Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-16 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:32:50 +0100, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want a script like these that runs on every site I visit. > > Maybe it scrubs the page for all the .mov, .wmv, and .mp4 files and > presents > a list of links to them? > > Possible? A Greasemonkey solution is the ob

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Meiser
I use it on occasion, didn't notice that feature though. On Feb 15, 2006, at 10:46 PM, wtrainbow wrote: There's a Firefox extension called "Web Developer" that will give the media info on a page - among many other things. It's an incredible tool if you do any Web design or development. http

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-15 Thread wtrainbow
There's a Firefox extension called "Web Developer" that will give the media info on a page - among many other things. It's an incredible tool if you do any Web design or development. https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=60&application=firefox Will http://www.tiny-tube.com --

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-15 Thread Joshua Kinberg
doesn't webjay do this?-JoshOn 2/15/06, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is slightly unrelated, but:Kinberg made the Google Video and Youtube greasemonkey scripts: http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/files/google_video_getter.user.js http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/files/youtube_to_me.u

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-15 Thread Adam Quirk
This is slightly unrelated, but:Kinberg made the Google Video and Youtube greasemonkey scripts:http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/files/google_video_getter.user.js http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/files/youtube_to_me.user.jsAnd Andreas made this for Sciencentral News (by request): http://www.solitud

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Meiser
> On Feb 13, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Peter Van Dijck wrote: > I just see a list of videos that pop up in a window that embeds WMV. > No blog, no permalinks, no RSS... > > Peter http://nbcolympics.com This just pisses me off.. it's utter crap. Complete and utter CRAP. I don't know why it was even poin

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-14 Thread Stephanie Bryant
Well, I can start with: uninstalling flip4mac solved my iSync problem. Reinstall, and the problem recurs. I'm not making that up. A fairly basic google search brings up: http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000425.php and: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/feedback/article.php?story=20060112160911793

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Stephanie Bryant wrote: > I'm glad Flip4Mac works for you. From my experience, it causes so many > conflicts with other software programs, it's more trouble than it's > worth. > > For instance, it conflicts with iSync. Why on EARTH a video conversion > utility would conflict with iSync is beyond m

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-14 Thread Stephanie Bryant
I'm glad Flip4Mac works for you. From my experience, it causes so many conflicts with other software programs, it's more trouble than it's worth. For instance, it conflicts with iSync. Why on EARTH a video conversion utility would conflict with iSync is beyond me, but there you have it. It conflic

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-14 Thread Kunga
Yes Bill thqt's right. You can even save as QT files from the Flip4Mac playback because I have QT Pro. Amazing technology. I had no idea they were WMP files. Flip4Mac completely hides that fact. BTW My new Quad that I got for $3029 including tax came with TWO 1 GB sticks of RAM instead of th

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Bill Streeter
I might go out on a limb here and guess that since he is using the Flip4Mac he is seeing WMV files play back in Quicktime and assuming that these are native QuickTime files. But I could be wrong. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell"

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome--again with the videoblog definition argument?

2006-02-13 Thread Richard BF
At 17:34 -0500 13/2/06, Michael Sullivan wrote: >guess what... i have NO COMMENT today :) Me neither. :-) 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 PROTECTE

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome--again with the videoblog definition argument?

2006-02-13 Thread Joan Khoo
Don't be so cocky. Give it time. :)On 2/14/06, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: guess what... i have NO COMMENT today :)On 2/13/06, Chuck Olsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Although I'm generally anti-"vlog definition fight" -- I gotta say Josh K and Steve G are right on the money.D

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome--again with the videoblog definition argument?

2006-02-13 Thread Michael Sullivan
guess what... i have NO COMMENT today :)On 2/13/06, Chuck Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Although I'm generally anti-"vlog definition fight" -- I gotta say Josh K and Steve G are right on the money.Debating what kinds of content, etc. are a videoblog is one thing. But justslapping video on a s

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome--again with the videoblog definition argument?

