[videoblogging] Crossroads Film Festival
Crossroads Film Festival announces early Christmas present! We've extended the mail-in entry deadline to January 20, 2007 postmark and are allowing pre-screen on the web by January 4, 2007 to videoblogging group members. Entries can be shorts with length down to 1 second. I know there is a lot of creativity here and wanted to personally extend an invitation to everyone here to enter your films. Please note that films can be mailed on DVD (preferred) to the full screening committee. For performance at the Festival, they can be in one of the following formats: 35mm, 16mm Video: Betacam SP, DV (including mini-DV). For shorts from the videoblogging group, a very high quality DVD may be acceptable for public performance. Please make sure before submitting that your film will be available in an acceptable format. The films must have a full resolution of at least 720 X 540 or 720 X 486 for public performance, but the PRE-SCREENING committee has been authorized to pre-screen on the Web. RULES FOR PRE-SCREENING ONLY Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject of Festival Entry by January 4, 2007 with direct links to the video of up to 3 of your best projects and your contact email address. Please make sure you email the DIRECT LINKS TO VIDEO files, not links to blog postings or feed URLs. The PRE-SCREENING COMMITTEE will watch a maximum of 20 minutes and I will email you letting you know whether it might be worth your effort to submit your film(s) to the full screening committee. If the response is overwhelming, The PRE- SCREENING COMMITTEE may watch only the first ten minutes total of the projects you list, so list your best first. This special PRE- SCREENING is offered to members of the videoblogging group. But you can always choose to bypass PRE SCREENING and submit to the full screening committee. Details here: http://www.crossroadsfilmfest.com/06/submitfilm.php For films passing the full screening committee, Cash gift awards will be given for best feature, documentary, short, student, youth, music video experimental film. Here's the full blurb about the festival. Crossroads Film Festival, March 29 April 1, 2007, Jackson, Mississippi Come challenge Mississippi's creative class STILL be showered in Southern hospitality. This is where the music of delta bluesman Robert Johnson runs straight into the home of the international ballet competition. Tennessee Williams, Morris, Welty, Faulkner, James Earl Jones, Oprah, Morgan Freeman; some of the world's greatest musicians, quirky and creative folks. There'll be cash prizes, Southern celebrities, workshops, daily receptions and nightly jukin' with live music to toast you, the filmmaker. It's all about your story. Share it. We'll show you a great time. Entry Deadline Jan. 20. www.crossroadsfilmfest.com Greg Smith Good Luck!
[videoblogging] Re: When video services scale up your videos dimensions
Josh, I'm in the same boat as you. I often tap the full screen button when viewing video on line. In my aggregator on the Pocket PC, the default size can be chosen by the user and I chose full screen. If you are a content creator and you intend a certain size video, is it the final viewing size you are trying to specify, or the pixel resolution? My 3.8 VGA Pocket PC shows native 320x240 video at approximately half (1.9 diagonal!) the size of a QVGA Pocket PC. I always full screen the video on my Pocket PC. I would think that many people have different resolution screens where the pixel size is proportional to the actual viewing size, but your 320x240 video is smaller on your 1900x1280 screen than my mom's 1024x768 (or heaven forbid! 15 800x600 screen). While I fully believe that original size should always be an option for the user. The user is in command of the screen (in my opinion). If a DVD producer specified that I must watch their movie with side- and top-bars at 32 diagonal and that I was not able to stretch to my full 92 screen. I'd skip it! Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These are all good points... Here's one reason to scale to a consistent size (while retaining aspect ratio): - Not every video is the same size There is no way to tell if a video is 320x240 or 1000x2500 without downloading the file. This information certainly does not exist in the RSS feed at this time. Now, most videos are 320x240 for now... but not all. If you want to embed the video into a webpage and have it work within the design of that webpage, then it helps to scale to a consistent size. If you simply embed without setting the scale property then there's no telling what you might get. By providing a link to the original video (not embedded), then the viewer can see it at its original intended size. I would also argue though that most people do not really have an intended size when making a video. Some people do. Some people are artists. Other people just export at whatever size iMovie or similar editing program exports at and they probably wouldn't consider the size of their video as part of their intented work of art. So, taking into account this information, perhaps FireAnt.tv should keep all videos at a consistent 320x240 (that is probably the most common size)... we tried this, but decided we preferred the larger viewing experience. There is also a direct link to the original video file and blog entry on each video page, so viewers can go and watch the video at original sizes if they prefer. Perhaps we could reconsider... I happen to like viewing at a larger size, but maybe that's just me. Does anyone else like the larger viewing size, or am I alone on this one? :-) -Josh On 2/27/06, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't like it, especially when they do not provide you with an option to view the view at it's original and intended size. On Feb 27, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote: How do you feel about aggregators or video hosting sites where you can play videos increasing the dimensions from 320x240 to a larger scale? --Steve -- http://SteveGarfield.com http://Rocketboom.com My most recent post: VLOG SOUP: Episode 11 http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/videoblog/2006/02/vlog_soup_episo.htm l You are worth like 50 million danishes. - Amy Carpenter Alternative reply address: stephen.garfield [AT] comcast.net Yahoo! Groups Links 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] Re: Mississippi vlogs.
Still? Wow. I'm amazed, too. If you are a Mississippi Vlogger, let's meet near Jackson! Contact me! It is rather depressing. All of us care about rebuilding, and my guess is that those directly involved are busy doing it rather than documenting it. Katrina has changed the States' focus for many many years to come. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still amazed that there is still not one single vlog (at least on vlogmap.org) in the entire state of Mississippi. We have to remedy this. Before the hurricane, Biloxi MS was one of my favorite places on earth. It still is, though it will never be the same... I keep thinking about making a vlog post about it, but every time I think about it, it's too depressing... Susan http://vlog.kitykity.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] Re: Why Not Use .MP4?
