and www.esnips.com w. -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:42:00 +0100 > Von: "Lute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: "\'David Tayler\'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "\'lute-cs.dartmouth.edu\'" > <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: video ratings
> Dear David, > > You seemed to have missed MySpace. > > All the best > Mark > > www.myspace.com/pantagruelian > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: David Tayler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Februar 2008 00:22 > An: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: [LUTE] video ratings > > Time for the six month review and ratings for sites that host video, > specially > geared to the lute and its unique sound. > Ratings involve sound, video quality, ease of use, statistics > counters, and the abilty to "embed" the code in a web page, so you > can make your own video pages, or use the video easily on blogs. > In addition, especially important for longer lutes, widescreen > options are considered. > > The winners: > > ** > youtube: > The 800 kilo gorilla. Attracts the most audience. > Pros: none, except name recognition. > > Cons: this is older tech that was poor for music to begin with. The > audio codecs have even gotten worse, and they were not great to start > with. > Buggy window aperture resizing--makes things look squished for no reason. > Grainy video. The tech will probably be updated, but for now it is > pretty soggy. The code can be embedded, but there are better options. > > ** > google: > same as above: easy to find; hard on the ears > > **** > vimeo: > This is the place to start. In addition to video and audio that is > superior to youtube, vimeo offers 720p > higher def (not true high def) which is a vast improvement. > The integration into the flash streaming model is very good, giving > to end user lots of viewing options. > In addition, true widescreen with freely resizeable windows is > available. This is a huge plus in designing websites. > H264 codecs are supported, along with the usual ones. User interface > is good on both ends. > Finally, vimeo makes the entire file available for high definition > viewing from your hard drive for the best possible viewing experience. > (Use the VLC player intstead of quicktime) > > Here are some medium definition videos on Vimeo, you can compare it to > youtube > http://www.vimeo.com/690338 > http://www.vimeo.com/691700 > > Cons: Although the embedding features are superb, you only get High > definition from the website. > Embedded video is standard definition. > Nonetheless, the SD is very good, and you can link through to the > site. HD embedded will arrive as an upgrade at some point. > > **** > Stage6 > Stage6 has the best quality, period. The downside is that if you > upload a big file, playback can be slow. Embedding options do not work > well. > Nonetheless, if you record your audio separately, you can post it in > CD quality, or very high bitrate MP3--either way, it will sound much > better, and it will be in rock solid stereo instead of mono. > Stage6 also allows you to download the file for home playback :). > Lastly, Stage6 accepts "true" high def, but the viewer would have to > download it, since streaming is not that reliable. > Cons: High bandwidth, buggy uploads. > > Ifilm > Ifilm has both good video and sound, but it does not embed widescreen > properly. > This was one of the best choices till vimeo upgraded their flash engines. > > Best of luck and happy video. > dt > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
