[videoblogging] Vlog Europe - Call For Participants - October 18-19 in Budapest
Hi everyone - We're a little under one month out from the 4th Vlog Europe in Budapest on October 18-19, and I'm sending this note out to let you know we'd love for you to come. And if you know of anyone who would be interested in coming, please forward this mail or have them contact me for details. We'd be especially grateful if anyone has any contacts in Hungary. This year, we've rented out the entire Loft Hostel in Budapest ( http://lofthostel.hu), and *the stay will be free *for up to 18 people. We have several who have opted to stay off-site, so there are several slots available in the hostel and things can be kept quite cheap and cheerful for those who need to do so. Instead of formal sessions this year, we've decided to have a two-day free flow Vlog-In in which the participants create the flow and content of the weekend moment by moment. The hostel has large common spaces including a large-screen television for screenings, making this the perfect environment for this style of meetup. Every year has been heaps of fun, and we're always looking to grow and diversify. Drop me ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) an e-mail if you have any questions, and consult http://vloguerope.com for the latest news. We look forward to seeing you there. Cheers, Jeffrey -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x
I am pleased to know that there is someone here who has experience with the Canon Vixia HF100, as it is in my shopping cart, and I am one click away from buying it. Although you may be having difficulty with importing to Adobe Premiere, that wouldn't be an issue for me on my iMac. Would you, or someone else in the group, be kind enough to tell me about their experience with this camcorder? The image stabilization, and external mic jacks, as well as no moving parts, have pretty well sold me on this model. The people I've asked, on Twitter, didn't give me any advise. Thanks for the help! Rob www.twittter.com/robschendel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x
Hi Rob-- I've only had the HF100 for a few months, and I'm new to video (I'm a radio journalist by training,) so I'm afraid I won't be able to provide you with a useful evaluation. The mini jack for the external mike works with my audio technica shotgun and other mikes. I am pleased with the camera.Here's a link to a piece I did with the Canon http://vimeo.com/1770480 Tibetan Migrant Worker at the Olympics. The 16:9 sound in this video was recorded with the HF100's internal mike. (The atrocious sound accompanying the 4:3 video was done with an old xacti.) The stabilization issues are because, at the time I filmed this I didn't yet have a tripod:) The salesman at BH convinced me this was the best value for money in its class. Jocelyn Beijing - Original Message - From: Rob Schendel To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x I am pleased to know that there is someone here who has experience with the Canon Vixia HF100, as it is in my shopping cart, and I am one click away from buying it. Although you may be having difficulty with importing to Adobe Premiere, that wouldn't be an issue for me on my iMac. Would you, or someone else in the group, be kind enough to tell me about their experience with this camcorder? The image stabilization, and external mic jacks, as well as no moving parts, have pretty well sold me on this model. The people I've asked, on Twitter, didn't give me any advise. Thanks for the help! Rob www.twittter.com/robschendel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] mp4 Conversion on SANYO HD-1010
I recently got a Sanyo HD-1010. It's beautiful, small, vertical, and shoots 1080/720-i/p to SD Memory Cards. I really like it. Except my video editor, Sony Vegas, does not. If I try loading more than 18 of the .mp4 video files into Vegas, on the 19th file it goes crashy crashy. *(This is not a hardware issue. I have suitable processing and ram power left unused.) My last project has yet to be output because of this. Can anyone recommend any good tools for batch-converting the mp4s to AVI format? I would consider it tantamount to saving my life ;) Hey Ronen-- MPEG Streamclip (a favorite) is a great free conversion tool that does batch capture: http://www.squared5.com/ This is a common question so I hope others will help fill out the group's wiki page with your own experience:: http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/Compression+and+Transcoding+sofware Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x
