I don't think compression or standards are really the limiting factor in stopping people editing video more casually. I think the technical limitations are far more limiting to the casual videographer. Hard drive space and technical know how probably put many off. QuickTime is a widespread standard and files can easily be shared across platforms. in fact editing formats MJPEG and PHOTOJPEG have been around for years. There are the H/DV and ProRes, but alot of development and advances have come in delivery formats. You can edit in other formats of course like the MP4 that comes off consumer cameras, but even then you get more than a few minutes of video and it takes up a lot of space. I doubt most casual users can really be bothered with that. And the fact that editing video is still pretty techy even with iMovie and whatever the PC version is, it can be intimidating and thats a barrier to entry too.
Editing a text doc is second nature as its the language and medium we are most familiar with. We learn to do it at such a young age there is no thought behind it. And the technical requirements are negligible. And I was just thinking, online video really doesnt seem to be suffering and kind of hampering at this stage. Wherever you look there is a web video show and theres more content every day than one can reasonably consume. Is there an area of web video you think is particularly lacking? Just my own, unfounded thoughts :) cheers adam --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman <jay.ded...@...> wrote: > > > > Video compression (especially proprietary) is a bottleneck > > > with online video. > > > > Just the opposite ... video compression is a boon to online video. If there > > were no video compression there would not be any online video. > > Very very true. Improved video compression has helped spread web vide > the last 10 years. > > My more specific point is simple this: video codecs have gotten > better...but the fight between the proprietary standards is hampering > online video from further spreading. The idea of people editing video > like they edit a text document is still a long ways away. Why? > > Because every platform uses different standards. Its difficult for a > PC and mac to trade video files without a lot of conversion nonsense. > Flash is pretty universal for playback but useless for editing. Open > Source community cant really build good video editors without > "stealing" compression technology. I cant play Flash videos on my > iPhone bcause Apple doesnt want to pay Adobe for the rights for the > codec playback. These are problems. > > Jay > > > > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://momentshowing.net > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 >
