[videoblogging] Re: feedback on vblog hosting features

2006-02-04 Thread petertheman
> > - Blog integration. Allowing you to easily publish the video to > > blogger.com or other blog engines. > > > I hate this feature. I prefer the flexibility of sharing html video code myself. I love this feature. So there you go :) Peter Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group

[videoblogging] Re: feedback on vblog hosting features

2006-02-04 Thread petertheman
> > - Syndication. Is being able to syndicate your video to other sites of > > any value? The idea would be to have the option to publish your video > > to other sites and then they can decide if they want it or not, > > furthering the reach of the video. Do you mean RSS? RSS is crucial. Peter

[videoblogging] Re: A question to the video bloggers

2006-01-30 Thread petertheman
> Let's say there was a website that allowed you to post your video clips to > be viewed and purchased by mobile phone customers. > > Would you use it? Only if the licensing wasn't restrictive (I own my content and can take it anywhere I like). Then I would try it. If it generated some real $, I

[videoblogging] Wikipedia videoblogging entry

2006-01-28 Thread petertheman
I removed most outside links from the Wikipedia "videoblogging" entry (including the one to Mefeedia), leaving only a link to a few key, nonprofit sites: this group, freevlog and vlogmap. Sure, disagree, but its better this way than with a long list of self-serving commercial links. Wikipedia is

[videoblogging] Re: new strmz.com beta

2006-01-25 Thread petertheman
> The site is a mashup of programming from major media outlets; popular > video-blogs and podcasts; and top-rated content from video upload services Nothing against mashup services, and I hope this one has a great future, but I see a problem: - "major media outlets" - "popular videoblogs" - "top

[videoblogging] Re: YouAreTV: New and improved with better features and better terms .

2006-01-25 Thread petertheman
> So you will be syndicating Flash FLV files using RSS enclosures? > If that's the case, then FireAnt is the only aggregator that supports > this at the moment. Don't forget Mefeedia.com, we support Flash video ;) > Flash may be more "lightweight" but its certainly not as portable. Absolutely,

[videoblogging] Re: Wall Street Journal: Videoblogging

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
> Having said that, I do think that FireANT (on the Mac at least) > could have a much larger directory of feeds to choose from, and > perhaps an 'activate' checkbox... I'm thinking of the huge list > available in standard aggregators like NetNewsWire. Would be a > nice touch and appear less like a

[videoblogging] Re: For next year: promote unknown vloggers

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
> Not sure why you would be interviewed yet have nothing appear in the > article about you or your site at all? Rather odd doncha think? No that's normal. A lot of stuff gets edited out of articles, nothing to worry about. Peter -- http://mefeedia.com <- now supports easy revlogging with BlogThi

[videoblogging] Re: Wall Street Journal: Videoblogging

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I love Vlog Soup Steve, Love it :) > me too. Vlogsoup rocks. Totally. Peter -- http://mefeedia.com <- Now supports easy revlogging with BlogThis! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-

[videoblogging] video Flickr?

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
A short video: http://news.com.com/1606-2-5997652.html "(About video Flickr) I can't make any announcements along those lines, but it is certainly something that is hotly discussed and debated in the team." Which I take to mean: some Flickr people want to keep their focus on fotos, others want to

[videoblogging] For next year: promote unknown vloggers

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
So here's my plan for next year (just thought of this): every time I talk to the press, I'll try to promote a few unknown videoblogs, instead of the usual suspects. Sorry usual suspects, but the newbies need the love more :) I'll make a list of newbie blogs that I like for myself so I have somethi

[videoblogging] Re: Wall Street Journal: Videoblogging

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
> of course. > seems to be an A-List of vloggers, evangelists, services that are repeatedly > mentioned over and over. I suppose this makes sense for the latter > groups but its def good to see new vloggers getting attention... The > variety is usually good... from rboom to laughterpractice.

[videoblogging] Re: Wall Street Journal: Videoblogging

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would be nice to hear about some new videobloggers in these articles. Feather on my own cap: I did mention the laughing practice woman to her, so that's one unknown vlogger I promoted successfully :) "The idea behind l

[videoblogging] Re: Wall Street Journal: Videoblogging

2005-12-16 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would be nice to hear about some new videobloggers in these articles. Yeah, totally. I think we need to start highlighting unknown vloggers on our blogs, send the love around :) I mentioned a few lesser known vlogs to t

[videoblogging] Re: Another bug in FeedBurner stats?