Rob Jocelyn, here's a page in a review of the Canon Vixia HF10 which describes why you're having problems. http://www.microfilmmaker.com/reviews/Issue33/HF10_6.html And here's his workflow to get around it: http://www.microfilmmaker.com/tipstrick/Issue33/HF10WKTH.html Same as for the HF100 - it records 24P Normal in AVCHD. There are all sorts of issues with AVCHD files and editing programs. The latest versions of Premiere, Vegas, FCP iMovie seem able to cope with them - although I've been reading problems that Chuck Olsen's had with the Canon HG20 this week even using iMovie 08. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 22-Sep-08, at 3:48 AM, Rob Schendel wrote: I am pleased to know that there is someone here who has experience with the Canon Vixia HF100, as it is in my shopping cart, and I am one click away from buying it. Although you may be having difficulty with importing to Adobe Premiere, that wouldn't be an issue for me on my iMac. Would you, or someone else in the group, be kind enough to tell me about their experience with this camcorder? The image stabilization, and external mic jacks, as well as no moving parts, have pretty well sold me on this model. The people I've asked, on Twitter, didn't give me any advise. Thanks for the help! Rob www.twittter.com/robschendel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] mp4 Conversion on SANYO HD-1010
Ronen - my experience - and that of a bunch of people I've read on Twitter - is that editing programs don't like cutting H264 files from Xactis very much. That might (or might not) be what your problem is. I had thought that Sony Vegas got past this, because it appeared to import any format. But later I saw that it, too, had problems with some mp4 Xacti files. You could use MPEG Streamclip - which Jay suggested - but I'm not sure that the PC version has batch convert - last time I checked only the Mac version did - but I can't find any answer to this online so download it and see. I use VisualHub on my Mac to convert mp4 AVI files to .dv format for Final Cut Pro (which hates different codecs). But they're only 640x480 clips and I've just seen that your footage is HD, so perhaps .dv wouldn't be appropriate for you. Caution converting to AVI: I know Vegas has problems with some AVI files. You can read up about this in Vegas support forums. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 22-Sep-08, at 6:48 AM, Jay dedman wrote: I recently got a Sanyo HD-1010. It's beautiful, small, vertical, and shoots 1080/720-i/p to SD Memory Cards. I really like it. Except my video editor, Sony Vegas, does not. If I try loading more than 18 of the .mp4 video files into Vegas, on the 19th file it goes crashy crashy. *(This is not a hardware issue. I have suitable processing and ram power left unused.) My last project has yet to be output because of this. Can anyone recommend any good tools for batch-converting the mp4s to AVI format? I would consider it tantamount to saving my life ;) Hey Ronen-- MPEG Streamclip (a favorite) is a great free conversion tool that does batch capture: http://www.squared5.com/ This is a common question so I hope others will help fill out the group's wiki page with your own experience:: http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/Compression+and+Transcoding+sofware Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] vlogmap not loading
I would love to sign up to vlogmap but once I get to the site I cant even login... its really slow
Re: [videoblogging] vlogmap not loading
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:25 AM, quintanomedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love to sign up to vlogmap but once I get to the site I cant even login... its really slow Im not sure the staus of vlogmap.org these days. Ive cc'd matt, the creator, on this email. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] spreading the word of my blog
Hi everyone im new to the yahoo group. I have been looking for places to share my blog with people like vlogmap.. can anyone recommend other sites that I can share my blog with people?
