!On 5/7/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Will Vloggercon be covered by any of the media?- "Standard Model" media: TV/PrintCNN, ABC, San Jose Mercury News- Webzines slashdot.org, cnet.com, etc- high profile video-blogs like  Rocketboom.comOn

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon 2006 Meetup III

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Will Vloggercon be covered by any of the media?- "Standard Model" media: TV/PrintCNN, ABC, San Jose Mercury News- Webzinesslashdot.org, cnet.com, etc- high profile video-blogs like Rocketboom.comOn May 7, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Ted Tagami wrote: I might miss this one. Kid's B'day. Will make sure I have all my items for the meeting updated regardless.On 5/7/06, Enric < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Happening Friday May 12th at Maxfield's House of Caffiene, 3:30 pm.  Mark you attendance at upcoming.org:  http://upcoming.org/event/76146/      ;),     Enric    -===-    http://www.cirne.com    http://www.cinegage.com  SPONSORED LINKS   Fireant   Individual   Use   Explains   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.   -- Ted TagamiFounding Partner Universus Networks, LLCU N I V E R S U S . N E TVideo Bloggers Podcasting Vloggercon.com - San FranciscoJune 10th and 11th, 2006  SPONSORED LINKS  Fireant  Individual  Use  Explains YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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Re: remote video-blogging, near-live turnaround, Dahab bombinggs [ was Re: [videoblogging] Questions: RSS, PSP, 3g, IP ...

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On May 7, 2006, at 10:59 AM, B Yen wrote:On May 7, 2006, at 10:24 AM, wazman_au wrote:I have a bunch of questions and thought I'd bundle them together, as they all centre around customising my RSS feed depending on the viewer's requirements.I'm using WordPress, but not the latest version 'cos I've made lots of tweaks and for the moment I'm happy with it.1) Is it possible to have WordPress decide dynamically to send out a different version of the feed, according to what client the user has, eg iTunes, Ant? Stattraq tells me what client people use, but I don't know how this data is collected or how to use it. I imagine the above could be done by some sort of PHP script that would process the above info, then call and spit out the corresponding feed. Sadly I know nothing of PHP.I've been using Feedburner for iTunes RSS feeds, seems to work.. (check forums for discussion on issues & bugs)I would also be interested in the above, an "adaptive model" for RSS feeds, depending on the "client".I just got my PSP 2 weeks ago, & am transcoding my iPod videos to PSP:http://desertoutback.blogspot.com/Yeah, you read it right..  I video-blogged from Death Valley (middle of nowhere, no cellphone service or Internet) using mobile-satellite DSL.  I coulda done a 15min turnaround ("near-live") of my desert canyon hikes w/hand-held video camera.  Is anyone else doing this kinda thing:  outback & near-live?I demonstrated the 15 min turnaround time while at NAB convention in Las Vegas 2 weeks ago:http://nablasvegas.blogspot.comI parked myself in front of  Treasure-Island "Sirens" show, shot video with a digital camera (they can do video clips), & uploaded to the Web using my laptop (w/wireless card for Internet access).  Boom, in 15 min , the show I had just seen was video-podcasted over  my "NAB" video-podcast.Should I goto to this vlogger convention in early June, & demonstrate this?  Or, maybe I can be in the desert, & have a "partner" at this vlogging convention demostratie/publicize this capability.This is getting close to the functionality of those live videophone things, CNN uses.This whole "citizen journalist" thing has really exploded with some of this remote-access technology.- Desktop Publishingallowed individuals to publish from  their apartment room- Desktop Videoallowed individuals to edit/publish videos fro their apartment- Desktop Computer Animationallows individuals to produce/render animations from their apartment (3D Studio, Lightwave, Maya)- Desktop Video-podcastingdo it from their apartment (kinda like Rocketboom, except they have studio), or with me..from remote locations like Baja Mexico for Offroad Races:http://www.jumplive.com/baja1k05/index.htmlhttp://www.jumplive.com/laughlindc/index.htmlhttp://www.jumplive.com/parker425/index.htmlhttp://www.jumplive.com/sanfelipe250/index.htmlor from Egypt:http:/eclipsescience.blogspot.com[ scroll way down to 1st blog entry to see eclipse video ]I was at the March 29 solar eclipse on Libya/Egypt border:http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.htmlhttp://solareclipse.textamerica.com[ I even blogged from Frankfurt INt'l airport, with 2 other tech dudes (1 of them is moving to England, from Colorado), seehttp://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23127We were using a 30 min free Vodafone WiFi connection, I also signed up for a paid 24 hr WiFi connection over T-mobile.  There were Internet Cafe all over Egypt, even in that small Sallum border town. http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4517509&_ctgry=22897 ]http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com[ I even blogged from the Lufthansa 747 flight over Greenland!  Boeing had DSL Internet hookup for $14, works nice ][ mobile-blogged my entire eclipse trip..I was in Dahab 4 weeks ago:http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23124http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?qs=xdefault&page=1&_ctgry=23124http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23123You probably heard about the terrorist bombings there 1.5 weeks ago (north of Sharm El-Sheikh, where politicians met to solve Middle East "issues"), I saw it on the news at NAB!  I missed getting "blown up" by 4 weeks!http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/25/egypt.blasts/index.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4940506.stmSeveral restaurants, shops and a supermarket were destroyed in the main tourist street close to the seafront during one of the busiest times of the day.You can see my shots of the restaurants along the sea in my above blog, that's where I was hanging out with the cute Egyptian kids.  I had breakfast there, & took pictures of a cat (on my Sony P150 camera that was recovered).  The CNN report talked about body parts being flung into the bay..you can see the pictures of the bay.  Here's a pic of restaurants along the bay:http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?qs=xdefaul

remote video-blogging, near-live turnaround, Dahab bombinggs [ was Re: [videoblogging] Questions: RSS, PSP, 3g, IP ...

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On May 7, 2006, at 10:24 AM, wazman_au wrote: I have a bunch of questions and thought I'd bundle them together, as  they all centre around customising my RSS feed depending on the  viewer's requirements.  I'm using WordPress, but not the latest version 'cos I've made lots  of tweaks and for the moment I'm happy with it.  1) Is it possible to have WordPress decide dynamically to send out a  different version of the feed, according to what client the user has,  eg iTunes, Ant? Stattraq tells me what client people use, but I don't  know how this data is collected or how to use it. I imagine the above  could be done by some sort of PHP script that would process the above  info, then call and spit out the corresponding feed. Sadly I know  nothing of PHP.I've been using Feedburner for iTunes RSS feeds, seems to work.. (check forums for discussion on issues & bugs)I would also be interested in the above, an "adaptive model" for RSS feeds, depending on the "client".I just got my PSP 2 weeks ago, & am transcoding my iPod videos to PSP:http://desertoutback.blogspot.com/Yeah, you read it right..  I video-blogged from Death Valley (middle of nowhere, no cellphone service or Internet) using mobile-satellite DSL.  I coulda done a 15min turnaround ("near-live") of my desert canyon hikes w/hand-held video camera.  Is anyone else doing this kinda thing:  outback & near-live?I demonstrated the 15 min turnaround time while at NAB convention in Las Vegas 2 weeks ago:http://nablasvegas.blogspot.comI parked myself in front of  Treasure-Island "Sirens" show, shot video with a digital camera (they can do video clips), & uploaded to the Web using my laptop (w/wireless card for Internet access).  Boom, in 15 min , the show I had just seen was video-podcasted over  my "NAB" video-podcast.Should I goto to this vlogger convention in early June, & demonstrate this?  Or, maybe I can be in the desert, & have a "partner" at this vlogging convention demostratie/publicize this capability.This is getting close to the functionality of those live videophone things, CNN uses.This whole "citizen journalist" thing has really exploded with some of this remote-access technology.- Desktop Publishingallowed individuals to publish from  their apartment room- Desktop Videoallowed individuals to edit/publish videos fro their apartment- Desktop Computer Animationallows individuals to produce/render animations from their apartment (3D Studio, Lightwave, Maya)- Desktop Video-podcastingdo it from their apartment (kinda like Rocketboom, except they have studio), or with me..from remote locations like Baja Mexico for Offroad Races:http://www.jumplive.com/baja1k05/index.htmlhttp://www.jumplive.com/laughlindc/index.htmlhttp://www.jumplive.com/parker425/index.htmlhttp://www.jumplive.com/sanfelipe250/index.htmlor from Egypt:http:/eclipsescience.blogspot.com[ scroll way down to 1st blog entry to see eclipse video ]I was at the March 29 solar eclipse on Libya/Egypt border:http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.htmlhttp://solareclipse.textamerica.com[ I even blogged from Frankfurt INt'l airport, with 2 other tech dudes (1 of them is moving to England, from Colorado), seehttp://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23127We were using a 30 min free Vodafone WiFi connection, I also signed up for a paid 24 hr WiFi connection over T-mobile.  There were Internet Cafe all over Egypt, even in that small Sallum border town. http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4517509&_ctgry=22897 ]http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com[ I even blogged from the Lufthansa 747 flight over Greenland!  Boeing had DSL Internet hookup for $14, works nice ][ mobile-blogged my entire eclipse trip..I was in Dahab 4 weeks ago:http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23124http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?qs=xdefault&page=1&_ctgry=23124http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?_ctgry=23123You probably heard about the terrorist bombings there 1.5 weeks ago (north of Sharm El-Sheikh, where politicians met to solve Middle East "issues"), I saw it on the news at NAB!  I missed getting "blown up" by 4 weeks!http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/25/egypt.blasts/index.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4940506.stmSeveral restaurants, shops and a supermarket were destroyed in the main tourist street close to the seafront during one of the busiest times of the day.You can see my shots of the restaurants along the sea in my above blog, that's where I was hanging out with the cute Egyptian kids.  I had breakfast there, & took pictures of a cat (on my Sony P150 camera that was recovered).  The CNN report talked about body parts being flung into the bay..you can see the pictures of the bay.  Here's a pic of restaurants along the bay:http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?qs=xdefault&page=1&_ctgry=23124http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4541026&_ctgry=23123http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4528571&_ctgry=23123http://solareclipse.textamerica.com/?r=4528617&_ctgry=23123I stayed at a hote

Re: can't transcode mpeg videos to iPod compatible .mp4 (was Re: [videoblogging] 15 min turnaround, live-event video-blogged (Treasure Island, Las Vegas)

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Forgot to give the link to the NAB video-blog:http://nablasvegas.blogspot.com[ clkjck on top-right icon to take you to iTunes Music Store "NAB" video-podcast ]On Apr 26, 2006, at 6:56 AM, B Yen wrote: Michael:Thanks a lot for your expert help..I managed to get the Windows version running on my PC laptop, & successfully transcoded the MPEG movies.The Isilon NAB presentation is currently available as a clip over "NAB" video-podcast on iTunes.  Check it out, & tell me if it works OK (plays in iTunes & iPod).I was a hit with the Isilon staff, their presenter was tickled to death that his presentation was availble over a iTunes video-podcast ~30 min after he gave the talk (albeit without audio!).NAB was doing "live" podcast..audio only.  I don't think they were doing video, like I'm doing.  They were simply uploading iPod compatible files..NOT as files syndicated over an iTunes podcast (I'm pretty sure about it).Thanks to this group for giving me the info to pull off some  kind of a coup @NAB.  All of us should be hitting conventions like NAB & doing this.  Getting clips over a video-podcast available, 15 min after the presentaiton.On Apr 26, 2006, at 4:29 AM, Michael Verdi wrote: The site is working for me right now. Here is the direct download link for Windows:http://www.squared5.com/svideo/MPEG_Streamclip_1.0.zipand for Mac: http://www.squared5.com/svideo/MPEG_Streamclip_1.7.dmgI just downloaded them both.-VerdiOn 4/26/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  I think Apple bought the software, there are other sites with download links..all taken down.I think I'm faced with dumping more $$ into Apple to buy a plug in. On Apr 25, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote: Hello,On 4/25/06, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Mpeg (1) videos are muxed - the audio and video are together in a single track. When you drop them into iMovie you loose the audio. Instead, use Mpeg Streamclip to convert those mpeg clips to DV stream clips. Those will work in iMovie (with sound). Then you can edit and compress from there. Mpeg streamclip: http://www.squared5.com/There site seems to be down. -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. charles @ reptile.ca  supercanadian @  gmail.comdeveloper weblog:  http://ChangeLog.ca/___   Make Televisionhttp://maketelevision.com/SPONSORED LINKS   Fireant   Individual   Typepad   Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS   Visit your group "videoblogging " on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the  Yahoo! Terms of Service.   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service .   -- Me: http://michaelverdi.comR&D: http://evilvlog.comLearn to videoblog:  http://freevlog.orgLearn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org  YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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Re: can't transcode mpeg videos to iPod compatible .mp4 (was Re: [videoblogging] 15 min turnaround, live-event video-blogged (Treasure Island, Las Vegas)

