Re: [videoblogging] Re: CBS videoblogs
I'm a little confused by the confusion over Clark and Michael. This was a CBS-funded scripted comedy web series that debuted in May of 2007. It was created, written by, and stars real-life friends Michael Cera and Clark Duke. They play fictionalized versions of themselves. I don't think it was ever marketed as a videoblog any more than The Office webisodes are marketed to be videoblogs. I don't see Clark and Michael being much different from the scads of other comedy series being produced these days, except, of course, it has a post-Arrested Development but pre-movie stardom Michael Cera. -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Almost nothing reaches the heights of the Gervais version of The Office. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Kary Rogers [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: CBS videoblogs
That said, I don't think CBS threw a lot of money at this project. It was being developed in 2006 and made in 2007, so that was kinda early in the game for a studio to put something out there. I saw an interview with Clark and Michael in which they said there wasn't a lot of money involved and they hired their friends to do camera and lighting work. So if it has a low-budget look, that's because compared to other major studio funded projects, it is low budget. They also said they took less money to retain greater control over the comic sensibility of the show. -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Kary Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a little confused by the confusion over Clark and Michael. This was a CBS-funded scripted comedy web series that debuted in May of 2007. It was created, written by, and stars real-life friends Michael Cera and Clark Duke. They play fictionalized versions of themselves. I don't think it was ever marketed as a videoblog any more than The Office webisodes are marketed to be videoblogs. I don't see Clark and Michael being much different from the scads of other comedy series being produced these days, except, of course, it has a post-Arrested Development but pre-movie stardom Michael Cera. -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Canon HV-20 24p-60i issue
Apple has some info on the HV-20/Final Cut workflow to get 1080p24 footage into the editor. Short version is you have to import it as 60i and then reverse telecine each clip with either Cinema Tools or Compressor. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306389 Good luck, -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com http://goodcommitment.tv On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:53 PM, eric gunnar rochow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everyone, i recently bought a Canon HV-20 to complement my larger camera, the Canon XHA1. i usually shoot in 24P mode with the XHA1. i was under the impression that the HV-20 could shoot in 24P, but i now learn that it shoots in a 'sort-of 24P' mode that is then 'wrapped' in a 60i format. when you import the footage into FInal Cut, it is a 60i file. i shoot in progressive ( P format ) specifically for the web, and now it looks like i will have to de-interlace this HV-20 footage before uploading to Blip, etc. Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions? i just learned that Canon's new camera , the HV-30 shoots in true 30P, so i may be selling this one and getting the new model , as i really want the progressive format. thx, eric. www.gree-house.tv Gardenfork and Real World Green [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: $40000 raised for movie via crowd-sourcing
I've been casually following Jessica Stover (http://www.jessicastover.com/), the person behind Artemis Eternal (http://www.artemiseternal.com/), for a couple of years. From what I can tell, she's known what she's wanted to do from a young age and moved to LA to pursue those dreams. Finding that the traditional model of movie making and selling all artistic rights to a corporation did not suit her vision for what she wanted to make, she set out on her own. I find that Jessica's smart and fairly savvy in the burgeoning new media landscape. It's not necessarily where her passions lie but she has been using it to cultivate a growing group of fans that support her work. I really dig the Artemis Eternal site. I'm not a big fan of Flash-only sites, but it's really well done. I dropped a few bucks in the paypal bucket to support the realization of Jessica's vision and plan to donate more in the future. Cheers, -- Kary Rogers http://www.karyhead.com http://www.GoodCommitment.tv On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend sent me that link last night, probably because I just announced that I'll be shooting a documentary over the next 4 months (and then editing for about 4 months.) At first, I figured I could do it all with no budget, but in reality, there will be expenses (but I believe they will be minimal.) For funding, I've had a few people suggest crowd-sourcing it, using PayPal or ChipIn, and at least one person thinks I should apply for a grant. I'll be following the Artemis story with great interest. Pete Steve Watkins wrote: Oops, here's a tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/6pvaw8 Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I havent looked too closely at this yet but there seemed to be a video that may have interesting thoughts in it: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/artemis-eternal-brings-crowd-funding-to- movie-making/ Some funky timeline graphics on their website but I havent explored further: http://artemiseternal.com/ Cheers Steve Elbows [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] requesting backup on wordpress issue