Michael, My theory is that H.264 takes up more battery power for a given quality level. I know that up until recently, Pocket PCs have had difficulty playing high-bitrate H.264. And even the iPod maximum bitrate playback is lower for H.264 than it is for 3ivx, for example. With 30G or 60G iPod, battery is more of a concern than disk space. No one has taken up my suggestion to actually run a comparison on this ( http://groups.google.com/group/videoblogging/browse_thread/thread/570 863cedd357f06/d4293c55fd4b0534? lnk=stq=h.264+battery+ecomputerdrnum=1hl=en#d4293c55fd4b0534 ) Based on my observations that H.264 takes up more CPU than 3ivx, my presumption is that it also takes more battery power. Unfortunately, no one has ever confirmed (to my knowledge) whether iPod can decode mp3 audio on a 3ivx-encoded video, so at this point my recommendation has been 3ivx/AAC (even thought AAC if decoded legally requires licensing payments by the author of the player to the licensing agency). I've written briefly about that here: http://feederreader.pocketcasting.com/viewtopic.php?p=1417#1417 On desktops and in living rooms, where the decoding machine is plugged into the wall, I suspect H.264 widescreen at 720p or 1080i will be completely appropriate. I'm not sure of the minimum machine required to decode H.264 at that resolution. I'd love to see if a 2GHz MCE HTPC or an Apple Mini can decode a full-resolution HDTV- quality H.264 bitstream. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - The Pocket PC videoblog client. No desktop required. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I'm thinking about iPod compatibility and the easiest way to make a good iPod compatible video using H.264 seems to be to export as an .MP4. You have control over the bit rate, single or dual pass, audio settings, etc. The files seem to fast start for me on Mac and PC. Now the .MP4 can't do all the cool QuickTime things like HREF tracks, text tracks, etc. but you can always use QuickTime Pro to save as an .mov and add those things if you want. Is there something I'm missing? Are there widespread server mime type problems with .mp4? Steve Watkins will probably want to scream because he's been saying this for about a year but, Steve, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this subject again. So who out there has been doing this? What's your experience been? I've noticed that Bill Streeter sometimes uses it but not always - what's up with that Bill? Thanks, Verdi PS - It appears that Apple has fixed the export to iPod thing if you access it in iMovie from the Share menu. If you access it from File Export in iMovie or QuickTime Pro you still get that dammed 320 X 213 video! PPS - Yes, this is research for the book Freevlog 3 - just so you know. -- Me: http://michaelverdi.com RD: http://evilvlog.com Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org 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] Battery life of iPod Video using H.264 ?
I've written before about this. I think we may be using the wrong metric for mobile video with the coming of H.264. My theory is that file size is no longer supreme. H.264 takes more processing power to decode. And processing power generally means less battery life (although this can be mitigated somewhat using hardware decoding). I think it's generally agreed that H.264 quality per file size is better than alternatives. But what about quality per processor MHz or more relavently quality per battery hour of playback? If you take a video and encode in H.264 for the iPod to a certain level of quality (subjective, I know) then take the same video and encode in the other format that is iPod video compatible (3ivX?) to the SAME PERCEIVED quality level. Generally, this would mean a higher bitrate (using the same FPS and resolution). What is the difference in battery life of the iPod Video when playing the H.264 versus the 3ivX, for example? Anyone care to try this? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] voxmedia.org hacked?
It looks like voxmedia.org has been hacked. Just wanted to notify you if you are responsible for voxmedia.org. If you are not involved with voxmedia.org do NOT go there and give the hackers any additional hits. If you are involved with voxmedia.org, please let us know when it is fixed via this group. Thanks! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: camcorder to hard drive
I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do. It almost sounds like you want to record to tape *and* hard drive. If you want to skip tape altogether, there are digital video cameras that save to flash memory cards (generally, Secure Digital cards or CompactFlash cards) or Microdrives (CompactFlash interface). The higher-end (prosumer) ones I think start with the JVC Everio Tom's Hardware site has a typically thorough review (although http://graphics.tomshardware.com/video/20050113/ Rundown of features: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010message=14004270 Review from video camera site: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-GZ-MC500-Camcorder-Review.htm Some other members of JVC Everio line record direct to hard drive: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-Introduces-Four-Hard-Drive- Based-Everio-Camcorders.htm (Not sure of availability, though). An older review at http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-GZ-MC100- First-Impressions-Camcorder-Review.htm mentions competitors of the JVC, namely the Fisher/Sanyo FVDC1 flash media camcorder and the Panasonic SV-AV100. You should read the preview to see the features of those cameras. There are many lower-end choices that record directly to Secure Digital cards. In terms of quality, I would start with the Sanyo/Fisher Xacti C5 (reportedly very good quality). You may want to look at Panasonic's SD line as well. Or try Samsung SC- X105, or Canon SD500 (or newer replacement model). The Canon is a digital still camera that can record unlimited video direct to SD card. As you move to the digital camera area, you may lose the ability to zoom while recording. And as you move to the lower end (less than US$200) you start to get Webcam quality and you lose one or more of resolution, optical zoom, low-light (read: normal room light) capability, and frames per second. Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for. Hope this helps. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, DrLinton Hutchinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those Video Gurus out there - I have a question Is there a camcorder that you can be shooting and at the same time it saves to an external hard drive rather than tape? A 3 chip version would be a preference, but one that can be recording action and also saving it to a hard drive would be perfect! Thanks in advance With friendly greetings, Linton Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Why use an RSS aggregator?
Amazing: I *just* wrote an explanation of aggregators yesterday. here is a the exchange between me and another user on a Pocket PC forum. (FeederReader is an aggregator for a Pocket PC device). Duckie said: I mean seriously...why is it a big deal to go to a website and download the podcast? GSmith said: I agree that downloading one podcast is not that big a deal. Try checking 30 web pages for new podcasts, downloading the new ones (after remembering which ones you've downloaded already) transferring to your Pocket PC, listening to them, then deleting them. There's a tipping point where using an aggregator makes sense. Plus you can use FeederReader for text blogs and news as well. And on the Pocket PC, going to each website, then finding and downloading the new podcasts is even harder. With FeederReader, selecting Do | Update All Feeds can automatically check for new podcasts and download them, turning a 40 minute interactive experience into a 10-second icon tap. Anywhere you can connect to the internet (WiFi hotspot, cell phone), FeederReader can check and download new items. It all depends on how easy you want it to be, and how many you are going to check. I have 200 feeds and about 50 podcasts that I'm subscribed to directly on my Pocket PC. I can give you the list and I'd love for you to tell me how long it takes you to check the web sites, download the new podcasts, and read the new text items on each site. But you're right, for one or two podcasts, it's easier with FeederReader, but it's still possible without it. Duckie said: While I will agree, on the basis of your argument, that an agregator is helpful to those who listen to 30+ Podcasts, it still doesnt seem like a tool for the normal uiser. I could see news organizations and reporters or fellow bloggers using your app, but Joe Schmoe (who barely knows how to open a word document without infecting himself, everyone in his email database, and Nasa) would have to be jobless to have time for 30+ Podcasts. I barely squeeze 5 in per week with my schedule, and mine isn't even hectic. I mean, good on ya, mate, for creating (what I can only assume is) a good app for a niche market. Perhaps you're ahead of the game and I just don't know it yet... Now, if and when your app downloads the latest episodes of 'Lost' for me...then we can talk. GSmith said: I appreciate your kind comments. And your sense is right that you have to WANT to listen to podcasts. Perhaps part of the reason that you only have time for 5 podcasts is that you spend time checking and downloading. As news, information, and entertainment move to RSS feeds, FeederReader will be available for you to save time by checking all feeds with one tap. You can then spend your time listening. Of course I *do* think I'm ahead of the game somewhat. I spend a lot of my time teaching people how to use FeederReader and RSS Feeds on the FeederReader Forums. Once people have a desire to read, watch, or listen to RSS feeds and podcasts, they are usually happily surprised when I tell them they can get those feeds directly to their Pocket PC without using a desktop computer at all. Any Wifi Hotspot or cell phone data connection will work. Some people will not find it useful. But many people will (and have) found FeederReader a convenient and timesaving tool when you don't want to be tied to your desk. Ever download the latest RocketBoom while shopping, then watch it in line at the store? I have. It's amazingly cool. I'm not saying it's for everyone, and it may not be for you, but RSS Feeds and in particular, FeederReader, have totally changed the way I get my information and entertainment. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Why use an RSS aggregator?