2006-02-13 Thread missbhavens1969
Personally, I'm a firm believer in that definition. It's the fighting I can't bear. I'm very sensitive ;) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Although I'm generally anti-"vlog definition fight" -- I gotta say Josh K > and Steve G are right on t

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome--again with the videoblog definition argument?

2006-02-13 Thread Joshua Kinberg
I would say Chuck probably has it down fairly well since he spent a few years creating a documentary on blogging. He's been around, talked with a lot of people who were instrumental in developing this medium. The amazing thing about it to me is how its still rapidly evolving. -Josh On 2/13/06, C

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome--again with the videoblog definition argument?

2006-02-13 Thread Chuck Olsen
Although I'm generally anti-"vlog definition fight" -- I gotta say Josh K and Steve G are right on the money. Debating what kinds of content, etc. are a videoblog is one thing. But just slapping video on a static web site is most certainly NOT a videoblog. By that reasoning, almost every web page

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome--again with the videoblog definition argument?

2006-02-13 Thread missbhavens1969
Jebus--are we really going to do this again? This "Define Videoblog" thing? I'm not saying definitions aren't important, but y'all have been whacking each other over the head with this forever and no one's mind is going to get changed anytime soon, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Pass

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sorry. You guys are right. I'm too into the Olympics in general > to be intellectually cognizant here. Forgive the interruption. And > now back to the games - slowly exporting HD Game footage to mp4 on > the dual 2

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I *love* shiny DVD discs. Doesn't matter what's on 'em, they are shiny shiny!! Well, few people buy DVD's to look at them shine at different angles in the light. Most people buy DVDs because of what's on them, and ho

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
I'm sorry. You guys are right. I'm too into the Olympics in general to be intellectually cognizant here. Forgive the interruption. And now back to the games - slowly exporting HD Game footage to mp4 on the dual 2.5 GHz antique slow as molasses G5. Moving to Quad this afternoon. Got $2500 ca

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
That was written by an opinionated contributor. It is not the LAW. -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecaster Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley URL http://FutureMedia.org RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia iTunes http://tinyurl.com/8

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Steve Garfield
I just edited that blog entry on wikipedia. It now says: Blog basics A blog entry typically consists of the following: * Title - main title of the post, * Body - main content of the post, * Permalink - the URL of the full, individual article, * Post Date - date and time the

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Eric Rice
I *love* shiny DVD discs. Doesn't matter what's on 'em, they are shiny shiny!! Did I get that right? Content might adapt itself to a medium, hence, the ER Show mobile podcast content is created conceptually different (even had to change the theme music) when it's delivered to a mobile phone.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Markus Sandy
“..There’s glory for you!” “I don’t know what you mean by ‘glory,’” Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don’t--until I tell you. I meant ‘there’s a nice knockdown argument for you!’” “But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a nice knockdown argument,’” Alice objected. “When

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Enric
I think it's good that currently established media companies joins in new and developing net media standards. But, words and terms have meaning and defintion, even if that meaning and definitions are developing. To call something other than what it is, confuses things. It doesn't work for someon

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
Look. I appreciate any effort NBC makes to adopt these new media. So I am not going to sit there and pretend that I am better than they are by putting them down. They are trying. That is the point. You don't have to get all high and mighty about how bad they are when they are obviously tryi

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I guess we have different interpretations of the term video > blog. >From Wikipedia entry for "blog", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog : A blog entry typically consists of the following:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Joshua Kinberg
oy, not the "what is a videoblog" game. Video on a website does not equal a video blog. A blog is a website, but not every website is a blog. Many people misunderstand that, but blogs entail a certain set of shared technological and social protocols, almost none of which seem to be present on this

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread David Howell
pretty up to date "blog" You've lost me here. One minute it's a blog. The next it's a vlog with downloadable Quicktime movies. Now it's a podcast...with month old data. Kwhatever you say there. David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
Awesome Enric. Way to go on the find. Just add this url manually to your iTunes or FireANT and you should be good to go everyone. It the Olympic NBC Video AND audio Podcast and its FREE!!! 4 Audio and 5 video transmissions so far. This is great. Wow!!