[B Yen]

Michael:Thanks a lot for your expert help..I managed to get the Windows version running on my PC laptop, & successfully transcoded the MPEG movies.The Isilon NAB presentation is currently available as a clip over "NAB" video-podcast on iTunes.  Check it out, & tell me if it works OK (plays in iTunes & iPod).I was a hit with the Isilon staff, their presenter was tickled to death that his presentation was availble over a iTunes video-podcast ~30 min after he gave the talk (albeit without audio!).NAB was doing "live" podcast..audio only.  I don't think they were doing video, like I'm doing.  They were simply uploading iPod compatible files..NOT as files syndicated over an iTunes podcast (I'm pretty sure about it).Thanks to this group for giving me the info to pull off some  kind of a coup @NAB.  All of us should be hitting conventions like NAB & doing this.  Getting clips over a video-podcast available, 15 min after the presentaiton.On Apr 26, 2006, at 4:29 AM, Michael Verdi wrote: The site is working for me right now. Here is the direct download link for Windows:http://www.squared5.com/svideo/MPEG_Streamclip_1.0.zipand for Mac: http://www.squared5.com/svideo/MPEG_Streamclip_1.7.dmgI just downloaded them both.-VerdiOn 4/26/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  I think Apple bought the software, there are other sites with download links..all taken down.I think I'm faced with dumping more $$ into Apple to buy a plug in. On Apr 25, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote: Hello,On 4/25/06, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Mpeg (1) videos are muxed - the audio and video are together in a single track. When you drop them into iMovie you loose the audio. Instead, use Mpeg Streamclip to convert those mpeg clips to DV stream clips. Those will work in iMovie (with sound). Then you can edit and compress from there. Mpeg streamclip: http://www.squared5.com/There site seems to be down. -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. charles @ reptile.ca  supercanadian @  gmail.comdeveloper weblog:  http://ChangeLog.ca/___   Make Televisionhttp://maketelevision.com/SPONSORED LINKS   Fireant   Individual   Typepad   Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS   Visit your group "videoblogging " on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the  Yahoo! Terms of Service.   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service .   -- Me: http://michaelverdi.comR&D: http://evilvlog.comLearn to videoblog:  http://freevlog.orgLearn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org  YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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Re: can't transcode mpeg videos to iPod compatible .mp4 (was Re: [videoblogging] 15 min turnaround, live-event video-blogged (Treasure Island, Las Vegas)

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I think Apple bought the software, there are other sites with download links..all taken down.I think I'm faced with dumping more $$ into Apple to buy a plug in.On Apr 25, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote: Hello,On 4/25/06, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Mpeg (1) videos are muxed - the audio and video are together in a single track. When you drop them into iMovie you loose the audio. Instead, use Mpeg Streamclip to convert those mpeg clips to DV stream clips. Those will work in iMovie (with sound). Then you can edit and compress from there. Mpeg streamclip: http://www.squared5.com/There site seems to be down. -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. charles @ reptile.ca supercanadian @ gmail.comdeveloper weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/___  Make Televisionhttp://maketelevision.com/   SPONSORED LINKS  Fireant  Individual  Typepad  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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Re: can't transcode mpeg videos to iPod compatible .mp4 (was Re: [videoblogging] 15 min turnaround, live-event video-blogged (Treasure Island, Las Vegas)

[B Yen]

Thanks for the lead.Except when I goto the site, I get:ForbiddenYou don't have permission to access /index.html on this server.Is there another place where I can get the program?On Apr 25, 2006, at 10:57 PM, Michael Verdi wrote: Mpeg (1) videos are muxed - the audio and video are together in a single track. When you drop them into iMovie you loose the audio. Instead, use Mpeg Streamclip to convert those mpeg clips to DV stream clips. Those will work in iMovie (with sound). Then you can edit and compress from there. Mpeg streamclip: http://www.squared5.com/-Verdi  SPONSORED LINKS  Fireant  Individual  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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can't transcode mpeg videos to iPod compatible .mp4 (was Re: [videoblogging] 15 min turnaround, live-event video-blogged (Treasure Island, Las Vegas)

[B Yen]

I tried a couple of cameras which produce MPEG videos.  I wanted to get them as video-clips, as part of my NAB video-podcast over iTunes:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151332103&s=143441[ or do a search on "nab" in iTunes Music Store ]I  can't seem to find a program to transcore the .MPG files (mpeg 2? "Get Info" just tells me "MPEG movie") to iPod compatible movies (.m4v):1) I tried importing them into iMoviepicture is fine..NO AUDIO!2) bought QT Pro for $29picture is fine..NO AUDIO!I don't understand.  I checked out QT Player preferences, & it seems as if MPEG input videos are accepted.It happened with TWO cameras which produced .MPG videos.I tried a 3rd device which produces a .AVI movie.  When I imported it into iMovie, it produced a video clips with NO PICTURE, but had sound!  It's reversed from the above!Can a multimedia expert out there tell me what;s going on?  Am I doing something wrong?I can certainoly blog the .MPG & .AVI files to my video-blog at:http://nablasvegas.blogspot.com/..but I would prefer iPod compatible .mp4, so it can be downloaded as an iPod compatible video in iTunes.On Apr 25, 2006, at 12:59 AM, B Yen wrote: I arrived in Las Vegas last night around 8pm, & am trying to do some   video-blogging over this blog:  http://nab2006.blogspot.com [ there's video of Motorola party last year  I did some tests at the Treasure Island "Sirens of TI" show.  You can   see the results at:  http://treasureisland-lasvegas.blogspot.com/  I was using a digital camera (w/video capability, most of them do),   took the video, ported it to my Powerbook w/USB cable, & uploaded it   to Blip.tv.  I got the video "blogged" within 15 min of taking it   (video was taken ~10:15pm, uploaded it @10:30pm (for some reason the   time on the blog-entry shows 10:00pm..?).  I then transcoded the .mpg   to iPod compatible format.  For some reason the 1st upload to Blip.tv   had a glitch 3/4 way into the video.  I retried it, & it was OK.  I   then got the video to showup on iTunes "Treasure Island" video-  podcast (do a search on "treausre island" in iTunes)  Then, I hooked up my iPod.  I.,e., that 10:15pm episode @Treasure   Island, was available to iPod owners within the hour.  I could have   had it up as soon as 20 min, were it not for the glitches.  I plan to do some more video-blogging (15 min turnaround) @NAB tomorrow.  I need some feedback on my project.  YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] 15 min turnaround, live-event video-blogged (Treasure Island, Las Vegas)

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Oops, the URL for my NAB video-blog is at:http://nablasvegas.blogspot.com/On Apr 25, 2006, at 12:59 AM, B Yen wrote: I arrived in Las Vegas last night around 8pm, & am trying to do some   video-blogging over this blog:  http://nab2006.blogspot.com [ there's video of Motorola party last year  I did some tests at the Treasure Island "Sirens of TI" show.  You can   see the results at:  http://treasureisland-lasvegas.blogspot.com/  I was using a digital camera (w/video capability, most of them do),   took the video, ported it to my Powerbook w/USB cable, & uploaded it   to Blip.tv.  I got the video "blogged" within 15 min of taking it   (video was taken ~10:15pm, uploaded it @10:30pm (for some reason the   time on the blog-entry shows 10:00pm..?).  I then transcoded the .mpg   to iPod compatible format.  For some reason the 1st upload to Blip.tv   had a glitch 3/4 way into the video.  I retried it, & it was OK.  I   then got the video to showup on iTunes "Treasure Island" video-  podcast (do a search on "treausre island" in iTunes)  Then, I hooked up my iPod.  I.,e., that 10:15pm episode @Treasure   Island, was available to iPod owners within the hour.  I could have   had it up as soon as 20 min, were it not for the glitches.  I plan to do some more video-blogging (15 min turnaround) @NAB tomorrow.  I need some feedback on my project.  YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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[videoblogging] 15 min turnaround, live-event video-blogged (Treasure Island, Las Vegas)

[B Yen]

I arrived in Las Vegas last night around 8pm, & am trying to do some  
video-blogging over this blog:

http://nab2006.blogspot.com
[ there's video of Motorola party last year

I did some tests at the Treasure Island "Sirens of TI" show.  You can  
see the results at:

http://treasureisland-lasvegas.blogspot.com/

I was using a digital camera (w/video capability, most of them do),  
took the video, ported it to my Powerbook w/USB cable, & uploaded it  
to Blip.tv.  I got the video "blogged" within 15 min of taking it  
(video was taken ~10:15pm, uploaded it @10:30pm (for some reason the  
time on the blog-entry shows 10:00pm..?).  I then transcoded the .mpg  
to iPod compatible format.  For some reason the 1st upload to Blip.tv  
had a glitch 3/4 way into the video.  I retried it, & it was OK.  I  
then got the video to showup on iTunes "Treasure Island" video- 
podcast (do a search on "treausre island" in iTunes)

Then, I hooked up my iPod.  I.,e., that 10:15pm episode @Treasure  
Island, was available to iPod owners within the hour.  I could have  
had it up as soon as 20 min, were it not for the glitches.

I plan to do some more video-blogging (15 min turnaround) @NAB tomorrow.

I need some feedback on my project.


  




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: What's The Perfect Vlogging Software?

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On Apr 20, 2006, at 9:08 PM, David Howell wrote: One page themes for Wordpress...  http://www.fivebyfive.com.ar/wp-themes/themes.htmlDoes this allow some text?  I need a "theme" which allows photos, embedded videos, text.  Blogger can pull it off, seehttp://vildosolaracing.blogspot.comI've seen some Wordpress blogs, which look good:http://www.cosmicvariance.com[ based on K2, see http://binarybonsai.com/k2/ ]I wonder if the above can pull it off, like Blogger.  Anyone know of a theme which could help me?  David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com  --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Anne Walk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey charles, >  > i don't think any blogging software is perfect for vlogging. it was intended > specifically for text. >  > if you're in the mood to make some though (which i think could be a big > market coming up, btw), you might want to look at how to make embedding > video within posts part of the wysiwyg editor, like how they now have a pic > icon to post pics. that would be tres cool. also, as someone mentioned a > desire for a rocketboom-like interface (a single vid that updates) that > might be a nice template to offer. >  > i am by no means technical so i don't know if what i'm asking for is a peice > of cake or pie in the sky. >  > hmmm. now i'm feeling a bit peckish. :) >  > On 4/20/06, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Iliya Krempeaux" > >  wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Just out of curiousity, what would people say would be the perfect > > > vlogging software? > > > > Yes. > > > > Please tell me you understand my answer? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  >  > -- > Anne Walk > http://loadedpun.com >  YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