Yes, it is still tricky. You're right: an aggregator in general is useful *after* you've found what you want to watch. I'll be adding a keyword search at some point, but it is easier to sample and find videoblogs on a desktop. I think FireANT, for instance, blurs the line a little between pure browser and pure aggregator. And that's GOOD for users! I would call such aggregators useful for the fully- connected, full-bandwidth internet (although correct me if I'm wrong! These are just my suspicions!). With FeederReader, it's a little more difficult balancing what I call the semi-connected Web because when you are interacting with the Pocket PC, it may not be connected to the internet. And when you do connect to the internet, it might be at 5kbytes per second (GPRS speed) or 15 kbytes per second (EDGE speed). EVDO, I think, goes to 40 or 60 kbytes per second (but don't quote me!). Sampling on broadband, where streaming is possible, is much easier than on GPRS. The characteristics of the internet connection that make possible getting podcasts and videocasts onto a Pocket PC (non-interactive, download slowly in the background) are the exact opposite of those things that make it easy for streaming. Even when you are connected via WiFi hotspot, it's a little difficult to sample because many people don't design their web sites to be easily accessible on a 240x320 device. And they may add features such as DHTML or JavaScript or Flash 8, that prevent the Pocket PC from properly displaying the site and accessing videos (or audio). I'm waiting for the tipping point where mobile devices, the semi- connected Web, and downloading direct wherever you are will be the norm. I'm evangelizing as fast as I can! In my view, bandwidth is less like a non-renewable resource (water) and more like Doritos: use (crunch?) all you want, they'll make more...eventually. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's still tricky, isnt it? I dont know feederReader... but can you find content easily? can you filter it before downloading? Or do you need to know before hand what you want to subscribe to? Also, can you grab feed items meta data first before downloading any media? Personally, I am against the abuse of bandwidth... So i dont *always* like the idea of downloading 200 videos from channels you may be subscribed to but then really you only care to watch 20 of them. I kind of have this 'bandwidth as water' metaphor in my head ;-) Sure, if you com eto know a channel well, and are certain to watch all the video...not really a problem. But many feeds will not fall into this, especially with the growth of meta-feeds and shared playlists etc. blah blah... sull On 11/30/05, ecomputerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazing: I *just* wrote an explanation of aggregators yesterday. here is a the exchange between me and another user on a Pocket PC forum. (FeederReader is an aggregator for a Pocket PC device). Duckie said: I mean seriously...why is it a big deal to go to a website and download the podcast? GSmith said: I agree that downloading one podcast is not that big a deal. Try checking 30 web pages for new podcasts, downloading the new ones (after remembering which ones you've downloaded already) transferring to your Pocket PC, listening to them, then deleting them. There's a tipping point where using an aggregator makes sense. Plus you can use FeederReader for text blogs and news as well. And on the Pocket PC, going to each website, then finding and downloading the new podcasts is even harder. With FeederReader, selecting Do | Update All Feeds can automatically check for new podcasts and download them, turning a 40 minute interactive experience into a 10-second icon tap. Anywhere you can connect to the internet (WiFi hotspot, cell phone), FeederReader can check and download new items. It all depends on how easy you want it to be, and how many you are going to check. I have 200 feeds and about 50 podcasts that I'm subscribed to directly on my Pocket PC. I can give you the list and I'd love for you to tell me how long it takes you to check the web sites, download the new podcasts, and read the new text items on each site. But you're right, for one or two podcasts, it's easier with FeederReader, but it's still possible without it. Duckie said: While I will agree, on the basis of your argument, that an agregator is helpful to those who listen to 30+ Podcasts, it still doesnt seem like a tool for the normal uiser. I could see news organizations and reporters or fellow bloggers using your app, but Joe Schmoe (who barely knows how to open a word document without infecting himself, everyone in his email database
[videoblogging] Re: Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 11/19/2005, 3:00 pm
Is this actually happening? I don't see the Sat 19 link. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, videoblogging@yahoogroups.com wrote: Reminder from the Calendar of videoblogging http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/cal Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference Saturday November 19, 2005 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (This event repeats every week.) Event Location: Online Notes: http://www.voxmedia.org/wiki/Videoblogger_Videoconferences Check above link for GMT time and vidconference link. Set up birthday reminders! http://us.rd.yahoo.com/cal_us/rem/? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/cal?v=9evt_type=13 Copyright 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.yahoo.com Privacy Policy: http://privacy.yahoo.com/ Terms of Service: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Commenting and the Semi-Connected web
Andreas, I'm glad you took my post in the spirit with which it was intended ;-) Since my name is mentioned I should say something, huh. :o) I was hoping you would! After I pressed submit, I noticed my tone was a little aggressive, but I can't take it back, just move forward. I was calling you out based on the difficulty with which people are able to comment on your blog (not the number of trackbacks you have). A commenter must already have their own blog, which I think is not realistic for the next few years for most people. You may have chosen intentionally to only accept comments (as trackbacks) only from those that have advanced enough to have their own blog AND post with tools that handle trackbacks for them (and I don't know which tools or online services that is, even). My implicit proposal was that if you want comments, 1) avoid requiring the commenter to have a blog (which means avoid trackbacks as the ONLY means of commenting), 2) avoid requiring the commenter to visit a web page interactively, 3) My kind of snarky answer to you is: Why should I care about PDA users? I mean, you're trying to fir in online actions to an offline device. Shouldn't it be your problem to work out, and not mine? :o) As far as being my problem to work out for PDA users, I agree to the extent that I can work within the specifications as implemented. With respect to fitting online actions to an offline device: my main point is that if the specifications are such that they CAN accommodate offline devices, then maybe we should all work toward allowing such devices to participate. And partly my slant is a result of my belief that we will be (potentially slowly) moving away from the desktop computer toward mobile devices and living room viewers. After all, a huge reason this all exists is a result of RSS Feeds, which are VERY convenient on mobile devices. Let's go ahead and make the whole process of publishing and interacting convenient on mobile devices. Who wants to be chained to their desktop to interact? All you with 23 widescreen Macs can put your hands down now ;-). One way to get