Re: [videoblogging] super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Andrew Darlow a...@andrewdarlow.com wrote: Thank you Rupert, that video by David Howell is STUNNING! here's a link to the video everyone is talking about: http://www.davidhowellstudios.com/2009/01/01/falling-slowly/ Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon
I picked up the Xacti E1 from Amazon for $239 last month. Gonna use it for some water shots when the boat goes in the water but also should be good when it is raining. Not as friendly with adding titles over a scene from iMovieHD. Need to play with it some more. --- On Sun, 1/11/09, schlomo rabinowitz schl...@gmail.com wrote: From: schlomo rabinowitz schl...@gmail.com Subject: [videoblogging] super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 3:39 PM Hey all I love my Xacti E1, and Amazon has a really good deal on the E2 today: http://icanhaz. com/xacticam In case you are looking for something like this. Had fun with mine on the waterslides the other week. (they are waterproof) Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo. tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory. net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] How to configure a showplayer that allows for a variable first episode?
My show duckpond tv is a showcase of the musicians that play my concert venue. The player that I use on Blip Tv is one that has the showmorebutton turned off to allow for a seamless stream of my program. My problem is that I have been trying without success to figure out a way that I can change the initial episode freely in order to target specific audiences. In other words, when I am embedding a player with an audience that is fans with, say, Grayson Capps, I would like the initial episode to be Grayson Capps followed seamlessly by the rest of our episodes. I haven't figured out a way to do this without altering all the previously embedded players out there. In other words, when I embed a player with Grayson Capps leading the stream, I don't then want to have every player out there also leading with Grayson. Any help with this would be great. Thanks for all you've done. The support at Blip is truly outstanding. Nick Friedman www.DUCKPONDtv.blip.tv www.myspace.com/duckpondatdusk
[videoblogging] Xacti Camera
I've got the 4mb Xacti VPC-C40, and I love it. I' ve had it outside in steamy, muggy, and even high humidity and it hasn't failed me yet. I wouldn't take it underwater unless I had it in say a ziploc bag. Tony
[videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
Most non-geek/tech/online-most-of-the-time folks will give up if they have to go to another site then come back or deal with something like credits. That maybe true. I wonder about how many people actually sign up for Paypal when they find that that's the only way to pay. It's an interesting question and probably could only be answered by lots of testing. Actually, the link takes them directly to the shop where the videos reside, right to the particular category, which is also linked in a menu item. Same exact menu items for each dog sport discipline. This is not personal video either, and it's worth more than 2 cents. Do you know what it costs to take a seminar with us? With the other trainers that will be offering video instruction? It's not cheap, and I'm not sure what the dog training thing is about, but the comment does raise an interesting question. Even if a video/film cost $ 10,000 or 100,000 to produce - how much will somebody be willing to pay - when they are basically NOT paying for anything right now? My idea of 2 cents was a way to lower the bar to get people used to the idea of paying for anything. I think that the original article about changing the basic proposition away from advertising to a search for content was correct. That's the direction that we need to move in.
[videoblogging] Panasonic HMC150 vs Canon HF11
OK - I know that there is a huge difference between these two cameras and probably they are aimed at different crowds all together. Having said that, I would still like to see the footage from each. If they are similar then the HF11 could be a second camera where you have tight shots or pick up stuff or B roll. Does anybody know where you might find footage from these two cameras? Thanks, Milt
Re: [videoblogging] How to configure a showplayer that allows for a variable first episode?