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Does the Archos AV500 (or Archos Gmini 402) have an email app? (so, I can do a picture email transmission)Or, does the way it gets video to the PC, is with the USB interface?What OS does it use?  I suppose, one could write an email app for it & do a picture email over WiFi (using a BT -> WiFi adapter).On Apr 19, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:  i heard a wireless version of gmini is do out sometime this year.  i've been pimp'n archos for like 2 years.way ahead of others.  the hardware designs are good and they are solid.they could be a bit 'cooler' looking but it's all good. On 4/19/06,  B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   Wow, I didn't know.I saw Gmini's at Fry's, so I guess you can get them there. http://www.archos.com/products/pc_centric/gmini_402_cam/features.html?country=global&lang=enI noticed it doesn't have Wireless connectivity, like the PSP (WiFi). Is there a USB accessory that can give it WiFi capability? (like those Linksys dongles, that plug into USB ports?  I got one for my TIVO).I think I'm gonna get a Gmini 402, & play with it. On Apr 19, 2006, at 10:37 AM, Harold Johnson wrote:   I'm just loving the Archos Gmini 402s' built-in camcorder; I shot footage all weekend long while travelling on the bus and on foot for six hours to see my mom in her nursing home, and now I'm making a "mini-movie" out of the footage...    Harold Something That Happened:  a story told in video & audio (& text) http://somethingthathappened.com   On 4/19/06, B Yen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   Is anyone using the Archos AV500 (or that giant AV700) player.   I want to get one to play with.    I just got a Sony PSP, & want to transcode my .mp4 videos to PSP format.    See    http://champcarws.blogspot.com  http://alextagliani.blogspot.com  http://eclipsescience.blogspot.com    I saw the Gemini at Fry's, & it looks interesting.  That AV500 looks really sexy, although bigger than the more compact Gemini.    Is anyone using the HP iPaq 3715?  It has a builtin camera (which can do video)..that can *record* pics/video.      On Apr 19, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Harold Johnson wrote:   Thank you Michael,    MediaCoder appears to be working brilliantly!  Videora Converter didn't seem to have any settings for the Gmini, though I may still use Videora to search for video online.  (I dig its integrated search engine.)    I can't believe how fast MediaCoder is transcoding; it's truly amazing!  This is how it should be...Now I'm going to take my Gmini down to my local cafe and see how well the video turned out...    Thanks,  Harold  http://SomethingThatHappened.com  On 4/19/06, Michael Sullivan <  [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:   i've used videorahttp://www.videora.com/en-us/ and mediacoder: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/On 4/19/06, Harold Johnson <  [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Michael Sullivan or anyone who knows,    What do you find to be the best way to translate your video downloads to the format which the Archos players can play?  I've got an Archos Gmini 402 camcorder/player, and though it includes VirtualDub software, the software isn't able to translate .mov files.  So I've been opening my .mov downloads in QuickTime Pro, converting to .avi, and then using VirtualDub to convert to the type of .avi file the Gmini wants.    This isn't terribly difficult, but I'm thinking there must be an easier way --  a one-step process, rather than this two-step method.  Anyone know?   Thank you, HaroldSPONSORED LINKS  Fireant   Individual   Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.  To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the  Yahoo! Terms of Service .   -- Sullhttp://vlogdir.com   http://SpreadTheMedia.org YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group " videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the  Yahoo! Terms of Service.   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.      To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the  Yahoo! Terms of Service.     SPONSORED LINKS Fireant   Individual   Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group " videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the  Yahoo! Terms of Service. SPONSORED LINKSFireant   Individual   Use  YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group " videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an emai

Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

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On Apr 19, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:  i heard a wireless version of gmini is do out sometime this year.  There are these Linksys, Dlink, et al adapters: with USB connection, you can have a WiFi connection.I saw them at Office Depot, Fry's etc.I'm sure one of the $50 units will give the Gmini 402 WiFi capability.  It's how the TIVO box communicates to the Web.  I know, because I just got one.i've been pimp'n archos for like 2 years.way ahead of others.  the hardware designs are good and they are solid.they could be a bit 'cooler' looking but it's all good. I like the HP iPaq PDAs, they are nice.  I understand HP is discontinuing the 4700, & Dell is discontinuing their PDAs.  That's a damn shame, because I use them a lot.You can buy an accessory: camea which plugs into the SD slot (I have one for the 4700), presto!  You have camera & video capability for a HP PDA..which has WiFi & BT wireless connectivity!  Pretty powerful.  It can play back videos & audio.It's unreal that the above *general* device has not caught on, & that's why HP & Dell are dropping them..not enough sales.A dumbed down device (Archos, cellphones, et al) is the one that is succeeding..they have the mass-market sales numbers!  Actually I get it:"I'm going after the bigger game..the Masses [ which required a dumbed-down device, like iPod ], not the elite class [ HP iPaq users ]"-- Mark Twain"Make it idiot-proof"-- my photographer friend[ after asking him what he wants in a Photoshop plug-in ]Basically, the Archos & iPod are going after the mass-market with an easy-to-use device, dumbed-down for the mass-consumer.That concept is key for my Market (auto-racing), where the fan can't waste time dealing with setting up WiFi & BT network settings..  Even I find it user-unfriendly & difficult!"We spend 80% of our development effort on UI [ User Iinterface ]"-- chief technology officer for RealViz[ conversation with him @NAB several yrs ago, I'm going to NAB next week.  Anyone else going?  I will be mobile-blogging in real-time as usual.  This is from last year:http://www.jumplive.com/main.html#NABThat "Dust to Glory" (offroad racing documentary) was everywhere, I even won a book @Adobe booth which discussed the video production of D2G. ]On 4/19/06,  B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   Wow, I didn't know.I saw Gmini's at Fry's, so I guess you can get them there. http://www.archos.com/products/pc_centric/gmini_402_cam/features.html?country=global&lang=enI noticed it doesn't have Wireless connectivity, like the PSP (WiFi). Is there a USB accessory that can give it WiFi capability? (like those Linksys dongles, that plug into USB ports?  I got one for my TIVO).I think I'm gonna get a Gmini 402, & play with it. On Apr 19, 2006, at 10:37 AM, Harold Johnson wrote:   I'm just loving the Archos Gmini 402s' built-in camcorder; I shot footage all weekend long while travelling on the bus and on foot for six hours to see my mom in her nursing home, and now I'm making a "mini-movie" out of the footage...    Harold Something That Happened:  a story told in video & audio (& text) http://somethingthathappened.com   On 4/19/06, B Yen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   Is anyone using the Archos AV500 (or that giant AV700) player.   I want to get one to play with.    I just got a Sony PSP, & want to transcode my .mp4 videos to PSP format.    See    http://champcarws.blogspot.com  http://alextagliani.blogspot.com  http://eclipsescience.blogspot.com    I saw the Gemini at Fry's, & it looks interesting.  That AV500 looks really sexy, although bigger than the more compact Gemini.    Is anyone using the HP iPaq 3715?  It has a builtin camera (which can do video)..that can *record* pics/video.      On Apr 19, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Harold Johnson wrote:   Thank you Michael,    MediaCoder appears to be working brilliantly!  Videora Converter didn't seem to have any settings for the Gmini, though I may still use Videora to search for video online.  (I dig its integrated search engine.)    I can't believe how fast MediaCoder is transcoding; it's truly amazing!  This is how it should be...Now I'm going to take my Gmini down to my local cafe and see how well the video turned out...    Thanks,  Harold  http://SomethingThatHappened.com  On 4/19/06, Michael Sullivan <  [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:   i've used videorahttp://www.videora.com/en-us/ and mediacoder: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/On 4/19/06, Harold Johnson <  [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Michael Sullivan or anyone who knows,    What do you find to be the best way to translate your video downloads to the format which the Archos players can play?  I've got an Archos Gmini 402 camcorder/player, and though it includes VirtualDub soft

Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

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Wow, I didn't know.I saw Gmini's at Fry's, so I guess you can get them there.http://www.archos.com/products/pc_centric/gmini_402_cam/features.html?country=global&lang=enI noticed it doesn't have Wireless connectivity, like the PSP (WiFi).Is there a USB accessory that can give it WiFi capability? (like those Linksys dongles, that plug into USB ports?  I got one for my TIVO).I think I'm gonna get a Gmini 402, & play with it.On Apr 19, 2006, at 10:37 AM, Harold Johnson wrote:  I'm just loving the Archos Gmini 402s' built-in camcorder; I shot footage all weekend long while travelling on the bus and on foot for six hours to see my mom in her nursing home, and now I'm making a "mini-movie" out of the footage...    Harold Something That Happened: a story told in video & audio (& text) http://somethingthathappened.com  On 4/19/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Is anyone using the Archos AV500 (or that giant AV700) player.   I want to get one to play with.   I just got a Sony PSP, & want to transcode my .mp4 videos to PSP format.   See   http://champcarws.blogspot.com http://alextagliani.blogspot.com http://eclipsescience.blogspot.com   I saw the Gemini at Fry's, & it looks interesting.  That AV500 looks really sexy, although bigger than the more compact Gemini.   Is anyone using the HP iPaq 3715?  It has a builtin camera (which can do video)..that can *record* pics/video.     On Apr 19, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Harold Johnson wrote:  Thank you Michael,   MediaCoder appears to be working brilliantly!  Videora Converter didn't seem to have any settings for the Gmini, though I may still use Videora to search for video online.  (I dig its integrated search engine.)   I can't believe how fast MediaCoder is transcoding; it's truly amazing!  This is how it should be...Now I'm going to take my Gmini down to my local cafe and see how well the video turned out...   Thanks, Harold http://SomethingThatHappened.com  On 4/19/06, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:  i've used videorahttp://www.videora.com/en-us/and mediacoder: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/  On 4/19/06, Harold Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Sullivan or anyone who knows,   What do you find to be the best way to translate your video downloads to the format which the Archos players can play?  I've got an Archos Gmini 402 camcorder/player, and though it includes VirtualDub software, the software isn't able to translate .mov files.  So I've been opening my .mov downloads in QuickTime Pro, converting to .avi, and then using VirtualDub to convert to the type of .avi file the Gmini wants.    This isn't terribly difficult, but I'm thinking there must be an easier way --  a one-step process, rather than this two-step method.  Anyone know?   Thank you, Harold  SPONSORED LINKSFireant  Individual  UseYAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . -- Sullhttp://vlogdir.com  http://SpreadTheMedia.orgYAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.   SPONSORED LINKSFireant  Individual  UseYAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.SPONSORED LINKS  Fireant  Individual  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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publicizing video-blogs, iTunes RSS feeds, etc (was Re: [videoblogging] survey

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Can someone point me to a website which has a tutorial on getting video-blog site publicized?I have a video-blog & corresponding video-podcast, likehttp://champcarws.blogspot.comhttp://katherinelegge.blogspot.comI've put links to Blogarama ("the blog directory"), Technorati.I noticed in Feedburner.com, that my RSS feeds for video-podcasts has an upgrade option for advanced tracking.  Also, there is an option called "click thru ads".A) ContentB) DistributionI've been so tied up with A) (shooting videos), that I've nelgelcted B) Distribution.  I need to establish traffic (webhits, & other parameters) before I can develop a business model.  Right now, it's all a Prototype project (non-profit).I think I'm in a similar position like Rocketboom, onto something with some potential business opportunities.On Apr 19, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Peter Van Dijck wrote:  Just a quick note for anyone interested in Mefeedia: I am doing a really short 1-page survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=834112041502  If you have a second now please take it... :)  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=834112041502  Cheers, Peter -- http://mefeedia.com   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

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Is anyone using the Archos AV500 (or that giant AV700) player.I want to get one to play with.I just got a Sony PSP, & want to transcode my .mp4 videos to PSP format.Seehttp://champcarws.blogspot.comhttp://alextagliani.blogspot.comhttp://eclipsescience.blogspot.comI saw the Gemini at Fry's, & it looks interesting.  That AV500 looks really sexy, although bigger than the more compact Gemini.Is anyone using the HP iPaq 3715?  It has a builtin camera (which can do video)..that can *record* pics/video.On Apr 19, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Harold Johnson wrote:  Thank you Michael,   MediaCoder appears to be working brilliantly!  Videora Converter didn't seem to have any settings for the Gmini, though I may still use Videora to search for video online.  (I dig its integrated search engine.)   I can't believe how fast MediaCoder is transcoding; it's truly amazing!  This is how it should be...Now I'm going to take my Gmini down to my local cafe and see how well the video turned out...   Thanks, Harold http://SomethingThatHappened.com  On 4/19/06, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  i've used videorahttp://www.videora.com/en-us/and mediacoder: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/  On 4/19/06, Harold Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Sullivan or anyone who knows,   What do you find to be the best way to translate your video downloads to the format which the Archos players can play?  I've got an Archos Gmini 402 camcorder/player, and though it includes VirtualDub software, the software isn't able to translate .mov files.  So I've been opening my .mov downloads in QuickTime Pro, converting to .avi, and then using VirtualDub to convert to the type of .avi file the Gmini wants.    This isn't terribly difficult, but I'm thinking there must be an easier way --  a one-step process, rather than this two-step method.  Anyone know?   Thank you, Harold  SPONSORED LINKSFireant  Individual  UseYAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . -- Sullhttp://vlogdir.com  http://SpreadTheMedia.orgYAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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new mediums, new markets (was Re: [videoblogging] Re: Michael Eisner joins Veoh

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"Alternative Medium": video-blog, video-podcast ("Agile, Mobile, Hostile" football term, pocket TV)time-shifting (e.g. TIVO), VoD (Video on Demand) which is what video-iPod is"you watch video at your convenience: when you want, where you want, what you want""Standard Model": Television/Print-Media ("stunk up the place", football term)old-fashioned technology"This is Old, therefore it is GOOD.  This is New, therefore it is BETTER"-- progressNew Technology always wins out.Datapoint from Evolution:97% of the species on planet Earth have gone extinct.  I.e., species are always evolving towards a better survival-solutionI agree, the *existing* package of video solutions (incl conventional TV) needs to integrate the newer technology-based Mediums.  Big mistake on their part.I achieved a breakthrough at the Long Beach GP, I did a short demo of video-podcast & people were impressed:http://www.jumplive.com/lbgp06/index.htmlI even blogged my way thru Egypt (ocassional cellphone video) during recent solar eclipse:http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.htmlhttp://eclipsechaser.blogspot.comhttp://solareclipse.textamerica.comMy eclipse site had full cellphone access, I coulda video-blogged near-live the eclipse!  If I had funding, it coulda happened!On Apr 18, 2006, at 8:35 AM, andrew michael baron wrote:  On Eisner's new TV show via BoingBoing:   "In spite of his formidable star power, former Disney chairman   Michael Eisner's new CNBC talk show did not attract the audience   network execs hoped. Tuesday's debut of 'Conversations with Michael   Eisner' netted only 95,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media   Research. I think he should have started a video blog, instead. I'd   subscribe to his RSS feed. I think he'd have no trouble attracting   many times more visitors in that medium." - BoingBoing  http://tinyurl.com/hb2sq   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: m4v problem resolved?

