[videoblogging] Fwd: Ogg and WebM technical alert: default FFmpeg Vorbis encoder is broken
fyi -- Forwarded message -- From: Monty Montgomery Date: Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:16 PM Overview: FFmpeg's built-in Vorbis encoder produces low enough quality output to be considered broken. This encoder is used by default in the majority of FFmpeg builds, and will produce .ogv and WebM videos with low to unusably poor audio quality. This alert is intended for all users of FFmpeg (via the command line or GUI wrappers) and all application developers that make use of the FFmpeg command line tool. Application developers that use the FFmpeg libraries should also take care that the libavcodec built-in Vorbis encoder library is not used by accident. Scope: All past and present builds of FFmpeg and libavcodec up to but not including the upcoming 0.6 release. Default builds of the upcoming FFmpeg 0.6 release will not use the built-in encoder by default, but it will still be possible to accidentally use or restore the built-in encoder to default status during the FFmpeg build. It should be assumed that any build of FFmpeg and any application using FFmpeg could be producing videos with substandard Vorbis audio unless the FFmpeg build and usage is verified to be using system Vorbis libraries, such as those provided by Xiph.Org or aoTuV. Workaround / Fix: FFmpeg can be forced to use the external/system libVorbis library by passing: -acodec libvorbis as part of the FFmpeg command line. Note that passing '-acodec vorbis' is incorrect and requests the low-quality built-in FFmpeg-internal Vorbis encoder. Also, FFmpeg may be built without libvorbis support, meaning that many FFmpeg builds only have the internal encoder available. In this case, requesting '-acodec libvorbis' will fail with the error 'Unknown encoder 'libvorbis''. FFmpeg can be built with working libvorbis support and the internal Vorbis encoder disabled as follows: ./configure --disable-encoder=vorbis --enable-libvorbis; make; make install Such a build completely removes the internal Vorbis encoder from libavcodec, eliminating the possibility of accidental use on the command line or in libavcodec-based applications. Verification: Use of a good Vorbis encoder in .ogg, .oga, .ogv and WebM files may be verified as follows. This test will work on any Ogg or WebM file to verify the encoder that produced the audio. Note that 'Vorbis' is case-sensitive: strings file_to_be_checked | grep Vorbis A file that was encoded using a good encoder will output a line containing 'Xiph.Org libVorbis' or 'aoTuV', such as: boatanchor$ strings test2.ogg |grep Vorbis Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20100325 (Everywhere) or boatanchor$ strings test3.ogg |grep Vorbis AO; aoTuV b5d [20090301] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis) A file encoded by FFmpeg's internal Vorbis encoder will produce no grep output as it does not set a vendor string. Monty Xiph.Org __ -- --- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com Secretary - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---
Re: [videoblogging] Serving up videos globally brings tough choices
Another factor is the avoiding of copyright liabilities in foreign jurisdictions - e.g see Tim Windergren in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdIEs01tVs (FFwd to 36mins in) talking about why Pandora blocks non-us IP's. j At 06:14 AM 5/16/2009, you wrote: >Following up on the thread about Youtube losing money, this article paints a >broader picture of all social networks trying to have a global community. >http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html > >Web entrepreneurs like Mr. Shapiro of Veoh, still struggling with his >> decision to restrict his site from much of the world, might have to find a >> way to soothe their battered consciences. >> >> The part of me that wants to change the world says, This is unfair, it >> shouldnt be like this, Mr. Shapiro said. On the other hand, from the >> business side of things, serving videos to the entire world is just not >> supportable at this time. > > >This is a huge argument for decentralization. > >Jay > > >-- >http://ryanishungry.com >http://jaydedman.com >http://twitter.com/jaydedman >917 371 6790 > Joly MacFie 212 608 1334 http://wwwhatsup.com http://punkcast.com http://pinstand.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] John Perry Barlow - The First Internet Election ? - Monday @ NYU
[I *will* be shooting this for webcast, but other cams are welcome.] ISOC-NY is a co-sponsor of Evan Korth's Computers & Society speaker series at NYU this fall. Coming up this Monday is EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow, whose topic will be "The First Internet Election?" John Perry Barlow is a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. Since May of 1998, he has been a Fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. He writes about the inspiration for this lecture: "Ten years ago when I was a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School, I was on a panel with Senator Ted Kennedy and my tragically late sidekick John Kennedy, Jr. The focus of our discussion was determining when the Internet would likely have the pivotal role in shaping a presidential campaign that television had assumed in the 1960 election of their brother and father. Oddly, for a couple of guys who were deeply suspicious of Cyberspace, they both thought this would happen much sooner than I did, possibly as early as 2000. I said it would be a decade at least. It has now been a decade. And this, with any luck at all, will now be that election." Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 Time: 3:30pm - 4:45pm Warren Weaver Hall -- Room 109 251 Mercer Street New York, NY Entrance is on W.4th St Public is welcome. Photo id required. More info: http://internetpro.meetup.com/51/calendar/9019711/ http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=466 Upcoming Computers and Society speakers at NYU: John Perry Barlow - October 27, 2008 - 3:30pm Douglas Rushkoff - November 5th, 2008 - 3:30pm Lawrence Lessig - November 9th, 2008 - evening - time TBD Andrew Rasiej - November 19th, 2008 - 3:30pm Susan Crawford - December 1st, 2008 - 3:30pm Joly MacFie 212 608 1334 http://isoc-ny.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice about setting up site with downloadable video
They're a good company, excellent communication. The point (as far as I understand - I've not used it) of the files forever system is that, for a small extra fee, you can sell individuals permanent access, via a personalized key, to a file, possibly on a seperate dedicated server, that will continue even if your account should lapse - Anyone else with further experience? j At 23:52 2008-07-29, you wrote: >Thanks Joly > >Do you use dreamhost for your hosting? I'm based in Australia, so if I go >offshore, I want it to be with someone I'm not going to have hassles with and >someone with good support if I do! > >mark > >WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dreamhost have a system 'Files Forever' which might meet your needs. > > http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Files_Forever > > joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] H264 encoded movies
>Will Windows play a .h264 encoded web video without Quicktime installed? it depends on codecs installed, bit it seems that windows media player will play h.264 on most reasonably new machines. For all platrforms you can give out a standard instruction to get free vlcplayer from http://getvlc.com/ >What is the best file extension/method for maximum compatibility with .h264 >encoded web movies? .mp4 joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice about setting up site with downloadable video
Dreamhost have a system 'Files Forever' which might meet your needs. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Files_Forever joly At 22:42 2008-07-29, you wrote: >I will be offering my travel mini docos in half hour program format for >download > >Mark > >Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Depending >on what you mean by "available for download", host your > files on http://blip.tv and embed the direct links on your site pages > so people can download each format, mp4, Apple TV, iPod, 3gp, whatever. > > If you mean available for people to PAY YOU TO DOWNLOAD, you need a > different solution. :) > > Bill Cammack > http://billcammack.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "caminofilm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am trying a new venture. I want to have my videos available for > > download on my website. So I am going to need about 5gb of hosting > > space. Most of my website viewers are from the USA, so I figure using > > a webhosting company in the US will mean cheaper bandwith and quicker > > downloads for US based customers. > > > > Can anyone see any problems that may arise with my new business model? > > For the whole thing to work, I'm going to need a heap of people buying > > my videos (which will be priced quite cheaply) With all this traffic > > and downloading from my site, is there anything I should watch out for? > > > > Is anyone doing a similar thing and if so, which hosting company are > > you using? > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Blip.tv blocked from China? what are my options?
> herdict is a new project from berkman and the oxford internet institute that is designed to identify internet blocks and work out ways round them http://www.herdict.org/ - it's in alpha but there's a firefox plug-in get in touch with Jonathon Zittrain for more info http://twitter.com/zittrain/statuses/867442329 --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] One Web Day - Internet's Earth Day...A contest for bloggers Worldwide.
>[vPip & also magnify installed on site] 1) OneWebDay, every September 22 around the world, is an annual Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to: * focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy) * focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills) * create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet We're building towards September 22, a Monday this year. As part of the celebrations this year, a Blogging Contest is on, as described in the blog post titled "The Contest" at page http://onewebday.org/stories/ As bloggers, please do take part in this contest. For a hundred days preceding One Web Day 2008 bloggers from around the world would have an unique opportunity for exposure to a global audience celebrating One Web Day which will take place globally on September 22 this year. Publish a story about how the web has transformed your life or the lives of a community you belong to, or the city you live in or your country. The story needs to be factual but you have a choice to be businesslike, narrative or even poetic. The stories can be reflections of how the web has transformed people's lives, in the individual, political, economic, cultural and spiritual sphere. Make it as readable as possible by including pictures ( original photographs or permitted photos from the Web ), may be even video and music. One hundred stories are to be chosen from among the entries invited globally. Each of the hundred entries will be featured on the One Web Day portal as the Story of the Day and ten out of the 100 entries will be chosen for interesting prizes along with a Certificate of Appreciation. The best of the 100 will be featured on the One Web Day on September 22 and will get the One Web Day Journal Award. To participate, register by a) create your username and b) confirm email address ( as easy as 1,2,3 .. and it is not even three steps ) and post your story. Sign up and Publish at http://onewebday.org/stories/ Contact: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Pls fwd] --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Uploading on you tube
That could be it. Limit on YT, using the multi-uploader, is 1g per vid. Also multi-uploader does not seem to work in Firefox3, try IE instead.. joly At 13:13 2008-07-05, you wrote: >Thank you, yes I have uploaded on you tube before,could it be that I >went from 1g memory cards to 4g? > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Should Google Kill Youtube?
I make an effort to keep the Internet Archive updated - I reckon that
should outlast us all..
joly
At 12:39 2008-06-28, Jay dedman wrote:
>some videobloggers are building a library of their work...and working
>hard to build an audience/community/resume.
>some people are having a lot of fun uploading videos of the
>moment...not worrying if the videos exist next week.
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Re: [videoblogging] Mogulus Blip Import?