Their reasoning for not fixing this does not stand up. Because we've always done it this way. Because dashes are prettier. Wow. They sound like a lot of southern baptists I know. +1 for fixing. It's time for change. Yes we can. (sorry). -- Kary Rogers http://www.GoodCommitment.tv On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:32 PM, David Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you may recall I posted to the wordpress trac requesting they fix their rel-tag links so that they are compliant with the rel=tag specification when linking to mutli-word-tags. Wordpress currently does this wrong, and causes posts to get indexed incorrectly. If you tag a post as christmas video it will not appear in searches for christmas video in technorati (for example). Blogger posts will ... but not Wordpress posts. Wordpress posts get tagged as christmas-video ... and entirely different tag and thus excluded from the conversation browsing / discovery that happens via tags. This of course is an issue not only with technorati, but with any site/service that consumes rel=tags ... since anyone who consumes rel=tags surely expects the rel=tags to be compliant with the rel=tag specification. For some reason there are those on wordpress trac that seem opposed to this fix. I cannot imagine why. I may have to stop caring about this for a while as I tend to get to overly emotionally invested in such things ... and that's not healthy. But if there are any techie people out there who can clearly speak to the reasons wordpress should present its rel=tags according to the standard, and the problems associated with not doing so - perhaps you can add to the conversation here: http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5964 Do we still have microformats people on this list? Anyone? Thanks in advance, - Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Best Youtube compression out of Adobe Premiere CS3
If you upload 16x9 to YouTube they will automatically letterbox it for you. MySpace does as well. Some sites do not. -- Kary Rogers http://www.GoodCommitment.tv On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Renat Zarbailov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah that is the disadvantage of shooting in 16X9 and outputting to youtube. Ideally it would be best to shoot in 4X3 and not change the aspect ratio but if you you want to preserve the videos for future shoot in 16X9. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm confused about changing the aspect ratio for output. Won't the image end up smooshed? Chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] ffmpegx flash export for blip show player
Hi Ron, I played around with making my own flash files with ffmpegx to upload to blip as well. I ran into similar weirdness. I was told that there are some issues with meta data with ffmpeg generated flash files. I did not go any farther with it. However, doing some quick googling it looks like newer versions handle the meta data issues. Make sure you have the latest version. Also, you could try a tool like flvtool2 ( http://www.inlet-media.de/flvtool2). HTH, -- Kary Rogers http://www.GoodCommitment.tv On Jan 25, 2008 9:15 PM, Ron Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, I'd like to get some help figuring out what I'm doing wrong with my FLV conversion of my files. I'm going from iMovie or FCP to a 640x360 h.264 .mov file that looks great. I'm then converting with ffmpegx which also creates a real nice image. But when I go to upload it to blip, it gets pasted at a smaller size in the middle of the player. What's up with that? Is it my scale? Does blip have a preferred size for FLVs? Thanks in advance, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] It begins...
I'm OK with charging the bandwidth hogs more money than someone who only checks email or even watches video on YouTube. I'm a network admin at a university. In my experience 5% to 10% of the users do use around 50% of the bandwidth, sometimes more. If charging the people who are in the top percent makes them clean off whatever virus or bot they have on their machine or reasonably limit the amount of file sharing they do then the network is less congested and the experience improves for everyone. When there are network load problems it's almost never the aggregate of normal use; it's a handful of users using extreme amounts of bandwidth. So, in theory, I don't have a problem with it, but that doesn't mean it will be implemented fairly or with the user's best interest in mind. I support penalties for those users that cause problems for everyone else, not putting a policy in place to cover the rising cost of bandwidth because more and more people are watching video online. -- Kary Rogers http://www.GoodCommitment.tv On Jan 17, 2008 8:36 AM, David Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I'm ok with this so long as where I'm downloading the video *from* does NOT matter in anyway. For example, if I download video from blip.tv, it should cost the same amount per bit as video from CNN.com. Now, granted I don't WANT to have to pay more for video downloads ... but as long as all creators/hosters of the content cost the consumer the same thing ... I think it's justifiable to price on consumption. (Of course the consumers aren't going to go for it unless its very reasonable, or every other ISP out there bands together in price fixing) A slippery slope though, perhaps, in regard to net neutrality - should be watched. - Dave On Jan 17, 2008 9:24 AM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] heathparks%40msn.com wrote: So it begins... http://tinyurl.com/393qmk NEW YORK - Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The company, the second-largest cable provider in the United States, will start a trial in Beaumont, Texas, in which it will sell new Internet customers tiered levels of service based on how much data they download per month, rather than the usual fixed-price packages with unlimited downloads. Company spokesman Alex Dudley said the trial was aimed at improving the network performance by making it more costly for heavy users of large downloads. Dudley said that a small group of super-heavy users of downloads, around 5 percent of the customer base, can account for up to 50 percent of network capacity. Dudley said he did not know what the pricing tiers would be nor the download limits. He said the heavy users were likely using the network to download large amounts of video, most likely in high definition. It was not clear when exactly the trial would begin, but Dudley said it would likely be around the second quarter. The tiered pricing would only affect new customers in Beaumont, not existing ones. Time Warner Cable is a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company. Heath http://batmangeek.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: New BlipTV show page preview
