Re: [videoblogging] Editing HD content on a PC

[Zack]

If you don't mind using a free program, VirtualDub is very good
and handles all resolutions. But you can't do a few of the fancier
things like fades and transitions.

Zack

Rich Hand wrote:
>
> Recently, I received footage from a Sony HDCam. I need to edit it,
> but my Avid Liquid Edition Pro doesn't appear to like the footage.
>
> The audio has an electronic-like stutter and the video displays as if
> the time syncing has been lost and has occasional pixelated streaks.
>
> I am sure this is an easy question for the experts here. I just don't
> understand why this happens with my current software, since it is
> designed to handle HD content.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>  

Re: [videoblogging] 20/20 on net video

[Zack]

I suspect they're pushing the "suffer the children" line
because that's the method of attack being pushed by
the MPAA/RIAA lobbyists in their effort to cripple
the Internet. There's a bill sponsored by John
"selling my soul" McCain that pretends to be about
protecting children but may be intended to shut down
the Internet.

The other tactic lobbyists are trying to push is requiring
every document of the Net to be authorized for distribution
by its copyright holder, which is of course impossible
to thoroughly enforce, but the penalties are huge, so it
could cause a panic similar to how terrorism does --
not that MPAA/RIAA are terrorist organizations, of course...

Trying to shut people up about 9/11conspiracies
using the "suffer the children" tactic is new to me;
it kind of suggests there's some truth to the theories.


Enric wrote:
>
> While channel surfing tonight I landed on the 20/20 show about video
> on the internet. They mainly covered YouTube. Topics ranged from
> privacy concerns, to war video shot by soldiers in Iraq from cell
> phones, to political news as Senator George Allen calling a political
> vidoer "Macaca", and so on. An interesting program, though I found
> the section on how children could be irreperably damaged by video
> images like the Shuttle blowing up and videos of 9/11 ("suffer the
> little children") patronizing.
>
> Mourning the Death of Privacy
> http://abcnews. go.com/2020/ story?id= 2752636&page= 1 
> 
>
> Viral Video: The New Weapon in War and Politics
> http://abcnews. go.com/2020/ story?id= 2746937&page= 1 
> 
>
> Video: The End of Privacy?
> http://abcnews. go.com/Video/ playerIndex? id=2757107 
> 
>
> Special Section Outrageous Video!
> http://abcnews. go.com/2020/ CaughtOnTape/ 
> 
>
> -- Enric
>
>  

[videoblogging] University lectures online

[Zack]

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

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Funny idea: blogger press corps?

[Zack]

Hi Bill,
I just do individual videos right now. I need to get
new hardware before I do a blog.
Zack
http://zsmith.net


Bill Cammack wrote:
>
> --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com 
> <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, Zack  wrote:
> >
> > (C) The larger the group of interviewers, perhaps the
> > more willing some important people would be to be
> > interviewed, especially "man of the people" types.
> >
> > Zack
>
> Interesting concept, Zack.
>
> What's your show?
>
> --
> Bill C.
> http://ems.blip. tv <http://ems.blip.tv>
>
>  

[videoblogging] Funny idea: blogger press corps?

[Zack]

Hi all,

It occurs to me that if regular people with video cameras
were able to meet up together and collectively interview
people, for instance famous people, the result could be
interesting, for several reasons:

(A) A group could probably ask more interesting questions
of interviewees than an individual interviewer could.

(B) If it's not staged in some way, regular people always
have more off the wall questions than MSM people do.

(C) The larger the group of interviewers, perhaps the
more willing some important people would be to be
interviewed, especially "man of the people" types.

However there is also big risk: You know how everyone
hates the White House Press Corps, because all they do
is pose easy, softball questions to Bush and pals. Everyone senses
it's staged. The risk would be that bloggers would do the same,
or that the mainstream media would imitate them and stage
fake populist interviews. Or the MSM could try to discredit
the idea by staging especially unruly or disrespect-filled
interviews.

Zack

Re: [videoblogging] Burning videos to disk

[Zack]

Nero was supposed to allow this, but when I tried it
they said I had to upgrade to a payware version.

Re: [videoblogging] I hope someone can help

[Zack]

Reinstall Windows?

Bev Sykes wrote:
>
> I have joined the 21st century and Santa brought me a video iPod for
> Christmas. Some time ago, I upgraded to the latest version of iTunes 
> and it
> totally screwed up my system and I had to uninstall and go back to what I
> had. Now, it appears that I must have the current versiou of iTunes or I'm
> up a creek as far as adding to my new iPod.
>
> The problem? The latest version of QuickTime will not show videos on my
> computer. Whether they are QuickTime videos I have made myself or 
> QuickTime
> video previews on iTunes, all I get is garbage. I hear the sound, but get
> colors and wavy lines on the screen.
>
> I have not come across this in any troubleshooting guidelines and when 
> this
> first happened several months ago (I went through hell trying to 
> figure out
> where to find an older version of QT and uninstalling iTunes), I posted my
> problem to the QuickTime yahoo group and nobody had ever heard of that
> problem before.
>
> Surely SOMEONE here has and can give me suggestions for how to proceed.
> Please?
>
> -- 
> Bev Sykes
> http://funnytheblog .blogspot. com 
> http://funnytheworl d.com 
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>  

[videoblogging] Time's "You" person of the year

[Zack]

In the latest Amanda Congdon video, she proposes
that the "You" from Time's latest issue is not everyone,
because for instance some people have never even
heard of a blog, but rather is the much more limited
set of people who had produced content and
put it on the Web.

