[videoblogging] Potential Opportunity for Podcasters and Video Bloggers with Tivo
I was listening to the audio presentation Tivo CEO Tom Rogers gave at DEMXPO and someone asked the question about third party content providers trying to get stuff on a Tivo (and then on to a television). Tom's answer: * in opening up to third parties, Tivo was looking for ways to build community. * Rogers believes that broadband will play a big role in Tivo future and that 25% of Tivo users already have their machines hooked up to a high speed connection with no encouragement from the company. He seemed to be impressed by the number. * Tivo believes it can be a distributor/aggregator of content for the television, in a legal way of course. Toss in the news about Yahoo users being able to view their photo's (I'm assuming this is Flickr) on a Tivo and it's starting to look like Tivo is becoming the ultimate media outlet. Conceivably, individual podcasters and video bloggers could get in on the action pretty soon. It wouldn't take that much to make it happen. If you want to hear Tom's answer in his own words, you can download the audio file (it's a time index 45:14): http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2005_11_30.shtml#052589 If you want a quickie summary of his presentation, I text blogged it ("Tom Rogers On Why Tivo Is Good For Advertising"): http://www.digitalmerging.la/archives/2005/12/tom_rogers_on_why_tivo_is_good_for_advertising.html -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Bill Gates videoblogged...
I got it to play on my iBook (Windows Media) but it wasn't smooth. Good enough to get the gist though. -- Michael Shipp Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://www.digitalmerging.la Markus Sandy wrote: > cool, unfortunately it does not seem to play on my mac even thought i > have win media player installed > > > Robert Scoble wrote: > >> I videoblogged Bill Gates: >> >> http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=111598 >> >> Well, OK, I interviewed him with my trusty Panasonic camcorder. No >> video crew. No audio crew. No lighting crew. Just me and Bill. >> >> Robert > > > >-- > >My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us > >http://apperceptions.org >http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com >http://spinflow.org >http://wearethemedia.com >http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ > >aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >skype: msandy >spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "videoblogging > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Blogs For Movie?
Chris Nolan.ca wrote: >"Good Night, and Good Luck" opening in a few weeks is going to be >launching http://report-it-now.com/ as part of the awareness campaign >around the movie and they want videobloggers to submit content. > >For those not familiar the subject of the movie is Edward R. Burrows >who was a pioneering TV journalist in the 50's who helped get the word >out about the House Unamerican Activities Committee and McCarthy. > >Chris Nolan >http://ChrisNolan.ca/ > > > So it sounds like at least some studios are getting a clue about grassroots advertising. -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Photography: http://www.digitalmerging.net/pix/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Can someone give a introduction to programming side of VLog?
colliesun wrote: >I am from programming side (system programming C++), and new to VBlog >society. I like this idea and believe this is next big hit to Internet >industry. So I am think to set up my own website for Vlogging. Can any >of you help me to start understanding from programming side? What >language I should go to start with? PHP or .NET? Appreciate it folks. > > > I too come from a architect/programming background (Java,web,etc). In terms of the actual video, there isn't much programming involved. Most of the programming will come in other areas. Examples: 1) building a comments or tracking web application on the back end 2) putting a javascript overlay on top of your video 3) building a CMS system to manage your assets 4) building a vlog tools like FireANT I guess the question is, what do you want to do? Doing an actual vlog (or blog or podcast) is more of a content play than a tech play. -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Photography: http://www.digitalmerging.net/pix/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
[videoblogging] blinkx.tv?
Has anyone seen this (sorry if I missed it before -- been trying to keep up on other fronts): *blinkx Announced Launch of my blinkx.tv* "blinkx announced the launch of my blinkx.tv -- a new service available through its unrivalled video search engine, http://www.blinkx.tv. At my blinkx.tv, users can upload and store their video blogs free of charge; they can also enter a search and save it as a "channel", which will be automatically and perpetually updated with relevant footage. This personal "channel" can then be viewed as a single, uninterrupted media stream, either online, or when downloaded to their desktops or portable video player. In this way, blinkx is empowering Internet users to customize not only what video content they receive, but also how and when they view it." http://www.tvover.net/blinkx+Announced+Launch+Of+My+Blinkxtv+.aspx I was under the assumption that Blinkx.tv was already up and running. Anyway, just curious. -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] blinkx.tv?
andrew michael baron wrote: >I have been having a bad experience so far, but not their fault. > >Just wrote about some really messed of journalism around Blinkx on my >weblog: >http://www.dembot.com > >On Oct 3, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Michael Shipp wrote: > > > It's cases like the one you wrote about that makes me root for bloggers, vloggers and podcasters to continue gaining a mainstream audience. -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] iPod With Video!
Steve Garfield wrote: >RUMOR. > >Another interesting report from AppleInsider is this, >http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1304 : > > > Check out the following site: http://homepage.mac.com/grahambower/ipod_predictions.html The author makes a really good argument for iPod video -- an iPod capable of displaying music videos (a complimentary item to music). I wrote my two cents worth here: http://www.digitalmerging.la/archives/2005/10/is_it_time_for_an_ipod_video_maybe.html -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Software to generate XML text file to download a vlogger's entire archive?