Yes your feed didn't show up in my FF3 (in XP SP3) either. Yet other mogulus - say my import of my rss feed http://mogulus.com/punkcast.com/ - works fine The mozilla people twittered me that it was flash issue. I experimented with a fresh FF3 on Windows Vista box and found that worked perfectly on all feeds. Going back to my old FF3 in XP I then found that switching off Adblock+ solved the problem. I'd have to experiment more but it seems like it depends on what the source is - flash or something else. I think it's worth adding these words to one's mogulus profile: "Firefox users! If you don't see the stream either disable adblocking or try another browser!" Apart from that I wish there was more documentation on mogulus about input and output formats, and also that there was a way to feed files, not just camera, directly from remote rather than web. I d/l'd the free Adobe Flash Media Encoder 2.5 and it works great with camera but there's no file option AFAICS. joly >On Jun 22, 2008, at 12:10 AM, B Yen wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Mogulus Blip Import?
Hmm I wonder why ot doesn't work for me - ustream works fine. Could it be that I have the VLC plug-in installed? - I've got a feeloing that messes with some windows media.. j At 17:00 2008-06-20, you wrote: >It works for me in FF but can be a bit slow and buggy. > >I got my feed imported but left my firewire cord in Michigan. > >I'd like to do some live analysis of our vids online. I think that'd >be cool. > >cheers, >Ron Watson > >On the Web: >Pawsitive Vybe >K9Disc.com >Art of K9Disc >Discdog Radio > > >On Jun 20, 2008, at 3:52 PM, WWWhatsup wrote: > >> Mogulus doesn't work for me in Firefox, only in IE - anyone else >> have the same prob? >> >> joly >> >> >Anybody have any success importing blip.tv feeds into mogulus? >> > >> >Cheers, >> > >> >Ron Watson >> >> -- >> WWWhatsup NYC >> http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com >> -- >> >> >> > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Mogulus Blip Import?
Mogulus doesn't work for me in Firefox, only in IE - anyone else have the same
prob?
joly
>Anybody have any success importing blip.tv feeds into mogulus?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ron Watson
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: 1920x1080 conversion for web video???
As I understand it - it is advisable to have both dimensions divisible by 16 for the best encode by YouTube etc, so 480x272 might be preferable to 480x270 and 640x352 preferable to 640x360. Can anyone confirm? joly "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> >> Hey Caleb. Long time no see. :) >> >> the dimensions are 16x9, across the board: >> >> 1920x1080 >> 1280x720 >> 960x540 >> 720x400 > >error. This should read 640x360. >> 600x360 > >> 480x270 >> --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re:From Mac *TO* PC -- Should I Switch?
> Going back to the original topic - for price and efficiency it's hard to beat those refurbished HP dual-core slimlines they flog down at J and R, as cheap as $430 inc tax. http://www.jr.com/search/slimline/ + another $230 odd on an LCD Strip down the vista and add on Vegas 8 & QT (cough, pirate bay, cough) and you are cooking..* I've got two of the cheapest ones and am amazed how fast they do m4v renders. They also run silent. joly * I did cough up $40 for the Ultra Flash Video FLV converter which I thoroughly recommend http://www.aone-soft.com/flash_video_flv_converter.htm --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Is Veoh going belly up or just going through a growth spurt?
At 03:21 2008-06-06, you wrote: >In three months I have 2 Veoh reps "move on" from Veoh to something else. >I can't get customer service to answer emails anymore when that was >not a problem 6 months ago. >We utilize the Veoh platform for Reader's Entertainment TV and have >always enjoyed working with the folks there, but lately there seems to >be a lot of internal changes that have affected the quality of the >customer service for us. > >Anyone hear anything about the health of Veoh? > > >Sheila > They just raised another $30m - now valued at $125m - see http://news.google.com/news?q=veoh On the other hand investor Michael Eisner thinks the model sucks.. http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/6/eisner_to_veoh_but_when_do_i_get_paid_ He told Shapiro that the video aggregators, so adept at raising and spending money, are not handing enough back to the people who actually make the videos themselves. "They're shooting themselves in the foot," he said. "They are trying to elicit a fee to integrate on sites like Veoh but with a revenue split that makes it impossible for a content producer to get enough money to cover production." "If I were running one of the distribution companies I would not look to make $2.50 but encourage the content creators to make it," he said. "I'm not sure the distributors are thinking through where the content players have to come out -- instead of how to make a little money." --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] OECD seeking YouTube video : How can the Internet make the world a better place?
The OECD is organising a Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy on 17-18 June 2008 in Seoul, Korea. Government ministers from more than 40 countries, global business and civil society leaders, academics and technical experts will meet with more than 1000 participants to forge broad principles that can provide an enabling policy environment for the Internet Economy. To ensure the widest participation to this event, Angel Gurría, the OECD Secretary General, invites Internet users to upload a short video on a dedicated YouTube video channel answering the following question: How can the Internet make the world a better place? The OECD will select some of the best contributions and, in Seoul, will ask ministers and meeting participants to react in a video. We would like to invite you to record your answer to this question in a short 1 or 2 minute video and to upload it on YouTube. You are totally free with regard to how you want to address the question and the content of your answer. Entries will be closed the day before the opening of the Seoul Ministerial Meeting (16 June 2008). The links below will help you upload your video on the Web site. Links · Watch the OECD Secretary General announcement: www.youtube.com/FutureInternet · OECD Press release: · www.oecd.org/document/3/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40713859_1_1_1_1,00.html · Seoul Ministerial Meeting: · www.oecd.org/FutureInternet · www.oecdministerialseoul2008.org · Upload your video: www.youtube.com/FutureInternet - Click Submit · How to upload a video on YouTube: http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=57924&topic=10525 · What video formats can be uploaded: http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=55744&topic=10526 · YouTube Support center: http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/ The OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is a global forum for new ideas to create prosperity in developed and developing countries. Its members, the governments of 30 market democracies, work together to address the economic, social and governance challenges of globalisation as well as to exploit its opportunities (www.oecd.org/about) . Figures and facts about YouTube: · Over 240 million users, of which 66% in the 18-34 age group. · 2/3rds of traffic outside of the US. · Hundreds of millions of video are viewed daily. · The Davos Question, a similar initiative, has had over 4 million views. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Sony Vegas Pro 8
At 14:01 2008-05-20, you wrote: >I just thought I would share this for those who may be editing on a >PC. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ has the Sony Vegas Pro 8 for >$129.00. This is an INCREDIBLE deal. I just noticed that, thanks to google wars, you can get Microsoft to pay you to shop at B&H https://ssl.search.live.com/cashback/go?c=122541 joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Canon XL-1 How many hours is too many?
I've never used one. IIRC the downside on XL-1's was a tendency to focus drift, perhaps when zooming. I've never heard of a 'mileometer' on cameras! joly At 13:35 2008-05-09, you wrote: >Hey, all. > >I've been lucky and think I have a lead on an inexpensive used Canon XL-1. > This is the first pro-level camera I've been able to afford, and the >price is amazingly right. So, I'm feeling a little "buyer beware". Most >pro cameras have some sort of counter that tells you how many hours of >action they've seen, so I'll be trying to locate that when I inspect the >camera. My question, though, is how to interpret that number. How many >hours of use is considered "too worn" for someone to want to buy used? > >-- >Rhett. > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Fwd: Veoh is hiring!
>Hi there, > > > >Veoh is hiring. If you know any tech savvy people passionate about internet >video, let me know! > > > >Emilia Mello > >[] > > >Producer, Publisher Optimization > >W: 310.500-1030 > >F: 310.234-2317 > > > > > >Account Coordinator > > > >· Lead point of contact on key day-to-day deliverables for publishers > >o Identify/report and supervise resolution of technical and business >issues > >o Work with publishers to maintain regular content publishing schedules > >o Compile monthly performance reports for publishers > >o Work with Finance to validate payables to partners > >o Work with Ad operations to execute ad campaigns sold by publishing >partners > > > >·Support Account Manager in all aspects of account management > >o Integration support & troubleshooting > >o Support publishers efforts on custom integrations by working with >Engineering & Product resources as appropriate > >o Provide regular reporting on status and performance of all accounts > >o Maintain and update publisher documentation > >o Support basic data entry and tracking > > > >·Work on tech support directly > >o Work with publishers to resolve technical support issue > >§ Identify and resolve low/medium level technical directly > >§ Escalate and supervise the resolution of higher order tech support >issues > >o Maintain documentation for resolve common tech support problems > >o Update and validate publisher troubleshooting log > > > >·Support Account Manager in collaboration with editorial and >programming function > >o Indentify, surface and program relevant content > >o Day to Day content management > > > >·Collaborate with Product Management & Engineering leads to identify >new product requirements and feed them back into the product management & >development process > > > >Requirements > >· Understanding of video encoding technologies, formats and processes > >· Solid technical background with some coding and engineering knowledge > >· Understanding of web serving technologies and advertising platforms > >· Proficient with Basic HTML, Photoshop and MS Excel > >· Basic understanding of database technologies and Flash > >· Knowledge/experience working with content management systems --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Best Delivery Codec
And, presumably, 2 pass encoding. That will work fine as a master for blip or youtube. And the encoder is certainly faster than going the DV->QT route Problem with it is that it won't 'fast-start' online or work in iPod's etc. The quality difference is not probably that great that the decreased compatibility makes it worth it. joly >The settings were the > MainConcept standard mp4 template > Deblocking ticked >30fps >1500kbps >Progressive >640 x 360 >Reference frames 2 >Aspect ratio 1:1 > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] YouTube high quality
> Anyone else noticed that YouTube high quality videos have a tendency to cut off prematurely? Happens to me pretty consistently on more than one video on more than one box. I googled on it and didn't find much. joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting
> You can shoot at 15fps, which is what you'll end up with very likely on the web anyway. That'll give you plenty of exposure and the blurry look is not unpleasant. You can also do a lot with levels and, even, gradients, in post. Joly >People here have a history of doing amazing things on a shoestring >budget, >so if you have a setup for low light action shooting that's worked well >for you, I'd love to know. > >-- >Rhett. >http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime >http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: DV Widescreen settings
At 13:30 2007-12-11, Brook wrote:
>480x270 (272 for the iphone)
Why is that?
Is there any reason not to use 480x272 across the board?