2005-12-15 Thread petertheman
> I'm beginning to wonder what happened to FeedBurner's validity. It > all started with the bloated Mefeedia numbers, but now I'm seeing > other aggregators get reported wrong (or at least I have good reason > to think so). Just to be clear: the Mefeedia numbers were wrong for 6 vlogs for 1 day.

[videoblogging] Re: 3974 subscribers? not quite

2005-12-14 Thread petertheman
OK, it is as I thought: the data is being cached. I just talked to the Feedburner guys. The stats are just a little out of date because of caching. We've been sending the correct amount since yesterday, and by tomorrow everything should be showing the correct amount. The Feedburner live stats go

[videoblogging] Re: Lost Mefeedia ID - How to retieve ?

2005-12-14 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "deepstream_nl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > Does anybody know how to retrieve your Mefeedia ID. I'v misplaced it! I follow the "simple" steps at Mefeedia and seem to hit a brick wall! Ron at - DutchVlog > hey Ron, email me (at the email on th

[videoblogging] Re: 3974 subscribers? not quite

2005-12-14 Thread petertheman
--- > http://ridertech.com > http://leanbackvids.com > http://vlogmap.org > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "petertheman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://mefeedia.com/feeds/96 > > Ryanne's blog has 89 subscribers in Mefee

[videoblogging] Re: 3974 subscribers? not quite

2005-12-14 Thread petertheman
http://mefeedia.com/feeds/96 Ryanne's blog has 89 subscribers in Mefeedia, and that's the number we're reporting to Feedburner. Perhaps they cache something, and perhaps you cache something and it takes longer to update? I'll check with the Feedburner guys :) Peter > 4009 for Ryanne and 1061 fo

[videoblogging] WikiTags

2005-12-14 Thread petertheman
One of my favourite new features in Mefeedia are the wikitags: you can now edit the description of any tag like in a wiki. For example: http://mefeedia.com/tags/evilvlog/ I really like what people are editing. There's an RSS feed of the edits here: http://mefeedia.com/rss/tag_wiki.php P -

[videoblogging] quick release note

2005-12-14 Thread petertheman
The new version of Mefeedia is live. With funky revlogging functionality ;) Peter -- http://mefeedia.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHM

[videoblogging] Re: Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 12/13/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
> here's tonight's link > > http://flash.kmi.open.ac.uk:8080/fm/index.php?pwd=4da67f-2610 > > would someone like to suggest a topic for discussion? Is the site down? I can't access it.. Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools t

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia feed subscriptions tracked by Feedburner

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "LeanBackVids.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oops- Peter responded while I was typing. -- Matt Yep. There were 6 vlogs that got 1000s of vloggers reported, that was a bug. It's been fixed now :) Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia feed subscriptions tracked by Feedburner

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can I answer the question, "How many people are subscribed to my > feed?" That's the number Feedburner gives you. Or maybe there's still a misunderstanding? What Mefeedia reports to Feedburner are actual peopl

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia feed subscriptions tracked by Feedburner

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
> > u > > i don't understand how that happened > > my videos only get downloaded by about 400 people a day according to > > blip stats > > but i guess that means people are on text browsers and not watching the > > vids? > > or on mefeedia, but that should register too? Hey Ryanne, your

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia feed subscriptions tracked by Feedburner

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure this is whats going on: > > Previously 'Feedburner' was a user that hit your feed. But when > MeFeedia requested your feed from feedburner it was counted as "oh its > that MeFeedia agent" Yes, so pre

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia feed subscriptions tracked by Feedburner

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow, Ryanne even outdid the porn site! > -Verdi > On Dec 13, 2005, at 10:49 AM, Josh Leo wrote: > > > wow looks like Ryanne is the new queen over at vlogmap.com/ > > feedburner now that Mefeedia is in thereeveryone got

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia feed subscriptions tracked by Feedburner

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
> Please explain how Mefeedia works with Feedburner. Hi all, so this is how Mefeedia works with Feedburner. Mefeedia tells Feedburner how many people are subscribed to your feed in Mefeedia. So that's the amount of people in Mefeedia that are subscribed to your feed in Mefeedia. Odeo.com does the

