Welcome back Waz. I thin many of us have found our groove and add
little new technologies as needed. i know some here are jumping into
the DSLR world for video. We're about to buy one ourselves. Quality
just gets better and better.
Jay
Hi Jay,
A friend of mine has just made a short film
Hi folks,
This is a trip down memory lane. I haven't been on the list since I don't know
when. Glad to see that it's still up and running and that familiar names are
still around.
Lenny and myself are still doing Crash Test Kitchen whenever we can, and I've
got Garage Night TV on my plate as
Anyone else seeing this? For me their site is going up and down, and
videos/players are gone from my site.
Waz
http://www.crashtestkitchen.com
utility, no idea how it goes
on PC.
see: http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/quicktimeintro/tools/
On 25/11/2008, at 11:25 AM, wazman_au wrote:
Unfortunately that option only creates a reference movie pointing to a
single URL. I want a reference movie pointing to several alternative
Does anyone have experience of this? I want the reference movie to
point to URLs on the web (ie Blip), but QT Pro only lets me create a
ref movie for iPod purposes that points to files in the same folder.
I have tried XMLtoRefMovie but it keeps telling me that the file
extension on the source
Does anyone have experience of this? I want the reference movie to
point to URLs on the web (ie Blip), but QT Pro only lets me create a
ref movie for iPod purposes that points to files in the same folder.
I have tried XMLtoRefMovie but it keeps telling me that the file
extension on the source
opened, will always resolve to the url.
hope this helps
On 25/11/2008, at 12:46 AM, wazman_au wrote:
Does anyone have experience of this? I want the reference movie to
point to URLs on the web (ie Blip), but QT Pro only lets me create a
ref movie for iPod purposes that points to files
:
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You may also be interested in my site http://wordpressmodder.org
Adam W. Warner
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au
Hi Jay,
It really is as simple as resizing your video to 640x480, then
exporting from QT Pro using the iPod export option. The resulting file
is 1500kbps, and has the baseline low-complexity characteristic to
make it run fine on all iPods and the Apple TV. I know it works
because people will
Hi Cheryl,
Are you able to play other people's 640x480 videos on your problematic
iPod?
Go to crashtestkitchen.com and subscribe to our podcast in iTunes
using the icon on the right. Download the latest episode and see if it
syncs to your iPod and plays.
iTunes should alert you when a software
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Cheryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Because before the newer gear, Apple sold a bunch of older model video
iPods. I have one. It won't play the 'big' files, even after updates.
Some people need the little ones or they have to manually convert.
Since I'm one
file only goes out
in the feed.
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Cheryl cheryl.colan@ wrote:
Because before the newer gear, Apple sold a bunch of older model video
iPods. I have one. It won't play the 'big' files
Hi there folks, and thanks very very much for the advice.
About enclosures ... just to clarify, I'm not saying send multiple
enclosures out in the feed, I'm saying that the client asks for the
feed, WordPress says Oh that's an iTunes client or Oh that's a
client that prefers WMV or Oh I can't
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there folks, and thanks very very much for the advice.
About enclosures ... just to clarify, I'm not saying send multiple
enclosures out in the feed, I'm saying that the client asks for the
feed, WordPress says
Hi vloggers,
It's Waz from Crash Test Kitchen.
Right now I'm working on a new vlog project that will be built on
WordPress and have multiple video formats on offer.
I'm wondering what's in, what's out, what's being deprecated as far as
WP vlog themes are concerned.
Galacticast's ufo'splode
Hello videobloggers and sorry for not popping in here more often.
I use the Videora iPod converter (let's call it ViP) to cut down the
size of the iPoddable videos that QT Pro spits out. With the latest
3.x versions of ViP there's no sound when the resulting videos are
played on an Apple TV -
For our last couple of posts I'm seeing a weird problem in iTunes.
Instead of using the title of the episode that's contained in the RSS feed that
our vlog spits
out, iTunes is using the title of the original QuickTime file that I saved on
my computer.
Here's our iTunes URL:
Hi Mr Verdi and others,
A while back I sent some Compressor settings to Eric from GardenFork
that should help with this ... Eric, can yo send Mike that settings
file? Not sure I have it any more.
It's all to do with the low-complexity baseline profile, which you
can't manually select anywhere in
Ed,
I had some sort of form plug-in on our site but it turned out to be
vulnerable to spam and got me in trouble with our web host ... so now
I just put our email address.