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: encoding 16:9 for iPod on PC
At 16:26 2008-04-04, you wrote: >The specs are on the Apple site: > ><http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/specs.html> > >"Video: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per >second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with >AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and >.mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 >frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio >up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file >formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames >per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, >stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats" > >So I don't have experience with old iPods. I've put video with these >data rates on 5th Gen iPods and also the iPod Nano which I'm using >right now. > >If you want some examples, you can try my iTunes feed. > >Bill >http://BillCammack.com Well I knew that, but nowhere in QT Pro's options does it mention 'Low complexity' and on http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2007/tn2188.html it specifically says "The Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile has been defined by Apple for the iPod " which would suggest that it is not standard vanilla baseline. That page refers one to wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Profiles which, in turn, says: "Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch support H.264 Baseline Profile, Levels 2.1 and 3, at resolutions up to 480x320 or 640x480 and bitrates up to 1.5 Mbit/s and is capable of playing the YouTube video content." with a ref to http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/06/20youtube.html which is pr fluff and doesn't say anything that specific, and doesn't mention classic or LC at all. I do see in the handy table provided that (number in brackets is max stored frames) level 1.3 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] (6) @ 768 kbit/s level 2.1 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] (7) @ 4 Mbit/s level 3 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] (6) @ 10 Mbit/s which would lead me to believe that that claim is a little far-fetched. It appears a little odd that one can use the straight h.264 option in QTPro can be used to create smaller baseline files than the ipod 'low complexity' option. Maybe low is relative in this aspect? Why don't apple explain things more clearly I wonder Joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: encoding 16:9 for iPod on PC
At 16:36 2008-04-04, Bill C. wrote: >> IMPORTANT: As shown in Table 4, the iPod export component will only >scale movie images larger than 640x480 to fit while maintaining aspect >ratio to produce Baseline Low-Complexity profile .m4v files. If you >want to produce Baseline profile .m4v files up to 320x240 or Baseline >Low-Complexity profile files larger than 320x240 (but smaller than or >equal to 640x480), you will need to correct for aspect ratio yourself. >> >> Could someone explain that, please? > >It seems like what they're saying is that if you're in between 640x480 >and 320x240, you have to make sure the aspect ratio is correct on your >own. I don't know what sense that makes, really. Once you're making >the video, you already HAVE an aspect ratio. I think I get it. What they are saying is that if the input is 720x480 16:9 dv the encoder will correctly scale to 640x360. If you want anything smaller you've got to make a correct size master. Am I right? Thanks for the attention, Bill. I will make a short piece in win QT Pro using your settings to be tested. joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: encoding 16:9 for iPod on PC
At 08:23 2008-04-04, David King wrote:
>Bill - does that size make it back through itunes onto an ipod? I thought
>ipod compatible videos had a smaller kbps cap, like around 6-700?
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>David
Well that's the very point, apparently not, since firmware 1.2, as long as the
files
are encoded as 'low-complexity' h.264, the limit goes up to 1.5mpbs.
I've finally found some info on
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2007/tn2188.html
which is aimed at application authors wanting to incorporate QTPro
functionality into
their programs.
Only the 'export to iPod' option gives you the 'low complexity' profile, and
that is
only applied to sources that are bigger than 320x240. Sources that are bigger
than 640x480 are scaled to fit. These are the sizes & profiles applied
320x240 or lessas source baseline 1.3
>320x240 up to 640x480 as source baseline LC
>640x480scaled to fit preserving aspect ratio baseline LC
I assume this cures the letterboxing that used to occur when converting NTSC DV
which is why
old-schoolers like me avoided the iPod preset in the first place.
As far as bitrates go:
320 x240 goes at 700kbps
640x480 at 1.5mps
and anything else somewhere between the two according to this formula:
DR = { (nMC * 8 ) / 3 } - 100 where DR is the data rate in kbps and nMC is the
number of macroblocks in the image.
Then comes the bit about 16:9 and I get confused again. Some code is
illustrated to
demonstrate 'aperture modes' After a couple of pics that indicate that
widescreen video will become a little squished on a classic iPod. It says
IMPORTANT: As shown in Table 4, the iPod export component will only scale movie
images larger than 640x480 to fit while maintaining aspect ratio to produce
Baseline Low-Complexity profile .m4v files. If you want to produce Baseline
profile .m4v files up to 320x240 or Baseline Low-Complexity profile files
larger than 320x240 (but smaller than or equal to 640x480), you will need to
correct for aspect ratio yourself.
Could someone explain that, please?
> I use a mac. I don't know it that makes instructions different from a
> PC. I've never clicked anything that says "low complexity". When you
> get to the selection area, "Main" is selected by default. I click
> "Baseline" and that's it. From FCP, for instance:
>
> Export to Mpeg4
> Compression: h.264
> 640x360
> 1400 kbps
> 30 fps (or 24, depending)
> Select "Baseline"
Bill, I always understood that that option gives the 1.3 profile, am I wrong?
I take it that you've tested that on an iPod. In which case I must be.
I'll admit that I've never owned one of the b*rs
Joly
>On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Also, check out http://www.freevlog.org/ for their tutorials.
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>> Bill
>> http://BillCammack.com
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>> WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> > I've been happily using QT Pro on the PC to convert 4:3 DV into
>> iPod-compatible 320x240 baseline
>> > h.264 @ 608kpbs ever since the the first video iPod was introduced.
>> Now I've been persuaded to start
>> > shooting 16:9 and I'm wondering how to best to encode it for iPod. A
>> couple of things puzzle me.
>> >
>> > 1) I note that in the spec
>> http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html it gives the
>> newer option:
>> > H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 x 480, 30 frames per sec.,
>> Low-Complexity version of the Baseline Profile
>> > with AAC-LC audio up to 160 kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v,
>> .mp4, and .mov file formats
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>> > However the h.264 options in QT Pro only give 'baseline' or 'main'
>> but no 'low-complexity'?
>> >
>> > 2) Googling around I see some mention of 640x352 as being the
>> optimum size for 16:9 - why not 640x360?
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>> > All advice appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks
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>> > Joly
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>> > punkcast.com
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[videoblogging] encoding 16:9 for iPod on PC
I've been happily using QT Pro on the PC to convert 4:3 DV into iPod-compatible 320x240 baseline h.264 @ 608kpbs ever since the the first video iPod was introduced. Now I've been persuaded to start shooting 16:9 and I'm wondering how to best to encode it for iPod. A couple of things puzzle me. 1) I note that in the spec http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html it gives the newer option: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Low-Complexity version of the Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats However the h.264 options in QT Pro only give 'baseline' or 'main' but no 'low-complexity'? 2) Googling around I see some mention of 640x352 as being the optimum size for 16:9 - why not 640x360? All advice appreciated. Thanks Joly punkcast.com --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Sony Vegas compression Question
I would recommend using the Main Concept AVC/AAC to render to mp4 You'll have to go into options and set the framesize. A bitrate of 2mpbs will be plenty. Then get an account at http://blip.tv and upload. blip will convert it to flash (.flv) which you can either download or embed via code to play directly from their site. Hope this helps. joly At 03:30 PM 3/3/2008, you wrote: >I was wondering if anyone out there uses sony vegas for editing. > >One of my editors is using sony vegas but does not know the correct >kodak to compress/export in HD? > >I would really appreciate any help. > > >Thank you, >Jill > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Fwd: Stage6 to Shut Down on February 28
Tsk, and I'd just started using as an extra outlet. http://www.stage6.com/videos/tag:punkcast It wasn't a bad interface at all. Nice combination of browse/preview/download. It did seem they were well liable for some copyright suings over some of the content there, tho. They needed the big pockets, no doubt. I haven't a lot of takers for my DivX's but I think, as a music videocaster at least, it's def worth adding as a component of one's output - it's the lingua franca of video P2P and can be compiled on data dvd's which will back on many DVD players. Now hmm, where to shift them to? My site, archive.org, or blip? joly At 04:31 PM 2/26/2008, Patrick Cook wrote: >-- Forwarded message -- From: Stage6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: >Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:15 PM Subject: Stage6 to Shut Down on February 28 --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Apple TV vs. iPod/iPhone Recommendations?
