[videoblogging] Re: camera advice
Has anyone had any problems with the Panasonic DVX100B and shooting in 16:9? Heath --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the below models Panasonic Pro AG-DVX100B Sony HVR-A1U CMOS High Definition Camcorder I know the Panasonic is not HD but I have heard alot of good things about the camera, about both actually and I was looking for some feedback on low light, audio, performance, etc. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com
[videoblogging] Re: camera advice
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, josheklow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm shopping around for a new camera for vlogging as well as other video projects. Will the camera be hand-held? So far the discussion has been about specs and image quality somehow devoid from the shooter. I would like to see a decent, but inexpensive, shoulder camera brought into the discussion. The Sony HVR HD1000 is interesting for event and documentary shooting and the price is right. I have not seen it yet (live in the stix) but the form factor looks as if one could hold it for hours and hours and be steady and fluid. Unfortunately it is often described as a camera to make you look like a pro, but that seems to be marketeers hype rather than the experience of someone who has been shooting for several hours at a time. I have found the ergonomics for most cameras very disappointing. They seem designed for use on sticks or for short takes when they are hand-held. Stan Hirson http://hestakaup.com
[videoblogging] Mac, Final Cut and AVIs
I´m having a problem with my photocameras AVI files. I´ve been using them for a long time with my Mac and Final Cut, but something happened and Final Cut and the Finder explode everytime I try to use a AVI movie. Oddly mpeg stream clip does not. Anyone had a similar problem? Any ideas? Miguel.
[videoblogging] Re: Mac, Final Cut and AVIs
I just open the .avi files in QuickTime and export as full DV, then bring into FCP to edit. Solves all the rendering and timeline issues. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, miglsd27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I´m having a problem with my photocameras AVI files. I´ve been using them for a long time with my Mac and Final Cut, but something happened and Final Cut and the Finder explode everytime I try to use a AVI movie. Oddly mpeg stream clip does not. Anyone had a similar problem? Any ideas? Miguel.
[videoblogging] Re: Mac, Final Cut and AVIs
Sounds like you upgraded your Quicktime. I can run AVIs on my old OS, but they explode finder in Tiger and the latest upgrade of Quicktime I've bothered to do. Do what Steve says, or do the same thing using mpeg streamclip. Bill http://BillCammack.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just open the .avi files in QuickTime and export as full DV, then bring into FCP to edit. Solves all the rendering and timeline issues. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, miglsd27 miglsd@ wrote: I´m having a problem with my photocameras AVI files. I´ve been using them for a long time with my Mac and Final Cut, but something happened and Final Cut and the Finder explode everytime I try to use a AVI movie. Oddly mpeg stream clip does not. Anyone had a similar problem? Any ideas? Miguel.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: camera advice
On the other hand there is an argument to be made AGAINST shoulder mounted ENG style cameras for handheld use, depending on one's goals. Straight doc and news style shooting, yup, great, stability, relative lack of body pain and otherwise good ergonomics. But once you need to go into a wider range of compositional possiblities, there is a lot to be said for smaller cameras on guerilla shoots, despite the additional wear and tear on the filmmaker/operator's body. I used to miss shoulder mounted cameras, and even thought about those shoulder mount attachments for smaller cams. Not anymore. Last time I had to shoot handheld with a CineAlta my first reaction was how in the hell am I going to move gracefully upside down and under that table and then whip around to catch so and so's face from a low-ish angle right as the come in the door. Brook On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:43 AM, Stan Hirson, Sarah Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, josheklow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm shopping around for a new camera for vlogging as well as other video projects. Will the camera be hand-held? So far the discussion has been about specs and image quality somehow devoid from the shooter. I would like to see a decent, but inexpensive, shoulder camera brought into the discussion. The Sony HVR HD1000 is interesting for event and documentary shooting and the price is right. I have not seen it yet (live in the stix) but the form factor looks as if one could hold it for hours and hours and be steady and fluid. Unfortunately it is often described as a camera to make you look like a pro, but that seems to be marketeers hype rather than the experience of someone who has been shooting for several hours at a time. I have found the ergonomics for most cameras very disappointing. They seem designed for use on sticks or for short takes when they are hand-held. Stan Hirson http://hestakaup.com -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Collecting stats on wordpress.com
My vlog host is wordpress.com. I'm trying to decide what stats to collect and how to get them. Eventually, I may want to show stats to potential advertisers. I'd appreciate any info, specifically: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. 2) Should I stick with the wordpress.com feed or install feedburner? wordpress is slowly bringing back feed stats. They currently let me see how many hits on a particular post come from its feed and they'll eventually let me know the total number of feed subscribers. But wordpress is rolling out new features slowly. Feedburner will give me clickthroughs. Are there other compelling reasons to go with feedburner? I realize I may want to use feedburner to capture email subscribers. 3) Do I want to install a stat counter and, if so, which one should I install? The only stat counters that wordpress.com supports are sitemeter, statcounter, shiny stats and activemeter. I lean towards sitemeteranyone having issues with sitemeter? 4) If I switch to a self-hosted blog with wordpress.org, will that cause a problem? What do I need to know about transitioning my stats? Stats are confusing and I'd appreciate any suggestions. Jim ihatetodance.com
[videoblogging] Sample budgets for indie DV/HD features?