[videoblogging] Re: vlogmap not loading
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:25 AM, quintanomedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love to sign up to vlogmap but once I get to the site I cant even login... its really slow Im not sure the staus of vlogmap.org these days. Ive cc'd matt, the creator, on this email. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Thank you Jay
Re: [videoblogging] Help me make History Hacker into a real TV show and not just a TV pilot
Brilliant! Great idea, great trailer - I wish I had a TV to watch it. I'll support you in other ways. Your YouTube URL was borked because it had a period at the end of it. Here's the link to the High Quality version (you just add fmt=18 to the end of the URL to link to a HQ version of a YouTube video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5DWyVrvlYfmt=18 Go watch, people Good luck with this. It made me think of the post Bill Cammack linked to here last week - a discussion of Quality professionalism in online video versus regular TV film. Good work, Bre Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 21-Sep-08, at 10:00 PM, pettisb wrote: Hey Videoblogging Peeps, I'm not on here a lot, but I check in from time to time as a lurker. I've had a videoblog for a while. I started off being a life blogger with a few other folks back in the day and then I went pro and did video for Make: Magazine and now Etsy. Now I've got a pilot that might make it into a tv show. It's a little weird for me since I feel like the internet is way more my home than 1 way broadcasting. So I've got a few things planned to integrate the show with the internet that I explain in this post, I'll be checking in a few times over the next week and I'll do what I can to answer them. What follows is what I'm sending out to folks I know and I wanted to send it out to you all too! My TV show pilot called History Hacker airs this Friday September 26th at 8PM and Midnight on the History Channel. I'm the host of the show and I check out inventors in history and take a hands-on look at their inventions and then break it on down and hack the inventions together. I need your help to make the show go from a pilot to a real TV show. The pilot is all about Nikola Tesla and the war of the currents between Tesla and Edison. In the show I learn how to blow a neon tube, explore wireless electricity and build an AC generator from a bike. I also go to Boston to visit an MIT space lab to see how the principles that Tesla pioneered are being applied to space propulsion. The look of the show is awesome. The folks at History gave the producer, director, and director of photography permission to take my DIY style of making videos with lots of jump cuts and direct talking to the camera and push it forward into a longer format. It doesn't look like anything else on TV. There are four things you can do to help make the pilot a TV show. 1. Tell people. 2. Please tune in on a Tivo if you've got one to help boost Nielsen ratings. On Tivos it's actually labeled as Hacking History http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detailepisodeId=365730 3. Once you've seen the show, send a feedback email telling the folks at History what you think. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. Also after the show has aired, please drop a note with what you think of the show in the History Forums at http://boards.historychannel.com/topic/History-Now/New-Pilot-This/ 520012982 You can also participate on Facebook, Flickr, Youtube and stay tuned to my Blog Facebook: If you enjoy the show and want to participate more I've set up a facebook group that anyone can join at http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25165214526. Flickr: I'm also really curious about the people watching my show so i set up a flickr group. Please take a picture of yourself watching the show and upload it to the group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/historyhacker/. It will be really cool to see who's watching the show! Youtube: I've posted a teaser on youtube that gives you a feel for what the show will look like. Go check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5DWyVrvlY. I'll have at least one more teaser coming out soon on my youtube channel. You can click the yellow subscribe button to see them before anyone else. http://youtube.com/brepettis. Blip: I've also got these on Blip.tv which is what plays on my main page at http://brepettis.com and bre.blip.tv My Blog: I'm writing about the experience of starting up History Hacker and posting behind the scenes material at http://brepettis.com/blog. I'm actually going to put the content of this email on my blog too at http://brepettis.com/blog/2008/09/21/help-turn-the-history-hacker- pilot-into-a-tv-show/. Thanks for your support! I can't wait to see it on Television and I hope you get a chance to tune in and help me make this pilot into a TV show! Bre Pettis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] An anthropological introduction to YouTube
Michael Wesch, who made that video about Web 2.0, gave an hour long talk at the Library of Congress on his studies of Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU Who is making videos? What kins of videos are being made? The haters and the the lovers. Jay (who wishes youtube allowed me to download the video for later) -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] spreading the word of my blog