What is the Apple TV h.264 spec? Is it mainline or baseline only? Where is it on the Apple site? Excuse my ignorance. Thanks joly >> >> But also bear in mind that the tone of that email suggests Apple is >> desperate to get people >> to move beyond 320x240 more, as that low a res starts to look bad >> on the Apple TV. So >> they are mostly targetting people to move their res up, not down. >> > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: LED lights
> I don't believe anyone's mentioned the VIDLED. I swear by mine. Warm color + a diffusion gel, adjustable power, and a 90 minute battery charge give me everything I need. Handmade in USA and, reportedly, unbreakable. http://vidled.com joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Quicktime Weirdness
QT7.4 seems to have fixed some Vista bugs. joly At 08:33 AM 1/12/2008, you wrote: >Yes. I am using Vista. I guess I shouldn't be surprised if that is >part of the problem > >Tim > >On Jan 12, 2008 5:27 AM, WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Are you, by any chance, using Vista? >> >> joly >> >> >> > something is happening to my videos when I create them as .avi files >> >on Windows media player and then convert them to .mov on QT Pro. >> >Nothing is ever as easy as yout hink. It gets all fuzzy, pixelates, >> >and even breaks >> >down at certain times, and the sound quality diminishes at some points >> >to loud static. >> --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Quicktime Weirdness
Are you, by any chance, using Vista? joly > something is happening to my videos when I create them as .avi files >on Windows media player and then convert them to .mov on QT Pro. >Nothing is ever as easy as yout hink. It gets all fuzzy, pixelates, >and even breaks >down at certain times, and the sound quality diminishes at some points >to loud static. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] NYCLU Sues NYPD for Harassing Photographers
NYCLU Sues NYPD for Harassing Photographers December 6, 2007 -- The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of a Columbia University graduate student of Indian descent who was unlawfully handcuffed and detained in July after a police officer saw him snapping photographs near a subway station in upper Manhattan. * <http://www.nyclu.org/files/nyclu_complaint1.pdf>The NYCLU's Complaint (PDF) * <http://www.nyclu.org/files/nyclu_letter_to_kelly1.pdf>The NYCLUs May 2006 Letter to Commissioner Kelly (PDF) The NYPD has a history of harassing photographers and violating their First Amendment rights, particularly those who fit certain ethnic profiles. This is the second lawsuit the NYCLU has recently filed against the NYPD as part of an effort to force the Department to adopt policies and training so that officers will understand and respect the First Amendment rights of photographers and filmmakers. In our society, people have a clear right to document activity in public places without being hassled by the police, said Donna Lieberman, NYCLU executive director. Arun was taking photos, something protected by the Constitution, but the color of his skin made him a target of suspicion. The police should know better than to engage in this sort of ugly, unlawful behavior. The plaintiff, Arun Wiita, a 26-year-old Columbia graduate student in the M.D./Ph.D. program, was arrested shortly after he embarked on a planned 10-day project of photographing all 468 subway stations and their surrounding streetscapes. He was standing on the sidewalk at 207th Street and 10th Avenue taking pictures with a point-and-shoot digital camera when an NYPD officer interrupted him. Though Mr. Wiita was entirely cooperative, explained his project to the officer and showed him his Columbia identification, the officer handcuffed Mr. Wiita had him stand on a busy street corner for a half an hour. During that time, the officer reviewed Mr. Wiitas pictures and called in information over his radio. Two plainclothes police officers also arrived on the scene, questioned Wiita and viewed his photographs. Following the public interrogation, the officers released Wiita from the handcuffs and allowed him to leave. I was surprised and upset that I could be handcuffed on the street for taking a photograph, Wiita said. What was really disheartening was that I knew this had probably happened before and that it could happen again to anyone. Christopher Dunn, NYCLU associate legal director and lead counsel in the case, said many other photographers have reported similar incidents and that the NYPD was fully aware of these problems as a result of a letter the NYCLU sent to NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly in May 2006. People cannot be arrested or handcuffed for taking pictures, Dunn said. Photography is fully protected by the First Amendment, and police investigations into photographers must be sensitive to that. The NYPD clearly has failed to sufficiently train and supervise its officers to ensure that people can take photographs without fear of police harassment. Also serving as counsel in the case are Timothy Foster and Benjamin Kleinman, who are NYU Law School students participating in the Civil Rights Clinic. Source URL: <http://www.nyclu.org/node/1525>http://www.nyclu.org/node/1525 > ------- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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] Comcast & P2P
In a recent article for The Register: 'Dismantling a Religion: The EFF's Faith-Based Internet' http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/bennett_eff_neutrality_analysis/ engineer Tichard Bennett digs into the technical details of Comcast's activity with BitTorrent which, after a certain amount of connections have been reached, is to spoof connection resets to BT clients. According to Bennett, particularly in the DOCSIS system used on cable networks, the actual number of packets transmitted is as crucial to network performance as the bandwidth used. Cutting the number of connections that a BitTorrent client uses can actually improve throughput without impeding access. Apparently it is a growing mood at the IETF that the the bandwidth based principle of 'flow rate fairness' - implicitly governed in TCP by dropped packets - is being abused by clients that make huge numbers of connections. Something will have to be done, perhaps by rejiggering the packet-dropping aspect. joly At 11:21 AM 12/31/2007, you wrote: >You're dead on and it has already happened, Comcast has admitting to >traffic shaping, slowing upload and I believe download speeds to >users who were, in there own words, "abusing" the bandwith. So how >much is abusing? Whatever they decide. So little old me, who is >uploading a video a day and maybe starts uploading very large files >because storage is becoming so cheap, all of a sudden I can be >an "abuser". Oh, Comcast guised it as combating priacy, but if it >walks and quacks like a duck > >Heath >http://batmangeek.com --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] What up with archive.org?
One problem I've been having for the last mionth or so is that the (relatively new) stats system seems to have ground to a dead halt. A couple of us have mentioned on their forum to zero response. joly At 06:57 PM 12/23/2007, you wrote: >On Dec 23, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Chris wrote: > >> Is anybody else having trouble with the Internet Archives today? > > >it's been having a lot of problems over the past week or so > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] 24/7 DIY Video Summit Registration Opens
from Berkman Blog http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=3014 Folks over at the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy have just opened the registration for 24/7: A DIY Video Summit. From their release: "Video creators, scholars, activists, policy makers, technologists, and entrepreneurs will gather this February at the USC School of Cinematic Arts for 24/7: A DIY Video Summit, the first-of-its-kind international event focused on the fate and future of visual media in the 21st century. The summit, which takes place from February 8-10, at the USC University Park Campus in Los Angeles, will explore the incredible dynamic at play as millions of people flock to online video sharing sites like YouTube, Revver, imeem, Stage6 and Eyespot where they watch and contribute video content around the clock, 24/7." Berkman's faculty co-director Yochai Benkler with join John Seely Brown,Joi Ito, Henry Jenkins, Lawrence Lessig, Howard Rheingold, and many others for what's sure to be a forward motion summit. You can register and learn more here: http://www.video24-7.org/. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] vidblog from IGF in Rio
[a nice effort] http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/internet_governance_forum_2007.xhtml Internet Governance Forum in Rio - November 2007 The world's second Internet Governance Forum, is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 12-15, 2007. The Rio IGF is the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who come together to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies, including control over the internet architecture and numbering and naming system, security, intellectual property, openness, connectivity, cost and multilingualism. This site features reporting from the IGF proceedings. Daily written and video reports assembled by Imagining the Internet are linked, offering an exploration of the issues and interviews with people from around the world. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] New York Noise launches vidblog
"New York Noise," NYC TV's hit indie music show, is launching a weekly video blog, "Weekly Noise," available at http://www.nyc.gov/weeklynoise. Each episode will feature insights about the City's indie music scene, information on new bands, upcoming events, new venues, and more. In the same style of "New York Noise" the television show, "Weekly Noise" will feature a string of guest hosts and their playful brand of humor. The video blog will also be available for syndication across the Web. "Weekly Noise" is NYC TV's second video blog to launch this year and is part of the station's larger move into the online video space. In September 2007, NYC TV introduced its online video player, NYC TV On-Demand, a cutting-edge web site offering hundreds of high-quality video clips from NYC TV's Emmy Award- winning shows. For more information about NYC TV, please visit http://nyc.gov/tv. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Boing Boing TV
Boing Boing has started a video blog. Looks great! http://tv.boingboing.net/ --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] OneWebDay, Sept. 22 - next Saturday
http://www.onewebday.org/?p=240 OneWebDay, Sept. 22, is an Earth Day for the internet. Heres a very short overview video that will give you the idea http://youtube.com/watch?v=twDyBfjUXv8 and a Rocketboom interview about OneWebDay http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/rb_07_aug_20/flash. The first OneWebDay took place in 2006. Its easy to take the web for granted. But its worth taking a moment to reflect on what the web could mean to humankind in the future. Thats the purpose of OneWebDay, held each September 22. There are substantial threats to the free flow of information online, all over the world. Many governments censor online content. (see http://opennet.net ). Many people in developing nations cant get online at all. We need to ensure that the internet used by future generations will be open and empowering access to the internet is central to the future of humanity. The idea behind OneWebDay is to encourage people to think of themselves as responsible for the internet, and to take good and visible actions on Sept. 22 that (1) celebrate the positive impact of the internet on the world and (2) shed light on the problems of access and information flow. OneWebDay is a global, decentralized event. Were encouraging people around the world to meet up on Sept. 22 to talk about how the web could change lives around the world in the future. Were aiming for at least fifty of these events, and thanks to the Internet Society and others weve already heard from Poland, Italy, Colombia, the Philippines, Bulgaria, Kenya, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Belgium, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and other countries. In the US, there will be events in Los Angeles, Boston, Austin, and New York. Click on http://www.onewebday.