I'm aware of Soernson squeeze, I have the "lite" version, and I've used it on other projects. But the over arching factor in me using YouTube rather than encoding my own flash movies is the fact that it's free (I will probably get the upgrade to sorenson squeeze eventually--but still it's $99) it's encoding and uploading in one step and it's free hosting and bandwidth... at least for the time being, it all works for me at the moment. I'm not saying I LOVE YouTube, I just find it to be a good stop-gap solution for the time being.
I have found that if I set my feedburner feed to only pick up video enclosures that it ignores the flash files for feed distrobution. So like I said before I can serve the Quicktime to my subscribers and flash for browsers and the non-QuickTime users. Seems to be a good solution. Now what I would really like to do in the future is write or find an apple script that will encode 2 versions of every project (Quicktime and flash video) and upload them for me. Once I can figure that out then I'll give up on YouTube. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/8/05, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Well flash, of course. The advantage of flash video is that it's > > probably the most compatible format there is for Internet viewing. > > Of course the disadvantage is that it's not easy to create a flash > > video, > > > Sorenson Squeeze does it very nicely and easily, costs $99. You can choose > your bitrate, and independently set audio bitrate and window size. I change > the settings depending on what's in the video (and how important the audio > is) to optimize filesize while trying not to compromise the viewer > experience. > > > and it's not easy to download, > > > No more difficult than any other file, if the poster provides download > links. On my pages, you can easily view source code and see where to > download it. Plus Josh just did some Greasemonkey stuff that will grab it > all. > > and it's not compatible with > > any portable player (at least the popular ones) and aggregators > > cannot easily pick it up. > > > FireAnt downloads and displays my Flash videos from my (Feedburner) RSS feed > just fine, many other feedreaders also seem to. My one feed includes both > SWF and M4V enclosures for most items. iTunes only picks up the M4Vs, others > are variable for no apparent reason (but I haven't tested many). > > > > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > www.beginningwithi.com <http://www.beginningwithi.com> (personal) > www.tvblob.com <http://www.tvblob.com> (work) > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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 PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