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 > A friend who was experimenting with vlogging also found the  
simple .M4V to
 > ..MP4 change solved the problems his Windows-based friends were  
having with
 > his files.
 >
 > I'd imagine most webhosts know how to serve a file with the .MP4  
extension.
 > I'm not even sure I'd expect them to add entries for .M4V!

I had an issue with .m4v video files uploaded to Blip.tv, if  
Feedburner would create enclosures.

I changed it to .mp4, it seemed to solve the problem.

Funny thing, I uploaded the .m4v files to my Pair.com servers & set  
the MIME settings to:

"video/mpeg"
extension "m4v"

Feedburner.com created the enclosures, NO PROBLEM.  Many of my video- 
blogs are using this setup right now.

??

There is something going on between Blip.tv & Feedburner,  
regarding .m4v files.


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On Apr 14, 2006, at 4:57 AM, Bookmarts wrote:

> > A friend who was experimenting with vlogging also found the  
> simple .M4V to
> > ..MP4 change solved the problems his Windows-based friends were  
> having with
> > his files.
> >
> > I'd imagine most webhosts know how to serve a file with the .MP4  
> extension.
> > I'm not even sure I'd expect them to add entries for .M4V!



 
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

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On Apr 10, 2006, at 4:38 PM, mikehudack wrote:  I suppose we could try changing the MIME type we report for these videos to video/mpeg,  but that would be inaccurate.  We do from time to time change our MIME settings  (particularly to add new types, but also to change to more appropriate types) so that may  explain why some videos have worked and others haven't.  Do we know what MIME type FeedBurner wants for an m4v file at this point?  I can go  through all our servers and set it.  Possible MIME types are "video/x-m4v" and "video/ mp4".A while back someone made a post about .m4v & .mp4, about how .m4v is kinda BS.  Last November.I actually took a .m4v video I did from iMovie, changed its extension to .mp4.  Then, uploaded it to blip.tv (this was back in November last year) & it worked in generating an enclosure in Feedburner.I suppose I could try doing that right now, & see if it works.BY  Anyone from FeedBurner on the list who can answer this question?  Yours,  Mike Co-founder, blip.tv  --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's another datapoint: >  > I previously uploaded a video katherinelegge.m4v to blip.tv (over 3   > weeks ago), it gets enclosures on >  > http://katherinelegge.blogspot.com >  > I just added it as a video to: >  > http://jimmyvasser.blogspot.com >  > where the Feedburner RSS feed SUCCESSFULLY generates an enclosure. >  > ?? >  > The above means that certain blip.tv videos are getting enclosures   > created, but others don't. >  > >   Content Type reported: video/mp4 > >   Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned > > from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings. >  > There are a bunch of other video-blogs I'm working on, which get the   > above message.  I'm just uploading to my server, setting the MIME   > type to "video/mpeg", extension "m4v".  It works. >  > I don't get the "hit & miss" thing using blip.tv uploaded videos.  Is   > it Feedburner.com or Blip.tv, or a combination of both? >  >  >  >  > On Apr 10, 2006, at 3:01 PM, mikehudack wrote: >  > > Here's what gets me. > > > > It's *getting* a content type that should be appropriate.  And it's > > having trouble enclosing a JPG and can't tell you why. > > > > Have you tried refreshing this feed? > > > > Here's the relevant portion, saying "Content Type reported: video/mp4" > > and "Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned > > from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings." > > > > FeedBurner: "    * Link: > > http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-  > > CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v > >   Content Type reported: video/mp4 > >   Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned > > from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings. > > * Link: http://www.jumplive.com/champcar/sbourdais1.jpg > > > >   Media enclosure not created because: A general error occured > > creating the enclosure. We sincerely wish we could provide more > > concrete detail, but alas. It eludes us." > > > > Yours, > > > > Mike > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen  wrote: > > > > > > I just uploaded the 2nd video to my server on www.unitedoffroad.org, > > > & set the MIME settings to "video/mpeg" (m4a extension). > > > > > > I changed the Blogger.com post to reflect the new location of the   > > 2nd > > > video. > > > > > > I pinged Feedburner using the Feed URL. > > > > > > I went to Troubleshootize for the video blog..lo & behold, the > > > enclosure was CREATED for the 2nd video!! > > > > > > The above seems to imply that Blip.tv has a problem..not Feedburner. > > > Or, is it possible that Feedburner is flaky, & not creating > > > enclosures from Blip.tv files? > > > > > > > > > Here's a datapoint for Troubleshooting: > > > > > > I uploaded a big audio file over Ourmedia.org (uploaded to > > > archive.org servers), an audio enclosure was created.  A few weeks > > > later, it quit working!  Enclosure wasn't being created.  I DIDN'T > > > TOUCH ANYTHING. > > > > > > This sounds possibly like an issue w/Feedburner..it's finicky on > > > where the file resides.  I dunno.  I'm not a multimeda or server > > > expert, but defini

Re: [videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

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Here's another datapoint:I previously uploaded a video katherinelegge.m4v to blip.tv (over 3 weeks ago), it gets enclosures onhttp://katherinelegge.blogspot.comI just added it as a video to:http://jimmyvasser.blogspot.comwhere the Feedburner RSS feed SUCCESSFULLY generates an enclosure.??The above means that certain blip.tv videos are getting enclosures created, but others don't.      Content Type reported: video/mp4  Media enclosure not created because: The content type returnedfrom your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings.There are a bunch of other video-blogs I'm working on, which get the above message.  I'm just uploading to my server, setting the MIME type to "video/mpeg", extension "m4v".  It works.I don't get the "hit & miss" thing using blip.tv uploaded videos.  Is it Feedburner.com or Blip.tv, or a combination of both?On Apr 10, 2006, at 3:01 PM, mikehudack wrote:  Here's what gets me.    It's *getting* a content type that should be appropriate.  And it's having trouble enclosing a JPG and can't tell you why.  Have you tried refreshing this feed?  Here's the relevant portion, saying "Content Type reported: video/mp4" and "Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings."  FeedBurner: "    * Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v   Content Type reported: video/mp4   Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings.     * Link: http://www.jumplive.com/champcar/sbourdais1.jpg    Media enclosure not created because: A general error occured creating the enclosure. We sincerely wish we could provide more concrete detail, but alas. It eludes us."  Yours,  Mike  --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just uploaded the 2nd video to my server on www.unitedoffroad.org,   > & set the MIME settings to "video/mpeg" (m4a extension). >  > I changed the Blogger.com post to reflect the new location of the 2nd   > video. >  > I pinged Feedburner using the Feed URL. >  > I went to Troubleshootize for the video blog..lo & behold, the   > enclosure was CREATED for the 2nd video!! >  > The above seems to imply that Blip.tv has a problem..not Feedburner.    > Or, is it possible that Feedburner is flaky, & not creating   > enclosures from Blip.tv files? >  >  > Here's a datapoint for Troubleshooting: >  > I uploaded a big audio file over Ourmedia.org (uploaded to   > archive.org servers), an audio enclosure was created.  A few weeks   > later, it quit working!  Enclosure wasn't being created.  I DIDN'T   > TOUCH ANYTHING. >  > This sounds possibly like an issue w/Feedburner..it's finicky on   > where the file resides.  I dunno.  I'm not a multimeda or server   > expert, but definitely something weird is going on. >  > I solved the problem (like how I solved the above problem): I just   > uploaded the audio file to my server (changed the MIME setting to   > "audio/mpeg"), & it works. >  >  >  >  > On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:26 PM, B Yen wrote: >  > > Here's the video-blog: > > > > http://sebastienbourdais.blogspot.com > > > > There are 2 videos there..both are sitting on Blip.tv servers.    > > They both download OK. > > > > However, the problem is with the Feedburner RSS feed.  The 1st one   > > is generating an enclosure, but the 2nd one ISN'T: > > > > Content Item: "start of Lap 1: S. Bourdais, et al [ CCWS '05 LBGP ]" > > Yay! Media enclosure created for: Jumplive-  > > Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v > > Content Item: "S. Bourdais @autograph session/Saturday [ CCWS '05   > > LBGP ]" > > Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-  > > CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v > > Content Type reported: video/mp4 > > Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from   > > your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings. > > Link: http://www.jumplive.com/champcar/sbourdais1.jpg > > > > Media enclosure not created because: A general error occured   > > creating the enclosure. We sincerely wish we could provide more   > > concrete detail, but alas. It eludes us. > > > > > > I just looked at the SmartCast settings, & the only thing I could   > > find was: > > > > "Create podcast enclosures from links to   "any rich media file"   " > > "include Media RSS

Re: [videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

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I just uploaded the 2nd video to my server on www.unitedoffroad.org, & set the MIME settings to "video/mpeg" (m4a extension).I changed the Blogger.com post to reflect the new location of the 2nd video.I pinged Feedburner using the Feed URL.I went to Troubleshootize for the video blog..lo & behold, the enclosure was CREATED for the 2nd video!!The above seems to imply that Blip.tv has a problem..not Feedburner.  Or, is it possible that Feedburner is flaky, & not creating enclosures from Blip.tv files?Here's a datapoint for Troubleshooting:I uploaded a big audio file over Ourmedia.org (uploaded to archive.org servers), an audio enclosure was created.  A few weeks later, it quit working!  Enclosure wasn't being created.  I DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING.  This sounds possibly like an issue w/Feedburner..it's finicky on where the file resides.  I dunno.  I'm not a multimeda or server expert, but definitely something weird is going on.I solved the problem (like how I solved the above problem): I just uploaded the audio file to my server (changed the MIME setting to "audio/mpeg"), & it works.On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:26 PM, B Yen wrote:  Here's the video-blog:http://sebastienbourdais.blogspot.comThere are 2 videos there..both are sitting on Blip.tv servers.  They both download OK.However, the problem is with the Feedburner RSS feed.  The 1st one is generating an enclosure, but the 2nd one ISN'T:Content Item: "start of Lap 1: S. Bourdais, et al [ CCWS '05 LBGP ]"Yay! Media enclosure created for: Jumplive-Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4vContent Item: "S. Bourdais @autograph session/Saturday [ CCWS '05 LBGP ]"Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v Content Type reported: video/mp4  Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings.Link: http://www.jumplive.com/champcar/sbourdais1.jpg Media enclosure not created because: A general error occured creating the enclosure. We sincerely wish we could provide more concrete detail, but alas. It eludes us.I just looked at the SmartCast settings, & the only thing I could find was:"Create podcast enclosures from links to   "any rich media file"   ""include Media RSS information & add podcast to Yahoo! Search"I'm thinking of changing the 1st one to "video only"I could use some help from you Multimedia experts, I'm a little new to this thing..In the past, there have been some hiccups on Feedburner side (just look at their forums, it's loaded with frustrated users w/complaints).BYOn Apr 10, 2006, at 2:10 PM, B Yen wrote:  On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:00 PM, mikehudack wrote:  Hey,  This is very strange.  What's wrong with a video/mp4 mime type for a .m4v file exactly?  As I understand it "video/mp4" and "video/x-m4v" are both acceptable mime types for a .m4v file.  I think this is just FeedBurner being wacky.  Do you have any special settings on your SmartCast that would prvent a video/mp4 file from being included?That's what I was just looking into.Why would one blip.tv video "work", & another one "not work"?There's a forum for Feedburner probs, & man is it loaded with complaints.I think you're right, it's a Feedburner issue.But, wait.I solved the above problem recently, by uploading my videos to my *own* server.  THAT, would imply it's a server issue on Blip.tv side.  I dunno.  Could still be a Feedburner idiosyncrancy, though.I am looking into the SmarCast settings right now, will report back.BY  Yours,  Mike Co-founder, blip.tv  --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My recent audio uploads to Ourmedia are not being returned as MIME   > "audio/mpeg".  Similarly, *some* of my  video-uploads to Blip.tv are   > not being returned as MIME "video/mpeg". >  > Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-  > CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v > Content Type reported: video/mp4 > Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from   > your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings. >  > However, other Blip.tv uploads are working: >  > Yay! Media enclosure created for: Jumplive-  > Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v > [ http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v ] >  >  > As the result, Feedburner is not making enclosures for the RSS feed   > to iTunes video-podcast.  I used Feedburner "Troubleshootize" to   > confirm this. >  > Is anyone else having issues with Ourmedia or Blip.tvuploads?  What I   > don't understand, is why certain Blip.tv uploads work & others don't. >  > I had to upload them to my ow