Kent Bye wrote: >Desire: I'd like to watch the entire video archive from a vlogger. > >Problem: RSS feeds were designed to only update the most frequent vlog >posts. > > > If you're asking what I think you're asking (generate an XML feed of all entries), there is one tool people might want to consider called RSS Writer: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/rsswriter.html It's general purpose is to take ordinary websites and create an xml feed for the site but I imagine it can be used to do what you're asking as well. It is a lot of copying and pasting but it seems to work. And like you, I'm not sure why publishing software doesn't do this already. -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] RSS for a non-blog page
Brett Gaylor wrote: >I'm trying to build a feed for a page that is not a blog - its a >static HTML page, but every now and then I want to add a video to it. >Its this page here. > >http://www.eyesteelfilm.com/channel.html > >I've tried to use RSS tools like RSS Writer, but I find them a bit > > You might want to checkout FeedForAll(http://www.feedforall.com--$40). It's touting itself as being easy and iTunes compatible: http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173403242 -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] java viewer?!
Digital wrote: >Hey Folks - > >We've been talking about ease of use in aggregation and I keep hearing >about Flash. Isn't there an open source solution like java that can do >this? I would think the install base should be the same or larger than >a closed system like Flash. > >If anyone knows of a java converter/viewer, I'd love to hear about it! > > > Flash gets mentioned because the penetration rate is somewhere around 97% of all web browsers. Most likely, any web-based aggregators will go with Flash for video. On the other hand, Java's penatration rate within browsers is unknown and probably inconsistent in terms of versioning. There's one Java aggregator that I've found that does a decent job, even though it's beta, called I/ON: http://www.digitalmerging.la/archives/2005/10/ion_video_console_and_media_manager.html -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] java viewer?!
Lucas Gonze wrote: >On 11/8/05, Michael Shipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Flash gets mentioned because the penetration rate is somewhere around >>97% of all web browsers. Most likely, any web-based aggregators will go >>with Flash for video. >> >> >> >I/ON looked quite cool when I saw it demo'd. > >In the most recent Macromedia stats that I've seen (a few months old) >they listed Flash at 97% and Java around 80%. Quicktime was around >60-70%. > I'm actually surprised that Java is higher than Quicktime, no matter how you cut it. But I know that the QT number you quote has been fairly steady for some time now. -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
Re: [videoblogging] java viewer?!
I can't recall having that kind of problem with Quicktime. Most of my recent projects that involved Quicktime/SMIL/Firefox on Windows have done fine. Sometimes better than the results on the Mac. Like you, I work with Java a lot and have done a bunch of JMF work. I've also done some Quicktime For Java work as well. I'd be interested in seeing Quicktime's installation share (web, stand alone) increase in order to use QTJ a lot more (very robust API, now that Apple has bothered to actually fix it). Flash is what it is. Currently ubiquitous as far as browsers so it's not going anywhere. However, I'd love to see what AJAX does on the web front. I can imagine doing some cool stuff without the need for Flash. And if I need media within AJAX, it would seem to be easier to use a standard plug-in (Real, QT, WM) with _javascript_ integration than Flash. I've talked with other developers about this before but haven't seen much yet (and I haven't had the time either). -- Michael Shipp * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: digitalmerging - Tech. Media. Convergence. http://www.digitalmerging.la Digital Pictures: Pixel Latte http://www.digitalmerging.net/pixellatte/ Michael Sullivan wrote: One thing I have noticed when working on windows machines that needs quicktime... and using firefox. After QT is installed, firefox tends to have problems playing some QT media and wants to download updates but usually fails. This has happened to be on about 4 or 5 diff puters over past several months. Annoying as hell. Even QT7 install failed to help. But I totally depend on Quicktime compatible media, both as a creator and as web developer. vlogdir.com can handle most media formats (within the media aggregator) but some features like the videoblog playlists require quicktime (uses quicktime SMIL) On the Java side, i used to work with java alot years back (JMF), then stayed away from it for a while. I am now once again interested in using Java and have done so by integrating an XML based Download Manager in vlogdir. It takes an rss feed, grabs the media enclosures and adds them to a download queue that lets the user choose where to download to... and displays status w/ progress bars. Totally experimental, but I think its pretty cool. Borrows from what you get in desktop apps like fireant and itunes, minus the automation/scheduling options. Flash is something I have always used sparingly within a site design... never a true believer in a fully flash based interface though. I have also shit on the idea of using flash video in the past.. primarily because of it's lack of ease for remixing video. But, I cannot deny it's relevance for Internet Video and the quality has been improving nicely. I also think it is very useful as a web based video preview/playback option and sites like vSocial have done an excellent job with tools their like video rolls. So, I will be utilizing more Flash than I ever thought I would months prior. sull 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.