Josh, Just curious: If a QT .mov has a poster frame set, is there any way to read & save *that image?
Don't know anything about the thumbnail extraction / saving of which you speak, Josh, but seems to me it would be a less of a resource hog to go that way. Or am I blowing smoke out an orifice? Jan -- "It isn't done alone. Pay more." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadnode101/ - education http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media http://the-hold.blogspot.com - literature . On Nov 29, 2005, at 6:36 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: > Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. > Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save > them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due > to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all > types and extract images. > > Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better > server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once > told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed > properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the > same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the > thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before > it gets indexed properly by the search engine. > > > -Josh > > > On 11/29/05, Devlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up >> soon. >> >> On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not >>> consistently >>> show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, >>> and >>> others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> set blogger to show one post per page >>>> >>>> that takes care of question #1 >>>> >>>> you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails >>>> for >>>> previous shows >>>> >>>> http://mefeedia.com >>>> >>>> --Steve >>>> >>>> On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: >>>> >>>>> Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like >>>>> rocketboom.com.... (see below) >>>>> I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current >>>>> video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of >>>>> the >>>>> recently archived ones below... >>>> >>>> --Steve >>>> -- >>>> Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com >>>> Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com >>>> Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com >>>> >>>> Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS >>> >>> >>> Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >> >> >> -- >> ~Devlon >> http://mefeedia.com/ >> See what we are up to: >> http://mefeedia.com/blog/ >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/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/