Have a look around for plug-ins that use some sort of authentication,
although this is no guarantee that it won't be
It's me. I'm the most famous videoblogger ... in my street!
Waz from Crash Test Kitchen (for a picture, see Time Person of the
Year issue. No, not the mirror on the front, dummy - the picture of
ME ME ME inside! Oh, Lenny's in there too...)
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, missbhavens1969
A contact at Apple sent me a .setting file that is apparently for
use with Compressor and will produce H.264, 640x480, albeit with a
1500kbps bitrate (maybe you can tweak it).
I can't use it, cos I don't have Final Cut/Compressor, but I've sent
it to Eric at gardenfork for him to try. Could
://www.crashtestkitchen.com
Waz
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, filmanimationweb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Waz,
If you email it to me I can put it up on my server for all to get.
Cheers,
Taylor Moore
www.bikinizero.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au
This was actually the first time I had met another videoblogger/video
podcaster - although Josh Leo once emailed me to say he'd spotted me
on the street in Cambridge.
Thanks Rupert, I owe you a beer next time. CTK is not really in the
insta-vloggging camp, with mobiles phones that shoot, edit and
Agreed! Welcome to the WP fold.
It can be daunting feeling your way around but if you're a control
freak you'll never regret (in the long term, at least) running a
blog/vlog this way. I know next to nothing about how WP works but I've
still got it to do most things I want.
Get out there and find
Have posted our first episode in a while:
http://www.crashtestkitchen.com/?p=66
Fast-loading videos at the site; view the full fat version in iTunes,
via your aggregator of choice or at:
http://blip.tv/file/get/CrashTestKitchen-OneChickenThreeWays759.mov
We're in new digs and determined to
This post relates to the large file size produced when using the
Export to iPod option in QT Pro, which is the only straightforward way
to produce a H.264, 640x480 basline low-complexity video that works
on both iPod and Apple TV.
My contact within the iTunes podcasting unit was good enough to
Steve wrote:
I think Waz might be on Windows, based on what patht he discussions
about alternative encoders went. I think the reason for loading
avi's into quicktime is because in this instance quicktime is being
used as an encoder, to turn the avi's into
mp4's.
You're spot on, mate - and as
It certainly seems like a hack of this kind is possible to get around
the 640x480 baseline low-complexity limitation of the iPod and iTunes.
What to do with that code escapes me, though. And I don't know whether
it can be used with the Windows version.
I'd like to hear back from someone who
Message-
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wazman_au
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 1:29 PM
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Apple TV and iPod clash
Mike,
Great. How about sharing the secret with those
to 5 or 6 seconds of lag by the end of the show.
I'm going to play with it some more, try out the avisyth profiles.
I'll let you guys know if I find a solution
Rev. Chumley
http://www.cultofuhf.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au elefantman@ wrote:
Well, I struggled
specifically for apple TV. Because Im not sure how
many ipod
people use the TV out, and they might hate the increased filesizze
more than they appreciate the higher res they may never get to
see.
Cheers
Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au
, wazman_au wrote:
I found to my horror this afternoon that my carefully crafted 640x480
recipe with
meticulously pared down video and sound bitrates that delivered a
file of 5MB/minute that
looks alright on the telly via laptop S-Video cable doesn't work on
the iPod.
I am just about ready
.
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au elefantman@ wrote:
Guys guys guys,
Are you really content with imposing such a bloated file format on
your viewers?
Does 120MB for a 10-minute episode seem reasonable, for example?
Not to me it doesn't, when it's about
:
Hey Waz,
I'm afraid the secret sauce includes a dozen pages of signed legal
documents and some custom code :) not sure what kind of file size we're
talking...
-Original Message-
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wazman_au
Sent: Monday, April
.
Are you concerned that the file won't play until it's downloaded?
What's the negative issue for the viewer if your files are that size
for that program length?
--
Bill C.
BillCammack.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au elefantman@ wrote:
Guys guys guys
Stupid bloody Apple, why do they DO things like this
Folks, this is a tough one, and yes, I've read through the Casey-initiated
thread. Good start
but sadly optimistic.
The question is, how do we pump out vids that are 640x480 and have the
baseline low-
complexity profile, thus being both
] wrote:
Did you get this sorted ok in the end?
What resolution and codec was the AVI you exported? What resolution
was the MP4? Was your source footage standard DV?
Cheers
Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au elefantman@ wrote:
Hey videoblogging yahoos
@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Work-around #4
1) Export for AppleTV
2) Export for iPod
3) Two different feeds
Bill C.
http://BillCammack.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au elefantman@ wrote:
Stupid bloody Apple, why do they DO things like
else - whereas people browsing the web want instant gratification.