Anybody know of any good places to look at sample budgets (or better still, real world budgets) of some shot-on-digital microbudget indie features? Yes, I'm just foolhardy enough to want to turn my goofy vlog project into a movie. Also, what are the advantages of using a funding source like IndieGoGo or FilmRiot? Just poking around their sites, it seems to me I'm already doing better with ChipIn than 99.9% of the people trying to get projects funded through those sources. Has either site boasted any success stories? I'm curious... Chris http://www.myspace.com/necropol http://penelopespantyhose.com
Re: [videoblogging] Wordpress vs Blogger for Vloggers
Heath, I second the book that Mr Verdi is suggesting, Head Start HTML CSS. I'm half way thru it but take in a little bit each day. Besides, don't you want your own domain name and not one owned by blogger? John --- Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Heath, I don't know if this helps anything at all but here my experience. I started blogging with blogger just over 5 years ago (wow I found blog posts with video from Mar 2003). Previously I had taught myself web design in the late 90s using programs like Dreamweaver to create crazy nested tables. Blogger's template tags and css were totally confusing to me. Luckily I was able to use dreamweaver to edit (mangle?) my blogger template and make it look the way I wanted. Then in 2005 when I switched to Wordpress I was, like you, completely lost for about a week. I learned that messing with the php stuff made my blog break so I stopped doing that and stuck to selecting a theme that I liked and switching out images with new ones given the same name. I also saw that there were a bunch of colors and fonts listed in the styles.css file and I could change those without causing too much trouble. Little by little with trial and error I started to understand how things worked - html to build the structure, css to control the layout, php to talk to the database. That alone got my pretty far but the one thing that really made a difference for me (besides lots and lots of time sticking with it) was reading Head First HTML with CSS XHTML - http://tinyurl.com/3a6n6v After a few days working though that book I could suddenly see things in HTML and CSS - they didn't look like just a bunch of code. That's when using a text editor to create designs became preferred and easier to use than the things that try to hide it all from you. So I guess I'm saying that I feel your pain Heath. Don't get discouraged because it's hard after just a few days. It took me a few years to feel like I had some sort of clue. Now, about Wordpress being more difficult to use that Blogger... Yes it is. Can it be as easy as Blogger? Probably not without giving up some of the flexibility that it designed for. In the big scheme of things is Wordpress fairly easy for what it provides? Heck yeah! Themes, plugins and widgets are easy and powerful ways to customize it and fairly easy to use once you get the hang of it. Hope that helps, Verdi On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I have been a Blogger user since I started my vlog. I also use Vpip. I started using that about 6 months or so ago. I have recently begun thinking about switching to Wordpress. the reasons why are 1) I would like more control over how my vlog site looks and 2) I'm bored. Now I have to say, when I look at sites, like Hollow Bone Films or Ryanne is Hungry and a few others who have Show in a Box with Wordpress I am like, 'man that is cool' but after spending over 2 days trying to work with Wordpress I am ready to stop vlogging all together...ok, maybe it's not that bad, but it has been a challange. Jay, Ryanne, Cherly and Eric have been great helping me out...but that kinda goes and leads to thisBlogger just worksyou don't have to know a whole lot to get it up and running and to even add video, the page elements are easy, it works like a person thinks it should (at least a person who is not ultra geeky) I was up and running and had video on my site in a few hours with Blogger, with Wordpress I am into day three and can't figure out why my links won't work Now I think Wordpress with Show in a box will be much better once it's all said and done...but the learning curve.man, there is a learning curve Which brings me to the point of this whole post...why can't Wordpress by more like Blogger in terms of use of use? Can it? Should it be? Who uses both? Who likes which better and why? Let the battle begin... heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://michaelverdi.com http://reportsfromthefuture.com http://showinabox.tv Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
Re: [videoblogging] Wordpress vs Blogger for Vloggers
On Mar 27, 2008, at 11:40 AM, John Coffey wrote: Besides, don't you want your own domain name and not one owned by blogger? it has always been possible to use your own domain with Blogger http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=55373 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Comcast reverses policy on bit torrent protocol