[videoblogging] Mefeedia subscriber stats now tracked by Mefeedia

2005-12-13 Thread petertheman
Hi all, if you use Feedburner for your RSS feed, your stats will show your Mefeedia subscribers from today on. Here's more explanation and screenshots: http://mefeedia.com/blog/2005/12/52/ Enjoy! Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Fair play? Video g

[videoblogging] Mefeedia reviews & NYT

2005-12-11 Thread petertheman
(apologies for the mefeedia plug) Hey all, congrats to everyone mentioned in the NYT article (see http://thelastminute.typepad.com/blog/2005/12/video_blogs_in__1.html for a copy) I noticed this part in the article: "One reviewer on Mefeedia wrote, 'Verdi is a household name amongst vloggers.'" So

[videoblogging] Re: Multiple file formats in MT feeds

2005-12-04 Thread petertheman
(Kinda a beginners question) Is it possible to save an MPEG4 movie that works then on PSP and iPod (and possible other devices)? What kinds of settings would I need? I'm looking for something with greatest compatibility.. I don't want to change all my videos again in 6 months when the next big devi

[videoblogging] Re: making directories

2005-12-04 Thread petertheman
> You're assuming that the lact of a directory is a problem. Here's my view. First, with video, you need a lot more info to decide where to put your attention than with text, because video demands more attention (you can't just quickly scan it like a text post, for example). So for video, you n

[videoblogging] Re: Porn Shmorn. Grow up! There's real life going on.

2005-12-02 Thread petertheman
It's a good idea, but requires more coding than I can muster right now.. Will probably implement this in January.. Peter > Not that this thread hasn't run it's course, but I do like one > suggestion that was made, and I sincerely hope that Peter takes it > into serious consideration. The sugg

[videoblogging] Re: Porn on mefeedia??

2005-12-02 Thread petertheman
> I wouldn't go with G, PG, X type ratings... As mentioned, 'adult' > doesn't always mean X, etc. Perhaps following the iTunes model of > marking things as 'mature' or 'explicit' or whatever might work. > > For people not logged in, I would filter out all 'mature' content. For > people who are

[videoblogging] Re: Vlog porn - my fix for now: comments?

2005-12-02 Thread petertheman
> > > > What about the text descriptions? The text descriptions are still there.. the idea isn't to remove any porn feeds... it's to make it less offensive to browse mefeedia. I don't want to censor anything at this point. Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --

[videoblogging] Bad internet archive URLs

2005-12-02 Thread petertheman
I've added some code to Mefeedia to check for "bad" internet archive URLs and provide fixes for the vloggers. It'll be out next week, here's a screenshot of a feeds details page: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/69379495/ and http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/69379752/ (Michael,

[videoblogging] Vlog porn - my fix for now: comments?

2005-12-02 Thread petertheman
Hi all, so I implemented a fix (it's not live yet, but will be next week). Here are some screenshots: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/69373519/ http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/69373437/ http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/69373386 What it does is put a 'parental adv

[videoblogging] Re: Porn on mefeedia??

2005-12-01 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think you should be required to sensor anything if you dont > want to. In order to gain a lasting trust with the users of your > system, however, I think it would be important for you to provide a

[videoblogging] Re: Porn on mefeedia??

2005-12-01 Thread petertheman
> Why not provide an option for users to flag certain content as > questionable or offensive, then put that content/feed into moderation > queue for possible removal. Flagging is another thing we're working on. The key is this though: I don't want to remove feeds like Richard's, even though they

[videoblogging] Re: Porn on mefeedia??

2005-12-01 Thread petertheman
> > I personally am not opposed to porn but when it comes up so > blatantly we as vloggers are > > going to need to find away so that when we are showing new people > "youth" how to Vlog > > and the tools that are available that this stuff does not hit us in > the face. This is by the way exac

[videoblogging] Re: Porn on mefeedia??