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread David Howell
Those are Windows Media Files. Again, would you please post a direct link to these Quicktime videos you wrote about. Thanks David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All the Mac users got their Flip4Mac WMV to QuickTime plug-in

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
> > wow...what an awesome blog > But the podcast is from January and not now. So I hope they get back up with more soon. -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecaster Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley URL http://FutureMedia.org RSS http:

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As for the ability to comment and interact, I'm old school and don't > care about that and don't think that is necessarily the criteria for > a video blog. To me, a video blog is any site that has video on it > th

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
All the Mac users got their Flip4Mac WMV to QuickTime plug-in installed like Josh told us to a couple of weeks ago? The player plug in is free. I am running it in Safari. Clark on winning 2002 gold Defending Ol

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread David Howell
Direct link to these Quicktime movies you mentioned please. David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I guess we have different interpretations of the term video > blog. There are definitely Olympian videos not only ads. Prof

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
Well I guess we have different interpretations of the term video blog. There are definitely Olympian videos not only ads. Profiles of different Olympians with their comments on the games and how they got there are all over that site. There are like 15 second Nissan Xtera ads on the front of

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread David Howell
wow...what an awesome blog David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The other option I found after a google search for "quicktime" at the > site is an RSS feed for iTunes: > > http://www.nbcolympics.com/wmaq/5087825/detail.h

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Enric
The other option I found after a google search for "quicktime" at the site is an RSS feed for iTunes: http://www.nbcolympics.com/wmaq/5087825/detail.html I tried it and got the last mp3 file on "Elgas Leaves for Torino..." and MPEG-4 file "What is Curling..." The funny thing about the "What is C

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Michael Sullivan
It's incredible and it's native QuickTime too. You can even save asquicktime movies to your hard drive. Outstanding quality. 6-8 mb/minute got some direct links to these quicktime movies?On 2/13/06, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:You guys. NBC really is doing video blogging all over that websi

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread WWWhatsup
Absolutely, I get the same thing. Using Firefox on XP pro. Fresh install of WM10. And clicking just 'play' on any individual vid does nothing, as does clicking 'full screen' clicking 'help' I see >Video Support >NBCOlympics.com video can be viewed in Windows Media Player 6 or higher, for >PC

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Peter Van Dijck
I just see a list of videos that pop up in a window that embeds WMV. No blog, no permalinks, no RSS... Peter On 2/13/06, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uhh...I dont see any vlogs. I see videos of the events but no vlogs. > > Could you give me a link to a vlog post there. > > David > ht

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread David Howell
Uhh...I dont see any vlogs. I see videos of the events but no vlogs. Could you give me a link to a vlog post there. David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You guys. NBC really is doing video blogging all over that website!!! >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Steve Garfield
To me, it looks like NBC is putting video on the web, but not videoblogging. The reason you can't post a link to a specific video blog post, is because there are no permalinks. These videos are kind of in a reverse chronological order on the page, but not really bloggy. The content of the vid

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
You guys. NBC really is doing video blogging all over that website!!! It's incredible and it's native QuickTime too. You can even save as quicktime movies to your hard drive. Outstanding quality. 6-8 mb/minute -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Jour

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-13 Thread Kunga
You turn on your television and tune into one of the NBC broadcast or satellite television channels. It's very lifelike if your set is HD. But if you must use the internet it's here: -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecas

[videoblogging] Re: NBC Olympic Blog Is Awesome

2006-02-12 Thread Enric
Link to "NBC's Olympic Video Blog"? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone here following NBC's Olympic Video Blog? It's on broadcast HD > and they are doing new HD things that have never been done before. Am > I the only one here who thinks NBC Olymp