This is a good news that public pressure has encouraged Comcast to actually work with their customers. http://tinyurl.com/33jrya It includes an interesting section about the idea that they should charge people by their bandwidth usage. The freemarket might not like that. On Thursday, Comcast said that by year's end, it will no longer target files based on the type of protocol used, such as BitTorrent's, and will instead explore alternatives. The outcome will be a traffic management technique that is more appropriate for today's emerging Internet trends, Tony Werner, Comcast's chief technology officer, said in a statement. One option is to delay file transfers for the heaviest downloaders, regardless of protocol, the Philadelphia-based company said. Comcast said it also was monitoring Time Warner Cable Inc.'s experiment in placing explicit caps on the monthly downloads for new customers in Beaumont, Texas. Subscribers who go over their allotment will pay extra, much like a cell-phone subscriber who uses too many minutes in a month. But Comcast may be wary about charging certain users more because of competitive pressure, especially after rival Verizon Communications Inc. said recently that such traffic is legitimate and that its FiOS network can handle the flow, said Harold Feld of Media Access Project, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. I think this is an example of direct public pressure getting a large corporation to actually start a conversation. This video I shot last month shows FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein voicing his concern about Comcast's handling of managing their traffic. http://www.momentshowing.net/2008/03/video-open-the.html Now Comcast says they want to share their info: On Thursday, Werner all but embraced peer-to-peer file transfers, saying the techniques have matured as an enabler for legal content distribution. The company initially veiled its traffic-management system in secrecy, saying openness would allow users to circumvent it. Werner said the company now would publish the new technique and take into account feedback from the Internet community. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Wordpress vs Blogger for Vloggers
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it has always been possible to use your own domain with Blogger http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=55373 Yeah that totally true. I hosted my blogger blog on my own url from the very beginning. - Verdi -- http://michaelverdi.com http://reportsfromthefuture.com http://showinabox.tv
Re: [videoblogging] Collecting stats on wordpress.com
1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. im not the best one to answer. but if you look at Federated Media...they seem to charge by page views: http://www.federatedmedia.net/authors/index Your video stats would probably be the click throughs. 2) Should I stick with the wordpress.com feed or install feedburner? wordpress is slowly bringing back feed stats. They currently let me see how many hits on a particular post come from its feed and they'll eventually let me know the total number of feed subscribers. But wordpress is rolling out new features slowly. Feedburner will give me clickthroughs. Are there other compelling reasons to go with feedburner? I realize I may want to use feedburner to capture email subscribers. feedburner is nice because if you ever decide to change your feed in the future, you can switch it out...and viewers wont know the difference. this is a nice feature of Feedburner. 3) Do I want to install a stat counter and, if so, which one should I install? The only stat counters that wordpress.com supports are sitemeter, statcounter, shiny stats and activemeter. I lean towards sitemeter—anyone having issues with sitemeter? dont know this one. 4) If I switch to a self-hosted blog with wordpress.org, will that cause a problem? What do I need to know about transitioning my stats? im not sure i understand your question. whatever stat counter you use should work on whatever blog you use. to me, stats are often fuzzy and whatever you choose to present to the world. Im sure there are some stat hounds on this list who can school us both. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 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/
[videoblogging] Flip camera
David Pogue from the NYTimes did a review on the Flip camera: http://tinyurl.com/2k7d2j I've used the camera a little bit last year...and loved that it has the USB connection right in the camera. I had to download a piece of software to watch the videos I shot though..that was annoying. The price on ebay is between 70-150$. The Canon Powershot is $150 which would be my first choice of small camera. Regardless of my complaints, im glad to see video cameras getting cheaper and easier to use. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Re: new site