I have a contact at Apple podcasting and he usually gets back to me
promptly, so I'll report when I know more about the low-complexity
issue.
Waz
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill
at higher resolutions compared to mpeg4.
Cheers
Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au elefantman@ wrote:
Stupid bloody Apple, why do they DO things like this
Folks, this is a tough one, and yes, I've read through the
Casey-initiated thread. Good start
So, these new Nokia podcast-friendly phones ...
Does Nokia have a web directory somewhere for us to submit our feed
URLs so that users of these new phones will find out about us? Or is
there someone we should email to get included?
Waz from Crash Test Kitchen
(still usin' a Nokia 3310; it's a
Sheez man, is recycled Monty Python the extent of your humour?
;-)
Waz
]--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mark Day
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Posted by: Amanda Congdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ctgirl812003
YouTubers, in my opinion, are independent media makers� so they
fall
into the us
Sheez man, is recycled Monty Python the extent of your humour?
;-)
Waz
]--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mark Day
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Posted by: Amanda Congdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ctgirl812003
YouTubers, in my opinion, are independent media makers� so they
fall
into the us
Yeah, thanks Steve! It's been a mad couple of weeks ... that photo
shoot with Time was done only a day or two before deadline, and we had
no idea it was for Person of the Year.
Season's compliments to everyone,
Waz and Lenny from Crash Test Kitchen
It's not You, it's Me (well, Us)!
--- In
I use Adobe Premiere Elements (APE?) to edit my videos and export an AVI,
then QuickTime Pro to crunch it down so the final file size is about 1.5-2MB
per minute.
I found that QuickTime didn't like AVIs that I had exported from Windows
MovieMaker, and I find QuickTime's editing
Hello,
Do you have the very latest version of QT Pro (7.1)? There's a 'check for
update' option in the menus somewhere, depending on whether you are on a
Mac or a PC.
Once you've checked, and updated if necessary, go to freevlog.org to find out
more. Verdi has posted great tutorials ...
Hey Verdi, there is a workaround for the squishing ... you open the DV
file in QTPro, get into Movie Properties, go into the video
properties, uncheck the box to maintain aspect ratio or whatever, and
change the dimensions to 640x480. Now when you export to iPod you
shouldn't get squishing,
Mike,
So from what you're saying it's now a one-step process to an
iPod-compatible H.264 .mov file with href tracks and other fancy bits?
As opposed to the previous process of export as H.264 - open
resulting file in QT Pro - add fancy bits (href track etc.) - save
as self-contained .mov file?
, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike,
So from what you're saying it's now a one-step process to an
iPod-compatible H.264 .mov file with href tracks and other fancy bits?
As opposed to the previous process of export as H.264 - open
resulting file in QT Pro - add fancy bits (href track etc
Hmm, I suppose I was looking for a bit more than a Yes, it can be
done/no, it can't be done answer; rather, someone who's done it, or
done something similar, and might have a ready-made solution!
I have no idea how WordPress logs the info about user agent, for example.
Oh well, looks like
I have a bunch of questions and thought I'd bundle them together, as
they all centre around customising my RSS feed depending on the
viewer's requirements.
I'm using WordPress, but not the latest version 'cos I've made lots
of tweaks and for the moment I'm happy with it.
1) Is it possible
This is interesting. I've thought about this ... effectively daisy-
chaining WiFi to create an alternative internet. We all download and
run little applications that make our WiFi cards seek out and link to
the nearest WiFi networks running the same little applications ...
with gateways to
Hello video bloggers,
I've been using Videora iPod Converter with some success, but I keep
having a strange problem.
I usually put a brief end title, white text on black background, on
our videos. It displays for two or three seconds - usually just our
web address, or a short message.
I
OK, my highly placed insider (seriously!) at Apple podcasting says
the following:
Not a great answer here. The QuickTime people tell us that the
latest version of Quicktime Pro only creates iPod-playable files
with the Export to iPod option. They're working on a fix for the
next version, but
to everyone who's helping me with this.
Waz
www.crashtestkitchen.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Sheldon Pineo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 3/9/06, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
could you try the following on your iPod and let me know what
happens?
(You might have to download
wazman_au wrote:
OK, I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes and QT Pro; re-encoded
the
creme brulee video with my usual settings; uploaded again; and
updated the feed accordingly.