Re: [videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

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Here's the video-blog:http://sebastienbourdais.blogspot.comThere are 2 videos there..both are sitting on Blip.tv servers.  They both download OK.However, the problem is with the Feedburner RSS feed.  The 1st one is generating an enclosure, but the 2nd one ISN'T:Content Item: "start of Lap 1: S. Bourdais, et al [ CCWS '05 LBGP ]"Yay! Media enclosure created for: Jumplive-Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4vContent Item: "S. Bourdais @autograph session/Saturday [ CCWS '05 LBGP ]"Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v Content Type reported: video/mp4  Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings.Link: http://www.jumplive.com/champcar/sbourdais1.jpg Media enclosure not created because: A general error occured creating the enclosure. We sincerely wish we could provide more concrete detail, but alas. It eludes us.I just looked at the SmartCast settings, & the only thing I could find was:"Create podcast enclosures from links to   "any rich media file"   ""include Media RSS information & add podcast to Yahoo! Search"I'm thinking of changing the 1st one to "video only"I could use some help from you Multimedia experts, I'm a little new to this thing..In the past, there have been some hiccups on Feedburner side (just look at their forums, it's loaded with frustrated users w/complaints).BYOn Apr 10, 2006, at 2:10 PM, B Yen wrote:  On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:00 PM, mikehudack wrote:  Hey,  This is very strange.  What's wrong with a video/mp4 mime type for a .m4v file exactly?  As I understand it "video/mp4" and "video/x-m4v" are both acceptable mime types for a .m4v file.  I think this is just FeedBurner being wacky.  Do you have any special settings on your SmartCast that would prvent a video/mp4 file from being included?That's what I was just looking into.Why would one blip.tv video "work", & another one "not work"?There's a forum for Feedburner probs, & man is it loaded with complaints.I think you're right, it's a Feedburner issue.But, wait.I solved the above problem recently, by uploading my videos to my *own* server.  THAT, would imply it's a server issue on Blip.tv side.  I dunno.  Could still be a Feedburner idiosyncrancy, though.I am looking into the SmarCast settings right now, will report back.BY  Yours,  Mike Co-founder, blip.tv  --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My recent audio uploads to Ourmedia are not being returned as MIME   > "audio/mpeg".  Similarly, *some* of my  video-uploads to Blip.tv are   > not being returned as MIME "video/mpeg". >  > Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-  > CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v > Content Type reported: video/mp4 > Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from   > your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings. >  > However, other Blip.tv uploads are working: >  > Yay! Media enclosure created for: Jumplive-  > Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v > [ http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v ] >  >  > As the result, Feedburner is not making enclosures for the RSS feed   > to iTunes video-podcast.  I used Feedburner "Troubleshootize" to   > confirm this. >  > Is anyone else having issues with Ourmedia or Blip.tvuploads?  What I   > don't understand, is why certain Blip.tv uploads work & others don't. >  > I had to upload them to my own FTP server, & set the MIME types. >  >  > BY >SPONSORED LINKS  Fireant  Individual  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.   SPONSORED LINKS  Fireant  Individual  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 

  




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] submission to iTunes video-podcast, RSS feeds flagged as invalid?

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On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:10 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote:  This doesn't sounds like an iTunes problem. Sounds like bad HTML somewhere in one of your blog entries. If you have an  tag, it should end with a slash like this:  http://my/image/jpg" />  XML is much more strict than HTML, and thus you must make sure that your HTML is well-formed.  -JoshMy post is in error.I submitted the ...Blog URL.. by mistake, instead of the   ..Feed URL..Everything's OK now.Sorry, I've been totally sleep deprived because of FOUR days of getting fried at the CCWS Long Beach GP:http://www.jumplive.com/lbgp06/index.htmlhttp://longbeachgp.textamerica.com[ see the links on the right, for the video-blogs & video-podcasts.  The video-podcasts are the ones which have been submitted & accepted.  A few of the video-blogs are the ones I'm currently having problems with..see the other thread on Blip.tv videos, that aren't having enclosures being created by Feedburner. ]   On 4/10/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I submitted a bunch of video-blog URLs a couple weeks ago, no > problems.  RSS feeds were accepted, & video-podcasts were created. > Really pleased. > > However, I just tried to submit some more video-blogs, & they are > being flagged as invalid: > > "Error prasing feed: Invalid XML: Error on line 541: The element type > "img" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "" > > I don't get it.  Is anyone else having problems submitting video-blog > URLs to iTunes? > > Is Apple iTunes still having "growing pains"? > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

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On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:00 PM, mikehudack wrote:  Hey,  This is very strange.  What's wrong with a video/mp4 mime type for a .m4v file exactly?  As I understand it "video/mp4" and "video/x-m4v" are both acceptable mime types for a .m4v file.  I think this is just FeedBurner being wacky.  Do you have any special settings on your SmartCast that would prvent a video/mp4 file from being included?That's what I was just looking into.Why would one blip.tv video "work", & another one "not work"?There's a forum for Feedburner probs, & man is it loaded with complaints.I think you're right, it's a Feedburner issue.But, wait.I solved the above problem recently, by uploading my videos to my *own* server.  THAT, would imply it's a server issue on Blip.tv side.  I dunno.  Could still be a Feedburner idiosyncrancy, though.I am looking into the SmarCast settings right now, will report back.BY  Yours,  Mike Co-founder, blip.tv  --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My recent audio uploads to Ourmedia are not being returned as MIME   > "audio/mpeg".  Similarly, *some* of my  video-uploads to Blip.tv are   > not being returned as MIME "video/mpeg". >  > Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-  > CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v > Content Type reported: video/mp4 > Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from   > your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings. >  > However, other Blip.tv uploads are working: >  > Yay! Media enclosure created for: Jumplive-  > Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v > [ http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v ] >  >  > As the result, Feedburner is not making enclosures for the RSS feed   > to iTunes video-podcast.  I used Feedburner "Troubleshootize" to   > confirm this. >  > Is anyone else having issues with Ourmedia or Blip.tvuploads?  What I   > don't understand, is why certain Blip.tv uploads work & others don't. >  > I had to upload them to my own FTP server, & set the MIME types. >  >  > BY >SPONSORED LINKS  Fireant  Individual  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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[videoblogging] issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

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My recent audio uploads to Ourmedia are not being returned as MIME "audio/mpeg".  Similarly, *some* of my  video-uploads to Blip.tv are not being returned as MIME "video/mpeg".Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-CCWS05LBGPSatAutographsessionSebasteinBourdais779.m4v Content Type reported: video/mp4  Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from your hosting server was incorrect for your SmartCast settings.However, other Blip.tv uploads are working:Yay! Media enclosure created for: Jumplive-Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v[ http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-Champcar2005LongBeachGPRace617.m4v ]As the result, Feedburner is not making enclosures for the RSS feed to iTunes video-podcast.  I used Feedburner "Troubleshootize" to confirm this.Is anyone else having issues with Ourmedia or Blip.tvuploads?  What I don't understand, is why certain Blip.tv uploads work & others don't.I had to upload them to my own FTP server, & set the MIME types.BY

  




  
  
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[videoblogging] submission to iTunes video-podcast, RSS feeds flagged as invalid?

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I submitted a bunch of video-blog URLs a couple weeks ago, no  
problems.  RSS feeds were accepted, & video-podcasts were created.   
Really pleased.

However, I just tried to submit some more video-blogs, & they are  
being flagged as invalid:

"Error prasing feed: Invalid XML: Error on line 541: The element type  
"img" must be terminated by the matching end-tag ""

I don't get it.  Is anyone else having problems submitting video-blog  
URLs to iTunes?

Is Apple iTunes still having "growing pains"?


 
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iMovie HD, Powerbook, Sony HD camcorder, external FW drive (was Re: [videoblogging] Better camera? Sony HC1 or Panasonic PV-GS400

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On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:55 AM, nathan.freitas wrote: I have the HC1 and while I love it you really need some horsepower and lots of storage to take advantage of it. Its a bit overkill for "videoblogging" - due to its cost (you will always be worried about it), size (it doesn't fit in your pocket), and its resolution. The HDV output does look beautiful in its native 1080i resolution, and even when downconverted to DVD. It does have a built in HDV-to-DV conversion mode, that works well. You end up with letter boxed video output that is easily captured by Premiere, iMovie, etc. After battling with iMovie HD for many months, I finally converted to Final Cut Express, which has worked better. HDV capture on my top of the line powerbook still only happens at 1/4 speed, though I am not sure if thats due to the processor, hard drive, or Firewire 800. I've been using iMovie HD 5 the last year (just upgrade to iMovie HD 6 yesterday, haven't played with it) with a Sony FX1 HD camcorder (even more overkill than a HC1).  I have a Powerbook 1.5G G4 (256mb of memory!?  I'm upgrading to 2G).  I also get captures at 1/4 or 1/8 speed, to the internal HD.What FW800 drive are you using?  I'm just using a Western Digital 120G external (FW), to save projects in.  I think I'm getting bandwidth issues if I try to edit projects on this external drive: hitting "play" sometimes doesn't result in any playback of frames.  ??I'm thinking of upgrading to Final Cut Express, but opted to just go with iLife '06 (iMovie HD 6).  The latter does the job for me: quick out-in-the-field edits, for offroad race videos that get blogged to http://jumplive.blogspot.com.BYAnyhow, unless you have a real need for HDV1080i (i do for historical archive reasons), then this isn't the camera for your day-to-day videoblogging.+NathanOn 2/12/06, Halcyon Lujah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been unable to take advantage of the HD from my HC1. (Premieredoesn;t handle it, that I know of) And I have trouble importing video even WITH the down conversion toregular DV.  It will work in chunks shorter than 9 minutes. But I can no longer capture tapes in Premiere.And the new iMovieHD has been a nightmare, too, for me.-halcyonspreadingthepink.comOn 2/11/06, gmjoyce_y < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Which is the better camera for vlogging? Or are both overkill?>> And can Premiere Pro handle editing hi-def from the HC1?> > Discuss. Yahoo! Groups Links>>>--www.SpreadingThePink.com Yahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/<*> 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/  SPONSORED LINKS  Individual  Fireant  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] Better camera? Sony HC1 or Panasonic PV-GS400

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On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Halcyon Lujah wrote:

> I have been unable to take advantage of the HD from my HC1. (Premiere
> doesn;t handle it, that I know of)
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> regular DV.  It will work in chunks shorter than 9 minutes. But I can
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Are you talking about iMovie HD 6 (that comes with iLife '06)?  I  
just installed it, but haven't played with it (done captures &  
edits).  Can you describe your issues with it?

iMovie 5 has been OK for me. (see http://jumplive.blogspot.com for  
example of video-edits..just basic stuff). There have been some  
intermittent crashes, which wiped out a lot of work.

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Ourmedia problems (was Re: [videoblogging] Re: Bandwidth

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On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:58 AM, David Howell wrote:

> *meh*
>
> It looks like Ourmedia has it's share of problems as well. Just tried
> to upload a 6 meg video both with their site and with their upload
> tool and it failed. The upload tool just plain crapped out and
> crashed. Numerous times. According to their forums, looks like others
> are having multiple problems there as well.

I've been using Ourmedia for big audio files (17mb -45mb).  Just  
recently (last weekend), I spent 12 frustrating hours trying to get a  
17mb .m4a (AAC encode) file to work on my video-podcast.  (see http:// 
jumplive.blogspot.com).  I left a post on Ourmedia forums:

http://www.ourmedia.org/node/158779

Turns out, their server is not returning MIME type "audio/mpeg" for  
these files..just "text"! (it was returning "audio/mpeg" as of Jan  
17).  As a result, Feedburner couldn't create an enclosure for these  
audio files.

