Thanks for using vPIP. I think it's a matter of taste. I think embedding is preferable since the video appears by the descriptive text and links -- more of the blog approach to vlogging.
-- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Marquis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Forgive my ignorance, as I'm sure many of you understand this better > than I. > > Verdi mentioned today his dislike of embedded quicktime movies, and the > issue of scrolling. Is the issue simply that viewing videos via a pop-up > is optimal to the embedded approach, so that you can move the pop-up > window around on the desktop to where you like? I hope this doesn't > sound like too stupid of a question, but I want to make sure that I'm > not missing something here. > > I have switched over from Josh's pop-up solution (embedthevideo.com > <http://embedthevideo.com/> ), to Enric's vPIP > <http://utilities.cinegage.com/videos-playing-in-place/> . I can scroll > OK, in Firefox and IE, while a vid is playing - although that isn't > something I personally do that much. > > I would like to do what works best for my viewers (all 10 of them [:)] > ), and would like to hear more opinions on what the group thinks is the > optimal approach. > > Also, I would like to thank this discussion group for the fantastic > support and guidance provided. I really enjoy monitoring the > discussions, and appreciate the community spirit. > > Jeff Marquis > Tidbit Vids <http://tidbitvids.com> > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Verdi" <michael@> > wrote: > > > > Yeah - I understand that Bill. For me the problem is even one embed > > quicktime movie is enough to make scrolling on a blog suck big time. > > > > On 4/16/06, Bill Streeter bill@ wrote: > > > > > > Actually the way Vpip works is that it doesn't actually embed the > > > movie untill the thumbnail is clicked. Then it dynamically embeds > the > > > movie in the jpgs place (works with WMV SWF MP4 and QT) and if > another > > > movie is activated the script unembeds any other movies on the page. > > > So it would be imposible to have more than one embeded movie on the > > > page at a time. It's actually a really nice solution. > > > > > > Bill Streeter > > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > > www.lofistl.com > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Verdi" michael@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > On 4/16/06, Ryan Ozawa ryanozawa@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > so I was wondering why they're so popular among vloggers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The answer to that question for me is: Even an elegant solution > like > > > Enric's > > > > vPIP results in a video embeded in your vlog. Scrolling the page, > > > even with > > > > just one embeded Quicktime movie, sucks. To me it's a really > crappy user > > > > experience. It really only works well on a page like Rocketboom's > that's > > > > designed to not scroll. If instead the video appears in a pop-up > > > window you > > > > now avoid the scrolling problem, plus the viewer can place the > video > > > where > > > > ever they want on the screen. > > > > -Verdi > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Me: http://michaelverdi.com > > > > R&D: http://evilvlog.com > > > > Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org > > > > Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Me: http://michaelverdi.com > > R&D: http://evilvlog.com > > Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org > > Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org > > > 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/