Hey Chuck! I love the site! I went to glance at it and got stuck there for almost an hour. lol Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm starting a new site around my video feed. It will sometimes be live and usually about digital media - but with me, you never know, we might end up talking about Ben Franklin. Anyway, it's brand new and very humble, but you're most welcome to join and I'd love to have your company: http://chucktv.ning.com Take care, Chuck Boyce
[videoblogging] Re: Wordpress vs Blogger for Vloggers
It's not the issue of Blogger owning it's the interface between the 2 platforms, at least for me...mass adoption is made possible by making things easy...it happens time and time again But the more I learn about wordpress, I do like the possiblities that you have especially for videoI just wish it was easier... Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heath, I second the book that Mr Verdi is suggesting, Head Start HTML CSS. I'm half way thru it but take in a little bit each day. Besides, don't you want your own domain name and not one owned by blogger? John --- Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Heath, I don't know if this helps anything at all but here my experience. I started blogging with blogger just over 5 years ago (wow I found blog posts with video from Mar 2003). Previously I had taught myself web design in the late 90s using programs like Dreamweaver to create crazy nested tables. Blogger's template tags and css were totally confusing to me. Luckily I was able to use dreamweaver to edit (mangle?) my blogger template and make it look the way I wanted. Then in 2005 when I switched to Wordpress I was, like you, completely lost for about a week. I learned that messing with the php stuff made my blog break so I stopped doing that and stuck to selecting a theme that I liked and switching out images with new ones given the same name. I also saw that there were a bunch of colors and fonts listed in the styles.css file and I could change those without causing too much trouble. Little by little with trial and error I started to understand how things worked - html to build the structure, css to control the layout, php to talk to the database. That alone got my pretty far but the one thing that really made a difference for me (besides lots and lots of time sticking with it) was reading Head First HTML with CSS XHTML - http://tinyurl.com/3a6n6v After a few days working though that book I could suddenly see things in HTML and CSS - they didn't look like just a bunch of code. That's when using a text editor to create designs became preferred and easier to use than the things that try to hide it all from you. So I guess I'm saying that I feel your pain Heath. Don't get discouraged because it's hard after just a few days. It took me a few years to feel like I had some sort of clue. Now, about Wordpress being more difficult to use that Blogger... Yes it is. Can it be as easy as Blogger? Probably not without giving up some of the flexibility that it designed for. In the big scheme of things is Wordpress fairly easy for what it provides? Heck yeah! Themes, plugins and widgets are easy and powerful ways to customize it and fairly easy to use once you get the hang of it. Hope that helps, Verdi On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I have been a Blogger user since I started my vlog. I also use Vpip. I started using that about 6 months or so ago. I have recently begun thinking about switching to Wordpress. the reasons why are 1) I would like more control over how my vlog site looks and 2) I'm bored. Now I have to say, when I look at sites, like Hollow Bone Films or Ryanne is Hungry and a few others who have Show in a Box with Wordpress I am like, 'man that is cool' but after spending over 2 days trying to work with Wordpress I am ready to stop vlogging all together...ok, maybe it's not that bad, but it has been a challange. Jay, Ryanne, Cherly and Eric have been great helping me out...but that kinda goes and leads to thisBlogger just worksyou don't have to know a whole lot to get it up and running and to even add video, the page elements are easy, it works like a person thinks it should (at least a person who is not ultra geeky) I was up and running and had video on my site in a few hours with Blogger, with Wordpress I am into day three and can't figure out why my links won't work Now I think Wordpress with Show in a box will be much better once it's all said and done...but the learning curve.man, there is a learning curve Which brings me to the point of this whole post...why can't Wordpress by more like Blogger in terms of use of use? Can it? Should it be? Who uses both? Who likes which better and why? Let the battle begin... heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://michaelverdi.com http://reportsfromthefuture.com http://showinabox.tv __
[videoblogging] Re: Flip camera