2005-12-01 Thread petertheman
Hey Jay, yes, I noticed it as well. It was inevitable, I am actually surprised it took this long.. So here's the plan we have, for now. In a few months we'll probably add more features. I have given this some thought over the past months, and there is a balance: I want mefeedia to be an open direc

[videoblogging] Re: Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers

2005-11-29 Thread petertheman
> with all video formats, but is it some sort of theoretical possiblity > at least? Yep, it's theoretically possible. The amount of development work would probably be high though, so then it ends up being cheaper paying for a few more servers, in the short term :) It's all a balance about where t

[videoblogging] Re: Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers

2005-11-29 Thread petertheman
PS: Marcus, we're doing number crunching and analyzing ourselves these days.. results still pending. :) Cheers! Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/K

[videoblogging] Re: Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers

2005-11-29 Thread petertheman
OK, Here's an overview of the Mefeedia thumbnail feature. 1) It doesn't generate thumbs for *all* types of movies. For most movies it does, including Flash movies, Windows media movies, you name it. There are some codecs that it can't handle, unfortunately, but it gets most of them. 2) It takes

[videoblogging] Re: modifying a Wordpress template

2005-11-26 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Antonio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I move towards adding video to my site, I'm thinking of moving > over from Blogger to Wordpress. Does anyone have any advice on > creating my own template? In Blogger it was as simple as creating a > HTML page and

[videoblogging] Re: Spirit can not be spoken for

2005-11-26 Thread petertheman
> I think maybe that was supposed to be "popularity control"? > i.e. prominent placement in a directory can lead to more click throughs? Which goes back to my point about popularity not being the most important thing with videobloggers. This ain't no high school. Which is why we have reviews now,

[videoblogging] Re: Thumbnail archive with videos only?

2005-11-26 Thread petertheman
> On 11/25/05, missbhavens1969 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was just in the middle of adding a mefeedia thumbnail video archive > > to my sidebar with help from the freevlog tutorial and I realised > > something: it's going to create thumbs for my text posts as well, > > right? No, it wo

[videoblogging] Re: Thumbnail archive with videos only?

2005-11-26 Thread petertheman
> I really don't see why anyone should be limited to just posting video to > their blog if they want their blog to work in mefeedia OK: so Mefeedia works like this: you can (of course) post whatever you want in your blog. Mefeedia picks up only the posts with video in them. That's all. There

[videoblogging] Re: Spirit can not be spoken for

2005-11-26 Thread petertheman
> > I think vlogging can be greatly impacted through directories. That is why > > we as a community should work to set up an "open directory" that will become > > the accepted norm. Otherwise, others will set up slanted and manipulated > > and even "closed" directories. I am (clearly, since I b

[videoblogging] Re: Spirit can not be spoken for

2005-11-26 Thread petertheman
> Nevermind the fact that this is an easy path to an exclusionary "clique" > of "accepted goodness." Plus, the secondary part of Randy's point -- > that having an open, "accepted" directory would prevent other "closed" > ones -- just won't happen. If anything, I think the folks working > towar

[videoblogging] Re: Spirit can not be spoken for

2005-11-26 Thread petertheman
> the directory is where the popular control lies > now, especially when a directory is large and not open, as we have > all learned. Interesting.. what do you mean by "popular control", Andrew? Peter -- http;//mefeedia.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---

[videoblogging] Re: revlog

2005-11-22 Thread petertheman
> > is it customary to ask permission when revlogging > > someone's work in your on vlog? If you want to link to someone's blog and to their video, you don't have to ask permission. This is the web, linking is what we do. Not even a need for a CC license. The only problem arises is when you make

[videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-22 Thread petertheman
> > mefeedia and FireAnt, the two tools that have grown out of this > > community, are really just gettting revved up. Indeed. Of course Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, you name it are building tools for videoblogging. The importance of independent tools lies in 2 things: 1) It shows the way to the b

[videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-22 Thread petertheman
> > Great, but again, mefeedia does not recognize m4v extension. Aha, I've found the problem. Mefeedia recognizes m4v extensions in the *next* version, but that isn't live yet, it will go live around next week Monday. Doh! I thought we'd already made that live... Let me know if next week it sti

[videoblogging] Re: Video Distribution (Brightcove)

2005-11-22 Thread petertheman
>From the Forune article: "While the service won't prevent amateur videographers from offering their creations for commercial viewing, Allaire said the service's initial focus is content from more traditional providers. " In other words, they're going were the big $ is: traditional BigMedia putti

[videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-22 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, one other point to make... seeing a spike in statistics may mean > very little (or at least may be pin pointed as uncharacteristic) if > that spike is not sustained or representative of sustained growth. > Tre

[videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-22 Thread petertheman
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Mefeedia also seems to be the most widely-referring vlog directory - > it's > > well up in my list of referrers every day - I usually get more > > viewers/visitors from Mefeedia than iTunes. Yes, I make

[videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-22 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Kent Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "petertheman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The mefeedia directory at http://mefeedia.com/feeds/ is a much better > > sourc

[videoblogging] Re: Send your movies to me i would love to see them

2005-11-21 Thread petertheman
I realize I was a bit harsh here. Paul, perhaps you can explain a bit why you want to show videos on your own blog instead of linking to and promoting the blogs of the people who created the video? Cheers, Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fas

[videoblogging] Re: Send your movies to me i would love to see them

2005-11-21 Thread petertheman
> > Well the time has come. I want to see all of your movies. I have tons of > > subscribers and > > they want movies for their ipods. This is a website designed with you in > > mind and your > > talent. The theater if full and it is time for you to perform. I want your > > short and long > > film

[videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-21 Thread petertheman
> I've been reading this group for the last week or so and have been > officially video podcasting for a about the same time. Welcome! > If you can establish > yourself right now when there are less than 200 video podcasts on Podcast > Alley The mefeedia directory at http://mefeedia.com/feeds/

[videoblogging] Re: mov in to wmv

2005-11-20 Thread petertheman
Crazy Apple. Mefeedia supports m4v, btw. Peter > > There was no such thing as m4v a few weeks ago before the video > iPod. The > > next release of FireAnt will support m4v... stay tuned. > > > > -Josh > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast acc

[videoblogging] Re: Happy new year

2005-11-18 Thread petertheman
Same here, trying to figure out what to do next year.. In my case, it always ends up involving Mefeedia. Being more international and connecting different communities is superimportant I think.. As a first step, I'm gonna make a Spanish Mefeedia version, so it becomes easier for Spanish speakers t

[videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-16 Thread petertheman
If you're looking for extremely high amounts of people watching video, go with the professionals. Check out http://www.limelightnetworks.com/solutions.video.html, for example. Peter -- http://mefeedia.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access

[videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-16 Thread petertheman
> Dreamhost is not a solution for a site with major traffic. They cant > support it. Thats a matter of fact not opinion. Thats what they say: > > Dreamhost does not have any dedicated servers avil. at this time and > shared server are too big for the kind of traffic you have. You > mentione

[videoblogging] Re: The Videoblogging Group Has Hit the 1600+ Member Mark

2005-11-16 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Its A Mystery and So Im I" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The way things are going now, we might double or even triple that by > next year. > It'll be 10-fold, and next year more and more other groups will grow out of this "mother" one (like the Spanish a

[videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-15 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Vincent Njoroge Ndonye > different audience and am wondering about recommendations for hosts who can > handle around 5TB reliably. Who is the best out there for this level of Hey Vincent, why the 5TB number? Don't worry about hosts and numbers, you can always

[videoblogging] Re: Approximating subscribers

2005-11-12 Thread petertheman
And of course popularity doesn't mean you're good :) I always go to the end of the popularity list in Mefeedia, like here: http://mefeedia.com/feeds/pop/1050/, and subscribe to the *unpopular* feeds. There are some real pearls there. I think it's very important that directories and such don't jus

[videoblogging] Re: Approximating subscribers

2005-11-12 Thread petertheman
> you need to be able to parse the user count (often > passed through in the user agent field) Yes, Mefeedia will soon report this info in the header of its spider, so that Feedburner stats can take your Mefeedia subscribers into account. But again, subscribers is just a number. It doesn't mean

[videoblogging] Re: Approximating subscribers

2005-11-12 Thread petertheman
Your Mefeedia feed detail page (like http://mefeedia.com/feeds/557/), now reports the amount of subscribers in Mefeedia. I am also working to report subscribers in the header request when spidering feeds, working with Feedburner, so those stats could be spread to other tools. Of course, subscribe

[videoblogging] ABC videoblogs?

2005-11-11 Thread petertheman
I heard ABC News mention their "videoblogs" (of people quitting smoking) today on television. I couldn't find them on their site though.. anyone know where they are? Peter -- http://mefeedia.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools t

[videoblogging] Re: Lobby iTunes to make comments!

2005-11-11 Thread petertheman
That's why both ANT and Mefeedia show a comment link to the permalink of the post, so you can get comments on your blog.. Apple really doesn't care about videoblogging, they just see this is "free" content.. Peter -- http://mefeedia.com (new!) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brett Gaylor <[

[videoblogging] Re: Vlog reviews

2005-11-10 Thread petertheman
> Peter, awesome work on new mefeedia... checked it out, plenty of nice new > improvements. Thanks :) We work hard on it! More coming soon... Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet L

[videoblogging] Re: Where are the VloggerCon videos?

