mpeg streamclip has saved my life so many times.... On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Cari Machet <[email protected]> wrote:
> + 1 on what flick wrote > > but i would ad that you can use mpeg stream clip to transcode bizaare files > > http://www.squared5.com/ > > and i like much more than yousendit - which screwed up my mac so i had > to kick it off - > > we transfer - is great - it is web based > > sorry i cannot get the link i am in russia and google is routing me > some weird place when i try > > On 9/22/12, victoria waghorn <[email protected]> wrote: > > hihi > > > > so i run a crowd sourced film festival in australia [15Mb of FAME] and > it's > > all onsite so we deal with physical submissions over the lead-up duration > > of a couple of days of footage which is then collated and edited over 48 > > hours or so... it's a rather mammothian task as the festival while not > > enormous involves well over 5000 bodies. thankfully not that many submit > > footage... > > > > we deal with raw files [mpeg4/mov files] from mostly phones and it's > just a > > direct upload of data via USB etc with a team of uber punk monk peeps > > managing it onsite. it's all rather hectic. > > > > looking forward to seeing/hearing about your project further. > > > > here's what we did in the first year... > > > > http://www.15mb-of-fame.tv/ > > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:35 AM, flick harrison > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Interesting question. > >> > >> 1. GETTING THE FILES > >> > >> Yousendit or Dropbox might be good ways to get the files, the size > limits > >> are better on dropbox. But any files you get from other people add to > >> your > >> own quota so you'd have to be really organized to get everything > >> happening > >> without maybe confounding your senders. > >> > >> I would think a self-hosted blind-drop FTP server, i.e. a one-way web > >> interface so they could send you raw files. Never set one up but I've > >> seen > >> them. In any case - if web interface is too hard to do then you have to > >> expect the shooters to understand FTP. > >> > >> You could ask people to post full-quality versions on youtube and then > >> rip > >> the files with some sort of youtube downloading plugin. This would be > >> clunky and usually results in (BIG!) quality loss. > >> > >> Vimeo would work, since there's an option to leave the full-quality file > >> as a download link for anyone who sees the video. You can > >> password-protect > >> videos there so they aren't available to the general public. But then > >> folks would have to sign up for a vimeo account and understand how to > get > >> a > >> reasonable-quality file on there (max 1 HD upload per week, 500Mb total > >> files per week, thus more headaches). > >> > >> But, for instance, can shooters on an ipad really send you the > >> full-quality master footage? Or are they limited to BS options like > >> "Share > >> -> Youtube, Facebook, etc" which bypass the file system altogether? > It's > >> the result of the War on General Purpose Computing. > >> > >> 2. USING THE FILES > >> > >> This is trickier - I've done BYO gigs with kids, where everyone and > >> sundry > >> had a different file wrapper and codec and frame rate and file size so > >> on. > >> Premier or FCP should probably eat them all and crap out a movie but I > >> did > >> encounter the odd Chinese kid with an .mtv format or something no one > had > >> ever heard of except them. > >> > >> AND if they are sending the files, better hope they understand the file > >> structure for stuff like AVCHD, and get them to send the whole "PRIVATE" > >> folder and that kinda thing. Etc etc. > >> > >> The deal is that even with good pre-production discussions between two > >> people, surprises crop up - so sending out a call to the general public > >> is > >> asking for trouble. But I'm interested in the same kinds of projects so > >> please let me know how it develops! > >> > >> Good Luck! > >> > >> -Flick > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ** WHERE'S MY ARTICLE, WORLD? > >> *http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Flick_Harrison > >> > >> ** FLICK's WEBSITE: http://www.flickharrison.com * > >> > >> [image: Zero for Conduct - Flick's > >> News]<http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ZeroForConduct/~6/1> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> FrameWorks mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > victoria waghorn > > -------------------- > > founder // filmmaker > > punk monk propaganda > > a. the corner shop > > 144 henderson rd > > alexandria. NSW > > e. 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