Yea, I love my Cannon power shot, it really does take good videoand pretty good stills too! Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Pogue from the NYTimes did a review on the Flip camera: http://tinyurl.com/2k7d2j I've used the camera a little bit last year...and loved that it has the USB connection right in the camera. I had to download a piece of software to watch the videos I shot though..that was annoying. The price on ebay is between 70-150$. The Canon Powershot is $150 which would be my first choice of small camera. Regardless of my complaints, im glad to see video cameras getting cheaper and easier to use. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Importing your blog from blogger to Wordpress
Does anyone here have an experience importing your blogger blog/vlog into Wordpress? I know they have an import your blogger thingy...but what about the video links, etc that is in place on my blogger account, my picture links, etc? Does all that transfer over as well, do I need to tweak it once it does? I talked with Verdi and when he did it, it was just a hack not a process. So i was hoping someone may have had some recent experience? Any help would be much appreciated Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com
Re: [videoblogging] Importing your blog from blogger to Wordpress
never tried it, but I've got a test install of wordpress we can give it a try on. On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone here have an experience importing your blogger blog/vlog into Wordpress? I know they have an import your blogger thingy...but what about the video links, etc that is in place on my blogger account, my picture links, etc? Does all that transfer over as well, do I need to tweak it once it does? I talked with Verdi and when he did it, it was just a hack not a process. So i was hoping someone may have had some recent experience? Any help would be much appreciated Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://www.DavidMeade.com
[videoblogging] Re: Importing your blog from blogger to Wordpress
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone here have an experience importing your blogger blog/vlog into Wordpress? I know they have an import your blogger thingy...but what about the video links, etc that is in place on my blogger account, my picture links, etc? Does all that transfer over as well, do I need to tweak it once it does? I talked with Verdi and when he did it, it was just a hack not a process. So i was hoping someone may have had some recent experience? Any help would be much appreciated Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com hey heath, i've done it and it was literally one-click. seamless. all links. images. etc. daniel -- www.pouringdown.tv AIM/iChat pouringdownpix
[videoblogging] Re: Importing your blog from blogger to Wordpress
were you using Vpip at all? I am thinking for my Vpip video's I am going to have to tweak those.. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, pouringdownpix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Heath heathparks@ wrote: Does anyone here have an experience importing your blogger blog/vlog into Wordpress? I know they have an import your blogger thingy...but what about the video links, etc that is in place on my blogger account, my picture links, etc? Does all that transfer over as well, do I need to tweak it once it does? I talked with Verdi and when he did it, it was just a hack not a process. So i was hoping someone may have had some recent experience? Any help would be much appreciated Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com hey heath, i've done it and it was literally one-click. seamless. all links. images. etc. daniel -- www.pouringdown.tv AIM/iChat pouringdownpix
[videoblogging] Re: Importing your blog from blogger to Wordpress
ah, those were the pre-vpip days. i remember them fondly. but, you know, without so much shininess. .d -- www.pouringdown.tv AIM/iChat pouringdownpix --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: were you using Vpip at all? I am thinking for my Vpip video's I am going to have to tweak those.. Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, pouringdownpix daniel@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Heath heathparks@ wrote: Does anyone here have an experience importing your blogger blog/vlog into Wordpress? I know they have an import your blogger thingy...but what about the video links, etc that is in place on my blogger account, my picture links, etc? Does all that transfer over as well, do I need to tweak it once it does? I talked with Verdi and when he did it, it was just a hack not a process. So i was hoping someone may have had some recent experience? Any help would be much appreciated Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com hey heath, i've done it and it was literally one-click. seamless. all links. images. etc. daniel -- www.pouringdown.tv AIM/iChat pouringdownpix