something like the comments element to work is to locally allow your user to write his comment. Save these associated with the comments data (or the link or guid or 15 other ways of designating a permalink in RSS 2.0). When a connection is available pulls up the comments page and have the comments text saved in a clipboard like function. The user can then insert his comment (and name, url, email - all saved in a setting somewhere) and click the submit button. Actually, the permaLink is only on the GUID, and it is not required. And the LINK element can be any HTML link. I've actually seen the LINK element be the HTML blog page (which may or may not have a comments FORM or may or may not have a link called Comment), the LINK element be another HTML page (when the blog was commenting on that other page), and the LINK element be the RSS feed (in the case of a Top 10 RSS feed list. The problem is that none of this is specified or standardized. And may not have to be, if we can all use the wfw:comment which IS standardized as a URL that accepts a HTTP POST of a specific format. It seems like the server developers could make it much easier to enable commenting from an aggregator by implementing the CommentsAPI. That's what it is for! We shouldn't have to parse the (nonstandard) fields on an online form (in addition to requiring us to PRECACHE that form on every feed so we know what fields are necessary, on the CHANCE that the user might want to comment while offline...a LOT of extra work and processing that will be wasted most of the time). Of course by the time the guy is online again his comments will already be obsolete because someone else commented the exact same point while he was messing around with his PDA. :o) Only because he enjoys it ;-) Plus duplicate comments are not always bad. Sometimes it's nice to know that several people have the same thought (like nice video, Andreas!). Thank you for engaging me in this discussion. I'd love to hear your further thoughts on this! Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:47:22 +0100, ecomputerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took a look at two proponents of interactive videoblogs (I'm a little bit sorry for calling you out, but correct me if I'm wrong on any of this!) Andreas' blog looks like it only has trackbacks to blog posts on another (presumably your own) blog. - Andreas -- URL:http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help
[videoblogging] Commenting and the Semi-Connected web
I took my cue from some on the videoblogging list that suggest a HUGE part of videoblogging is about interaction. And I took this to mean, first, commenting. So what does an aggregator developer do? Seek out how to implement this very important aspect of blogging in general. Some of RSS (and the way that many people write their RSS items/messages) is dependant on a connected aggregator. Which means people will use the comments RSS 2.0 element. This is defined to be a URL that takes the user to a comments page IN THEIR BROWSER. Any time a user MUST interact with a web page (such as accessing a URL, typing into fields, and pressing a SUBMIT button) it is assuming a connected aggregator. While this may be fine for most cases, it is NOT fine when the user is NOT using a connected aggregator. Anybody thinking Mobile? A mobile connection is sometimes available. But a lot of times, neither a cell phone connection nor a WiFi hotspot is available. When a user taps a link (for instance on a Pocket PC), and an internet connection is not available, the user can't interact any more. Can't read, can't submit, can't communicate, can't comment. As we move away from the destop aggregator and onto semi-connected mobile devices, this will continue to be a big problem. In my brief search in how to implement comments, there are (at least) four solutions: 1) Link to comments web page on HTML version of feed, but nothing in RSS. Horrible HORRIBLE for those not viewing your feed on the Web. 2) URL using RSS 2.0 comments element Horrible interface for semi-connected devices. When a user is ready to comment, they might not be connected. How will they comment? 3) Blog post with trackback This is possible to do semi-connected, but requires the user to have a blog. Is this really likely? For members of this group, yes, but probably not for another 5-10 years in the general population. 4) CommentApi using wfw:comments Great solution for semi-connected users. User can cache comments locally until connected. All fields and protocol predefined. 5) And number five: ATOM will (does?) likely have a way to make comments in a semi-connected manner, but I haven't verified that yet. So...Speak up. Do you allow comments to your videoblog? Which of the ways above are implemented on your videoblog? I took a look at two proponents of interactive videoblogs (I'm a little bit sorry for calling you out, but correct me if I'm wrong on any of this!) Andreas' blog looks like it only has trackbacks to blog posts on another (presumably your own) blog. Josh Leo's Picks has URLs only on the HTML version of the blog. The FeedBurner version has no indication of any comment capability. Granted, this may be a limitation of FeedBurner feeds in general (I'm not sure yet). Comments? Suggestions? Corrections? Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Initial iPod Compatibility Tests
Michael (or should I call you Verdi?), I just watched the videos. Great screencasts! Just a few notes after viewing them: In FCP and iMovie, the presenter recommended a key frame every 5 frames. At 15fps, this is a key frame every 333 milliseconds or 3 per second. It seems to me having a key frame that frequently reduces the importance of delta compression in general. Isn't this huge overkill or is this to make the video slider bar work well? (the keyframe recommendation for 3ivx was every 75 frames which works out to be one every 5 seconds. Seems much more reasonable). Recommendations for FCP was 60KBytes/sec which works out to 480kbits per second, while for 3ivx and iMovie, the recommendation was 600kbits/second. In the same ballpark, I just didn't know if they were supposed to be the same. In the iMovie presentation, the presenter mentions that in QT6 that you need to use 60 bits per second (as opposed to the 600kbits/second in QT7). I think the presenter might mean use 60 kbytes per second because that works out to a lot closer to the 600kbits per second recommendation in QT7 (although 75 kbytes per second would be exactly the same). Overall, great videos on how to compress using the various tools. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Initial iPod Compatibility Tests