Yes. You just missed a massive one right there. Put your name URL at the bottom of your messages here. Other than that, the best ways that I know of are purely organic. Watch and comment on other people's blogs, get to know them, get involved in stuff here. And use Twitter. You can add me at http:// twitter.com/twittervlog - you can find a lot of people from this list among the people I'm following. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ On 22-Sep-08, at 7:56 AM, quintanomedia wrote: Hi everyone im new to the yahoo group. I have been looking for places to share my blog with people like vlogmap.. can anyone recommend other sites that I can share my blog with people? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] introduction
Ok let me re-introduce myself Hi my name is Anthony Quintano Im new to the group. come visit my vlog at www.quintanomedia.com or follow me on twitter twitter.com/quintano_media I look forward to getting to know everyone. - Anthony
[videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x
Rob, I have the HF-10 which has the internal 16GB flash and love it. I've been completely lax in doing anything other than recording lots of different things and plopping them on to the iMac - but I can say that the videos import to iMovie easily, the video looks great, and the built in audio sounds great and has an easily adjustable gain for those special loud moments. Not all that noticeable - but in some low light instances running as high quality as I can, I do get some motion lines showing up. I notice them more while trying to export a frame to an image more than I do just watching. Feel free to contact me on or offline for more specific questions, for the price it's a great little tiny HD camera, and get's my thumbs up. Jarod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Plugging the latest reason for lack of video content: http://www.theowneroperators.com
Re: [videoblogging] An anthropological introduction to YouTube
Hi Jay, loved your videos from Beijing! as for that video go get it here: http://cache.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=4cf00efa5678fe15itag=6begin=0len=60480signature=16F6E2F25C09969539E58851561EDA0B1ED816AB.48B9DF7A5A554E8FD72CC1F22730422CFE39CA18ip=85.144.134.202ipbits=2expire=1222108679key=yt4sver=2 i search for it in safari activity but before i chosen the higher quality version. the name ends up with flv but maybe this one is actually a h.264 type... Rgds, ZN On Sep 22, 2008, at 17:07 , Jay dedman wrote: Michael Wesch, who made that video about Web 2.0, gave an hour long talk at the Library of Congress on his studies of Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU Who is making videos? What kins of videos are being made? The haters and the the lovers. Jay (who wishes youtube allowed me to download the video for later) -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Yahoo! Groups Links
[videoblogging] OT, I'll be in Belfast on friday and i'm...
i'll be in belfast on friday and i was looking to see if anyone on this list would like to meetup... ps - http://noneck.org/tn2020-and-search-couch-one-night
Re: [videoblogging] An anthropological introduction to YouTube
This is actually a great speech, in my opinion. I used it in my Web Studies class. ... Richard On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Wesch, who made that video about Web 2.0, gave an hour long talk at the Library of Congress on his studies of Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU Who is making videos? What kins of videos are being made? The haters and the the lovers. Jay (who wishes youtube allowed me to download the video for later) -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] introduction
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:14 AM, quintanomedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok let me re-introduce myself Hi my name is Anthony Quintano Im new to the group. come visit my vlog at www.quintanomedia.com or follow me on twitter twitter.com/quintano_media I look forward to getting to know everyone. Hey Anthony-- welcome to the Videoblogging Group. It alternately lives and dies each year, full of love and hate. we talk a lot about tech and business and punk rock and politics. i've barely scraped some of the ideas/resources that have passed through on this wiki: http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/ Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Michael Moore follows the Radiohead model