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page page to see these events. These events can range from sponsoring a teaching event (how to edit a wiki, how to post a photo online etc) to helping a school or town set up internet connections, to having a panel of speakers talk about the ways the world has been/will be changed by the internet. Were working with the Internet Society and the Internet Archive to encourage these offline events, but anyone not affiliated with these groups is more than welcome to get involved. In the US, the American Libraries Association, the Sunlight Foundation, the Center for Democracy & Technology http://communities.justicetalking.org/blogs/day14/default.aspx and other groups are working on OneWebDay-related announcements and events. If readers would like to stage an offline OneWebDay event, let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] what youre thinking of, and well make sure theres a wiki page for you on onewebday.org to help your planning. *Online,* were encouraging people to make their own short videos and post them on blip.tv or youtube or dotsub.com tagged onewebday2007?. Suggested topics: + how the web has changed your life + how youd like the web to change the world in the future + highlights of what youve seen online the day you make the video + your favorite online event ever + something youve done online with other people in other countries The internet is made of people, not just machines. Its up to us to protect it. We can use OneWebDay around the world to raise awareness of the threats to the internet including censorship, inadequate access, control of various kinds and to celebrate the positive impact of the internet on human lives. Specifics for NY: New York City, 3-4pm, Washington Square Park Speakers to include Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia; Andrew Baron, founder of Rocketboom; Dana Spiegel, NYCWireless; Birju Pandya, charityfocus.org; Lauren Klein, One Laptop Per Child. Rain Location: For Your Imagination, 22 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Sept. 22, Noon to 2:30pm, free public classes in honor of OneWebDay at NYUs Interactive Telecommunications Program, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor (cross street Waverly Place), *must rsvp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to attend.* Subjects to include: -how to build a router antenna and turn your home into a neighborhood hotspot -how to live stream video online -how to set up a blog and podcast -all about Creative Commons Plus, the iCommons/OneWebDay Party: part of 50 Great Parties Around the World. Time: 10pm Date: Sept. 22 Place: For Your Imagination, 22 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Who should attend: Anyone who likes the internet and its transformative effect on human lives Why you should attend: The internet is under threat around the world, and its up to us to celebrate and protect it. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] PUNKCAST 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
Dance, and Awesome Color. In the summer I shot nearly all the free McCarren Park Pool shows. In September 2006 I was in CBGB for the last days, as the count reached #1020, down to 200 shoots in the year. This last year has seen the annual rate drop even further to 180, as we've seen the closures of Sin-é, Tonic, and North Six, and right now I'm just on #1202. The flipside has been, of course, that I've had more time to edit, and it's been a record year for output with 74 posted. This last year has seen the first official public screenings with exhibits at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn and Point Ephemère in Paris. It's a lot easier to shoot than to process. A few years back I reckoned it out that, if I stopped shooting right then, it would still take me, at the rate of 4/5 bands a week, around 5 years to catch up. God knows what that figure is now. I trust that I will live long enough to get around doing it all justice. Probably out of the 1200 shoots 700 or so merit the effort - the others likely don't have good enough audio. There are something like 270 punkcasts there right now, with around 700 individual clips. In 4 hours at Secret Project Robot I'll be able to show, maybe, around 50 clips. Flier: http://punkcast.com/punkcast10years.jpg Video of Paris exhibit: http://punkcast.com/filmerlamusique.mov --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] YouTube's new features
Since last night there are a couple of new features on YouTube. 1) comments - viewers can thumbs up/down comments, and set a filter to govern what they see 2) remixing - uploaders can remix their own videos using an online editing tool http://www.youtube.com/ytremixer_about There's a digg thread on the comments system at http://digg.com/tech_news/YouTube_Implements_New_Comment_System where I was I amused by one wags suggestion that it was missing a middle-finger option. joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] POLITICOS TAKE ON YOUTUBE, VIDEO'S FUTURE
[benton] POLITICOS TAKE ON YOUTUBE, VIDEO'S FUTURE [SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache] Thursday's House Telecom Subcommittee hearing explored the future of video. It quickly became apparent that the hearing wasn't just a playful show-and-tell for the companies represented, as some politicians proceeded to put YouTube in the hot seat over its copyright policies. YouTube CEO Chad Hurley defended the site's practices as in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a federal law designed to shield Internet hosts from liability provided that they meet certain requirements and respond to notices from copyright holders to remove offending content. The event also turned into yet another debate over enacting so-called Net neutrality laws, with Democrats continuing to urge such a move and Republicans decrying them as unnecessary regulation. http://news.com.com/Politicos+take+on+YouTube%2C+videos+future/2100-1028_3-6182900.html?tag=html.alert.hed * Markey Makes First 'HillTube' Clip [SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton] House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) pulled out a digital camera at the start of a subcommittee hearing on the future of digital video Thursday and began taking pictures of fellow committee members, the audience, and the press. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6440949.html?rssid=193 * Chairman Markey's opening statement "Today the Subcommittee will explore the future of video more broadly. This inquiry will run the gamut -- from high resolution, high definition digital on big screens to digital wireless video services on mobile gadgets and finally, to the video services and technologies enhanced by a high speed, open architecture Internet. It is a future characterized by services that may compete with the movies or traditional television, as well as by services and technologies that will complement the video experience consumers have been used to for years." http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2809&Itemid=141 * House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell's opening statement "I will pay particular attention to the impact of digital video on local media outlets. This Committee has worked in the past to see that local media outlets, including television broadcasters, adequately serve their local communities. It is clear that the advent of digital video is both an opportunity and a challenge for local broadcasters. It is an opportunity to better serve local communities with increased coverage and more delivery options. It also presents challenges to a business model centered on advertising." http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_110/110st49.shtml * Cuban: 'Net Can't Handle Streaming HD [SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton] HDNet founder Mark Cuban downplayed the future of live Internet streaming as the Internet is currently configured, a technology he pioneered with broadcast.com, while pitching the future of high-definition television, his latest venture. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6440959.html?rssid=193 * Rep Ed Markey Interviews YouTube's Chad Hurley http://463.blogs.com/the_463/2007/05/rep_ed_markey_i.html * Mostly Pleasant Surprises and One Expected Unpleasantness at "Future of Video" Hearing http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/934 --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Affordable Video Lights
> The J&R surplus store has LED closet and undershelf lights for under $20. Add diffusion gels and they're great and v.portable. joly (who splashed out $450 for a vidled and doesn't regret it.) --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Microsoft vs. Adobe
http://gigaom.com/2007/04/15/another-fight-microsoft-vs-adobe/ Another fight Microsoft vs. Adobe Its the season to rumble! Microsoft has just launched beta of a new media technology called Silverlight that essentially is going to compete with Adobes Flash technology. Adobe, meanwhile has introduced Adobe Media Player, a standalone media player that can be perceived as a competitor to Windows Media Player. Microsoft has signed up MLB as a partner for Silverlight. Adobe is working with eBay, the Wall Street Journal says. The new media player is an effort by Adobe to capture some of the upside of the online video boom. It must tweak their melons that a company that used their Flash technology, aka YouTube got sold for $1.65 billion, and all they got was a proverbial T-Shirt! The media companies have a lot of questions about the other technology providers are they becoming media companies or becoming providers We are not a media company, Craig Barberich, group product manager for Adobe Dynamic Media Organization tells NewTeeVee. Thats a dig at iTunes as well, because AMP does mimic many of the video features of Apples digital media platform. Nevertheless, this promises to be a long bloody fight, though Adobe has an advantage, thanks to near omnipresence of Flash on all platforms. As an aside, this is a flashback moment from the 90s, when competing technologies vied for consumer affection but ending up causing more confusion. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117668634225970835.html http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2007/04/15/introducing-microsoft-silverlight.aspx http://newteevee.com/2007/04/15/adobe-media-player/ --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Fwd: Draft Blogger's Code of Conduct
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html 04.08.07 Tim O'Reilly Tim O'Reilly Draft Blogger's Code of Conduct When I wrote my Call for a Blogging Code of Conduct last week, I suggested some ideas of what such a code might contain, but didn't actually put forth a draft that people could subscribe to. We're not quite there yet, but we have a plan. We've drafted a code of conduct that will eventually be posted on bloggingcode.org, and created a badge that sites can display if they want to link to that code of conduct. Civility Enforced Badge But because we want a period of review, we don't want to finalize that code yet. I've put a draft below (and you'll see it's based closely on the BlogHer Community Guidelines that I linked to last week.) But we're also working with wikia to put the draft through a wiki-based review process on blogging.wikia.com. (There's an easy to remember shortcut link at http://blogging.wikia.com/wiki/BCC) Please feel free to join in and edit the wiki as well as encouraging others to do so. We'll post the final version on bloggingcode.org, along with the html to display the badge and link to the code. (While wikis are great for developing the code, we don't want it to be a moving target once people have signed up for it.) Here's the first draft: We celebrate the blogosphere because it embraces frank and open conversation. But frankness does not have to mean lack of civility. We present this Blogger Code of Conduct in hopes that it helps create a culture that encourages both personal expression and constructive conversation. 1. We take responsibility for our own words and for the comments we allow on our blog. We are committed to the "Civility Enforced" standard: we will not post unacceptable content, and we'll delete comments that contain it. We define unacceptable content as anything included or linked to that: - is being used to abuse, harass, stalk, or threaten others - is libelous, knowingly false, ad-hominem, or misrepresents another person, - infringes upon a copyright or trademark - violates an obligation of confidentiality - violates the privacy of others We define and determine what is "unacceptable content" on a case-by-case basis, and our definitions are not limited to this list. If we delete a comment or link, we will say so and explain why. [We reserve the right to change these standards at any time with no notice.] 2. We won't say anything online that we wouldn't say in person. 3. We connect privately before we respond publicly. When we encounter conflicts and misrepresentation in the blogosphere, we make every effort to talk privately and directly to the person(s) involved--or find an intermediary who can do so--before we publish any posts or comments about the issue. 4. When we believe someone is unfairly attacking another, we take action. When someone who is publishing comments or blog postings that are offensive, we'll tell them so (privately, if possible--see above) and ask them to publicly make amends. If those published comments could be construed as a threat, and the perpetrator doesn't withdraw them and apologize, we will cooperate with law enforcement to protect the target of the threat. 5. We do not allow anonymous comments. We require commenters to supply a valid email address before they can post, though we allow commenters to identify themselves with an alias, rather than their real name. 6. We ignore the trolls. We prefer not to respond to nasty comments about us or our blog, as long as they don't veer into abuse or libel. We believe that feeding the trolls only encourages them--"Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it." Ignoring public attacks is often the best way to contain them. anythinggoes2.jpg We also decided we needed an "anything goes" badge for sites that want to warn possible commenters that they are entering a free-for-all zone. The text to accompany that badge might go something like this: This is an open, uncensored forum. We are not responsible for the comments of any poster, and when discussions get heated, crude language, insults and other "off color" comments may be encountered. Participate in this site at your own risk. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Fwd: Flash Player for websites