I like it. You've managed to get a lot of information and functionality on a page that is still clean and not overwhelming to the user. Questions I have are: -To the left of the title MD011 - Surf Lesson is what appears to be a link Back To:. If I'm on the episode page, what does it go back to? -The thumbnails to the right of the video are other episodes for Mahalo Daily? -The thumbnails below that are Hand Picked. Does that mean the show owner can choose which videos show up in that box? Or does Hand Picked mean featured by the blip staff? I wouldn't mind a more obvious embed option though I'm curious to see what else is in the drop down boxes under Do Something. I'm looking forward to the release coming out. My thoughts and questions are just based on the screenshot so they could change. As far as the YouTube comparison, maybe he means in basic layout. Comments under video and a sidebar with other videos, etc. I'd say in terms design and ease of use, however, YouTube is to MySpace what blip is to Facebook. -- Kary Rogers http://www.GoodCommitment.tv On Jan 16, 2008 8:49 AM, mikehudack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a screenshot of our new episode page, which is coming out soon. Do you like it? Not like it? I have to say I'm a bit puzzled by the comparison to YouTube, but hey... Yours, Mike blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2183887280size=l Can anyone say YouTube? where did you get that screenshot? what URL? jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hello Again
A follow on question to my AE question. On Dec 30, 2007 5:28 PM, rudy.jahchan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we started we were Adobe Suite people, as we were on PC. But Apple has shown us the way so apart from switching systems we also moved to FCP and are not looking back. I am a big fan of Motion and of a plugin we bought called Conduit. Mmm-mmm-good. I was looking at purchasing the Adobe Production CS3 bundle (http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production/ ) and I would also like to upgrade from FCE to FCP at some point in the near future. I can afford to get one or the other at this time and am leaning towards purchasing Final Cut Studio 2 since it sounds like you've replaced your effects work in AE with Motion. However, the thing making me hesitate is that I have a significant discount on the Adobe bundle available to me for a limited time through my place of work. But if I don't really need it and can do most things with FCS2, maybe I can skip it altogether. My work isn't SFX heavy, partly because I don't have the tools and partly because it doesn't call for it, but I'd like to have the tools available. So Adobe now (cheap) and FCS2 later or FCS2 now and skip Adobe? TIA, -- Kary Rogers http://www.GoodCommitment.tv http://www.goodcommitment.tv/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Hello Again
Dear Rudy, I am planning to purchase After Effects for my Mac with some Christmas money. What are some good resources that you would recommend for learning the application or for reference? Or maybe some first projects/effects to tackle to get my feet wet with it? (I have The DV Rebel's Guide) Also, there are some neighborhood kids who just won't GET OFF MY LAWN. Any suggestions on how I should deal with them? Sincerely, Kary Rogers On Dec 29, 2007 11:21 PM, rudy.jahchan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am starting a New Year's resolution early and once again becoming an active member of this group. For those who don't know me, I am the co-creator (and now full producer) of a little show called GALACTICAST (http://galacticast.com), and have also created/produced A COMICBOOKORANGE and KITKAST with my lovely former co-star Casey McKinnon. I have a wee bit of experience in all of this online video stuff, and hope to learn more as well as giving a lot back. So if you have any questions, comments, critiques, fire them here, or through the many other ways to reach me. Now ... who to flame first? I kid ... a little bit. Cheers Rudy Jahchan -- Kary Rogers [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] FCE options
I have found this very annoying as well. Even iMovie saves these settings across sessions. If you happen to find a way to do it apart from an answer on this list, please let me know. -kary On Nov 14, 2007 10:53 AM, David Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick FCE question... In final cut express, is there a way to save your compression settings for future use? When I Export-Using QuickTime Compression I have presets (none of which I want) that I can select, and can edit the setting manually ... but it doesnt seem to remember most recent settings, and I cant figure out a way to save the manually configured export settings for future use. Is this do-able ... or do I have to pay $1300 for FCP for that? :-P Thanks, - Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com -- Kary Rogers [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
On Nov 13, 2007 7:34 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People will not watch shows on a computer. Do you know anybody who watches anything on a computer? Personally, I don't watch shows on a computer (except for online-only shows, then it's Miro), I prefer sitting on my couch and staring at the TV. It's how I grew up and it's a hard habit to change. I imagine that's the case for many of us. But I have several younger, college-aged friends and they often watch TV shows on their computer at NBC's or ABC's website. This is likely because they don't have a DVR but either way, I think the younger generation is more apt to feel comfortable doing this. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Dragon Con anyone?