I wonder if what Time really means is that it has sized up
the enemy to its business model, and has decided it's
basically everyone out there who's not in the media.
Because there's no way they can identify every individual
who might produce content and give it away.
So we're all the MSM's enemy, sort of like media
insurgents in the war on truth ;-)'

Zack Smith
http://zsmith.net

[videoblogging] Congdon at Apple

[Zack]

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

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Amanda on ABC is not a vlog

[Zack]

This is confusing to me. Didn't she formerly complain about
the mainstream media (MSM)? Yet now she's a part of it?

Bill Cammack wrote:
>
> Here's the press release, for those of you that aren't aware of what 
> ABC's goals are:
>
> --
> http://www.abcmedia net.com/pressrel /dispDNR. html?id=111406_ 
> 02&from=mnsearch 
> 
>
> ABC Television Network
> PRESS RELEASE - ENTERTAINMENT - BLOGGER AMANDA CONGDON JOINS ABC NEWS'
> DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP
> Print This Document
> (note: To use this function, upgrade your browser: "Quick Download")
>
> VIDEO BLOGGER AMANDA CONGDON JOINS ABC NEWS DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP AS A
> CONTRIBUTOR
>
>
> Dedicated to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple 
> platforms and
> connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, 
> Disney-ABC
> Television Group announced today that Amanda Congdon has joined ABC 
> News Digital
> Media Group as a contributor. In this role she will primarily 
> contribute through a weekly
> video blog on the network's online component, ABCNEWS.com, and 
> frequently appear on
> the 24-hour digital channel, ABC News Now.
>
> "We are excited about the addition of Amanda and her unique, 
> insightful approach to our
> team" said Albert Cheng, executive vice president, Digital Media, 
> Disney-ABC Television
> Group. "Her background and proven ability to effortlessly blend news 
> and pop culture will
> be invaluable assets as we continue to evolve how we deliver news and 
> information across
> our digital platforms."
>
> "I am very pleased to be joining the Disney-ABC Television Group team. 
> They are breaking
> new ground online and I am eager to forge ahead with them," said Ms. 
> Congdon. "Many
> people use the internet as their #1 news source, so it's exciting that 
> a major news provider
> like ABC News is actively expanding their original program offerings 
> in the space."
>
> Ms. Congdon recently traveled across the country as part of her 
> AmandaAcrossAmerica
> project, where she chronicled her experiences via video blogging, 
> which included
> interviewing Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack. Prior to her nationwide tour, 
> she was the well-
> known host of the daily online news show, Rocketboom.com. Ms. Congdon 
> graduated
> magna cum laude from Northwestern University and currently resides in 
> Los Angeles.
>
> The ABC News Digital Media group continues to show incredible growth 
> through both
> ABCNEWS.com and ABC News Now. ABCNEWS.com hit a five-year high in 
> October with
> more than 138 million page views, showing a 77% increase from October 
> 2005, according
> to an internal measurement tool. The site recently ranked seventh 
> among all news sites,
> drawing its highest ranking in nearly three years. ABC News Now is one 
> of the most widely
> distributed broadband channels, available to over 27 million broadband 
> subscribers, and
> is innovating the marketplace with its own line of viewer-generated 
> programming, "Be
> Seen and Be Heard."
>
> This announcement is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group's overall 
> Digital Media
> multiplatform business initiative and demonstrates the Group's ongoing 
> commitment to
> launching new digital products and working with strategic partners in 
> the digital media
> space to make its high-quality, informative and entertaining content 
> available to
> consumers whenever and wherever they choose.
>
> Media Contacts:
> Paige Capossela, ABC News, (212) 456-7243
> Karen Hobson, Disney-ABC Television Group, (818) 569-7789
> Michael Donkis, Endeavor, (310) 246 -3390
>
>  -
>
> --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com 
> , "Mike Meiser"  [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Exactly Peter,
> >
> > ABC, is completely ignorant of the the potential of vidoe on the web
> > and just replicating the sam ol' sh*t that worked on TV, but now's the
> > chance to send a message and make a point. To clue big media in, and
> > to help Amanda out.
> >
> > Amanda,
> >
> > I knew you know what makes vlogs work, that's perhaps why I pushed so
> > hard. I understand.. . you're working with a big player they probably
> > don't care what you think... tradtionally you're just the personality,
> > the pretty face on the screen, they're probably not used to their on
> > air tallent telling their techies how to do their job. We got your
> > back, just send them this way and we'll clue them in.
> >
> > BTW, I did notice you got your RSS feed up. Half the trouble is just
> > that the page is a mess. And so is the RSS feed. The permalinks for
> > example in the feed just link back to a generic ABC podcast overview
> > page, this is utterly clueless. RSS feeds aren't just about
> > aggregation they're about search and findability as well. The whole
> > idea of the permalink is to tie the videos / podcasts back to the
> > original post, the original show notes. Yo