i dont think the purpose of the video tag is to elliminate the use of
javascript on a site.
it is to provide a simple means of embedding video without being dependent
on other techniques that satisfy different web browsers. this does not mean
that, for example, you should not make use of
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:34 PM, tom_a_sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au
wrote:
have a look at mv_embed (http://metavid.org/w/index.php/Mv_embed)
and while your at it look at
http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video:_Usability_Uptake_and_Development_1.2
Yep, Michael
We know that Obama used web video effectively in his campaign, but now he's
using web video to reach out to an entire nation and their leaders.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Nowruz/
They even include an MP3 and MP4 download. Subtitles in Farsi.
Here's an article with more details:
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote:
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Agreed. The real purpose isnt just having an agnostic video tag. As
you said, simple javascript can replicate what the tag does.
It's also important for the W3 to encourage and recommend a patent
free video codec as a
Here's a great example of how javascript, the video tag, and
Ogg/Theora codec (available in the new Firefox) will enable some cool
features.
http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1173
If you watch the screencast, someone created a bookmarklet that will
allow the embedded player to change. You can
Intersting post about how the Flip camera has evolved into a pretty great,
inexpensive camera:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/19/flip-video-wrong-wrong-wrong-and-then-so-so-right/
The San Francisco-based company is well known today for creating extremely
small, well designed and inexpensive
I was just about to buy myself an HD Xacti - but after reading that,
I might get myself a Flip Mino HD instead. Last time I saw a Flip in
action, I was amazed by how the sound and image were so much poorer
than the video on my cheap digital stills camera. I was sure they
were going to go
That is the most insanely awesome thing. It's an election year in
Iran. This is the tone and content the people need to hear if
they're not going to re-elect Ahmadinejad.
I watched with Persian captions, you can turn them on with a click in
the YouTube player.
And the video quality was
I forgot that Vimeo has sample clips of just about everything.
Learnt there that the Kodak Zi6 has low light problems and is being
superseded by the Zx1 next month, which has a smaller screen (only 2
inches) but has a splash proof / weather proof case.
On 20-Mar-09, at 9:08 AM, Rupert wrote:
Earlier TechCrunch post where Arrington wonders why the Flip has been
so successful when it's not as good as the video feature that most
people have on their digital stills cameras.
The answer is in the comments - like this one:
Here’s why I like my flip:
Number of videos of my kids shared
Non-techy people love 1) the fact that there's no cable and 2) that
the Flip software lets you can transfer, edit and upload to youtube
really easily. They're prepared to sacrifice quality and features
for simplicity and ease of use. Having better quality pictures isn't
worth it if you're
For all of you who design your own videoblogs, or design sites for
other people, this is a red letter day. Internet Explorer with web
standards. Many hours of wasted life reclaimed.
Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv/
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Making an usual foray into pessimism, I have to say that we thought
the same thing about YouTube.
Maybe it just needs more time. Or maybe...
To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have
to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable
situation with the
Imagining the possibilities of Flip + Cisco...
When high-speed wireless networks are pervasive (and not constrained by
Telecoms), and low-cost purpose-built cameras like Flip can share to the
network immediately
That will be the AK-47 of video cameras
~ Josh
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:10 PM,
and/or more wifi sd cards
http://www.eye.fi/
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Joshua Kinberg jkinb...@gmail.com wrote:
Imagining the possibilities of Flip + Cisco...
When high-speed wireless networks are pervasive (and not constrained by
Telecoms), and low-cost purpose-built cameras
Some people in the TC comments were wondering what was in it for
Cisco - why they were buying what was apparently just a Consumer
Electronics product.
Somebody suggested that it was to bump demand for their other
products by having millions of users flooding the internet with huge
HD
Love it!
It's like NPR radio with photos.
nicely done.
2009/3/20 Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com
Here's a hybrid of web video that's really effective:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html
The NYTimes interviews people about who they are...and overlay it
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote:
For all of you who design your own videoblogs, or design sites for
other people, this is a red letter day. Internet Explorer with web
standards. Many hours of wasted life reclaimed.
Is IE8 really that make of a sea change.
Yeah, Nokia's features are good, and beat Apple in lots of ways. But
the Nokia UI is a disaster. They either don't test, or they don't
listen. Or both. Given my history, I should be their greatest
ambassador, but I've gone off them in a big way. Not that I have an
iPhone either. In
Well... as discussed on a local web professionals group that I'm part
of in north Vancouver Island, we're not talking about forgetting IE7
and even IE6 just yet. They'll be around for a long time. In
London, almost everyone I knew and worked for had XP and was willing
to install FF and
About freaking time.
2009/3/20 Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org
Well... as discussed on a local web professionals group that I'm part
of in north Vancouver Island, we're not talking about forgetting IE7
and even IE6 just yet. They'll be around for a long time. In
London, almost everyone I
Hey all,
A friend of mine is working with Kiva (http://kiva.org). They are in need of
an entertaining video to explain Kiva to investors, something along the
lines of this animated Credit Crisis Visualized video (
http://vimeo.com/3261363).
Unfortunately they don't have a budget for such a thing,
Wow - that Credit Crisis video is great.
Tall order - getting something as good as that.
As well as looking for one person who could do it, you could look for
two: a illustrator and an After Effects whiz to work together on it.
On 20-Mar-09, at 12:23 PM, Adam Quirk wrote:
Hey all,
A friend of
I've been saying since I have been on this group, that ease will almost
always trump everything else...
We are just a small group when compared to the world and for most people, they
just want it to work and to be easyI mean let's face it, that's why Itunes
and Ipods were/are so
Yeah, it's quite an enormous order. Good idea though to try to find a pair
of folks.
I think this particular project (Kiva) is incredibly awesome, and if I had
any spare hours I'd definitely donate them to this. I'm just barely making
time for my billable work right now though, so it's out of my
I finally treated myself to a new Macbook Pro. It's a beautiful thing.
Now that I have moved beyond my G4 Powerbook, I want to get myself a
more up-to-date copy of Final Cut Pro.
I'm currently stuck back in version 4.5
Does anybody have a copy they'd like to sell? I know it's a long
shot,
Thanks, Jay! We saw a lot of stuff today, now I just have to put together some
videos before we go out for dinner!
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote:
Hey everybody. I'll be going on spring break this week in Alton, IL and
Hannibal, MO, and I will again
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