Just bought my ticket. I was tentatively planning to go with some friends that produce a popular Heroes podcast (the 10th Wonder) and Smallville podcast (Starkville's House of El) as they were going to meet fans and hang out. Then through some lapse in judgement on the part of the judges, my podcast ended up a finalist in two video categories of the Parsec awards. I've never been to a Con and don't really read comics very often but I hope to have a good time! I'll have to swing by the video podcast track and say hey. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On Aug 16, 2007, at 7:12 AM, Heath wrote: So who's going? Bill you mentioned you might go, but who is going? I am bringing a crew of people with me, in case you don't know Dragon Con is the best Sci-Fi and fantasy convetion in the entire universe. ;) www.dragoncon.org Heath http://batmangeek.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga
On Aug 3, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Steve Woolf wrote: The problem is that it's not funny. I don't mean that being politically incorrect is not funny in and of itself. I mean that comedy is hard to do. Insightful satire is hard to do. I'm not sure what else I can add to this discussion but Steve Woolf's response hit close to home and I painfully nod in agreement. I struggle with walking that fine line quite a bit. Having an idea for satire is pretty easy but executing it with just the right take and the right comic sensibility is hard. My writing mind tends to lean toward parody and satire. Some ideas have a large target and it's not too hard to hit somewhere in the funny (e.g. Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church). Other issues like race have a much smaller target to hit to be funny. I've given it a shot a couple of times and people either find it funny or are offended. (No links cause I'd rather not look like an ignorant schmuck =) Plus, on top of all that, comedy is subjective. What makes me LoL may bore someone else. But unless one keeps trying to fine tune their execution by putting themselves out there and gauging the responses (with thick skin), they won't get better at finding the angle and finding their comic sensibility. Yeah. Comedy is hard. 3 -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com http://goodcommitment.tv
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Owning a television...
I think I could get along fine with what I watch online and DVD rentals. Bt that's me and there are two people that live in this house and one of 'em has a Days of Our Lives addiction. (I was instructed to buy her earrings like Hope's for her recent anniversary gift, if that's any indication). Most nights the TV is just background noise while I couch surf. -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com http://goodcommitment.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, beth_tilston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to conduct a quick straw poll to see how many people here don't own a/don't watch 'normal' tv. I was just reading a message from MissB where she comments on the fact that she doesn't have a tv. I know Tanja from Freshtopia doesn't, I don't either. It would be interesting to find out whether this is true of lots of people here, or just a few. Is there any correlation between turning off your television and making the content yourself? Just thought I would throw that question to the group. Beth
Re: [videoblogging] Blip.TV and multi-format feeds
You can build a feed out of just about anything on blip. Maybe these will help: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/message/62110 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/blip-users/message/2197 Good luck, -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On Aug 2, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Wil Harris wrote: OK, here's a conundrum for ya: I'm about to launch three new video podcasts, and after plenty of searching around for a hosting platform / CDN, it seems to me like Blip.TV not only has a good rep amongst video bloggers, but also offers pretty much everything anyone could require. Since the shows are going to be for geeks, I like the fact that Blip allows you to upload multiple versions of the same show in different formats - eg I can upload a standard .mov, an .m4v designed for iPod, a .avi designed for Windows, a divx version, an HD version for AppleTV etc. Blip even gives you a direct link to each of these files so that you can post the direct viewing/download links on a blog, or wherever. By doing this you can maintain one show page with all the different versions. Here's the thing: as far as I can tell, I can't make individual feeds for each of those versions. If I click the RSS button for my show, it seems to just show me the original file I uploaded. If I click the iTunes version of the feed, it gives me the low-res iPod version I uploaded, which is no good if you want to sub on an AppleTV and want the HD version. Is there any way to make blip generate an RSS feed (compatible with iTunes or not) for each individual version of the show? That way, readers could subscribe directly to the HD version, the iPod version, the Divx version, whatever. Or am I off my rocker? Cheers chaps, Wil ChannelFlip.com
[videoblogging] Brotherhood 2.0
A friend pointed this out to me today: http://www.brotherhood2.com/ Q. What is Brotherhood 2.0? A. After noticing that their relationship had for years consisted primarily of emails and instant messages, John and Hank swore off all textual communication with each other for 2007. Instead, we are making public video blogs back and forth every weekday for the entire year. (We get holidays off.) I haven't seen anyone mention it here but it looks interesting. I've watched a few of the videos. They've been going since January and I'm surprised this is the first I've come across it. Catchy sign off, -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Cloverfield - First Movie With Camcorders
One of my friends is maintaining a blog keeping up with the latest developments of this movie. He seems to always be on top of the latest industry news when I talk to him. If you are interested in this movie, his blog will be a good place to follow it. http://wellmissyourob.blogspot.com/ -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On Jul 12, 2007, at 7:12 AM, bordercollieaustralianshepherd wrote: Damn. Hoodwinked glad that I didn't share this with too many people (arggh I did share this with too many people,) sorry about that - http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/10/j-j-abrams-talks-cloverfield- ethan-haas- sites-are-bogus/ The article mentions that there are other sites that are Cloverfield or 1-18-08 related. Thanks for the heads up Charlie
Re: [videoblogging] My new video obsession....