Steve, thanks for your reply. Agreed on the encoding options. The only thing that I'm not sure of in the H.264 tests was whether it was Baseline or Main. I may have missed mention of H.264-formatted videos available in Baseline. In one of the tutorials Verdi mentions, the presenter says that H.264 is not available for Windows. That may be true (I'm not sure), but a version of H.264 playback *is* available on the Pocket PC, which is what I've been testing. Great work. I view Michael Verdi and yourself as the vocal experts in this area, and I'm glad of any knowledge I can glean from you two. Any small amount of information I can add I hope will be of some benefit to you and all. Thanks again for your work on this! Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well most of the methods create mpeg4 which are the same type as most videobloggers have been using for ages anyway, so likely identical to stuff youve already tested in the past. h264 stuff youve already tried and it doesnt play back at all appropriately on a pocketpc at the moment. Also bear in mind that Michael Verdis guides are optimised for the delivery side of things as much as playback quality. They use settings that are way below the spec that the ipod can actually play. Lower framerate, much worse sound quality, and lower resolution. Now I can argue about these things till Im blue in the face, and its pointless. People vary in which factor is most important to them, its a compromise between quality and filesize/storage space/download time. For videoblogging this compromise can be important. Freevlog is for videoblogging, and it mostly makes the right compromises, if I seem to criticise it a lot its only because its so influential and important. But if for example you dont care about filesize, and want to take a load of movies and encode them in a way that gives the best results when you hook your ipod up to the TV, and arent worried about distribution, the advise will be different. Oh Im waffling. Alo I noticed I totally mangled a sentence in a previous email so here is an unmangled version: was: 'This advice wont apply if people are using other pcature devices that may for example record straight toa 23x0240 res.' should be: This advise wont apply if people are using other capture devices that may for example record straight to a 320x240 resolution. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, ecomputerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any chance to post actual videos compressed with the listed methods. I want to test compatibility with a Pocket PC so we can end up with recommended compression method and settings that will be compatible with the iPod AND a Pocket PC. My users and I thank you ;- ). Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many thanks for the guides/review. In regards the movie to ipod export option, believe it or not the resolution that its giving you is actually a more accurate representation of your NTSC DV footage than 320x240 is. Its an aspect ratio issue. NTSC is 720x480. To turn 720 into 320, divide by 2.25. To maintain the aspect ratio, the same reduction should also be performed on the vertical resolution. But if you divive 480 by 2.25, you get 213. not 240. So quicktime is actually just trying to maintain the aspect ratio. In other parts of the world that use PAL rather than NTSC, DV res is 720x576. So results are different with PAL footage. I just tried it and my PAL 720x576 footage gets turned into a 300x240 clip. Same reason, its maintaining the aspect ratio. This time its divided the vertical and horizontal resolution by a factor of 2.4. Anyway in practise videobloggers havent been worrying about this stuff, so in every videoblog created with a DV cam, the aspect ratio is slightly wrong on the final 320x240 footage. NTSC footage at 320x240 is stretched, so you are slightly thinner than in real life. PAL footage is slightly squashed, so I am slightly fatter than in real life. More tech info on aspect ratio stuff here: http://www.mir.com/DMG/aspect.html Certainly easier to forget this issue than worry about it I guess, but I can see why Apple have done what theyve done on this one. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Export Movie to iPod (320 X 240) I had hoped that this would be an easy to use preset that would be great for videobloggers
[videoblogging] Re: multiple video files (per video-blog entry), to show up in iTunes/podcast?
The only list I know of that lists aggregators and whether multiple enclosures is supported is http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/news/2425/rss-20-enclosure-support Part of the confusion is that Dave Winer, the creator of the RSS 2.0 specification, has stated that multiple enclosures was not intended. If you read the specification, this intention is not explicit, but is implied by the use of the singular enclosure within the specification. By XML definition, technically any ELEMENT (such as the enclosure element) can be simply listed multiple times, but of course this use must be supported by the specification or DTD (which was not supplied originally). Essentially what happened is that each aggregator and/or tool developer interpreted the specification a different way. Leading to where we are now. Another difficulty is whether multiple enclosures should be treated in an AND or OR combination. For example, if you have two enclosures and one is a higher bitrate version of the other one, then that is an OR relationship. If you have two enclosures and one is video about your dog and another is a DOGCAM from your dog's perspective (attached to the collar!) then that would be an AND relationship where the viewer might want to watch both. The generally agreed method for including multiple enclosures is the Media RSS specification which allows any combination of these AND or OR relationships. You could have two photo albums available in two different resolutions and each album could be selected by the user. The biggest advantage of this is that you could have one video with two different pixel sizes: 320x240 and 15fps suitable for portable playback, and one with 720x480 and 30fps suitable for my big screen TV. It is not only the aggregators that need to recognize the Media RSS format, it is the tools used to create the feeds, and it is iTunes that will need to support this format. But good luck with that last one. We all move to the iTunes drum when it means the difference between 1,000 viewers and 10,000 viewers. Incidently, there is a way to support it all: 1) use itunes-specific elements, 2) use a single enclosure element, and 3) use the Media RSS media:content or media:group element as per the Media RSS specification. I think they will all work together in the same feed, plus it should be backwards compatible. Get ready for some light-hearted ribbing! Markus wrote: this it the problem with using aggregators if you rely on them solely, you will miss out on some content (and not just text) And of course if you rely on your browser solely, you will have a bad back from your desk chair you should have replaced in 1983. it seems like it's time for the aggregators to catch up and deal with this issue [insert standard developer-to-developer finger pointing here] It's really a chicken-and-egg-type issue as I'm sure you know. We've stepped up and solved the one-tap (feed:// scheme) and the confusing RSS url (Autodiscovery), but the tools that would use them have not been very forthcoming (or popular). And anyways, noone wants to learn all this crap and then check to see if their tools support it. You can't immediately control whether someone lists your URL with the feed:// scheme. And it's difficult to point people to your homepage and let them enter that into their aggregator (which requires your homepage and the aggregator to support Autodiscovery). Until the tools are created (or modified) to generate these things automatically, support from aggregators will be slow. SO: start asking the developer of your creation tools to support Media RSS, Autodiscovery, feed:// scheme, and while you're at it: OPML lists, RSS source elements, and accurate pubDate times (we are in DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME people! Most tools in California seem to be stamping PST times during the summer!! I didn't know you were already IN THE PACIFIC ocean!). Let's seewhat else...more later...I'm sure Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the easiest solution is often not the best one i link to more than one piece of media in some of my posts i noticed that there are others doing this now too i do not constrain myself to one photo per post, why should I do it for other forms of media? this it the problem with using aggregators if you rely on them solely, you will miss out on some content (and not just text) it seems like it's time for the aggregators to catch up and deal with this issue markus Steve Watkins wrote: Yes unfortunately there are all sorts of potential issues which crop up if people have more than one enclosure per post. Unfortunately yes the easiest solution is to have a seperate blog entry for every audio/video file. -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am
