RE: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-06 Thread Jake Ludington
Absolutely. People don't understand that compression is as much of an art as filming or editing. They also don't understand that sometimes you have to shoot with your final output format in mind, which means tighter shots, better light and less movement if you're compresing to iPod size for

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-06 Thread Jake Ludington
I have an HV20, and it's pretty much overkill for internet productions. The good thing about it is that recording in 1080/60i, it's easy to green/bluescreen and do smooth slow motion effects. Another good (GREAT) thing about shooting in HD is that you get a crispness of picture that you can't

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Bill Cammack
I don't think file *size* is as important as data rate. Like Verdi's saying, you want people to be able to view your videos without them constantly stopping to buffer. The better quality you can get at lower data rates, the more likely you are for people to watch your show and not get frustrated

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Heath
that is the trick though, finding the right data rate, now for Macs there are all kinds of good advice on that but for PC'sit's hard to findit's something I am playing with a lot right now, trying to find a good data rate and size for PC's. I have for a while been exporting as an avi

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Steve Watkins
Well the data rate settings should be the same on Windows as on OS X. The problem is if your video editing package doesnt have the right encoder built in, and you have to go to an intermediate format that is then loaded into an encoder. Ther are potential problems where either quality is

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Steve Watkins
] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore? I have been inspired by this video: HYPERLINK http://www.flashvideofactory.com/test/DEMO720_Heima_H264_500K.htmlhttp ://www.flashvid-eofactory.-com/test/-DEMO720_Heima_-H264_500K.-html So that video is 1280x720 25fps but the bitrate

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Bill Cammack
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Watkins Sent: Tuesday, 5 February 2008 10:44 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore? I have been inspired by this video: HYPERLINK http://www.flashvideofactory.com/test

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Heath
AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore? I have been inspired by this video: HYPERLINK http://www.flashvideofactory.com/test/DEMO720_Heima_H264_500K.html; http ://www.flashvid-eofactory.-com/test

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread influxxmedia
I still keep my video at 320x240. Unless there is a really good reason, I'm doing some real high art lets say (which I'm not), there is no reason to waste that much bandwidth. The bandwidth is not free and it is not limitless. Someone somewhere has to pay for it, and I dont see the point of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Scott Parent
Wow - 320x240. I haven't produced video that small in over a year. I think that 512x288 is the minimum I'd do, and most of the stuff we shoot is 640x360. We recently produced the video for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and we did Flash, iPod 640x360 and HD 960x540. We interviewed

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-05 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, influxxmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still keep my video at 320x240. Unless there is a really good reason, I'm doing some real high art lets say (which I'm not), there is no reason to waste that much bandwidth. The bandwidth is not free and it is not

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Heath
Rural areas are a concern, I would agree, but again, you can only compress so much and sometimes you are fighting goverment regulation as in the case of china, so I am not sure what can be done about situations like that. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Heath
I completly agree on having choices, that's part of why I offer a windows file as well as a flash, the issue I am having at the moment, is that in Vegas you can now export to Ipod right out of vegas, saving me time as I now longer have to create an avi then use quicktime pro. But in vegas you

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Chumley
Matter in what sense? Largest possible audience? Probably, but I've been doing HUGE files since 05 and havn't had any problems growing an audience. As a general rule my shows are a hour and a half long (movie and host segments). Now I have spent a long time trying to perfect my compression, but

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Michael Verdi
On Feb 4, 2008 5:14 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But this does lead to another question, how many people are watching the videos on site and how many download and watch on their portable? Anybody know of any studies on that? Good question. I think the vast majority of people are

[videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Steve Watkins
I have been inspired by this video: http://www.flashvideofactory.com/test/DEMO720_Heima_H264_500K.html So that video is 1280x720 25fps but the bitrate is only 500K :) So that video which is naerly 4 minutes long, is only 15.5MB in size, but 720p resolution :) In not sure which encoder

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore?

2008-02-04 Thread Rambos Locker
://rambos-locker.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Watkins Sent: Tuesday, 5 February 2008 10:44 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Does the file size of video matter anymore? I have been