Yes, it is so easy and quick. The weekend I bought my MacBook Pro (with built in iSight) I started playing with video on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=510268286366 - prolly can't see unless you're my friend on facebook, feel free to add me). A friend of mine bought a MBP the weekend before me and we found it easy and fun to have a video conversation by tagging each other. It got out of hand a bit and turned into something else that we decided to take off of facebook (http://vlogfight.blogspot.com) because it is a limited viewing environment. I tried to find another more open place to post quick and easy videos but none I found do it as well as facebook. And if the type of video you are making is meant to be more intimate, it works out really well. -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On Jul 6, 2007, at 12:26 PM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: Hey all Lately my small life has become consumed with making videos on the Facebook. I'm not sure why.. you dont get stats, you cant see who has been watching them, and you don't get an RSS feed. In fact, all you can do is record into the web browser and tag it with your friends names if they are in the video-- you cant even make up your own tags!! But its become a very intimate connector for me. It's like Ruperts Twittervlog, but without the expensive camera and monthly phone plan. Blip.tv used to have a similar feature early-on that only worked in Safari. I remember using it in a similar way, but the Facebook version is really well done and should be abused by all videobloggers! Its strange, but for some reason I enjoy making these sorts of videos this way, but on my personal site I want to make stories in a different way. With the In-Browser Recording, I like to just communicate in an instant messenger sort of way. Does that make sense to anyone else? It's the immediacy of the process that I enjoy (again, it helps me understand why Rupert and Steve get excited about their phones) Anyway, here are the couple I've done: http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=880965647 I encourage you to make some of your own! Right now! Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://weknowhow.tv http://winkshow.com http://hatfactory.net
Re: [videoblogging] Re: .mov for ipod?
I think there might be a way for you to use whatever file type you'd like for each of the feeds if you base it on role. When you upload the different files for an episode you specify Source or HDTV or Portable (iPod). I think if you based the feeds off the role, it would give you a file-type independent feed. So if you want an HD feed use: http://www.blip.tv/posts/?user=joshleoskin=rssrole=HDTV or for ipod: http://www.blip.tv/posts/?user=joshleoskin=rssrole=Portable%20(iPod) Score one for blip! Hope that helps, -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On Jul 3, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Josh Leo wrote: the reason I want mov's is because my feeds are based off filetype ipod is separated by mov and mv4 HD is separated by MP4. If i wasnt hosting on blip, I could specify the videos for each feed by simply using a different filename prefix but blip changes both the beginning and end of the file name, thus making this impossible. So for now I will have one filetype for ipods and another for HD On 7/3/07, Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is why not make them MP4's too, and skip MOV? It's easy to convert MV4's to MP4's just change the file extension. I set compressor up to output ipod comtatible files with the MP4 extension rather than the M4V so they will play back within a browser window without any problems and I don't have to change the file extension manually. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com www.billstreeter.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have created two feeds for my vlog an ipod compatible feed of .mov and m4v files and an HD feed of mp4 files I would like to have the ipod compatible files to just be mov's and not m4v's does anyone know how to make a large (like the size i have now of 640x360 .mov file that works on the ipod right now i am just using compressor to make my mv4 i also have visualhub but it doesnt make .mov's -- Josh Leo www.JoshLeo.com www.WanderingWestMichigan.com www.SlowLorisMedia.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: July - My Month of Youtube
For us, the average number of views per video is higher on blip.tv but there are the handful that get picked up on the larger community sites for whatever reason. We have more total views on YouTube and MySpace than our web page/blip.tv due to the few that do well. You'll definitely get some out there comments. It's fun interacting with the YT community and it has a different feel to it, though we haven't been able to put much time into it yet. Keep posting your YT links so I can find you and subscribe. http://www.youtube.com/goodcommitment -karyrogers On Jun 28, 2007, at 7:59 PM, ryanne hodson wrote: yo i'm on youtube too. http://youtube.com/user/ryannehodson joined in Oct 2005 and never signed in until 3 weeks ago. let's be youtube friends. yeah their flash files of my nice QT files look like shite. but i thought i would try to see how different (or similar) it felt to vlogging on my own sites... -- http://tinyurl.com/yq63qk Pixelodeon-Kicked Butt! -- Author of Secrets of Videoblogging http://tinyurl.com/me4vs Me http://RyanEdit.com, http://RyanIsHungry.com Educate http://FreeVlog.org, http://Node101.org Community Capitalism http://HaveMoneyWillVlog.com iChat/AIM VideoRodeo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com
Re: [videoblogging] Mac Questions
Hi Laura, The standard answer is: it depends. If this is going to be your primary or only workstation and you are doing fairly serious production work, then go for the best you can afford. You'd have to bump up to the $1300 MacBook to get a DVD burner and the integrated graphics card is not officially supported for Final Cut Studio 2. It might run it, but I imagine not very well. Add $700 for the Pro and you get -a better graphics card (shared video memory vs 128MB dedicated VRAM) -double the memory (1GB vs 2GB) with a higher capacity (2GB vs 4GB) -(barely) faster CPU (2.16GHz vs 2.2GHz) -more screen real estate (1280x800 vs 1440x900) Is that worth $700? It depends =) If you are doing simple movies for family and friends, probably not, a MacBook would be great. But if you're doing heavy lifting with video and this was going to be your only video editing work station it would be worth it to me. Only you can decide if iMovie or FCE is enough for you. iMovie comes with it so try it out. You can do a lot with iMovie but it is pretty basic. I started with iMovie and after pushing it as far as I could I went to FCE. Now, I'm really starting to eye Final Cut Studio 2. Peace out, -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On Jun 20, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Laura Moncur wrote: I am switching from my PC to Mac and I'm trying to decide if the new MacBook Pros with the NVidia video chips are worth an extra $1000. Have any of you noticed a big difference between the MacBook Pros and the normal MacBooks? It takes forever to render a DVD on my PC using Adobe Premiere Elements and I'm hoping to streamline the process. Additionally, is Final Cut Pro worth the extra $600 or should I just go with Final Cut Express or even iMovie/iDVD? I am having a hard time justifying the expense to my husband. Can you give me any ammunition?