[videoblogging] Washington Post videos available on iTunes
Although this is great, I can't seem to locate an actual RSS feed with video. But maybe I need to spend more than 5 minutes searching. lesposen submitted this to the podcast group. Probably useful information for this group, too. Washingtonpost.com may be the first site without a strong TV tie-in to make video available via iTunes. Unlike Disney, this is no fancy deal with Steve Jobs. Deputy multimedia editor Chet Rhodes told MediaPost no effort was made to even contact. The video podcasts are free to download and, for now, free of ads; Rhodes estimates that video would have to be downloaded at least 10,000 times before attracting advertisers. So far, the site has posted six video podcasts (including a review of the new video iPod) ranging in length from news clips of about two minutes to short-form documentaries running nearly 10 minutes; they can be viewed or downloaded individually through iTunes or subscribed to as a video RSS feed. Finding a way to make money from audio and video podcasts may be the ultimate goal, but some media companies view increased exposure as payment enough in the short term. In the long term, making money via advertising will take much better metrics and tracking than iTunes currently provides. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: MP4 H.264
Other people seem to believe that the H.264 quality is good, but my guess is they are comparing the quality per filesize or bitrate. It seems the quality per decoding or MHz performance is either equal or below other encoders: just my guess based on my experience playing back on a Pocket PC. The some_postman video that came around was supposed to be 25fps and 800kbit/s, played back with about 70% dropped frames at 7.778 fps. Your post of 14.985 fps and 800 kbit/s worked with 136/3169 dropped frames. Fairly low dropout (playback fps of 14.342). I'm showing Audio: MPEG4 AAC Audio, AAC0 (Codec LibFAAD LC, HE,Ps AAC, 32kHz Mono) and Video: AVC aka H.264, AVC1 (FFmpeg AVC). Plays back pretty good on a 500+MHz VGA Pocket PC. I was hoping H.264 would also be a clear winner as well. You can get better playback performance with something like DivX, I think. I haven't done extensive testing, but the H.264 videos that people seem to be making are all (so far that I've tested) taxing to the playback system. Incidently I love that song AND video. Sounds like a 1950's-era scat. The only thing that seems to give it away is the rushing snare roll, which I don't think I've ever heard in earlier music before (not that I listen to much of it, though). I could be all wrong on that, but either way: sounds great! And that framerate plays back decently on my Pocket PC. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in limbo on the H264/MP4 files (Steve). I recieved a copy of a the new Vegas app last month which is recomended for making PSP files, but its Windows only. Also, there is some controversoty over using the new Mp4 H264 file format on PSP right now because its not backwards compatible and the new PSP firmware 2.0 does not support all of the 3rd party apps that were built up during the run of 1. So a lot of people are telling me that they cant play the new H264 version because they will not upgrade the firmware. Also, I was hoping that there would be a solution with h264 MP4 that would work cross platform, but the files that I was creating were aparently not working on PSP or any Windows players. Here is the last file I made: http://rocketboom.com/video/rb_05_oct_21.mp4 It's H264 and I wish this file would work in Quicktime, Ipod, PSP and on Windows. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Pictures of vlogconference
I disagree. I believe it was an Open Media Summit, not an Open Media Summit. There is a big difference. There was an open text chat that was available for a portion of the event, although it appeared either to break down or maybe no one was chatting on it after about 2pm EDT. And there was a public link to a live streaming video that showed (for the 20 times I tried within a 45 minute span of time) a 404 error. I believe the event was said to be archived, including the text chat. Not sure where, though. I haven't bothered to look. By its very nature, the world is fractured into A-listers and non-A- listers. Just as it is fractured into B-listers and non-B-listers, men and women, adults and children. By choosing to label a group, you create its existence. There will be popular tools, popular people, popular servers. This whole thing is not about popular, it's about the long tail. For the vast majority, choosing to live in the long tail will be a peaceful experience, except when you look at any part of the tail thicker than your part and label those N- listers, or M-listers and continue to think that they have more than your part. After all, you are only an P-Lister...heading towards the Q. So am I. So are we all. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, johngaltsjournal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But they made a streaming video of the conference to make you feel that you were involved! (but the streaming video never worked for me) schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://webzine2005.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good point Deirdre, i'd like to second that one Deirdre Straughan wrote: As somone remarked, an open media developers summit by invitation only is something of an oxymoron... Are we in danger of getting a little clicquish, folks? -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: watch video on your pocket pc
What is missing from that list on LifeHacker is downloading videoblogs directly to your Pocket PC. With an Axim x50v/x51v it is ultra easy because it includes WiFi. No need to connect to a computer. With FeederReader aggregator and TCPMP player combo, it's very hard to beat a Pocket PC. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Bergeron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree, I think that the Video iPod is great and all but with it's limitations, the PDA is the way to go. I'm using an iPAQ with a camera, and even shoot some of my vlogs with it. Plus with the extra capabilities for the same price I think the Video iPod will be nice for the Tee Vee user but I don't know about the more serious power users. http://theramblingloggerhead.com/index.php? blog=2title=the_ultimate_mobile_video_blogging_viewemore=1c=1tb=1 pb=1 Chris http://www.theramblingloggerhead.com --- DOUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/watch-pocketpc-video- 131141.php __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Fireant and your vlog content (won't get your blog role...google ads)
Not sure about FireANT, but with FeederReader on the Pocket PC, you can include text and links in the description element of RSS and it will appear when the user presses the go to notes icon. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, aroundtheperimeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One thing I was thinking is that I want people to have a RSS option on my video..but I want them to see my sidebars too! If they are watching them on fireant how will they see the links? I know they can go to the site from fireant...but i don't want them to have to take an extra trip...i want it to be one stop.. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: iPod With Video!