2005-11-10 Thread petertheman
Just go to http://mefeedia.com/tags/vloggercon/, most of the session videos are there, plus many of the "unofficial" vloggercon videos. Cheers! Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet L

[videoblogging] Vlog reviews

2005-11-10 Thread petertheman
The reviews that we launched in Mefeedia yesterday are starting to work: so far the quality of the reviews is really good. Charlene's vlog for example has 2 already: http://mefeedia.com/feeds/7/ I really believe that reviewing each others' work is going to help a lot to spread the word about the v

[videoblogging] Re: New Mefeedia out today

2005-11-09 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sounds good > can't wait for those thumbnails to kick in Markus, there were 2 probs with the Instant Archive. 1 is that some posts just didn't show up. That should be fixed. The other is that some posts have the gre

[videoblogging] New Mefeedia out today

2005-11-09 Thread petertheman
Hi all, just now, we launched the new Mefeedia. If you had Instant Archive problems of posts not showing up, check it now. Let me know if you still have the same problem. You may also want to have a look at your feeds details page, lotsa new stats there. If you have a video iPod, try entering yo

[videoblogging] Re: Does iTunes indicate somehow which videos will play in the iPod?

2005-11-09 Thread petertheman
gt; improve. Ideally we need either itunes to use a different icon next to > ipod-compatible podcasts, or maybe apple will make itunes > automatically convert files to an ipod format in the future. > > Steve of Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "petertheman"

[videoblogging] Re: Does iTunes indicate somehow which videos will play in the iPod?

2005-11-09 Thread petertheman
Susan > http://vlog.kitykity.com > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "petertheman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am trying to synch my vide iPod with my videoblogs in iTunes. But > > only some videos show up.. Does iTunes somehow in

[videoblogging] Does iTunes indicate somehow which videos will play in the iPod?

2005-11-09 Thread petertheman
I am trying to synch my vide iPod with my videoblogs in iTunes. But only some videos show up.. Does iTunes somehow indicate which videos won't play on the video iPod?? Man, this definitely isn't easy to use, Apple is putting out some hasty stuff these days... Peter Y

[videoblogging] Re: YouTube - WTF?

2005-11-08 Thread petertheman
> Can someone explain YouTube to me? I don't get what people like > about this service. They have crappy transcoding, they brand your > videos with their logo, they try to lock you into their website, you > can't syndicate your videos via rss, and they still haven't changed > their crazy

[videoblogging] Re: YouTube - WTF?

2005-11-08 Thread petertheman
Oh, and something else: we should all blog about why YouTube sucks, so that it will become well known and videoblog businesses don't model themselves after that. Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welc

[videoblogging] watching personal videos

2005-11-07 Thread petertheman
I was in the laundrymat, and I had just filled up my video ipod with a bunch of movies (plug: the beta mefeedia makes it real easy), so I was watching a video of the party at Jakob's place in nyc a while back at vloggercon... but what I wanted to say was: it was a strangely emotional experience wat

[videoblogging] Re: What do you guys think about Blogtelevision.net

2005-11-04 Thread petertheman
> I get a nice warm fuzzy felling from services like MeFeedia, BlipTV, > and application-based aggrigators like FireAnt, and iTunes because > they say the video is from (and link back to) DavidMeade.com. > > Some even (like MeFeedia) direct the viewer to my site should they > want to leave commen

[videoblogging] This Sunday vlogbrunch in NYC (+ NYC marathon + new mefeedia beta launch)

2005-11-04 Thread petertheman
Hey all, (Sorry for the impersonal invite) I'm giving a vlogbrunch (11:00-1:00) this Sunday in New York City, all vloggers invited. If my new breadmaker gets here by then I'll bake fresh bread, and the NY marathon comes by my house so you can check that out too. And we can talk vlogtalk. I'll als

[videoblogging] Re: Software to generate XML text file to download a vlogger's entire archive?