Re: [videoblogging] Live Music Journal in Philly
Sounds like a cool project. Check out Chris Daniel's http://nTune.tv -- Kary Rogers http://www.karyhead.com On Jun 3, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Mark Schoneveld wrote: Just a quick plug for a new video blog project I started here in Philly... I go to a lot of shows, see a lot of bands. Now I bring my video camera nearly every time to grab a song or two (with the band's permission, of course!). Is anyone else doing something like this? Let's link up! http://livemusicjournal.blogspot.com
Re: [videoblogging] DVD (Pal or NTSC) to MPEG4 or other format to edit
You could give Handbrake a shot: http://handbrake.m0k.org/ Cheers, -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On May 29, 2007, at 3:02 PM, danielmcvicar wrote: Hello! Can anyone recommend a good software to take a DVD and transfer portions of it to MPEG4 ...ideally H.264 or a Final Cut friendly codec. PC or MAC. Thanks D
Re: [videoblogging] Posting on BlipTV
A while back I had similar issues. I would export to a full quality DV file, run that through iSquint and then upload the mp4 to blip. It worked fine for a while and then one day I noticed audio sync issues. The DV file was ok but the mp4 file from iSquint was not synced. It seemed the problem was introduced with iSquint. I can't say what the problem was because I quit using iSquint and just export an mp4 from Final Cut directly now. Check the mp4 file very closely for audio sync problems. I'd be surprised if it was blip that was introducing the problem. If it is iSquint, maybe try updating to a newer version if there is one. Hope this helps, -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On May 8, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Dorothy Littlejohn wrote: Something has changed at Blip and now my videos are all out of sync. I have transferred the video from Final Cut into a .mov via Quicktime, then to iSquint for transfer into an mp4, then posted the video as an mp4. I have also gone from Final Cut to Quicktime Conversion, then reduced that to an mp4 via iSquint, but that would be a much bigger file. My question is: what should I do with my Final Cut movie to make it acceptable to BlipTV and be in sync (audio with visual)? Dorothy www.people2peopletv.blogspot.com http://blip.tv/file/221114
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Threats and male vloggers
As someone who's - new, as in, been a member of the list a few months - still trying to figure out many aspects of videoblogging - only exposure to the wiki entry issue has been on this email list this is how is seems to me. People who have defined and shaped videoblogging are the most qualified people to contribute to the wiki. Things that have been added and then deleted were verifiable for the contributor because they were there when it happened. They were and are part of the ever- changing videoblogging landscape. Unfortunately, this isn't good enough according to Wikipedia policy. Ruperthowe described the problem on the talk page: I guarantee you that you will not find one single mention of this in the Main stream media, but that does not mean it does not exist as a real issue - online sources such as the Yahoo Group discussion cited are clearly the most authoritative and widely discussed background material for this kind of item David Howell asks : No original research? Why not? And then Why use new media to define new media with a requirement that the validation come from old media. This is the problem. People are adding content that they know to be true because they are the movers and shakers, yet the content doesn't meet the policies of Wikipedia for citation and verifiability. And people are really upset at pdelongchamp for enforcing the Wiki policies. There seem to be two issues: 1) not agreeing with the policies that don't allow original research and 2) the manner in which pdelongchamp enforces the policies. There's not much you can do about #1 except wait for more verifiable sources to emerge or take the game somewhere else (which I believe Verdi setup something on pbwiki). I agree that it doesn't make much sense to only allow old media to define the faster paced new media. Now #2 is stickier. I looked over the history page and edits that pdelongchamp made stated the reason was not being in line with wiki policy. It could very well be that he gets his kicks by causing everyone frustration. I don't know, I don't know him but if I'm just going by what I've seen on here, it doesn't seem that way. I understand that many of you know each other and are friends in Real Life and want to stick by each other. I've only met three other videobloggers (but I hope to change that in the near future) so I can give a fairly objective view on the exchanges here. pdelongchamp has been called names and cursed at, yet his responses are well-measured, civil and only speak of improving the article according to Wikipedia policy. Either he's not quite what people are making him out to be or he's two-faced and manipulative. People are unhappy with Wikipedia's policy and are aiming their frustration at the person enforcing it. I think if pdelongchamp went away and never came back, there would be someone else to take his place as gatekeeper. -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com On May 3, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Steve Watkins wrote: I dont think its asinine, I think its a basic concept of an ecyclopedia. Now Im quite prepared to admit that this doesnt make encyclopedia's the best source for detailed info on rapidly emerging fields, and I would be quite happy if sites people played with alternatives with different rules, something that isnt wikipedia. My great concern though is how much this 'ban pat' stuff is merged in with these issues. Even if there are a million vloggers here who think the wikipedia rules are silly, that doesnt mean we can force change of the rules when it comes to the vlog page on wikipedia. Now there is a wikipedia rule about ignoring the rules, which in an ideal world could have been used to try to address this issue, but I find the current debate practically unsalvagable as it has become too personal. Cheers Steve Elbows
Re: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?