This is all great. It will open up videoblogging to a lot more consumers. Am I sounding like a broken record? Sorry! You can do this today with a Pocket PC and FeederReader. The Dell Axim x50v and x51v have direct video out (with appropriate cable). You can download DIRECT to the Axim with FeederReader and play videoblogs (or anything else) over the video cable. I know these are new rumors, but when it enables things we can already get today, the *new* capabilites it brings seem less than exciting. The biggest thing this does is open up videoblogs to all of Apple's current and potential iPod customers, which is a HUGE number. Imagine the scenario: Videoblog -- RSS 2.0 with Media Enclosures -- Dell Axim with FeederReader (WiFi or Cell phone) -- external display No need for iTunes or a desktop or syncing files. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RUMOR. Another interesting report from AppleInsider is this, http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1304 : Sources have also recently reported sightings of a new Apple wireless device, which is similar to Apple's AirPort Express wireless base station, but also includes a video out option. However, it's unclear if the long-rumored device will coincide with the introduction of a video capable iPod. Apple recently introduced an ultra-thin version of its iPod called the iPod nano. According to well-placed sources, the company has modeled to sell 3 million of the players each month during the holiday shopping season. Update: The aforementioned AirPort Express-like product may be an add-on module for the video iPod that will let users play videos on an external display. It's unclear when such a device would debut. Imagine the scenario: Videoblog -- RSS 2.0 with Media enclosures -- iTunes (aggregator) -- Video iPod -- External display On Oct 5, 2005, at 10:16 AM, courtwms777 wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051005/tc_usatoday/ rumormillspinsnewe sttuneipodwillhavevideosoon Just saw this article on Yahoo! May not be 'new news'... but just FYI just in case ;-) --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Cheap DV Cams?
From everything I've heard and read, Gena is exactly right: if you can accept the limitations. From my intense investigations, the thing that sets the mini-cams (also called hybrids) apart from each other are: File format (MP4, AVI, MJPEG--maybe this is in the AVI wrapper, not sure) Card type (SD or CF) Battery (Rechargable Li-Ion, AA, AAA) FPS at highest resolution (some do only 10-15fps at 640x480) USB or not Video Out or not What I did was decide on memory card and power and connection, SD and AA and USB, then look at each product page (aiptek and mustek) and then go find the camera. The one I chose was supposedly available at CompUSA and Office Depot, but my local stores didn't stock it. So I ordered from Amazon. My reading indicates they can only accept 512MB cards maximum. Something about the ability to address the memory higher than that. I just ordered one for testing for my geographically-spread family use (Ages 8-68, mostly computer averse). Will also get a $25 bicycle mount eventually to try it as a okay if ruined by bugs or weather video cam. My goal is for family members to be able to post their unedited video to a common blog or file system for viewing by everyone else. My thought is that the easier this is, the more likely it will be done. Shoot; Connect; Transfer. The native video, I'm hoping, is easily viewable on each member's computer. For compatibility in my current setup, I am getting AA battery and SD card and USB. I hope the AA batteries will last much longer than the AAA versions (one hybrid camera is reported to work for 6 hours on one set of AA batteries, though I'm not getting that specific one). I expect to be able to use it at 320x240 which should be fine for most things. My biggest fear is indoor use, as indicated by Gena, but I should know in a week or two, mine (Aiptek DV4500) is coming via UPS as we speak (type). Expect to pay between US$80-US$150 for these mini hybrid cams. There are cheaper, but I haven't looked into the US$20-US$60 range based on my *assumption* that they would be even worse (and I'm not sure of their features). And at the higher end (above my price range) are the Panasonic Snap (approx US$200-US$250), Sanyo/Fisher Xacti C3/C4/C5 (US$400-$600), JVC Everio (US$700-US$800 includes 4G microdrive). I asked this exact question a few weeks ago. I hope you can benefit from my research. Greg Smith --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a slow upsweep in the quality of the memory card camcorders. There are limitations. Major players like Sony, Panasonic and a few others will make the leap to create small but viable mmc's, with at least 10x zoom. If you can accept the limitations these camcorders have then your are good to go. As an owner of one it is important to understand what you be able to do and not do. Epinions has a few reviews on mcc's http://www.epinions.com/Camcorders--reviews--flash_memory Amazon has some feeback on a few models. I just tend to follow the links: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002F8T42/104-3636739-7340766? v=glancen=502394%5Fencoding=UTF8v=glance I am saving up for my step up DV cam. I love my mcc but it can't zoom, the sound, unless the source audio is really loud, the tiny mic picks up the sound of the camcorder working. And you can just about forget shooting indoors with average light. I now want better quality camcorder that is affordable and the ability to port to other sources. This mcc is only for web video. But I have to tell you, I'm having a lot of fun with mine. I'm recording every chance I get. If you got a spare $150 - $200 do your homework before you buy but I'd say go for it. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com ** --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using an old analog video camera for my videobloggging (which is a bit time consuming when it comes to doing the analog to digital conversion) and I've been considering getting a cheap dv cam, one of the under $90 models I've seen from Vivitar, Mustek, or Aiptek. I know these are just above being a toy to some people, but I can't afford a nice dv cam right now, and from what I can tell, they typically use SD cards, save in MPEG4, and give ok (not good) results. I'm not expecting high-quality, I'm just after ease of use in a small package. So, would the end results be better or about the same compared to a 5 year old analog video camera that gets digitized using a USB capture device? Am I right in thinking I can just mount the SD card on my Mac and copy off the MPEG4 video files? thanks... Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!