Could someone who's a video ipodder please delete Crash Test
Kitchen
from iTunes, including sending the files
After months of trouble-free operation I now have someone telling me
our latest video, Cracking Creme Brulee, doesn't work on the vid pod.
Could someone try this out, and maybe mail me offlist? I don't have a
video iPod.
I don't know whether the recent iTunes upgrade may affect the actual
iPod
] wrote:
On 3/9/06, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After months of trouble-free operation I now have someone telling me
our latest video, Cracking Creme Brulee, doesn't work on the vid pod.
Nope. Doesn't load on mine.
Shel/
--
www.icenrye.com
www.icenrye.blogspot.com
Hello vloggers,
I'm trying to figure out how to add one of those one-click iTunes
subscribe buttons.
Mefeedia says you need two buttons - one mac, one PC - but it seems
there's another way of doing it that works on both platforms, and the
button looks like an official Apple thing so I guess
I've been getting complaints that Crash Test Kitchen vids don't
download quickly enough. Ideally I'd like to host the videos myself,
and I was doing this initially, but I started uploading to the
Internet Archive a while back because our bandwidth costs were getting
out of control.
I've started
I just bought a JVC GR-D240. Basic MiniDV camcorder with a good 24x
zoom, FireWire connection etc., and I'm happy with it. Very well
reviewed on the web, has a plug-in for microphone etc.
This is my second camcorder and I comparison shop very carefully
before buying electronic stuff.
I bought
Many thanks for that. I've opted out, and you're right, that second
button is CLEARLY placed to make you accidentally opt back in.
Shame, Yahoo. Shame shame shame.
Waz
www.crashtestkitchen.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Salem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello
I thought you all
Is it possible to get a video to start playing in iTunes while it is
still downloading, or at least give users the option of starting it?
Waz
www.crashtestkitchen.com
Yahoo! Groups Links
* To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/
* To
My JVC GR-D70U MiniDV camcorder has finally given up the ghost. It seems the
mainboard
fritzed due to a dodgy power supply. A teeny-weeny component (might be a fuse)
looked
baked and fell off the board when touched.
I reckon with a replacement board I could get it working again. Anyone got a
Yeah but where are my free steak knives?
Waz
www.crashtestkitchen.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, johnie tidwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have seen several video blogging secret types of
e-books/seminars/video series and services being promoted online for
the past few months. Here
www.lofistl.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I think there's little point in holding out against QT7 and
H.264.
If people are prompted to install it to watch a vid, most people
WILL install it. And it's out for both Mac and Windows
That's right Bill, and the key thing is that the card is
clickable. Someone watching in iTunes or another aggregator can
actually click on the movie and it opens a browser window and takes
them to the corresponding post at the blog.
But this little treat of interactivity is only for people who
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 11/11/05, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's right Bill, and the key thing is that the card is
clickable. Someone watching in iTunes or another aggregator can
actually click on the movie and it opens a browser window and takes
them to the corresponding post
Yeah, and if you use a .mov file you can actually make that link
clickable.
The bulk of our viewers are using iTunes, I think, but many click
through the link at the end of our vid and leave comments at our site.
Has anyone sent these BlogTV people an e-mail (polite at first)
prodding them in
of all promo videos in the vlogdir... i am
actually
working on a few things like that i want to rotate these intro/promo
videos more prominently on main page... and also adding a 'revlogdir'
subdirectory for video submissions.
sull
On 11/2/05, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The big
] wrote:
On Nov 1, 2005, at 6:31 PM, wazman_au wrote:
If you would be so kind, please double-check as to whether it's
true. The latest post at Crash Test Kitchen is a .mov file
compressed using H.264 and if you're right it won't work on your
iPod.
iTunes won't transfer this file to my iPod
The big media do it, so why don't we? Let's put trailers in our
videos that promote other vlogs we like. Everyone could make their
own trailer for their podcast; post it somewhere, maybe in a central
repository; and others could include them in their videos as they
see fit. I'd be happy to
This is for the brothers and sisters who want to put out QuickTime mov
files using the H.264 codec, but want them to work on iPods as well.
A mov H.264 file has to use the baseline profile or it won't work on
an iPod. Problem is, QuickTime doesn't give you that option when you
export to a mov
OK. For completeness, and with due acknowledgement to Mike and Steve,
here's the RIGHT way to get H.264 mov files that work on an iPod. The
specs given at the start of this thread are not quite right because
they omit a step to set the video profile to baseline, which is
required by the iPod.