create different playlists and embed those playlists. Jan On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM, duckpondpotter duckpondpot...@yahoo.com wrote: My show duckpond tv is a showcase of the musicians that play my concert venue. The player that I use on Blip Tv is one that has the showmorebutton turned off to allow for a seamless stream of my program. My problem is that I have been trying without success to figure out a way that I can change the initial episode freely in order to target specific audiences. In other words, when I am embedding a player with an audience that is fans with, say, Grayson Capps, I would like the initial episode to be Grayson Capps followed seamlessly by the rest of our episodes. I haven't figured out a way to do this without altering all the previously embedded players out there. In other words, when I embed a player with Grayson Capps leading the stream, I don't then want to have every player out there also leading with Grayson. Any help with this would be great. Thanks for all you've done. The support at Blip is truly outstanding. Nick Friedman www.DUCKPONDtv.blip.tv www.myspace.com/duckpondatdusk Yahoo! Groups Links -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin
[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
Hey Ron, I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's (brightcove.com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip, Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water, including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement pay/download/view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer. There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using Joomla. If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress, definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without addition video-enabling plugins. Good luck! Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, reminded me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just happen to be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation. So... Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about video uploading to joomla. One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http:// hwdmediashare.co.uk/ ) . One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use. Here's how it wound up looking for me: http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/devscreenshots/videoplex.jpg I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but it's real nice looking, I think. It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the player at present. Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution. I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up and running... It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and will be handling them for my site. I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was jogged and it was sitting right in front of me. I think it's worth taking another look at. Peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: Hey there, so you are using JomSocial. Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? Cheers, MyFirstMemory.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote: Joomla as Video Portal --- Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. http://hwdmediashare.co.uk From the website: hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows you to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side processing and playback of large video media in all popular formats. I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and the current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the bomb, though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can see, that's an understatement. I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a possibility. There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ Very cool stuff. Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to embrace media and social networking. Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com . If you goto Main MenuConnectDisc Dog Cantina to see a brand spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc dog community. I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about ready to wrap it into that 'large project'. More on the 'large project' --- I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play instructional video, a facebook-esque social network, affiliate vendor support, and online magazine. If anyone is interested in discussing Joomla as a media/social network platform, I'd be happy to engage in
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
robust community building plugin for Wordpress ...not quite mature, but you should check out http://buddypress.org/. This is designed to work with WordPress MU (multi-user). Adam W. Warner http://indielab.org http://wordpressmodder.org From: Renat Zarbailov innom...@gmail.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:52:32 AM Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network Hey Ron, I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's (brightcove. com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip, Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water, including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement pay/download/ view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer. There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using Joomla. If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress, definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without addition video-enabling plugins. Good luck! Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, reminded me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just happen to be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation. So... Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about video uploading to joomla. One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http:// hwdmediashare. co.uk/ ) . One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use. Here's how it wound up looking for me: http://k9athlete. com/images/ stories/devscree nshots/videoplex .jpg I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but it's real nice looking, I think. It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the player at present. Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution. I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up and running... It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and will be handling them for my site. I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was jogged and it was sitting right in front of me. I think it's worth taking another look at. Peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc. blip.tv http://k9disc. com http://discdogradio .com http://pawsitivevyb e.com On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: Hey there, so you are using JomSocial. Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? Cheers, MyFirstMemory. org --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote: Joomla as Video Portal --- Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. http://hwdmediashar e.co.uk From the website: hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows you to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side processing and playback of large video media in all popular formats. I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and the current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the bomb, though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can see, that's an understatement. I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a possibility. There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos Reloaded: http://allvideos. fritz-elfert. de/ Very cool stuff. Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to embrace media and social networking. Check out my old standard: http://k9disc. com . If you goto Main MenuConnect Disc Dog Cantina to see a brand spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc dog community.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
That's a nice looking app! Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 12, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Adam Warner wrote: robust community building plugin for Wordpress ...not quite mature, but you should check out http://buddypress.org/. This is designed to work with WordPress MU (multi-user). Adam W. Warner http://indielab.org http://wordpressmodder.org From: Renat Zarbailov innom...@gmail.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:52:32 AM Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network Hey Ron, I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's (brightcove. com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip, Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water, including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement pay/download/ view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer. There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using Joomla. If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress, definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without addition video-enabling plugins. Good luck! Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, reminded me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just happen to be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation. So... Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about video uploading to joomla. One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http:// hwdmediashare. co.uk/ ) . One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use. Here's how it wound up looking for me: http://k9athlete. com/images/ stories/devscree nshots/videoplex .jpg I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but it's real nice looking, I think. It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the player at present. Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution. I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up and running... It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and will be handling them for my site. I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was jogged and it was sitting right in front of me. I think it's worth taking another look at. Peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc. blip.tv http://k9disc. com http://discdogradio .com http://pawsitivevyb e.com On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: Hey there, so you are using JomSocial. Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? Cheers, MyFirstMemory. org --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote: Joomla as Video Portal --- Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. http://hwdmediashar e.co.uk From the website: hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows you to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side processing and playback of large video media in all popular formats. I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and the current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the bomb, though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can see, that's an understatement. I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a possibility. There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos Reloaded: http://allvideos. fritz-elfert. de/ Very cool stuff. Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to embrace media and
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
Hey Renat,
I've been running Joomla since 2004.
Video was not so friendly in 1.0, but it's gotten much better.
I was an early adopter with 1.5 and it was a great move.
I've been streaming all kinds of players for some time now and have
little issue these days.
I think one of the important aspects of joomla development is not
using the standard joomla content component for much of anything.
I tend to use modules and other components to generate and display my
content, and my sites don't really look like Joomla sites because of it.
They don't function like them either.
Of course the addition of ndeditor switch (turns on and off WYSIWYG
editor in admin on the fly), and now the JCE editor have made my life
a little bit easier in terms of video and image display.