[videoblogging] Re: torrents
The problem I think has two parts. Both take time for developers to determine the individual advantage. Servers will improve (or create) support for BitTorrent when their direct downloads exceed their pain threshhold. The number of clients that support BitTorrent will increase as the number of feeds (that people want) become BitTorrent- only. Personally, I've only ran into one podcast that switched to BitTorrent-only (6-9 months ago). I've been unable to download it until about 2 months ago when I could get a BitTorrent client for the Pocket PC and use it with FeederReader. In my experience, BitTorrent downloads is a little more touchy than direct mp3 downloads. Maybe I don't have my download settings perfect yet. For my part, the current version of FeederReader on the POCKET PC can download torrents (with a third-party application install). The next version of FeederReader will make BitTorrent downloads part of the file management built in to FeederReader. You'll be able to One Tap play and delete Torrent files the same as non-Torrent files. All on the Pocket PC, no desktop required. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jay dedman wrote: in my mind, we will all have a home computer that becomes a server. we keep it on and connected at all times. youll have 100GB of your favorate video seeded on it. this is how we create a truly decentaralized video network. that is exactly what is going on with the VlogEurope and Road Node 101 groups http://apperceive.blogs.com/apperceive/2005/09/vlog_europe_pre.html http://apperceive.blogs.com/apperceive/2005/08/a_group_for_roa.html it's all being served from a desktop computer here in my home office (or from another group member if you have the SpinXpress software installed - that's faster) maybe not quite 100GB yet, but Ryanne uploaded 21 raw vids same in the Road Node 1o1 group that Jan set up she just uploaded a whole bunch of video too markus -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: GP2X
We need more portable videoblog/videocast consumption devices, I agree! We do have the Pocket PC today. for US$300 you can get a dell x50 with BlueTooth and use your cell phone (with data connection) to get podcasts directly using FeederReader. Add $100 to get WiFi, and another $100 to add a VGA screen. What really will kick it into high gear is a $200-$300 device with VGA and WiFi and Bluetooth and 4GB-8GB of flash storage. We are still a little ways from from this. Today, it costs about $500 to get all of this (Dell Axim x50v when it's on sale and add a 4G Microdrive). We are getting very close to Pocketable devices with enough built-in functions to justify their cost to many non-geek users. I think we'll get there within a year or two. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh if only I had the money... I'd get one of these GP2X things and try to make a portable videoblogging consumption device: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/20/linuxbased_handheld_.html Anyone want to donate one to me? ;) Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Anyone using gnutella or gnutella2 ?
Is anyone using or considering using any P2P file-sharing protocols besides BitTorrent for your videocast? In particular Gnutella2. Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Mustek DV3000 opinions? Other inexpensive hybrids to consider?
Does anyone have any opinions on the Mustek DV3000? Or similar video camera under US$150 ? I'm thinking of using it for taking video mounted on a bicycle as well as handing it out to family members to take video and upload to vlog for a family-only videoblog. Things I like? AA Batteries, reportedly long battery life (6+ hours), records to SD card, video direct out. Requirements: video around 320x240 pixel size, 15-30 fps, raw format viewable on Pocket PC and desktop Windows PC, SD card a plus/Compact Flash okay, standard tripod mount, USB Mass Storage Device a plus. Review from Nov 2003: http://www.dansdata.com/dv3000.htm SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant 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.
[videoblogging] Re: How to use MPEG-4 videos (from my pocket PC)
TCPMP is the program that can handle most all formats. I would certainly give it a try. I use it almost exclusively. For alternatives, see the chart at http://www.feederreader.com/mediachart.html Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steven Livingstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may help view them - supports MP4. Is open source. http://tcpmp.corecodec.org http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/ Also has some links that may be useful. steven :: Release 2.0 :: http://stevenR2.com _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cartouchefilms Sent: 17 August 2005 17:35 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] How to use MPEG-4 videos (from my pocket PC) Hi all, Thank you all of you who took the time to answer my Ourmedia question. I shot a couple of videos from my PocketPc and I want to edit them. I can't read them on my PC! Not Premiere, not Windows Media Player, not Movie Maker. Does anyone know how to go about playing or translate that format for PC? Thanks again. www.myfirstfeaturefilm.blogspot.com _ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group videoblogging http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] subject=Unsubscribe * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Terms of Service. _ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[videoblogging] Re: Best Video Technology
H.264 will probably have ubiquity soon, but I don't believe it is quite universal yet. Saving as Quicktime is not very specific, I think. The big question is what audio and video codec do you want to use. For this, I would see (pun intended) the Pocket PC and Palm users as the limiting factor. Largely because if you target those platforms, then desktop computers will very likely be able to handle the format as well. Currently, there is no format that all players can play. For the widest audience, having WMV and Quicktime feeds is the best advice. My belief, though, is that Quicktime can be read by the most devices, although I have no data to back that up, but it *does* require additional installation for Windows and Pocket PC devices. You may also want to consider DivX encoding, but it also requires downloading (although it may be usable with a plugin to Windows Media, rather than an entire download). As for josh's comments: I would never want to watch a 28min. video on the web -- I think many would agree. Web TV. I would wholeheartedly agree that many people would not want to watch a 28min video on the web. That is why videoblogging is a download mechanism where you can watch anywhere you want. We currently have RSS Videos to Pocket PC directly using FeederReader or indirectly using any destop aggregator and a card reader (or syncing software). And we'll soon see (if you haven't already!) RSS Video direct to TV. So, josh, I would encourage you to think out of the Web ;-) And Jamie, continue your quest ;-) Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why not provide both Windows Media and Quicktime. With those large files, you may also want to look into streaming servers ... or better editing ;-) I would never want to watch a 28min. video on the web -- I think many would agree. Web TV. -josh On 8/8/05, jmedakev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm at the end of my rope. For years I've been using quick time as the primary output for my online videos. But I hate it that many many people don't have QuickTime. So I switched to flash. I like it that most people already have flash, and its s customizable. But as I just found out yesterday (my deadline) flash won't cut it for large files. So I need a video technology that most people already have, that can handle 14 minute files... and occasionally 28 minute files. Is mpg4 a good option? Can't all the players read mpg4? I'd say I'm pretty familiar with internet broadcasting... but I'm looking for input from others. What would you guys suggest? Jamie thekeverreport.com Yahoo! Groups Links SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant 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.
[videoblogging] Re: FireANT or iTunes -- NEITHER !
I download direct to a Pocket PC using FeederReader (look, ma, NO DESKTOP!). Of course, I encourage you to TRY it, too! Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, naschmult [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which do you use for your RSS feeds subscribing? 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.
[videoblogging] Re: Video Blogs in your Pocket?
I agree that this is big news, but Video Blogs have been available in your pocket (on a 4 VGA screen, no less) using FeederReader on a Pocket PC ( www.FeederReader.com ) for quite some time. With the addition of BitTorrent capability directly to the Pocket PC (in testing, see http://feederreader.pocketcasting.com/viewtopic.php?p=588#588 ), it will be a while before the iPod catches up. With WiFi, bluetooth cell phone (or Activesync through a desktop, if you must) there is no match for FeederReader on a Pocket PC as a mobile device capable of getting text, audio, video, pictures AND ANY OTHER enclosure types without the use of a desktop. But of course, I *am* a little biased ;-) Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Big news folks Check out the latest post to http://wearethemedia.com http://wearethemedia.com/?p=132 -- Josh Leo www.joshleo.com http://www.joshleo.com www.stonefarm.blogspot.com http://www.stonefarm.blogspot.com www.joshspicks.blogspot.com http://www.joshspicks.blogspot.com www.wearethemedia.com http://www.wearethemedia.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