2005-11-04 Thread petertheman
A question. In Mefeedia, I could fairly easily provide an XML feed of every feed's total archive. The problem is: what format? RSS wasn't really made for this. If I provide an RSS feed, it would be quite large for some feeds, and if aggregators start hitting those every hour, I could have a real ba

[videoblogging] Re: Let's stake our claim by cross-promoting vlogs

2005-11-02 Thread petertheman
I think having promos for vloggers is a great idea. I've been hoping this would happen. I'll support whatever we do in Mefeedia. Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http

[videoblogging] Re: One Click buttons

2005-10-30 Thread petertheman
n videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lucas Gonze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/26/05, petertheman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess this is the right time to point out that Mefeedia will > > generate the pcast file for you: > > > > http://mefeedia.c

[videoblogging] Re: While iTunes is "In Spot Light" is it killing ground roots podcasting?

2005-10-27 Thread petertheman
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Prentice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Then pretty much out of the Blue... Major networks whom didn't want to report this media phenomenon other than spuratic blips... started to develop their own podcast, which are now the only listings on News Podcasts

[videoblogging] mefeedia feed problems

2005-10-27 Thread petertheman
Hi all, I am working on mefeedia this week, and I wanted to ask everyone who has had problems with their feed in mefeedia to send me an email. That will help a lot with fixing the problems. The most common probs are: can't add feed to mefeedia, or there is something wrong with the instant archive.

[videoblogging] Re: I need to get a friend.

2005-10-27 Thread petertheman
Exactly. That's why I never let people comment on a video at mefeedia, but send them to the blog instead. p > > I myself probably would take advantage of the ability to turn off > > comments or moderate them at blip.tv. I've always reserved the > > right to just that with any post on my own

[videoblogging] Re: 1000s of new vloggers coming - it is the time to talk about content

2005-10-26 Thread petertheman
I wrote this (in the excitement of having just tried the typepad thing) before reading the latest posts, and yey, we're already talking content. Here are some of the most important things in my mind (they are very basic): - you have something to say. Try the videoblogweek for yourself and at fir

[videoblogging] 1000s of new vloggers coming - it is the time to talk about content

2005-10-26 Thread petertheman
I was just trying out Typepad's new integrated video posting. (http://typepad.videoegg.com/faq.html) It makes posting videos really, really easy. All you do is drag and drop a clip (straight from the camera or saved on your computer) onto the field. Then you can cut it, and then click upload, and y

[videoblogging] Re: iPod reviews (& Mefeedia question)

2005-10-25 Thread petertheman
> MEFEEDIA QUESTION: > I was wondering about the Mefeedia thumbs. Is there any reason why > one or two of my videos might be skipped when the thumbnails are > made? At least one of my videos always seems to be missing. I can't > figure it out. The reason was probably this: until yesterday, me

[videoblogging] Re: iPod reviews

2005-10-25 Thread petertheman
I just got my video ipod today, watching you all vlogs on it, and it's fantastic. The biggest surprise is this: you know how we always said that video is different than audio because you can't do anything else while watching video? Not true. With the earplugs in the ipod, I can watch movies, mean

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia API

2005-10-25 Thread petertheman
gt; > sull > > On 10/25/05, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > petertheman wrote: > > > The "real" Mefeedia API is still a few months off, but meanwhile, if > > > you want to use the thumbnails pictures mefeedia generates,

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia API

2005-10-25 Thread petertheman
bear with me, this is like a temporary api until, in a month or 2, we get the real api :) P > petertheman wrote: > > You have to view source, it's an xml file. > > > > Any chance you could use utf-8 instead of iso-8859-1? > > > > > Pete > &

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia API

2005-10-25 Thread petertheman
The url that this link returns is broken? If I go to: > > http://images.mefeedia.com/video/2005/07/05/07/RUN-13706/frames/90x68/ 44 > > > > I get a 404. > > > > > > On 10/24/05, petertheman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The

[videoblogging] Mefeedia API

2005-10-24 Thread petertheman
The "real" Mefeedia API is still a few months off, but meanwhile, if you want to use the thumbnails pictures mefeedia generates, you can use this: http://api.mefeedia.com/ant/thumbs.php?url=http://www.momentshowing.net/momentshowing/files/amyjoy.mov This api will continue to be supported. The nu

[videoblogging] Pictures of vlogconference

2005-10-23 Thread petertheman
This weekend we had a conference for toolbuilders for vloggers about standards and such, I uploaded my pictures here: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Let the tagging begin! Cheers, Peter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Most low income hou

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