The older audio files (from Jan 17) weren't being returned as "audio/ 
mpeg" either.  I finally had to re-upload them to my own server, &  
change the MIME settings.  It's back fine now, & showing up on my  
iTunes video-podcast (Use Feedburner/Troubleshootize/Podmedic to  
confirm that enclosures are being created).

You have to use "Ourmedia Publisher" (separate program) for files  
10mb or larger..otherwise your files won't load.  This program is  
kinda quirky on my Powerbook


BY

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> Very few things come for free. Think I am going to use my own host
> then start paying for the extra bandwidth if/when that time comes.
>
> David
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> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> wrote:
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>> Lots and lots of people use Ourmedia.org and/or Blip.tv
>> We have a tutorial for Ourmedia on Freevlog.org -
> http://freevlog.org/#Step3and
>> http://freevlog.org/#step4 We don't have one for Blip yet but it's  
>> easy
>> enough to figure out.
>> -Verdi
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>> On 2/12/06, davecircumnavigator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>> My videos are ~10 meg.  I'm using 1and1 and looking at significant
>>> amounts of money in bandwidth charges if my user base expands (which
>>> I'm hoping it does).  Does anyone have advice on a way around the
>>> bandwidth issues of serving up video?  Glenn, my web guy,  
>>> contacted a
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Re: [videoblogging] Why Not Use .MP4?

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On Feb 11, 2006, at 10:12 AM, Michael Verdi wrote: I don't know about PSP but the iPod will only play files with AAC audio. MP3 audio in a video file will not work on an iPod.I'm getting audio from a recorder which does .wma.  I drag&drop into Windows iTunes, to convert it to .aac (see iTunes/Preferences to select AAC).NOTE:Apple iTunes won't accept a .wma file, to convert it to AACMy video-blog at http://jumplive.blogspot.com, has AAC audio (.m4a extension) & iPod video (.m4v extension).  I'm trying to deliver a "multimedia" experience of Offroad Races, via a video-podcast.I would think ANY live-event could be delivered as above.  One would have to get the rights-issue negotiated with the event.Do you have a link to that embeded qt file that won't play? I don't understand what would make it play locally and not from the web. On 2/11/06, WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What, specifically, is the difference between iPod mp4 and PSP mp4?I noticed h.264/AAC exported out of  Vegas plays in QT offline, but not embedded online - I don'thave a G5 iPod to test it on. Many DIV-X enabled DVD players will run mp4 including h.264 but, unfortunately not AAC.Will iPods/PSP's  run mp4 with mp3 audio component?joly>I think mp4 is the way forward. The reason is that it's a pretty open format: it doesn't only play on the iPod, but with a bit of luck on the PSP and other devices too. >>I always feel it's better to have 1 format that's more generically usable, than lots of highly optimized, specific formats that don't play everywhere..>>Peter-- Me: http://michaelverdi.comR&D: http://evilvlog.comLearn to videoblog: http://freevlog.orgLearn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org  SPONSORED LINKS  Individual  Fireant  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] Why Not Use .MP4?

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On Feb 11, 2006, at 2:07 PM, Michael Verdi wrote: Back in November I tested out creating an mp4 file with the H.264 codec and got them to play on my iPod by selecting the baseline profile. Today with QT 7.0.4 I'm unable to get this to work. Has anyone got this to work recently? VerdiEarlier this year (before I got an iPod), I was wondering if my .m4v files exported by iMovie were playing on an iPod.  Someone on this group made a post,  to change the extension to .mp4:http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-SCORE05Baja1000ContingencyTecateCrowdMp4983.mp4The above video (on my video-blog at http://jumplive.blogspot.com) will play on an iPod.Where are you "creating the mp4 file with H.264 codec", QT 7 Pro?I don't feel like paying $30 for QT 7 Pro, if I did so for QT 4 Pro (there are others like me, see Apple Forums).QT 7 Pro will let you set the "Poster Frame" for the video, that's something I could use.  Is there another program which will do this?BY-- Me: http://michaelverdi.comR&D: http://evilvlog.comLearn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org  SPONSORED LINKS  Individual  Fireant  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Re: multiple "" in a video-blog?

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On Feb 10, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Nerissa ((TheVideoQueen)) wrote: Hi B Yen,  That java function is actually resizing the image to FIT the size of your chosen  embedded player size, even if you input a unique custom size. That way your webpage stays exactly the same-- your layout is not altered when the image "becomes" an embedded player.     I chose to do this because many people don't know how to resize an image. And even asking a person to resize an image who can, is an imposition at best. Does this answer your question?Kinda.I have multiple vlog entries on a page.  When I use the code with "f1139132926815" for entry #1 & entry #2, when I do the "click on embedded video" for entry #2..the video for entry #1 plays!!  So, I just make sure the "f**" is different for each vlog entry.I noticed that when you hit "Make HTML", that "f***" changes randomly.  I suppose the above explains why..Is there any way of getting rid of the "f**" reference?BY     Nerissa     +What I don't understand is the purpose of "function f1139132926815 (obj)":function f1139132926815(obj)  <BR>{obj.parentNode.innerHTML = '<embed src="" width="0"  <BR>height="16" autoplay="true" controller="true" type="video/quicktime"  <BR>scale="tofit" pluginspage="<A rel="nofollow" href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"><FONT color="#003399">http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/</FONT></A>">  <BR></embed>';}alt="" style="cursor:pointer;" >div>href=""http://www.freevideocoding.com/" target="_blank">http://www.freevideocoding.com">FreeVideoCoding.comWhen I hit "Make HTML", it gets replaced by another "function  f**".  In the multiple vlog entries on my video-blog (http:// jumplive.blogspot.com), I arbitrarily change this number.  Otherwise,  "clicking" will play the same video.Is there any way of avoiding the use of  "f"?BYNerissa Odenhttp://TheVideoQueen.comhttp://FreeMediaGuide.comhttp://FreeVideoCoding.comhttp://FreeVideoEditing.comhttp://Nebelungs.blogspot.comMy Groups:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videobloggingbusiness/http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/videowomen/*__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com  SPONSORED LINKS  Individual  Fireant  Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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[videoblogging] Web programming: HTML, PHP, etc (was multiple "" in a video-blog?

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With all this talk about HTML, PHP, that was driven by Need.."Necessity is the Mother of Invention"I want a video-blog with customized look/functionality ("Form & Function"), so I might be needing to write custom code.  My knowledge of HTML is basic (I hack HTML word & line, using Pagespinner) & I've never played with PHP.  I know how to program, it's just that I don't have any experience with Web programming.  My websites lack a "professional feel", it looks amateurish.  See http://www.comet-track.com/indexc.html & http://www.jumplive.com (the opening flash was done by someone I paid).Can someone recommend some websites or books, that can get me up&running fast?  I can look at website code, & "reverse engineer" or try to understand it.  I have a copy of Dreamweaver, but I've been told it has a steep learning curve.  I want to do some Flash animations for my website.Can someone point me to some killer video-blogs with dazzling look/functionality?  Or, cool websites?  I like this one:http://www.bajabros.comI also need to get better at video-editing, I'm just a beginner playing with iMovie.  (I use a Sony FX1 High Definition camcorder).  There's Final Cut Express, & then FC Pro (also Final Cut Studio which is a 3 program suite).  I need some recommendations on some progression, in terms of video-editors.  I use a Powerbook 1.5Ghz G4 out in the field, like at the offroad races I've been to.  I just ordered more memory (2G), I was putzing around with 256mb!!?? (rendering times were slow)  I could use some recommendations on external FW drives, like FW800 types.  I'm currently using a Maxtor 160G FW externalOn Feb 9, 2006, at 10:22 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: the most relevant reason, as mentioned many times by josh, is Internet Explorers inability to handle progressive (fast start) download/playback of quicktime media in a browser unless the Quicktime player browser plugin (embed code) is used. Also, opening a new window is clunkier than opening a size-constrained popup window that can be forced to top-left of screen accordingly.btw, though i dont think this is the best embed code generator anymore but it's been up for almost a year here: http://videobloggers.org/embedmedia/just an fyi... so you can choose freevideocode.com,  embedthevideo.com or whatever else is out there.you'll be seeing new solutions and plugins becoming available over next few months, i'm sure.On 2/10/06,  B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Feb 9, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote:> I just never got around to adding in support for SWF.> It would just be a matter of adding that code to the PHP popup file> which you can download from my site and ru on your own server if you > wish:> < http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/archives/2006/02/> get_your_video.php >>> If someone wanted to contribute these changes back to me, I'd > appreciate it very much.>> As for customizing the size of the player and window... that code is> actually hidden in the file. It defaults to 320x240, but you can pass> in height and width parameters from the URL query string... of course > you'd also need to set the size of the popup window a little larger> too from the _javascript_ onclick handler.>> If you're slightly code-savvy this should be really easy...I'm not understanding something.. What's the difference between your code:http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-AndyMcMillinTT83BITD06Parker425Race221.m4v" title="test" rel="enclosure" http://embedthevideo.com/">http://embedthevideo.com/popup.php?url=''video','width=350,height=286,top=20,left=20,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status= yes,left=0,top=0');return false;">photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6909/1319/320/amcmillin1.jpg" alt="test" border="0" class="thumbnail" />http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-AndyMcMillinTT83BITD06Parker425Race221.m4v ">click here to downloada>& just a basic "open the video in a new browser window" using href="" target="_blank">video.jpg: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-AndyMcMillinTT83BITD06Parker425Race221.m4v" target="_blank" rel="enclosure">http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6909/1319/320/amcmillin1.jpg">[ the above is one of the implementations at http:// www.freevideocoding.com/, "link to Player" ]Don't both of them accomplish getting the video opened up in a newpop-up browser window?>> -Josh>>> On 2/9/06, Stan Hirson,  Sarah Jones < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> I've experimented with your popup and I like it very much.  I used it>> with QuickTime files.  I seem to remember reading somewher

Re: [videoblogging] click-to-play video via javascript-fu (was multiple "" in a video-blog?

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On Feb 9, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote:..snip..- I like having the player in the  same window so I personally use some _javascript_-fu to have an image that  it replaced by the QT player when someone clicks to play. Different  solutions for different people. My computer is over 4 years old, poster  frames or not a page with 15 embedded QT players brings my computer to a  halt.[ where is your Vlog, I'd like to take a look at your _javascript_ ]On Feb 9, 2006, at 2:52 PM, Enric wrote:Yes, I also use _javascript_ to write the object+embed+href code into adiv when the image for the video is clicked.  This is how my videosappear on my vlog sites off http://www.cirne.com.  I'm going to makethat code into a Wordpress plugin.  -- Enric[ I played with your _javascript_ code..it wouldn't work for me.  Your code has a playVlog() function, is that a predefined function in Wordpress? ]I played with:http://www.freevideocoding.com/http://embedthevideo.com/I just found some _javascript_ code that implements "click-to-play embedded video"  (don't even remember where I got it today!?).  I've implemented it on my video-blog:http://jumplive.blogspot.com ..for entries 2 thru 6 (note that entry 2 is an audio-clip).  Entry #1 has embedded-video that plays when you enter the website.  The later entries implement a pop-up window for the video-clips.I need some feedback on the "click-to-play embedded video", the fact that there are several in a row.  (I actually had a few of them running simultaneously on Safari & Firefox.  Internet Explorer runs kinda rough on my PC laptop, I'd like some feedback on how IE handles it).  Also, compare it to the pop-up windows for the later entries.  Which is more effective?This might be of interest to Stephanie Bryant.  If it works, she might opt to get away from her "single vlog entry" per page.  Also, Rocketboom might want to think about changing their single-entry per page (they use arrows to cycle thru their daily archives).NOTE:Here is the _javascript_ code I'm using:function f1139065600815(obj) {obj.parentNode.innerHTML = 'http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-AndyMcMillinTT83BITD06Parker425Race221.m4v" width="320" height="196" autoplay="true" controller="true" type="video/quicktime" scale="tofit" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"> ';}http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6909/1319/320/amcmillin1.jpg" height="180" width="320" alt="" style="cursor:pointer;" >That function f1139065600815 has to be *changed* for each vlog entry.  Can anyone explain to me what it's doing?  Can the above be made simpler, without the crazy looking f11349..etc




  
  
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pop-up screens & Offroad Race LiveWebCast (was Re: [videoblogging] multiple "" in a video-blog?