[By Philip Hodgetts - This is one of the best explanations of the various codecs I've seen] At 4:37 PM + 2/20/07, Carlin - BlueStar wrote: >See, that's the point. Almost everyone has Flash, and if not, its a >very quick download to get it. > >As I understand it, Flash video is basically MP4, right? As is Windows >Media 9... QT too, right? for web video? No, No and No. There is no similarity to MPEG-4 in Flash or Windows Media. Windows Media is it's own thing and it's SMPTE version is VC-1. It has no compatibility with MPEG-4. Confusion may have arisen by Microsoft incorrectly (and probably illegally) co-opting the *name* for their .asf codecs MPEG4v1, MPEG4v2 and MPEG4v3. These were not MPEG-4 video nor were they in the .mp4 container, which is *based* on the QuickTime container. MS were annoyed that the QT container was chosen for MPEG-4 so they tried to co-opt the name (Embrace and extend). They finally renamed MPEG4v3 Windows Media and subsequently released the rather good Windows Media 9 as wmv. QuickTime 6.2 and later supports MPEG-4 Part 2 in Simple Profile or ISMA compatible. QuickTime 7 gained support for MPEG-4 Part 10, aka Advanced Video Codec (and in the ITU space H.264). The codec can be used in .mov containers, which are not compatible with anything but QuickTime, or in .mp4 containers which are completely compatible with any player that supports MPEG-4 at the appropriate Part and profile (there are many profiles within Part 2 and within Part 10). Flash video is a bastard child in a vector-based format. Initially (Flash 1-6) it only supported still image sequences of limited length (39,000 frames comes to mine but don't quote me). Flash 7 introduced the Sorenson Spark codec, which is basically the H.263 video conferencing codec of a decade earlier. In other words, a bad, bad codec for quality compared with bandwidth. It wasn't not even competitive when it was introduced, let alone now. This is the Flash video codec that YouTube uses. Flash 8 introduced support for On2 corporation's VP6 codec, branded as Flash 8. it's an OK codec. In my testing it needed more bandwidth for the same quality than H.264 or Windows Media. > >Pretty sure Google Video, YouTube, and all the others are playing the >video as Flash video. Google video is using Flash 8/9 in a proprietary container. YouTube is using the (should be obsolete) Flash 7/Spark codec. The only one that has any relationship to MPEG-4 is MPEG-4 (.mp4). Although DivX *say* they are MPEG-4 compatible they are not really. Their video track is a great implementation of MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile but it's paired with an MP3 audio track in an AVI wrapper. A true MPEG-4 file would be MPEG-4 video (Part 2 or 10) with AAC audio (Low or High complexity) in a .mp4 container. >My point for doing the Flash video is I hate having to load Real >player and Windows Media 9 or 10 and QuickTime on all my computers. >They always trash my prefs, and I don't like to do that to prospective >customers. Flash seems to be a lot cleaner in that respect. on the other hand I do like to watch quality video without it taking up my entire bandwidth, so there will continue to be a role for quality. >prospective client, web video still isn't all that impressive :) it can be if you avoid Flash and have encoding skills. -- Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance "Big Brains for Rent" www.bigbrainsforrent.com Personal Blog http://philiphodgetts.com News, tips and the best resources for Apple's Professional Applications: http://www.proapps-hub.com Download now, it's free. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] TONIGHT AT 11, NEWS BY NEIGHBORS
TONIGHT AT 11, NEWS BY NEIGHBORS [SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 2/11, AUTHOR: Joe Garofoli] Clear Channel's KFTY-TV in Santa Rosa (CA) has fired most of its news-gathering staff and, over the next few months, will be asking people in the community -- its independent filmmakers, its college students and professors, its civic leaders and others -- to provide programming for the station. Will they be paid? That's being worked out. Who will cover the harder-edged stories? Some will be culled from local newspaper and TV online sites and "other sources" that are still being discussed. "There will be a loss in local coverage, I'm not going to lie to you," says a Clear Channel executive. "But there are a lot of other places to get most of that information." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/11/MNGDEO2QOA1.DTL&hw=KFTY+TV --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] splashcast & podzinger
I've been messing with splashcast http://splashcast.com and I quite like it Totally flash based - You can upload stills/vid/audio/text/youtube and record voice-overs and add on rss feeds from youtube and make shows which you then publish in a neat little flv player via multiple channels One can also opt to share elements with other users, and search for elements on the site, so it's mash-friendly. A good aspect is that one can have an embedded channel player and adjust the content at will. I'm running one on my myspace which randomly plays my clips off youtube http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=374982&blogID=223806732 One of the search options on there is Podzinger - a new one on me - it's a neat podcast index with re-encoded flash previews. http://www.podzinger.com/ joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Canon HV-1
[looks good, 24p too, I guess street price will be less] Canon Coming Out with $1,300 HD Camera High-definition cameras are slowly trickling down to the point where they're affordable. And Canon, which makes some of the best non-HD camcorders, now plays in that market. The new camcorder offers real benefits over the previous model. Our story has details on what it does and when it will be available. Canon Expands HD Line-up: http://ct.eletters.whatsnewnow.com/rd/cts?d=181-805-1-411-255402-45903-0-0-0-1 --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Comparing Terms of Service at video sites
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/283309 A round up of the TOS of Ourmedia,Internet Archive, YouTube, Google, Blip, Yahoo etc There is an excel version at http://www.techsoup.org/binaries/Files/Video-Sharing-Terms-of-Service-Comparison-Chart.xls a backgrounder at http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page6106.cfm and a wiki at http://tools.ourmedia.org/index.php?title=TOS_comparison joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: New camera...suggestions?
I've fixed your yahoo-mashed link. I've admired the DVC30's specs before now. It's got just about everything except the 24p that the DV100A has, and, if I'm not mistaken, is just about the only 3-chip cam that also does nightshot. I still swear by my trv900's tho. joly >I got a Panasonic DVC30 about 9 months ago. I love it. It's a pro >camera, and it's great in all kinds of situations. It's really good >in low light as well. I've shot with a lot of cameras, from XL2's >and DVX100's and several consumer level cams and the DVC30 is one of >my all time favorites. It's particularly well suited to a semi-pro >video blogger. >Here is a link to a review: >http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/panasonic-ag-dvc30-camcorder-review.htm > >Camcorderinfo.com is a great resource for camera shopping. > >Bill Streeter >LO-FI SAINT LOUIS >www.lofistl.com > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Video Search Engines And Online Video Directories: A Mini Guide
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/01/25/video_search_engines_and_online.htm Video search engines and online video directories allow for the indexing, cataloguing and searching of as large a quantity (or as specific a theme - this is yet to come) of video and digital film material as it is possible for them to find on the Internet. This is a mini-guide to the best resources in this area. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] YouTube 'related' is broken
YouTube has introduced new features this week, including a different, google-ized, search http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=9_wU0qhEPR8 What Ive observed is that the improved search function appears to have totally wrecked the related clip menu on YouTube pages. Only the most banal of tags are used for search, leading to a listing of mostly unrelated clips. This breaks one of the prime sticky features of YT - that looking at one thing leads to another. Im surprised that it hasnt led to more of an outcry. That, along with MySpaces disabling of YouTube clickthrus this week,mean the YouTube we know may be gone for ever, sad to say. joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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] video sites that pay
> There's a piece on Boing Boing today about a new book on the topic of video sites that pay on the web http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/23/video_websites_that_.html book: http://stores.lulu.com/kirsner sample: http://www.scottkirsner.com/webvid/gettingpaid.htm joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hillary a little out of sync
Sync does get better as it goes on. No RSS on the site.. joly >Not only is Hillary out of sync, the audio's annoyingly tinny, like >they compressed the audio down to 22khz or maybe 11khz or 8khz. :/ > >Bill C. >http://ReelSolid.TV http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/4.aspx > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Hillary a little out of sync
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[videoblogging] Beyond Broadcast 2007 - Feb 24 Cambridge MA
http://www.beyondbroadcast.net/ Berkman is happy to be working with the MIT Comparative Media Studies program and Yale's Information Society Project to present Beyond Broadcast 2007: From Participatory Culture to Participatory Democracy. The one-day conference on Saturday, February 24 will continue the discussion from the first highly successful Beyond Broadcast, which was held in May 2006. Broadcast media have long played a powerful role in shaping political culture and mediating citizen engagement in the democratic process, and the conference will examine how participatory culture is putting the tools of media creation and critique in the hands of citizens themselves. more: http://www.beyondbroadcast.net/blog/?p=112 --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Recommendations for lav mic and lights?
> > >Regarding chopping knives and other similar stuff - just don't talk over >that part. Fix the loud chopping (adjust levels) in post. Record the voice >over after or before the cutting and then put the recorded voice over the >synched cutting shot. Lots of variations on that theme. > >Jan That's good advice. One can also, easily in Vegas which I use to edit, apply audio compression - a hard limiter - and that'll knock down the loud noises to an acceptable level, while not terrifically noticeably messing up your verbals. joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Get me off this group-it clutters my computer
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[videoblogging] Yahoo! buys MyBlogLog
http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196802381 Anyone use this? --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: h264, is it safe yet?
Visiting a friend with a not that new PC recently I was pleasantly
surprised to find that my h.264's downloaded and played in Windows Media Player
without a problem.
joly
At 01:59 PM 1/10/2007, you wrote:
>I've been using H.264 for a while now along with the flash version from blip
>and have had no complaints.
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Widescreen video iphone - question
Yep. 8GB doesn't leave a lot of room for downloaded video either,
I think we may find ourselves adding streaming h.264 at lower speeds.
What wasn't clear to me was if the internet bit only works given
a wifi connect, or over the phone also.
And if so one wonders.how much is Cingular going
to charge for that and at what speed?
