Google Video version http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=1506438031407788182
Note: This version is lower quality than the AVI. The full version (see the prior e-mail) is actually readable. (AVI is 1024x768 whereas Google Video is about 320x240, IIRC. I could be wrong, though.) On Jan 18, 2008 8:52 PM, Michael Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 18, 2008 4:58 PM, Martijn Dashorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW, I have to really look not to start typing in the video, it just looks > > too much like a real eclipse window... > > Martijn > > > > Well, I was tinkering at the beginning to ensure I got the best > quality I could get, because you can always convert to a lower-quality > format but you can't go the other way. For what it's worth, it looks > totally unreadable when I stream it from Google Videos, which I > suppose is expected. (You can see the shape of the eclipse window, but > the resolution is too low, so the text becomes unreadably blurry.) > Considering how popular screencasts have gotten, I'm actually kind of > surprised the Windows Media Screen codec that Microsoft made years ago > isn't more popular -- if it was, I'd suspect this kind of quality > wouldn't require such a large file. > > > > > On 1/18/08, Martijn Dashorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > > > I've just been able to take a look. First let me extend our gratitude for > > > you taking up the task. It is really some tough work to create a screen > > > cast > > > (I know, I've done a couple). > > > > > > > > > If anyone else thinks your screencast is OK, then I'm fine with signing > > > off. > > I suspect this will require me to make a streaming version > available... Google Videos probably will be useful for that. Of > course, I plan on still uploading to the other locations as well, so > that you guys have access to the higher-resolution copy. > > > > > > > If you can muster the energy to do just one other take, this is what I'd > > > like to improve: > > > - create pauzes when you explain at a high level what you are going to do > > > - tell folks what you are doing when you do it (synchronize the left and > > > right brain hemispheres ;) > > At this point, I think it's unlikely that I'll claim a third task by > Monday (we'll see-- who knows?) so I may as well do this first one > "right", so to speak. :) > > > > I found it hard to track the planning (you were explaining about the > > > bookmarkable links and menu), and see that you are creating a page. It > > > seemed out-of-sync and was quite distracting. > > > > > I don't know if you've noticed, but I record the audio separate from > the video, so shifting the audio and/or video around should be easy > enough. (Notice how this version doesn't show the system clock in the > corner... this is intentional. :) ) That's why you don't hear me > clacking on my keyboard in the background. Just in case you were > wondering. > > > > > > > > Again, thank you for your efforts and energy. The cast is good, I just > > > want to make it perfect :) > > > > > > > > > Martijn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/18/08, Michael Chang < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > A new version of the screencast has been uploaded. Hopefully it > > > > addresses Martjin's concerns. This file should play on most computers > > > > -- it uses MPEG-4 (not h.264) video and MP3 audio in an AVI container. > > > > > > > > The video is 20.4 MB in size. > > > > > > > > http://rapidshare.com/files/84627136/MarkupInheritenceVideoV2.avi.html > > > > (rapidshare) > > > > http://webhome.idirect.com/~rgh/wicket/MarkupInheritenceVideoV2.avi > > > > (alternate download location) > > > > > > > > Anyone who would like a text copy of what I was saying can follow > > > > along at http://webhome.idirect.com/~rgh/wicket/MarkupInheritence.txt > > > > > > > > Comments -- even acknowledgments -- would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Michael Chang > > > > > > > > Please note that not all formatting may be preserved in > > > > Office/Word/Powerpoint documents sent to me. Please use OpenDocument > > > > (not Open XML), HTML, and RTF where possible. See > > > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst > > > Apache Wicket 1.3.0 is released > > > Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst > > Apache Wicket 1.3.0 is released > > Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0 > > > > > > -- > > Michael Chang > > Please note that not all formatting may be preserved in > Office/Word/Powerpoint documents sent to me. Please use OpenDocument > (not Open XML), HTML, and RTF where possible. See > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > Thank you. > -- Michael Chang Please note that not all formatting may be preserved in Office/Word/Powerpoint documents sent to me. Please use OpenDocument (not Open XML), HTML, and RTF where possible. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Thank you.