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On Feb 9, 2006, at 2:18 PM, Stephanie Bryant wrote:
> I need to provide a direct link for those without a video-enabled RSS
> reader anyway.
>
> Plus Blogger provides that as an option with the Link field. And
> theoretically, FeedBurner can now just snag your first link and is
> *supposed* to accept rel=enclosure (but I haven't gotten that to work,
> and I stopped trying since the "link" field option works).
>
> Here's what's wrong with the popup and link-through options:
>
> 1) POP-UPS. Am I the only person who still HATES POPUPS?!?!?!? I can't
> stand them. Hates, hates hates. Maybe I should "get with the program,"
> but popups suck.
>
> 2) Both of them require the user to make an extra click to get the
> video. What's the point? I want the few people who actually view my
> vlog in my blog space to just have a one-click option. Boom, you're on
> my page? BOOM! There's the video! Click to play, you're done.
>
> Since I know that means anyone visiting my vlog starts getting hit
> with a big download, I  don't embed more than one video in a single
> page, and my videos don't auto-play when they download, so people can
> stop them from downloading (click ESC), or just not play them if they
> don't want to.
>
> --Stephanie


I like your ideas.

Can you give us your video-blog URL, I'd like to check it out.

Can you tell me what "link" field option in Blogger is?  Is it just  
using my video, & Feedburner will pick it  
up?  That's what I've been using up to now..


I was involved with an "A+B" LiveWebCast last weekend for the Parker  
425 offroad race:

A) Information (via IRC/Iritrack)
live satellite vehicle-tracking

B) Entertainment (via me/Jumplive.com)
live multimedai: pics/videos

See

http://e-track.fr/irc
[ click on the lower-left icon, it produces a pop-up screen with a  
flash-gallery of LIVE pics/videost at http://www.jumplive.com/ 
parker425/index.html, which "reflects" the  LiveWebCast over the  
Textamerica.com moblog at http://parker425.textamerica.com ]

You could select 4 vehicles to track, & see their icons move on the  
map.  When you clicked on one of them, there would be a screen giving  
driver name & other info ("Information").  There was also a link  
"Click HERE for pictures", which produces a pop-up screen of a  
Textamerica.com moblog for that driver.  Like:

http://vildosolaracing.textamerica.com
http://mcmillinracing.textamerica.com
http://jonesracing.textamerica.com
http://tscoracing.textamerica.com

In this situation, with a lot of drivers, I think pop-up screens are  
appropriate.

If you have any ideas along your line of "anti pop-up screen", I'm  
open to suggestion.  Our "test" at the Parker 425 attracted a LOT of  
favorable attention, & the word is big-time funding is very  
imminent.  Something like Rocketboom hopefully, or even bigger.   
Think NASCAR business-model: "a bilboard on 4 wheels", where every  
advertiser on the planet wants in for product-exposure.

The above is a LiveWebCast using "Mobile Blogging" (aka moblogging)  
servers.  The 2nd medium is Video-Blogging, where I have content at:

http://jumplive.blogspot.com

that is *syndicated* over iPod/iTunes (& hopefully TIVO).  There are  
race-videos & audio race-traffic available over iTunes ("free").  The  
niche-sports market I'm working in (Offroad Racing) has NO live-TV  
coverage, only  1 month tape-delayed episodes on an obscure/niche  
cable channel.  I think video-blogging (syndicated as a video-podcast  
over iTunes) could be the answer to Offroad Racing's longtime dilemma.

I have a website

http://www.jumplive.com/parker06/index.html

which summarizes the 2 mediums (LiveWebCasting & iPod/iTunes  
VoD/"Video on Demand") I've been playing with.


My post was motivated by wanting a more polished Look & Functionality  
("Substance & Appearance"), to make it easier for people to browse  
the video-blog.  Your UI philosophy of:

"Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication"
-- Leonardo da Vinci

is something I'm into.  That's how cellphones, iPod have become mass- 
consumer devices: they have become "accessible to the masses".  I  
think is a really KEY idea, on getting video-blogging to TAKE-OFF.   
The "Standard Model" (passive-TV/Print-Media) is old-fashioned,  
tiresome, slow..whereas the "Alternative Model" (technology-based  
mobile media solutions) could make a charge.

I talked to Technical Director of a major software firm (RealViz), &  
he told me 80% of their time is spent on UI..User Interface.  It has  
to be user-friendly to the target market.


BY


>
> On 2/9/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you embed the videos in the blog entries, then you also need to
>> provide a direct link to the video file in order to use a service  
>> like
>> FeedBurner to create enclosures.
>>
>> This is why the video popup method is good. It preserves the direct
>> link to the video for FeedBurner, but also gives an embedded video
>> solution for playback in the browser (including IE, which req

[videoblogging] anyone get a response from TIVO for their "Videoblog Project"

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A few months ago, someone posted a link to TIVO's "Videoblog Project":http://www.tivo.com/5.13.asp?messageType=videoblogI applied, but never got a response.  Did anyone get on board?  Obviously, Rocketboom is off & running.I noticed Rocketboom has several links for various "distribution mediums" for their content:quicktime | win | torrent | phone | psp | tivo | itunesThe "phone", "psp", "itunes" are of interest to me, because they are portable devices w/video capability.  I am interested in these new mediums as part of the Content/Distribution model.  For the iPod/iTunes is especially exciting, with 42 million out there (& counting).  It has an *established* distribution network of iTunes Music Store (w/revenue-stream).  It has a LOT of visibility, is popular with young generation (hip/fashionable/cool device).  Guess Jeans is making iPod compatible jeans, automobile mfrs are making their radios iPod compatible (Mercedes, Toyota, Chrysler, Ford).  What about:- cellphone (lot of activity, for streaming video: TV & Internet)- PSP (has WiFi capability, for Web access)Are these emerging "giants" as part of the "Video on Demand" revolution, where you can see video-content on a portable device?  Call it Agile/Mobile/Hostile (a term from Football, that describes a linebacker).




  
  
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[videoblogging] multiple "" in a video-blog?

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A video-blog has a series of video-clips.  Many just have a link to  
the videos, e.g. "Click HERE for video".


I notice some video-blogs use .  Suppose you  
have like 30 entries on 1 page, then 30  tags will  
download 30 videos for playback?  This is a LOT of bandwidth, & is  
not preferable.  Is it possible to have an "embed tag" which doesn't  
download the video (until the users hits "play")?

I've implemented the "embed src" at my video-blog, for the 1st entry:

http://jumplive.blogspot.com

I'm trying to figure out how to do the "http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/

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Re: [videoblogging] iTunes issues

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Same thing happened to me a week ago.  I submitted a "trouble ticket" to Apple, & the problem went away the next day.Actually, this is a general problem..Apple is still working out the kinks.  Seehttp://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=2483http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=2354Earlier today, my podcast is showing "0 episodes"!!  My Feedburner feed had 30 a couple days ago.[ there is a 256k limit on Feedburner feeds, so it may be due to my blog getting too big.  I shortened it, re-submitted the feed..it's back ]So, I guess the above was user-error (me).On Jan 4, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Ted Tagami wrote: Hey David -  The same thing happened to my feed, perhaps 3 weeks ago. It has not returned to search. You can still see it in Podcast listings and can be subscribed to via an iTunes link on my page.   I think this may have something to do with the rapid growth of the database. Anyone else have an idea?  - TedOn 1/4/06, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Hi all -  I'm having some wierdness with my ituens listing ... my feed doesnt show up for any keyword search for which it should (and used to).  For example I used to be able to search for my keywords or my name and find my listing.  But now if you search for "Meade" I dont show up. (I used to, and my brother still does, but I dont).  Anyone have any ideas on where I should start looking for a problem?  To my knowledge my feed hasnt changed in anyway really.  My feed: http://www.davidmeade.com/feed my iTunes link: http://tinyurl.com/a7qg8  Thanks for any ideas, Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com  SPONSORED LINKS   Individual   Fireant   Typepad   Use   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.   -- Ted Tagamitagami.comU N I V E R S U S . N E T  YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 




  
  
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[videoblogging] .m4v on blip.tv, not returned as binary media type? (won't play on video iPod)

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I'm working on video-blog (http://jumplive.blogspot.com), which is also syndicated as a video-podcast to iPod/iTunes.  I'm using Feedburner for the RSS feed.  I just clicked on "Troubleshootize"/Podmedic & got the following error message:Link: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive-SCORE05LaughlinPrerun970.m4v Content Type reported: text/plain  Media enclosure not created because: The content type returned from your host server was a text type, not a binary media type. Podcast content should always return a binary media type, such as audio/mpeg for audio, or video/mpeg for video.-I'mFunny thing, I uploaded a .mov QT movie to blip.tv, & Feedburner can make a media-enclosure (blip.tv returns it as a "binary").Is anyone else having this problem, with .m4v's on blip.tv?  I guess it means these videos won't play on an video iPod.  I don't have one, so I don't know if they will play.Thanks for any help.

  




  
  
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Re: [videoblogging] blip.tv down?

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now it's working..

On Dec 24, 2005, at 7:47 PM, B Yen wrote:

> I tried downloading videos from blip.tv, or going to http://blip.tv.
> I get:
>
> "...can't open page, because it can't fid the server "blip.tv" "
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[videoblogging] blip.tv down?

[B Yen]

I tried downloading videos from blip.tv, or going to http://blip.tv.   
I get:

"...can't open page, because it can't fid the server "blip.tv" "


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Re: [videoblogging] Feedburner, keyword list is limited length?

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On Dec 21, 2005, at 2:36 PM, B Yen wrote:

> In Feedburner, under "Optimize", Smartcast there is a section
> "podcast search keywords".
>
> I can get only ~40 keywords max.  (after I hit "save", it chops off
> anything beyond it)
>
> I need more keywords, is this a limitation in Feedburner?  Can it get
> modified to allow more keywords?
>
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> BY
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> PS
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> I haven't been able to get my podcast to be updated by iTunes the
> last day.  (I checked the Feedburner feed, it seems to be OK).
> Anyone else run into similar problems?

All of a sudden, my podcast is updated..  ??

Is iTunes like this?  Sometimes the update is quick, other times it's  
not?




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[videoblogging] Feedburner, keyword list is limited length?

[B Yen]

In Feedburner, under "Optimize", Smartcast there is a section  
"podcast search keywords".

I can get only ~40 keywords max.  (after I hit "save", it chops off  
anything beyond it)

I need more keywords, is this a limitation in Feedburner?  Can it get  
modified to allow more keywords?


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PS

I haven't been able to get my podcast to be updated by iTunes the  
last day.  (I checked the Feedburner feed, it seems to be OK).   
Anyone else run into similar problems?


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Re: [videoblogging] Re: ClassRoom Lecture VBlogging?????

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On Dec 18, 2005, at 3:45 PM, Joan Khoo wrote: I agree. I would suggest that he further categorise his lecture topics that would fit into 3-5 minute videos. I would think most students would only want to review certain aspects rather than a whole hour of a lecture. The upside of this is that it allows him greater flexibility in chopping and changing his lectures/lecture topics and have smaller videos to edit and deal with. It would be more convinient for students to download key points they want rather than a whole lecture (take up less bandwidth for shorter time). Downside is that he has many little videos to edit and post. Just suggestions from a recently graduated, frantic note taking and filing uni student.  Joan http://rantingsofjoan.blogspot.com http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/5953/‘Course casting’ lets students listen to lectures on iPods By Larry Angell | 11.23.05 | iPodSeveral universities across the U.S. have begun distributing lectures in digital form so students can download and listen to them on their iPods. Critics complain that the “course casting” of lectures cuts down on vital interaction with professors, and also lets students get by with cutting more classes.“Could ivy-covered lecture halls become as obsolete as the typewriter? This fall, a dozen colleges across the country have introduced a controversial new teaching tool called course casting, aimed at supplementing—and in some cases replacing—large, impersonal lectures,” writes Newsweek’s Peg Tyre. “Although it has been around for less than a year, course casting has become as popular as a keg party on homecoming weekend. Students at Purdue University have downloaded 40,000 lectures since the start of the semester—not bad for a school with an enrollment of 38,000. Drexel, Stanford, Duke and American University have begun course-casting programs, too.” -Well, I can comment on the value of recorded lectures as it was a major part my success at college. As a science major, there’s a lot of note taking along with the lecture, more often than not I’d miss a piece here or there. For instance, many professors draw diagrams on the board and discussing it, most of us try to get the diagram down. I used a digital record and changed my style of note taking to better utilize this tool. It works great and I will never take another course without it. As far as the comment of interaction with the professor and student, there are two aspects, first, as I mentioned, there are other things in courses, ie the diagrams, that just won’t work via a recording for obvious reasons, I never missed a day of class either, again, a science major. But, with that said, it depends on the professor, for some, all you’d need is a recording as even when you’d be in class to see if the lecture wasn’t a pre-recored, if you know what I mean; for some professors, there is NO interaction.By kaioslider on 11.23.05 at 02:49 PMhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10117475/site/newsweek/Professor In Your Pocket Now course casting lets college students skip classes and download lectures onto their iPods. Biology rocks! But some parents just don’t understand.Con:“..Students learn an important skill when they are required to show up for a lecture: creating a schedule and sticking to it. Being in class keeps them in regular contact with professors, which, experts say, is a key to keeping dropout rates low. Lectures, too, force students to focus for long, uninterrupted stretches. Course casting might work, says Lee Knefelkamp, a professor of education at Teachers College at Columbia University, if a professor is trying to deliver facts and concepts for later regurgitation. “Students can listen to that anywhere.” But a topnotch lecture, says Knefelkamp, “should be provocative, catch you up short and make you think in ways you never have before.” Those kinds of intellectual epiphanies, she says, rarely happen at the laundromat.”Pro:“..But converts say course casting is an easy way to add a much-needed jolt to the large introductory courses most departments must offer to underclassmen each semester. Students “aren’t interested in absorbing every word like passive sponges,” says Richard Lucic, a computer-science professor at Duke. Weaned on fast-paced music videos and thrill-a-minute game systems, students often complain that 90-minute lectures are mind-numbingly dull. The technology makes it easier for professors to enliven lectures with guest speakers and primary-source material. Some professors actually act more like DJs than Ph.D.s, composing musical intros, adding gong sounds, jokes and other aural cues to emphasize important ideas on the digitalized version of their lectures.”On 12/19/05, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Joe,Depends what he wants to do.However, if he's interested in making stuff for the world to see, like he is just interested in teaching people beyond his class, then I would strongly recommend the five minute compression route Matt suggests belo