I like that idea! Anyone, anyone ..?
Waz
www.crashtestkitchen.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jonny goldstein
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Might be a good idea for someone to make a vlog post about how to
make an effective
promo. A lot of people maybe have never done one, and don't
I don't know whether this has any bearing on your thinking, but I'm
pretty sure that the Top 100 actually is a measure of new sign-ups,
not the actual traffic. So being No. 1 doesn't actually make you the
most watched, it just means you got the most sign-ups. I'll check
this, though.
The
,
because people tried gaming the system at first and we somehow
stopped it.
There you go.
Waz
www.crashtestkitchen.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I don't know whether this has any bearing on your thinking, but
I'm
pretty sure that the Top 100
,
because people tried gaming the system at first and we somehow
stopped it.
There you go.
Waz
www.crashtestkitchen.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I don't know whether this has any bearing on your thinking, but
I'm
pretty sure that the Top 100
story, but
it wasnt
set up for itunes wheni submitted in July, so now that it is good,
it won't
let me resubmit) Either way, I was wondering if I could get the
email of the
guyt that contacted you because I am feeling very helpless..
much thanks,
On 11/1/05, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED
Hey Terry,
Do you mean insulated, or inculcated or indoctrinated? I'm not
trying to be a smart-arse, I'm just not sure what you might mean by
becoming insulated by this group.
I think it's interesting that it took so long for you to discover
vlogs. In my case, I discovered them early this
Hey Mike,
If you're correct about baseline vs main profile as applied to .mov
files, it's ridiculous. Why would Apple nobble their own format like
that?
Some of choose to use .mov files compressed with H.264 because of
the potential to add hyperlinks in a .mov file. To lose that
G'day all,
Just a quick one to let you know Lenny and I have moved to London,
where we are currently searching for REAL jobs and getting the measure
of our new Crash Test Kitchen.
The latest episode at the site is set in aforesaid kitchen. Some will
no doubt turn up ther nose because it's a .mov
but similar names were that easy to
protect. Having said that, if I did a show-format video online and
wanted to protect the nam, Id definately get trademark protection in
my own country and internationally.
Steve of Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
Does anyone have a contact on the iTunes team?
I'd like to get some stats about how many people have subscribed to us
via iTunes.
I'm not sure whether Apple would have that info, or whether the feed
just goes more or less straight from our server into the iTunes
software on someone's desktop,
I'm with you, Susan. In fact, I hereby declare that I was calling
them video podcasts _before_ Apple started promoting them as such.
When we first listed on iTunes a few months ago I made sure to use
the term in the description that goes out with our iTunes feed. Not
that I want a medal or
Funny, but I use Ourmedia and I don't seem to have a problem with
this. But then, I hand-code the enclosure field. Dunno if this makes a
difference.
iTunes gets our Wordpress RSS feed and the redirect issued by Ourmedia
doesn't seem to stop it from downloading the file. Don't know what
effect it
I tried the Movie to iPod export setting in the new QuickTime but
found the resulting file, although gorgeous in quality, was too
large to be practical.
So, based on Mike Verdi's 3ivx specs I've been using for a while, I
did some experimenting with an eight-minute vid from Crash Test
Kitchen.
I should have mentioned that the encoding was really slow compared
with what I've been used to when encoding in 3ivx. I think this might
be because of the multi-pass setting. You could probably use single
pass but my understanding is the compression might not be as efficient.
Also, how I found
To answer, Justin: Yes, yes, and yes. And finally, et cetera.
Our vlog was serving seven gigabytes a day recently, and even though
I've offloaded most of the content to Ourmedia I still think it's a
good idea to keep file sizes under control.
Basically I'm trying to keep each episodes a size
Yes, we're using H.264 within a .mov file because of the extra
features available with .mov, such as clickable hyperlinks.
Based on our vlog's stats, the vast majority of our watchers are using
iTunes. So we place a link at the end of each vid hoping they'll
click through to our site and leave
Yeah, so I got an e-mail from the Big C inviting me to join her
own little vlogging group. It went straight to the recycle bin.
For mine, I couldn't buy that We are the people, let's start a
revolution... I am woman, hear me roar stuff. It all felt more like
an attempt to assimilate us to
I capture the original footage via FireWire from my camera, first
making sure I have enough hard disk space.
To capture and edit the video I use Adobe Premiere Elements
(previously used Windows Movie Maker).
I export the edited video for the web, plus a full-sized AVI of the
edited video
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