I use dreamhost as my web host and blip as my video host. I've been pretty happy with the arrangement thus far. I don't feel like I'm giving up any control using blip. I have more options than if I tried to implement many of their features on my own. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On Apr 4, 2007, at 12:17 AM, Daniel Foster wrote: New to vlogging and setting up my vlog now. Not certain whether I should go with an inexpensive high disk-space / bandwidth server (dreamhost) or a host such as blip.tv. This will be on my own domain. I¹ve read over blip¹s licensing terms, so I¹m aware of that. I plan to eventually post numerous videos (more than 100) as I already have lots of content. I¹m tending toward dreamhost, which seems to give me more control and I could use their QT streaming capabilities. Would this be a good choice ? Any other guidance regarding this is much appreciated! Thanks. * DF
[videoblogging] Two Joost Invites
I signed up for the beta program a while back but I run neither Windows nor an Intel Mac. At any rate, I have two Joost invites. In you are interested, email me off list with your name and the email address where you'd like the invite sent. First two replies, off list, gets 'em. I will post again when they are gone. Remaining Joostless, -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv
Re: [videoblogging] PodCamp Atlanta
I've just registered on the wiki and will be on the panel as well. I'm not a familiar face but hopefully I will be afterwards =) Looking forward to it, -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Erin Nealey wrote: I've decided to be on the vlogging panel at PodCamp Atlanta (coming up March 16th-18th). Sadly, there are VERY FEW of us representing videoblogging. It would be cool to see some familiar faces there. If anyone at all can come out and help represent, it would be GREAT! I think they are even still looking for people to be on the panel. http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/PodCampAtlanta Spaces are filling up fast, so if you can make it, go register! Registration is completely free by the way! Hope to see you there! Erin Nealey Mom's Brag Vlog nealey.blogspot.com
[videoblogging] the poor man's jib
Think those crane shots are cool? Want to do your own? Saw this on MAKE and thought some of you might find it interesting. http://home.closetfilms.com/default.asp?action=jib Holla back if anyone makes one and tell us how it goes. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv
Re: [videoblogging] the poor man's jib
Nice, that is definitely cheaper and easier =) From the how-to (http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/videoblog/2005/04/ how_to_the_garf.html) I could see that REI tripod being useful in many applications. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On Feb 15, 2007, at 2:22 PM, Michael Verdi wrote: Steve did one cheaper and easier. :-) http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/videoblog/2005/04/ the_carol_and_s_2.html - Verdi On 2/15/07, Kary Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Think those crane shots are cool? Want to do your own? Saw this on MAKE and thought some of you might find it interesting. http://home.closetfilms.com/default.asp?action=jib Holla back if anyone makes one and tell us how it goes. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv -- http://michaelverdi.com http://spinxpress.com http://freevlog.org Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs
Re: [videoblogging] GALACTICAST Sponsor Credits
I think this is a good idea. I've seen sporting events, tournaments and our local theatre take a similar approach. How long does one remain listed as a sponsor? Is it indefinite? Or would one need to renew yearly to remain listed as a sponsor? Good luck! -- -kr http://goodcommitment.tv On Feb 5, 2007, at 1:05 PM, casey.mckinnon wrote: Hi guys, Rudy and I have always wanted to do something different from the norm, so today we launched a unique sponsorship programme. Depending on how much someone donates, they are given credit as a Galacticast crew member on our site: $5- Best Boy $10- Foley Artist $25- Caterer $50- Propsmaster $100- Cinematographer (bonus: gets a link from our site credits) $500- Producer (bonus: gets a link from our site credits and a full screen video credit) In addition to the sponsorship programme, we also announced a wish list (if anyone can fulfill the items on the wish list they get instant producer credit) and a store. We've been spending over 50 hours/week on our show since last May, so we hope this will help us out a bit. N.B.: I'm not asking you to donate, I just thought the group would be interested in our efforts to make some money independently... Take care, Casey --- http://www.galacticast.com/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Automated Product Placement