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Adam Curry Edits Wikipedia Anon

[B Yen]

On Dec 2, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Richard Bennett-Forrest wrote:I love all this nitpicking. You'd think they'd invented something important to mankind, like the long lasting lightbulb, or a solution for world hunger, the way they go on and on about it. Winer's been bitching about this since mid-2004 already, and it couldn't have happened between two bigger egos in my opinion.Curry was a failed VJ, trying to reignite whatever it was he had in the 80s, through trying to do a radio show on the Internet. Big Deal. His "podcast" was super boring. Booorriiing. But he got lucky, and should just understand that.And although Winer's generally a pain in the arse to read and listen to, he has been doing RSS type stuff for over a decade, yet not really tried to push it forward for anything beyond one way pushing of lossy text and audio.  Why he's bothered about not being called "the father of podcasting" is beyond me, as there's much more significant things to be the father of over the next ten years, and podcasting won't be one of them IMNSHO.Regards,  RichardI think it's (tit-for-tat) related to a squabble between Curry & podcasters:Curry in Podcast Convention Clash04:21 PM Nov. 08, 2005 PThttp://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69513,00.htmlThe Portable Media Expo kicks off Friday in Ontario, California, with all the earmarks of success. But the proceedings could see some last-minute competition from one of the biggest names in the fast-growing podcasting business: former MTV VJ Adam Curry.Some 2,500 attendees and 50 exhibitors from 38 states and 22 nations are expected to turn out for the event, which organizers are billing as the world's first podcasting convention.Although Curry plans to attend the show, he has declined to speak at it or sponsor it. And now he is threatening to hold an impromptu "un-expo" at a nearby hotel, where podcasters may be invited to discuss potential promotional deals with his company, PodShow.com, Curry spokesman Aaron Burcell told Wired News on Tuesday."They've been trying to back us into a huge sponsorship by saying we're not supportive of the expo, that we're this and that," Burcell said. "But we have a lot of podcasters who are part of the Portable Media Expo and we've been very supportive. It's not wise to try to extort the company that's been most supportive of the podcasting community."Burcell accused convention organizer Tim Bourquin of retaliating against Curry for refusing to sponsor the trade show or to speak at it. He also alleged that Bourquin had been bad-mouthing Curry and his company to podcasters who belong to a PodShow stable of talent known as the Pod Squad.Bourquin flatly denied he's contacted any of PodShow's talent but acknowledged he questioned on the most recent episode of his Podcast Brothers show why PodShow hadn't sponsored the program and why Curry had declined to address the event. Bourquin said PodShow had demanded a free high-level sponsorship in exchange for some help with promotion and a speech by former MTV veejay and self-anointed "PodFather" Curry, but Bourquin said he rejected that offer because his event has become so popular he no longer felt he needed Curry as a headliner."They're upset that I'm not bowing down to them," Bourquin said. "Everyone who gets a call from Adam and PodShow is impressed and feels important. I don't fall all over these guys when they call me. I gave them several opportunities to be involved and they repeatedly turned me down."Burcell said Curry is for now scheduled to attend the event, if not address it, and PodShow is organizing a pre-convention event on Thursday showcasing musicians who allow podcasters to use their recordings for no charge. He added that the company was interested in buying the title sponsorship for the show, but was beaten to the punch when Audible.com sewed up a deal months ago for $35,000.For Bourquin, the hullabaloo amounts to an unneeded distraction in the waning days before a trade show that has grown beyond anyone's expectations. When he conjured up the notion of a trade show focusing on portable media a year ago, the word "podcast" was hardly even part of a techie's lexicon and the notion of a video iPod was a glint in Steve Jobs' eye.Even six months ago, Bourquin looked ahead at his Portable Media Expo with a mixture of excitement and anxiety, hoping merely to meet his initial goal of 1,000 registrants. He's more than doubled that goal in a show that is drawing executives from Yahoo, Whirlpool and Disney as well as a list of new startup companies primed to make a litany of product announcements. A healthy roster of keynote speakers from NPR's Robert Spier to This Week in Tech podcaster Leo Laporte are also on tap."This has certainly grown beyond our expectations," said Bourquin, who, along with his brother Emile Bourquin, co-hosts the Podcast Brothers podcast, a show that offers advice on how to promote and monetize podcasts. "It just shows what's been happening in this business."Tradeshow We

[videoblogging] NYTimes: As Corporate Ad Money Flows Their Way, Bloggers Risk Their Rebel Reputation

[B Yen]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/technology/26blog.html

 As Corporate Ad Money Flows Their Way, Bloggers Risk Their Rebel Reputation 

By LOUISE STORY

Published: November 26, 2005


When Anita Campbell started her Web log about small-business trends two years ago, she thought it would simply be a service for her clients and help her consulting business grow.

Instead, she said, the blog "just took off," attracting more readers than she had dreamed of. Then, companies offered to pay her to post advertisements and product mentions on her site. There were enough offers, she said, that she could choose to work with only the ones relevant to her readers. And so, her blog, once just a marketing tool, became a money generator on its own.

"I never try to hide the fact that I am writing about an advertiser," she said in an e-mail statement. "But I also don't apologize for accepting advertising, and I make it clear that just like everyone else I have to earn a living and pay the expenses of keeping the site going."

After beginning as a vehicle for anti-establishment, noncommercial writers, many Web logs have laid out welcome mats for corporate America in the last couple of years. No one tracks how much advertising money is flowing to Web logs. Nor is it clear how many bloggers, like Ms. Campbell, disclose their sponsors. But when writers have not been completely open, their fellow bloggers have been quick to criticize.

Businesses have noticed the growing readership and influence of these Internet postings and are spending $50 million to $100 million this year on blog advertising and marketing, said Charlene Li, an analyst at  Forrester Research, a company that looks at the impact of technology on business and consumers. Recognizing that blogs have become more mainstream, companies are paying for advertisements or mentions on blogs, courting blog writers with public relations efforts and inviting writers to come blog on one of their corporate sites.

The blogosphere, companies said, is an important place to have a presence, and blog writers are not shying away from the attention.

"The attitude has completely changed from where it was two years ago and even a year ago," said Jim Kukral, the publisher of ReveNews, a site about making money from Web logs. "People have started to realize that, hey, this is fun; we've proven it's fun; I enjoy doing it; now let's apply a few advertising techniques and make some money."

There is now an annual Blog Business Summit and several books on how to make money blogging.

Many blog writers have signed up for  Google's AdSense program, which started in 2003 and pays Web publishers based on how many times advertisements on their sites receive clicks. Google places the ads on participating Web sites using contextual word matching, in an attempt to ensure that the advertisements relate to the content on the page.

Bloggers are also making money through "affiliate networks," which, in contrast to Google's automated system, allow blog writers to choose which advertisements to put on their pages. They also can be paid based on how often ads on their sites lead to sales rather than how often the ads receive clicks. Shareasale, Commission Junction and LinkShare are three such network companies.

"You have all these self-publishers, people like the bloggers, who suddenly become business partners with Fortune 500 companies," said Heidi S. Messer, the president and chief operating officer of LinkShare, which connects Web writers with companies like Dell,  Wal-Mart and Apple Computer.

Sometimes blog writers make money by simply linking to companies' home pages. Companies come up higher in Google,  Yahoo and other search engines when they are frequently linked to and mentioned on many sites, including blogs.

USWeb, an online marketing firm, has run campaigns this year that pay people $5 to mention a company or link to its site. Most of the companies USWeb works with do not allow the company to identify them, said Ed Shull, the chief executive of USWeb, but some that he can mention include Lussori.com, a watch and jewelry company; Dot Flowers; and Terra Entertainment.

Currently, USWeb is asking people with personal profile pages on myspaces.com, a social networking site, to include a trailer from Terra Entertainment's coming release of the film "One Perfect Day" on their pages. In exchange, these Web users will have their names listed on the end of the credits on the film's DVD, Mr. Shull said.

USWeb has been criticized by some blog writers for not requiring its network of about 5,000 blog writers to disclose payments. It is currently completing guidelines on how bloggers should disclose that they were paid to mention products, Mr. Shull said.

"We are still leaving this as an option to bloggers," he said in an e-mail statement, "but we do recommend that they disclose to readers that advertisers do support the site through paid mentions."

To be sure, most blog writers do not make any m

[videoblogging] Video on Demand (VOD), & it's relation to video-podcasting

[B Yen]

What does everyone think about the recent VOD ("video on demand") developments, with CBS/Comcast & NBC/DirecTV deals?  Some articles (see below) make reference to the Apple video iPod/iTunes medium (.99/show), which is VOD.



Everyone seems to be jumping on the "audio podcast" medium:

"NEWS: iTunes Podcast Subscriptions Top One Million in First Two Days "
"That event kicked off a tsunami of new audio podcasts that has yet to abate."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/...reut/index.html

Apple on Monday announced that its customers at its iTunes Music Store has bought and downloaded more than one million videos in less than 20 days. Video content first appeared for purchase on October 12, 2005
...
"Selling one million videos in less than 20 days strongly suggests there is a market for legal downloads," Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, said in a statement. "Our next challenge is to broaden our content offerings, so that customers can enjoy watching more videos on their computers and new iPods,"

Sources have said Apple is in discussions to lure more television networks to provide programming.


It looks as if "Video on Demand" (VoD) is beginning to catch on:

http://www.latimes.com/business/cus...-home-headlines

Cable giant Comcast Corp. struck an agreement with Viacom Inc.'s CBS network that will let cable subscribers with digital service order the top-rated "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Survivor," "The Amazing Race" and "NCIS." Viewers will pay 99 cents an episode through their video-on-demand cable service.

Just last month, Walt Disney Co.'s ABC struck a deal to sell its popular network series "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" on Apple Computer Inc.'s video iPods for $1.99 an episode. 

Both deals are the first of what are expected to be numerous similar arrangements. They mark the latest examples of how technology is altering the television experience and the traditional network business.

"For 50 years, TV has been a passive medium," said David Zaslav, president of NBC Universal's cable group, which includes networks USA and Bravo, whose programming is also part of the DirecTV deal. "But consumers want more choice and more convenience. All the signals are there of a meaningful change in how people watch television."

"If you don't play, you'll get left behind," NBC Universal's Zaslav said.

He added that NBC programming would be increasingly available on devices other than television, such as cellphones, to expand its revenue sources. NBC makes parts of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" available for download on mobile phones.

[videoblogging] Baja 1000 available as a podcast

[B Yen]

I did a LiveWebCast from the Baja 1000:

http://baja1000.textamerica.com
http://www.jumplive.com/baja1k05/index.html

I also put some video & audio clips on the video blog 
(http://jumplive.blogspot.com), as .m4v & .m4a files.  The video 
podcast is "OffRoad Racing" (do a search on "offroad" in iTunes Music 
Store), the video & audio seems to play.  Can someone confirm that it 
plays on a video iPod? (earlier, someone told me the .mov & .wav files 
don't play on the iPod).


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