i was an urging voice in 2004 for Mr. Moore to distribute his works for free and not profit from the political atmosphere and the war as he was. i guess he had to make lots more money first before he could be willing to give his candid films away. here is a nice open letter to Michael Moore: http://www.counterpunch.org/mayer09222008.html *Whatever Happened to Voting Your Conscience? * *An Open Letter to Michael Moore (AKA God's Pen Pal) * By CARL J. MAYER Dear Michael: I apologize for writing you an open letter because you are busy corresponding with God.[1] I did not want to write an open letter, but I penned a private one to you some time ago and received no response. We have met on numerous occasions and have known each other for almost a decade, so I would appreciate an answer. The point of this letter is to ask you to reconcile your completely contradictory written statements and public pronunciations about voting your conscience on the one hand (Independent Ralph Nader in 2000) and supporting candidates who oppose all the key issues you support on the other (Democrats Barack Obama in 2008 and John Kerry in 2004.) I'm concerned that your written and oral statements are so contradictory that you are losing any residual political credibility you might have enjoyed. I think the youth of America and non-voters deserve answers, as you have anointed yourself as their representative. We first met back in 2000 when you supported the Ralph Nader for President Campaign. We met at numerous Super Rallies that Nader held all over the country to sold-out crowds ranging from 20,000 in Madison Square Garden to 15,000 in Portland, Oregon to 12,000 in Minneapolis. Your message at each rally was crystal clear: vote your conscience. At Madison Square Garden you bellowed while inveighing 20,000 people not to vote for of Al Gore: The lesser of two evils is still evil! One week before the 2000 election, you wrote a letter to Gore: Look, Al, you have screwed up -- big time. By now, you should have sent that smirking idiot back to Texas You should have wiped the floor with him during the three debates. But you didn't You don't realize that it's YOU and the Democrats that are responsible for the possibility of Bush winning next Tuesday Instead of...owning up to your mistakes, you and your people are blaming some rumpled senior citizen lawyer who is only following his conscienceRalph Nader has devoted his entire life to making the rest of our lives better. Because of him we have the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the EPA, OSHA, airbags and seatbelts, the Freedom of Information Act -- the list goes on and on. What have YOU done to save a few million lives? ...You and your New Democrats abandoned the poor, the working class, and the middle classYou and the Democrats have created the monster know as W... I want Ralph Nader to get millions of votes on Tuesday. I have seen the response to Ralph at numerous huge rallies across the country. There is a progressive movement afoot in America and it needs to explode into a majority movement -- beginning now, not four years from now I will not feel one iota of guilt should you screw up and lose on Tuesday. The blame I do share is that I voted for you and Bill in 1992...[2] Your position in 2000 could not have been more steadfast. By 2004 you decided to back John Kerry and the Democrats. You traveled around the country telling college students NOT TO VOTE for Nader after telling them TO VOTE for Nader in 2000. By 2008 you have become a full-on cheerleader for the Democratic Party. You basically endorsed Edwards in the primary (good call!) and now you are campaigning all out for Obama; I even saw you on Larry King the other night saying that Obama's convention speech sent chills up your spine. (Do corporate ads for Pepto-Bismol get you misty as well?) Last month you wrote a piece calling anyone who voted for Nader crazy. [3] Earlier in the year you appeared on Larry King and a fan of yours called in and observed that since none of the Democratic candidates support single-payer national health insurance which you do that you should support Nader. Your response was surprising: you called Ralph a sad reflection of his former self and urged people not to vote for him. (I can't remember if this was before or after you told King that one of your top priorities as president would be to give all Americans HBO.) Many progressives are quite puzzled by your behavior regarding Nader given that he once employed you when nobody would and helped bankroll your first film. But apparently, gratitude is not your long suit. I ran into you late in January, 2006 when we happened to stay at the same hotel during a vacation. I approached you at dinner, introduced myself (you, of course, had no idea who I was despite having met me numerous times) and then you proceeded to tell me yourself that Ralph Nader is crazy. (Fortunately for you, Ralph is a public
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x
Hi Jocelyn! Thanks for sharing your experience with the HF100. Which Audio Technica shotgun do you use, and is it able to use the mini shoe that Canon placed on this unit? Your video looks great, but more importantly, it is a really interesting, well done documentary. I can only wish that I will be able to create content as good as you did with one. It is exceptional! Rob www.twitter.com/robschendel On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Jocelyn Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi Rob-- I've only had the HF100 for a few months, and I'm new to video (I'm a radio journalist by training,) so I'm afraid I won't be able to provide you with a useful evaluation. The mini jack for the external mike works with my audio technica shotgun and other mikes. I am pleased with the camera. Here's a link to a piece I did with the Canon http://vimeo.com/1770480 Tibetan Migrant Worker at the Olympics. The 16:9 sound in this video was recorded with the HF100's internal mike. (The atrocious sound