I'm with Casey, I prefer creative product placement as well. In our second episode (http://www.goodcommitment.tv/2007/01/29/up-the- ante/), we featured a favorite beer of ours from a local brewery (http://lazymagnolia.com/) and made a silly joke out of it. I sent the brewery a link and the owner just contacted me about doing some video ad work for them. We're pretty excited about that. The Power of Sprite compels you. I think Sprite should buy that from you. Hilarious. -kr On Jan 29, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Casey McKinnon wrote: I know that I, for one, would MUCH rather feature creative and fun product placement to pre-roll ads... in fact, this week we put a whole BUNCH of free product placements in our show (http://www.galacticast.com/2007/01/29/possessive/). We think it's hilarious... and if you look at our comments, people are really excited about our Sprite and Playboy placements... Casey --- http://caseymckinnon.com/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, taulpaulmpls [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other night, I finally got my wife to sit down and watch an episode of Battlestar Galactica. Since we have such crazy schedules, BSG is recorded using my Comcast DVR. I like great commercials, but I love great stories even better. As I fast-forward through all of the Sci-fi channel's revenue stream, it dawned on me that I never saw one product placement in the show. Considering it takes place in the future, in a galaxy far...far...away (wrong show, I know), it would be practically impossible to put any logo driven products into this scripted show. No Starbuck sipping on a Pepsi, Baltar sporting D G eyeglasses, or an Ikea eyepatch for Colonel Tigh. It also dawned on me that I was also a person that never clicked on post-roll, or pre-roll ads in web video. Frankly, the advertisements usually never have anything to do with the video you just watched, and I'm gone before they have a chance to transition into view. Then I started thinking about all the free advertising a lot of you do for these companies. Josh Leo's HR Block video, might has well been sponsored and paid for by Mar's, Inc. I did some searching for companies working on automated product placement tools, and found Nextmedium.com. They pair the studios and advertisers of scripted TV shows through their software. They also give back analytics to the advertiser on the shows viewership, impression views, etc... Would this be something producers of popular video blogs would like, instead of hoping to get someone to click on an post or pre-roll ad? -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv
[videoblogging] New weekly comedy show: Good Commitment
Hey y'all, I've been following this space for the last six months and I'm excited about what's going on. It prompted me make a few videos for my personal website and I had (and am having) a lot of fun doing it. Also, I've been inspired by what I've seen out of you guys. So I'd like to announce a new show that myself and another person, James Comans, are producing: Good Commitment. We're aiming for a new episode every Monday and our hope is that it'll entertain you. What we lack for in production value we hope to make up for by making you laugh. Hopefully we'll only improve every aspect from here on out. Our first two offerings are a rap video about the TV show LOST's hiatus and a little story about two Mississippians that discover the Internet. Go ahead and subscribe with one of the links in the sidebar if you like what you see. Thanks to Rudy (Galacticast) and Michael (freevlog) for the Wordpress theme work. http://goodcommitment.tv -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com
Re: [videoblogging] Tangentially Related to Videoblogs
You may also want to turn off the fancy pants editor function. Options-Writing and the visual rich editor bit. I know it does weird and frustrating things for me and I turned it off a long time ago. -kr On Dec 6, 2006, at 1:14 PM, [chrisbrogan.com] wrote: So, it's a wordpress question, or a basic HTML question. I was all excited, because I posted up all kinds of chicklets and banners and things to say, I'm on Network2 or My Show is on Network2 or whatever they say, and I posted them at the blog : http://blog.network2.tv But I can't for the life of me remember how to make a spot non-HTML so that I can build the entire link path with the a href= and all that for people... so it's just an easy copy/paste into their blog template. Help for the temporarily lame of mind? --Chris... (Still saying Curse you, Jor-El thanks to Rudy at Galacticast). -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com
Re: [videoblogging] Tool (pref. MacOS) to clean up sound on video
I've used Levelator with good results. The specific cases that I used it for were recordings at a theatre with nothing but the built in camera microphone. You could hear the audience laughing easily but the people on stage, not so much. I extracted the audio, ran it through Levelator and then imported the resulting levelated audio file. http://www.gigavox.com/levelator HTH, -kr On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Angus McIntyre wrote: Can anyone recommend a tool for improving sound quality on recorded video? Something that's optimized for speech would be the preferred choice, and Macintosh freeware would be ideal. A friend wants to clean up a recording of a presentation and says that the speaker's voice is almost unintelligible due to poor recording quality. The picture apparently isn't great either - I haven't seen or heard the footage myself, I'm only going by what she says - so any hints or tools that might improve the appearance of poor-quality camcorder footage would also be welcome. Thanks, Angus -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com