joly
Andrew wrote:
>c) The extra space required to add video would likely be one of the
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Re: [videoblogging] Widescreen video iphone
At 02:11 PM 1/9/2007, you wrote: >Hmmm not to bad considering I wouldn't be watching >video or playing music all day long. > >Any ideas on pricing at all? yes, totally missing from apple store, no doubt due to the following: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ >This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal >Communications Commission. This device is not, and may >not be, offered for >sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Internet video patent suit hits Google and Apple
http://www.out-law.com/page-7623 Google, Apple and Napster are being sued over their online video businesses by a company that stopped offering internet video years ago. Intertainer holds a patent that it says is being infringed by some of the tech world's biggest names. The company now only consists of two people, according to press reports, but it will seek to assert its patent rights in a Texas court after filing an action on 29th December. It had applied for a patent covering internet video distribution, and that was awarded in 2005. Intertainer was founded in 1996 to distribute films over the internet and won investment from Sony, Microsoft and Intel. It stopped that business in 2002. The company holds nine patents, and the current action is based on US patent number 6,925,469, which covers the distribution and management of digital media files. Intertainer is seeking an injuction and unspecified damages from the three companies and it is thought likely that it will pursue further suits if this one is successful. Intertainer founder Jonathan Taplin told the New York Times that the company would now begin a patent licensing business. "Intertainer was the leader of the idea of entertainment on demand over internet platforms before Google was even thought up," he said. The choice of a Texas court is likely to have been influenced by the reputation that some Texas courts have for handing out patent-related judgments favourable to patent holders. Intertainer did not file the application for the patent in question until 2001, five years after the company was founded and after some companies were already offering video and audio material for download. That delay in filing could complicate the company's claims. Google owns YouTube, which leads the world in internet video. The site offers short clips of often amateur-produced content for viewing on computers and was bought by Google for shares worth $1.65 billion last autumn. Apple owns and operates iTunes, the world's biggest legal music download service which is also moving into the business of selling video downloads. See: US Patent No. 6,925,469 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6925469 --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sending camera files over the internet
> >> Is there a really good and easy way to transfer files over the internet? And >> I mean other than SpinXpress! >> >> -- >> http://thenameiwantedwastaken.com > >ftp? > >-- >Bill C. >http://ReelSolid.TV mirc? joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
RE: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy.com Disregarding Vlogger CC Licenses
Mike Hudack wrote: >They have disabled their aggregation functionality entirely for the time >being. I just got off the phone with their CEO, who was very contrite. >We'll be meeting with them next week to figure out how to do this right, >and allow people to opt in and out from blip using MediaRSS. Presumably this will be a tag anyone can use? There is no licence tag in MediaRSS at present right? joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] mobile rss
Do we have any positive examples of mobile video rss? joly At 03:15 PM 1/3/2007, you wrote: >Well, we only have so much we can work with, and it's worth remembering >that most mobile devices are intended to serve other purposes first and be >browsers and video players second. If the goal was just to make a great >mobile browser and video player, it'd be easier, but hardware, battery >power, etc, has to be dedicated to other purposes on the device (like >maintaining a connection to a cellular network, etc), and that means >constantly being between a rock and a hard place on the design phase. > >-- >Rhett. >http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > >> It's too bad it appears that most mobile is one or two steps behind in >> browser and video tech. >> >> -- Enric >> --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: AT&T & Net Neutrality
They're talking here about WiMax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX Hard to see it being here in just 2 years. >> And a >> temporary restriction is appropriate, given the promise of more >> competitors emerging (particularly in wireless broadband) --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] A Wii little problem
That Wii browser is just a beta, it's based on Opera. I guess that more capabilities will be built in by the time it comes into general use. But it *is- nice to be able to visit pals with Wii's and show them one's stuff on YouTube on their big screen tv's eh? Worth uploading maybe the best of the bunch. joly Mike Moon wrote: >I could play the flv version through the Wii, but it needs to be >played on a site that's player uses the older Flash 7 architecture. >For instance, YouTube plays fine through the Wii browser. > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] AT&T & Net Neutrality
http://news.com.com/FCC+approves+ATT-BellSouth+merger/2100-1036_3-6146369.html But not everyone is happy about the deal. Some Net neutrality purists have criticized the fact that AT&T proposed two exceptions to the Net neutrality principles. The first exception allows AT&T to deliver "enterprise managed IP services." These are services that AT&T sells to business customers to connect different offices or provide Internet connections to data centers. AT&T charges its customers a premium for guaranteed levels of service, which requires the company to manage or prioritize traffic when it runs over its network. The second exemption is for AT&T's IPTV service, U-verse, which is currently rolling out in 11 markets. Because AT&T's IPTV service doesn't run over the public Internet, this should not be a big issue, said Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School specializing in telecommunications law and a charter member of the SavetheInternet.com coalition. "These services are IP in name only," he wrote in a blog posted on SavetheInternet.com on Friday. "These services use only the private infrastructure built by AT&T, and do not rely on the public Internet as described by IP addresses. Hence the exclusion of private IPTV services should be considered less controversial. In fact, were the Network neutrality rules to apply to IPTV, it is doubtful that AT&T could offer its competing cable television services, leaving the cable market with even less competition." Mark Cooper, director of research for the Consumer Federation of America, said that some compromise between Net neutrality supporters and AT&T was necessary. His group was asked by the FCC to participate in the negotiations with AT&T over the weekend. "I don't believe the exclusions swallow the definition of Net neutrality that AT&T has agreed to," he said. "People can hypothesize different ways that AT&T will try to define services as IPTV to get around the rules, but if you look at the language, it's pretty clear what is and is not included." AT&T has agreed to adhere to specific rules for a period of two years. But consumer groups are hopeful that if the rules prove to be effective, Congress can use AT&T's own definition of Net neutrality to craft legislation for all carriers. "The two-year term of the agreement should give policymakers in Congress and the FCC enough time to come up with a permanent Net neutrality policy that reflects the significant agreements AT&T has set out," Sohn said. eric wrote: >Excerpt from http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/ --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] James Brown on Democracy Now!
> There's some nice interview footage of JB and the Rev Al from 1980 on today's Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/29/1446218 joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] sensible storage for DVD
What's wrong with keeping it on DV tape? There's nothing more reliable. Otherwise, get a western digital mybook. I think it's worth going with the pro version as it'll give you the Firewire 800, for the day you upgrade to a Mac Pro, for only an extra $40. J and R has them: http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4119202 joly >I am wondering what is my best bet for storing lots of video footage >to be exported to DVD later. Keep in mind that the footage is humans >throwing and dogs chasing Frisbees and is high motion. >Ron Watson --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] University lectures online
>Hi folks, > >Here is a list of university webpages that >offer free videos of their lectures online. Most of >them are streaming, and I haven't noticed >anything yet regarding videography but >these could be useful anyway. > >http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/lectures.html > >Enjoy, >Zack Thanks I tried watching one of the Berkeley Computer Science ones: Professor Hubert Dreyfus- Author of On the Internet http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/stream.php?type=real&webcastid=16887 which discusses the philosophy of online existence. Fascinating! Prof Dreyfus' book was discussed earlier in http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/stream.php?type=real&webcastid=16881 Life in the Media Caves http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/stream.php?type=real&webcastid=16908 discusses the validity of webcasting itself joly ------- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Irina is on boingboing today for SNL parody, boobs in a box
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Re: [videoblogging] YouTube probs
> Seems to be fixed now. >I've been having difficulty uploading to YT today. > >It continuously rejects the video description text. > >I tried complaining through their email form, and it rejected that text too. > >:( > >joly > ------- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] YouTube probs
> I've been having difficulty uploading to YT today. It continuously rejects the video description text. I tried complaining thriugh their email form, and it rejected that text too. :( joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Congdon at Apple
>>>Go behind the scenes of videoblogging's favorite introverted extrovert, >>>Amanda Congdon I wonder who came up with that :) The whole blip interface and ad thing all looks great. Doesn't A. kind of blow the 'this is not tv' angle by calling it a show in the next sentence? joly >Hi all, >I just went to upgrade my Quicktime (without iTunes) >and I noticed that Amanda Congdon has a video >on the page for that. You probably already know this. >http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html >Zack > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Internet TV Conference & Expo - NYC 6/25-6/26 2007
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?
> I was getting quite keen on the idea of a Z1 until I saw the following, on the DV list: >I wonder if any of you have heard or have experience of this problem: > >I work for a hire shop that has about 20 Z1s (we are mostly Betacams but >these little handycams are very popular with broadcasters). We are having an >increasing problem with the ingress of dust into the lens assembly, which >then seems to congregate on the inside of the front element in a patch that >resembles mould (that was my initial diagnosis). We never had this problem >with PD150/170s (in similar environments) so I am wondering whether there is >some form of 'pumping' action inherent in the zoom/focus mechanism on the >Z1s, that actively 'sucks-in' dust. We have a pre-paid service support >scheme with Sony but it doesn't cover accidents or 'misuse'; Sony are >implying the latter but to my mind and experience this situation suggests a >design problem that they ought to be prepared to cover as necessary. The >whole lens assembly has to be replaced since it is apparently uneconomic to >strip and clean it. > >Perry Mitchell joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
Steve W.: >Perhaps a smarter strategy for them >would be to forget about getting direct advertising revenue from >Amanda's videos, and try to use it to drive more traffic to their site >overall. I think you're very right. I mean who ever went to their site otherwise? joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
>
First time I tried it I just got the Ad and nothing else..
Reload worked.
My Yahoo! did accept the rtf.
I thought the production was cheezy compared to RB,
even the swing shotas were kind of mistimed. And
webpage screenshots in embedded flash are not
a good idea.
Competition is good, right?
joly
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[videoblogging] 2006, Brought to You by You
Jon Pareles on YouTube, etc
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/arts/music/10pare.html?ex=1323406800&en=828194fd55075f35&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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[videoblogging] Creative Commons update
gation to do ethical politics. We do. There are more details to this important innovation. But the general message is clear: Using this technology, you can specify rights beyond those granted by the CC license. Any rights, or any applications, however the adopter chooses. I trust as you think through this innovation, you'll see why I think it is the most important change we've introduced since we introduced CC. Remember the hybrid economy from this year's first post. [ http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6118 ]. Here are the tools to help this hybrid flourish. -- This email is part of a weekly series written by Lawrence Lessig If you would like to be removed from this list, please click here: http://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter#unsubscribe Alternatively, if you know others who might find these interesting, please recommend they sign up at http://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter Week 4 CC as a Global Movement http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6155 Week 4 CC as a Global Movement Spanish Version http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/translations/lessig-letter-06-4- es.pdf (Thanks to Maria Cristina Alvite for translation) Support the Commons http://creativecommons.org/support To link to this message, go to: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7143 Archive of Lessig Letters http://creativecommons.org/support/letters Learn More http://creativecommons.org/learnmore For comics and movies: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/how1, http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/ --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Media RSS what?
I used to include alternate media (real) in my MRSS but I couldn't find anyone, including Yahoo that seemed to implement it in a reader - so I went to seperate feeds as a better solution. joly --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] MEDIA.DREAMHOST.COM
I was a little disappointed to find the dreamhost encoder does not accept mp4 joly sull wrote: >Dreamhost now offers flv transcoding and flash viewers/tools. >It's not all the difference... and so far you cant do batch transcodings... >but maybe soon you can. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Help Me Choose A New Camera
What's the difference between FX1 and FX7? >PS. Oops I jsut went looking for prices and those probably blow your >budget but maybe its flexible :) Hoeres a comparison chart of >differences between the FX7 and the HVR-V1U, hmm maybe only the V1U >does proper progressive, Ive been overwhelmed by specs, brainconfused: > >http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HVR-VR1-and-HDR-FX7-Compared.htm > > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Large Video Files - where to host?