accompanying the 4:3 video was done with an old xacti.) The stabilization issues are because, at the time I filmed this I didn't yet have a tripod:) The salesman at BH convinced me this was the best value for money in its class. Jocelyn Beijing - Original Message - From: Rob Schendel To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x I am pleased to know that there is someone here who has experience with the Canon Vixia HF100, as it is in my shopping cart, and I am one click away from buying it. Although you may be having difficulty with importing to Adobe Premiere, that wouldn't be an issue for me on my iMac. Would you, or someone else in the group, be kind enough to tell me about their experience with this camcorder? The image stabilization, and external mic jacks, as well as no moving parts, have pretty well sold me on this model. The people I've asked, on Twitter, didn't give me any advise. Thanks for the help! Rob www.twittter.com/robschendel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Open The Debates - videos
If anyone is interested in a more open and democratic election process with improvements to the main televised corporate controlled debates BETWEEN, not AMONG, candidates... here are some links. YouTube Search: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Open+The+Debatessearch_type= http://www.votenader.org/debates/ A video/slideshow I threw together this morn: http://openthedebates.blip.tv/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5pHc65fIiU No matter who you lean towards voting for it's hard to argue against opening up the debates to other worthy 3rd party candidates, especially those who are on most state ballots and polling respectively despite no msm coverage (blackout). Spread the word... if you care - if you dare. I would not promote personal works here if it were not about something beyond me, and in this case critical to election reform in the united states. Tis the season. Cheers, Sull [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re:videobloggers for Obama
have you all seen this? From: Kahlia Root [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: kahlia Root [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:30:12 AM Subject: great short film The 22 yr. old son of a friend of mine has created this piece. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu_dJEg8iNkfeature=user [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Help me make History Hacker into a real TV show and not just a TV pilot
Rupert, that's a very handy trick that I intend to use in the future, thanks! fmt=18 at the end of a youtube url will make it go to the hd version! Bre --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . Brilliant! Great idea, great trailer - I wish I had a TV to watch it. I'll support you in other ways. Your YouTube URL was borked because it had a period at the end of it. Here's the link to the High Quality version (you just add fmt=18 to the end of the URL to link to a HQ version of a YouTube video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5DWyVrvlYfmt=18 Go watch, people Good luck with this. It made me think of the post Bill Cammack linked to here last week - a discussion of Quality professionalism in online video versus regular TV film. Good work, Bre Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 21-Sep-08, at 10:00 PM, pettisb wrote: Hey Videoblogging Peeps, I'm not on here a lot, but I check in from time to time as a lurker. I've had a videoblog for a while. I started off being a life blogger with a few other folks back in the day and then I went pro and did video for Make: Magazine and now Etsy. Now I've got a pilot that might make it into a tv show. It's a little weird for me since I feel like the internet is way more my home than 1 way broadcasting. So I've got a few things planned to integrate the show with the internet that I explain in this post, I'll be checking in a few times over the next week and I'll do what I can to answer them. What follows is what I'm sending out to folks I know and I wanted to send it out to you all too! My TV show pilot called History Hacker airs this Friday September 26th at 8PM and Midnight on the History Channel. I'm the host of the show and I check out inventors in history and take a hands-on look at their inventions and then break it on down and hack the inventions together. I need your help to make the show go from a pilot to a real TV show. The pilot is all about Nikola Tesla and the war of the currents between Tesla and Edison. In the show I learn how to blow a neon tube, explore wireless electricity and build an AC generator from a bike. I also go to Boston to visit an MIT space lab to see how the principles that Tesla pioneered are being applied to space propulsion. The look of the show is awesome. The folks at History gave the producer, director, and director of photography permission to take my DIY style of making videos with lots of jump cuts and direct talking to the camera and push it forward into a longer format. It doesn't look like anything else on TV. There are four things you can do to help make the pilot a TV show. 1. Tell people. 2. Please tune in on a Tivo if you've got one to help boost Nielsen ratings. On Tivos it's actually labeled as Hacking History http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detailepisodeId=365730 3. Once you've seen the show, send a feedback email telling the folks at History what you think. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. Also after the show has aired, please drop a note with what you think of the show in the History Forums at http://boards.historychannel.com/topic/History-Now/New-Pilot-This/ 520012982 You can also participate on Facebook, Flickr, Youtube and stay tuned to my Blog Facebook: If you enjoy the show and want to participate more I've set up a facebook group that anyone can join at http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25165214526. Flickr: I'm also really curious about the people watching my show so i set up a flickr group. Please take a picture of yourself watching the show and upload it to the group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/historyhacker/. It will be really cool to see who's watching the show! Youtube: I've posted a teaser on youtube that gives you a feel for what the show will look like. Go check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5DWyVrvlY. I'll have at least one more teaser coming out soon on my youtube channel. You can click the yellow subscribe button to see them before anyone else. http://youtube.com/brepettis. Blip: I've also got these on Blip.tv which is what plays on my main page at http://brepettis.com and bre.blip.tv My Blog: I'm writing about the experience of starting up History Hacker and posting behind the scenes material at http://brepettis.com/blog. I'm actually going to put the content of this email on my blog too at http://brepettis.com/blog/2008/09/21/help-turn-the-history-hacker- pilot-into-a-tv-show/. Thanks for your support! I can't wait to see it on Television and I hope you get a chance to tune in and help me make this pilot into a TV show! Bre Pettis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] mp4 Conversion on SANYO HD-1010
thanks Jay, that's actually what I downloaded and am using. Thanks! PS Haven't seen you in like 3 years. Hope all's well! R On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently got a Sanyo HD-1010. It's beautiful, small, vertical, and shoots 1080/720-i/p to SD Memory Cards. I really like it. Except my video editor, Sony Vegas, does not. If I try loading more than 18 of the .mp4 video files into Vegas, on the 19th file it goes crashy crashy. *(This is not a hardware issue. I have suitable processing and ram power left unused.) My last project has yet to be output because of this. Can anyone recommend any good tools for batch-converting the mp4s to AVI format? I would consider it tantamount to saving my life ;) Hey Ronen-- MPEG Streamclip (a favorite) is a great free conversion tool that does batch capture: http://www.squared5.com/ This is a common question so I hope others will help fill out the group's wiki page with your own experience:: http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/Compression+and+Transcoding+sofware Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] mp4 Conversion on SANYO HD-1010
Been batch converting the files in mpeg streamclip pc for over a day now. Vegas loves the avi files; cuts through 'em like butter. (Thought I have it on good authority it's preferred format is HD MPEG2) thanks everyone for your help! Ronen On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ronen - my experience - and that of a bunch of people I've read on Twitter - is that editing programs don't like cutting H264 files from Xactis very much. That might (or might not) be what your problem is. I had thought that Sony Vegas got past this, because it appeared to import any format. But later I saw that it, too, had problems with some mp4 Xacti files. You could use MPEG Streamclip - which Jay suggested - but I'm not sure that the PC version has batch convert - last time I checked only the Mac version did - but I can't find any answer to this online so download it and see. I use VisualHub on my Mac to convert mp4 AVI files to .dv format for Final Cut Pro (which hates different codecs). But they're only 640x480 clips and I've just seen that your footage is HD, so perhaps .dv wouldn't be appropriate for you. Caution converting to AVI: I know Vegas has problems with some AVI files. You can read up about this in Vegas support forums. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 22-Sep-08, at 6:48 AM, Jay dedman wrote: I recently got a Sanyo HD-1010. It's beautiful, small, vertical, and shoots 1080/720-i/p to SD Memory Cards. I really like it. Except my video editor, Sony Vegas, does not. If I try loading more than 18 of the .mp4 video files into Vegas, on the 19th file it goes crashy crashy. *(This is not a hardware issue. I have suitable processing and ram power left unused.) My last project has yet to be output because of this. Can anyone recommend any good tools for batch-converting the mp4s to AVI format? I would consider it tantamount to saving my life ;) Hey Ronen-- MPEG Streamclip (a favorite) is a great free conversion tool that does batch capture: http://www.squared5.com/ This is a common question so I hope others will help fill out the group's wiki page with your own experience:: http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/Compression+and+Transcoding+sofware Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