Archive,org is a good non-commercial option, and they actually ask that one post as higher resolution version as possible. One can specify 'no derivatives' to avoid transcodings to other formats on the site. There is no way to prevent a savvy user from modifying video. joly At 04:17 PM 12/5/2006, you wrote: >A friend of mine is the IT director for the state AG's office. He's >asked me where he can post videos of the fire at The Station nightclub. > >There are two requirements: > >First - the site has to have the bandwidth necessary to host a bunch >of videos. I explained he might have to break it into chunks but that >didn't seem to phase him. > >Second but most important is that nobody be able to modify the videos. > >Any suggestions? I know about google, blip, youtube etc. but curious >if they can handle the requirements. > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] The Punk Rock of Blogging
http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/3523 The Punk Rock of Blogging by Phil Rockstroh The ideas contained in The Bill of Rights and the tenets of The Enlightenment are quaint notions to corporatists. Within our empire of mammon, cant and incommensurate privilege, concepts such as freedom and liberty lie forgotten, languishing like the statues of forsaken gods within the crumbling temples of some dead religion. I often receive emails from readers who ask, in essence: And what of those of us -- those who remember and grieve our republic's passing. Is there some place of sanctuary where we could rally our spirits; a place where we might gather our strength -- where we might have a rapprochement with our own hopeful hearts, where we might rise in the cool air of morning in some location no longer haunted by the malicious and manipulative spirits who have usurped our names and stolen our country. Is there any place on earth where we might dodge the mind-grinding, soul-killing, death-worshipping legacy of the militarist/corporatist/consumerist state? Don't you see, Phil, these readers implore and admonish me: We're besieged and outnumbered by the mindless worshippers of Death around us -- and, by the way, fella, your incantatory prose will not move, nor even interest them. I'll answer these entreaties by quoting from a documentary, "Punk: Attitude," I viewed, recently, in which independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch posited that art movements (and political ones as well) don't need the masses, they just need a committed 5 percent ... the masses will follow. There is no need to inform the mob; a mob, by its very nature, is uninformed -- and unteachable. The belief in the existence of an informed mob is like believing in the existence of that chimera called compassionate conservatism -- and we've seen where credulity to that sort of crazy talk leads. As was the case with Punk, which Jarmusch termed, "do it yourself art" -- one needs passion, commitment, conviction -- tempered by an ability to apprehend and uniquely interpret changing realities and circumstances -- plus an inner reservoir of courage and follow through. These things can't be bought retail: And that is exactly the advantage we hold. Hence, it might be instructive to look at the mode of being evinced by the pioneers of Punk Rock ... Tired of endless guitar solos and of Arena Rock and Roll's egomaniacal inanities, they learned to play three cords -- real fast -- and would play for little or no money in shot-out downtown clubs -- thereby reintroducing the danger and allure of the subversive intimacy of early Rock and Roll to a new generation -- and forever establishing the enduring principle that being an imbecilic Rock and Roll egoist should be a democratic process -- not limited to only corporate, guitar technocrats (or even those individuals possessed of the tyranny of talent). Point of clarification: I'm not speaking here of literally becoming a punk rocker. (Although, a convincing argument can be made that: independent websites and blogs are the new Punk Rock.) I'm talking about the initial passion of the progenitors -- not the conformist banalities displayed by their mindless followers ... I'm speaking of the mode of being of the folks who created the art form -- not the hollow mimicry of those who mummify it into dogma. The do-it-your-self-art idea being the key that unlocks the barred door of the commodified prison of a corporatist state of mind and allows one's life to be created -- not by narrow careerist agendas -- but by the surrender to all it takes to be free. To do this, sometimes, you must follow your inspiration so far off the path -- you have to blaze your own path to make your way back. It's not the outcome of your endeavors, but the life lived. If you live with such ardor -- who knows who and what you'll effect. We must be like the monks of The Dark Ages, copying books for generations yet unborn, preserving what we can of our humanity and passing it on. I believe hope arises in organic ways before it makes its way into political platforms, is implemented into policy, and, finally, imprisons us in dogma -- thus allowing a new generation to engage in the soul-making of sedition against its ossified order. Let's get to it. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Media malware is next big thing...
http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,383100,39164505,00.htm Hackers coveting online video - McAfee Media malware is next big thing... By Tom Espiner Published: Monday 4 December 2006 Security vendor McAfee has predicted the increasing popularity of video on the web will make it a future target for hackers. The use of video formats on social-networking sites will attract malware writers, the company claims. As people become more reluctant to open email attachments from anonymous sources, hackers will target users who open media files instead. The functionality of online video, which includes pop-up ads and URL redirects, will become "ideal tools of destruction for malware writers", McAfee claimed in a statement. It said: "As video-sharing networks on the web proliferate, the potential capture of a large audience will incite malware writers to exploit these channels for monetary gain. "In combination, these issues make malicious coders likely to achieve a high degree of effectiveness with media malware." The so-called W32/Realor worm, discovered in early November 2006, launches malicious websites without user interaction, potentially exposing users to pass-capture malware on the sites. The so-called Exploit-WinAmpPLS installs spyware but requires user interaction. McAfee anticipates that businesses will prefer users not to download video onto work PCs. McAfee security analyst Greg Day said: "A lot of companies currently have verbal policies [prohibiting video downloads]. We expect more formal enforcement to come into place." --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: DMCA Missuse
Good analysis Enric.
The flipside, of course, is that the 'fair harbor' provision also permits
the existence of services like YouTube that are, without doubt, very
conducive to public speech.
joly
enric wrote:
>This is my opinion on this aspect of the DMCA:
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[videoblogging] Democracy player
I note that there's an version update on the windows version of the Democracy
player today:
http://www.getdemocracy.com/
One wonders how they can get away with the blatant YouTube download facility
which
works very well, but surely is not in keeping with YT's terms of use..
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[videoblogging] Web 2.0 - A Conversation with Eric Schmidt
Web 2.0 - A Conversation with Eric Schmidt November 22, 2006 Google CEO Eric Schmidt joins Web 2.0 Summit 2006 program chair John Battelle for a conversation. They talk about Google's recent purchase of YouTube and the importance of video as a format. audio: http://downloads.oreilly.com/network/2006/11/22/web2-eric-schmidt-audio02.mp3 video: http://downloads.oreilly.com/network/2006/11/22/web2-eric-schmidt-video02.mp4 more: http://www.web2con.com/pub/w/49/conversations.html --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: feed not working & Verdi's mp4 method
Is this change documented anywhere at Apple? What changed QT or iPod? Should we go back and re-encode all those earlier 'download' encodes? joly At 09:56 AM 11/24/2006, Michael wrote: >Also, Apple recently changed something about what files will play on iPods >(again) and there is a "optimize for..." dropdown in the mp4 compression >panel that need to be set to "streaming" now in order to be compatible with >an iPod. I have it documented on the Alive in Baghdad wiki (haven't done it >for Freevlog yet). You can find that at: >http://aliveinbaghdad.pbwiki.com/AIB%20episode%20format#4iPodCompression --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] I held a Zune today...
I liked the idea of being able to zap vids to other people til I
read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/technology/09pogue.html?pagewanted=2
You can play a transmitted song only three times, all within three
days. After that, it expires. Youre left with only a text tag that
shows up on your PC so that how convenient! you can buy the song
from Microsofts store.
This copy protection is as strict as a 19th-century schoolmarm. Just
playing half the song (or one minute, whichever comes first) counts as
one play. You can never resend a song to the same friend. A beamed
song cant be passed along to a third person, either.
Whats really nuts is that the restrictions even stomp on your own
musical creations. Microsofts literature suggests that if you have a
struggling rock band, you could put your demo recordings on your Zune
and when youre out in public, you can send the songs to your
friends. What it doesnt say: And then three days later, just when
buzz about your band is beginning to build, your songs disappear from
everyones Zunes, making you look like an idiot.
At 01:26 AM 11/15/2006, you wrote:
>I don't know any of the specs, but the video quality/control on it actually
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: The People on YouTube - A Question to All.
They seem to have good awareness of these issues, and are prioritizing a mobile future, according to that Charlie Rose interview, and yesterday's NYT piece quotes them as saying they'll avoid pre-roll http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/technology/22tube.html?ex=1313899200&en=40487f6f857bcf00&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Chad Hurley, the sites co-founder, said he opposed one of the main existing models for Internet video, used on Yahoo, America Online and other popular sites, in which viewers must watch a commercial before seeing a clip they have selected. Its not very effective to force somebody to watch an ad, Mr. Hurley said. We feel its a much better experience to have somebody opt in, as they would with the ads on YouTubes front page. At 09:05 PM 8/22/2006, mike wrote: >I'm dying to see if they're going to be able to pull it out of the >red. My guess is as portable media devices take off like the ipod, >psp... even set tops the infexibility of the platform will be >encouraging many to move to greener pastures just about the time >youtube finds increased pressure to monetize through advertising... >not just page ads, not just pre or post roll ads, but also >preferential treatmeant to corporate sponsors. This will likely, and I >think it already is... start to detract from the luster of their >image... and at some point... I don't know if it'll be one or two >years we can expect a backlash and mass exodus as a result of some >action on youtube's part in an effort to monetize. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.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/
[videoblogging] NYC municipal broadband
Aprt from the free wifi in public spaces the key phrase in Daley's proposal is 'affordable' access' which is by no means 'free'. SF's 'free' access scheme AFAIK involves much google advertising. One should not ignore the efforts of NYC in this area, led by Gale Brewer chair of the Technology Cttee. See my post http://punkcast.com/933/ in which she suggest that broadband access is becoming as much a necessary public amenity as roads, and that installing wifi in a park is cheaper than repaving an intersection.. and also: http://www.isoc-ny.org/cgi-bin/mail/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&id=20060517164448&list=discuss about her plans for wifi in senior's centers. and http://www.isoc-ny.org/cgi-bin/mail/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&id=20060517163712&list=discuss in which she triumphs over earlier city efforts to profit from internet access. For more info general about NYC wifi efforts: http://news.com.com/Can+Wi-Fi+make+it+in+Manhattan/2100-7351_3-5992316.html?tag=nefd.top and http://www.nycwireless.net/tiki-view_articles.php joly At 02:15 PM 6/5/2006, you wrote: >Along the same lines, last week Mayor Daley announced a plan for free broadband for Chicagoans: ><http://tinyurl.com/pr4nv>http://tinyurl.com/pr4nv > >Note that the plan also calls for easier access to computers for lower-income individuals, which is often an overlooked part of these "free internet" plans. > >-- >Adam Quirk ><http://thepan.org>thepan.org --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.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.
Re: [videoblogging] overview of Pew report on broadband access and online publishing
This report affirming much of Eben Moglen's remarks about 'prosumerism' at the recent isoc-ny meet, which I've put at http://punkcast.com/964/ and that I can't over-recommend. Prof. Moglen talks about how wrong many major media efforts to co-opt the net into traditional modes of consumerism have been, and points out Murdoch's purchase of MySpace as a major capitulation. I remember explaining the 'Net to people, in the early days, - 'It's not like television, it's more like the telephone, a global conference call." Prof. Moglen gets positively gleeful as he notes that Bill Gates, hung up on client-server in a P2P world, still doesn't get it. joly Andy wrote: >To me, though, the most interesting part of the report focuses on >online content publishing. Overall, 35% of Internet users - 48 million >people - have posted content to the Internet. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com --- SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Typepad 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.