There is also a really promising social network component called
JomSocial ( http://jomsocial.com ) that just rocks!
I'd love to use brightcove, but they really pissed me off back in the
day - they got me excited then totally gave me the brushoff when they
made their move ('06/'07) and it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Although I do agree, their player and quality is real nice, and the
pay to play aspect is good as well, I'm not sure if I'm a big enough
fish to get their attention or to pay the hefty fees for their services.
I'll check them out again, though. It's been a long time.
Ooyala... must take a look at that.
Thanks a bunch, Renat. I appreciate your thoughts.
Let me know if you want to take a peek at k9athlete.com. I'll give
you some temp login creds so you can check it out if you'd like.
peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9athlete.com
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com
On Jan 12, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Renat Zarbailov wrote:
Hey Ron,
I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so
and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and
video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only
embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's
(brightcove.com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip,
Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues
and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play
smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building
reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video
lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water,
including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting
Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement
pay/download/view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer.
There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's
called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using
Joomla.
If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress,
definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have
been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without
addition video-enabling plugins.
Good luck!
Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote:
The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time,
reminded
me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just
happen to
be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation.
So...
Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about
video uploading to joomla.
One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http://
hwdmediashare.co.uk/ ) .
One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use.
Here's how it wound up looking for me:
http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/devscreenshots/videoplex.jpg
I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but
it's real nice looking, I think.
It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the
player
at present.
Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution.
I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up
and running...
It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and
will be handling them for my site.
I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was
jogged and it was sitting right in front of me.
I think it's worth taking another look at.
Peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com
On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote:
Hey there,
so you are using JomSocial.
Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback?
Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so,
how?
Cheers,
MyFirstMemory.org
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote:
Joomla as Video Portal
---
Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about.
[videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
Im not sure if I am excited about micropayments in the way I was a few years back. Personally there is content I would pay nothing for, regular content I would pay a subscription for, and certain videos that have enough value for me that Id pay reasonable money for one video (eg 3d software training). I cant think of any videos that Id be willing to pay just cents for. Possibly its something to do with the psychology of value, something is either worth quite a bit to me or its worth nothing, and if I was creating content I dont think Id want to put such a cheap price on it. If I was looking for very small return per vid, I would go downthe subscription route. How low does a price need to be to count as a micropayment? If we are talking about $1 for a video, then I get more interested. The points systems on games consoles are a potential micropayment system. I buy say 2000 points for £20 or whatever, and then I use those points in their online store to buy little games, rent videos etc. Unfortunately most content costs hundreds of points, probably pushing it beyond micropayments, but all the technology is there, they could offer indy content for 50 points each tomorrow, without needing to modify the infrastructure. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Milt Lee m...@... wrote: Most non-geek/tech/online-most-of-the-time folks will give up if they have to go to another site then come back or deal with something like credits. That maybe true. I wonder about how many people actually sign up for Paypal when they find that that's the only way to pay. It's an interesting question and probably could only be answered by lots of testing. Actually, the link takes them directly to the shop where the videos reside, right to the particular category, which is also linked in a menu item. Same exact menu items for each dog sport discipline. This is not personal video either, and it's worth more than 2 cents. Do you know what it costs to take a seminar with us? With the other trainers that will be offering video instruction? It's not cheap, and I'm not sure what the dog training thing is about, but the comment does raise an interesting question. Even if a video/film cost $ 10,000 or 100,000 to produce - how much will somebody be willing to pay - when they are basically NOT paying for anything right now? My idea of 2 cents was a way to lower the bar to get people used to the idea of paying for anything. I think that the original article about changing the basic proposition away from advertising to a search for content was correct. That's the direction that we need to move in.
[videoblogging] Re: Pay to Play Ad:
You should not really be using images of products that have another entities trademark on them in adverts. Demonstrating how cheap your stuff is compared to other everyday costs that people might not think about, is a method Ive seen used in adertising before, I guess it works, but I suppose its not always appropriate. Only time will tell - please let us know how the 'bite size' experiment works out. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: Thanks, Schlomo... We train cats too. LaVerne, our cat does some real cool stuff. And Chickens as well. Chickens are much cooler than you'd think and fresh eggs ROCK!!! Here's what I decided on for the ad: http://k9athlete.com/images/ stories/onlinejam3.jpg (thanks kath...) I do appreciate the feedback, all of it. Very valuable. And if I sounded frustrated, I am. I'm really in over my head on this project. Trying to tie up all the loose ends is driving me crazy. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:56 PM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: Like I said, I understand your message (and dont think its a bad one at all), just the coke bottles didnt work for me. There is definitely money in online education/instruction. For video, it will be even more so. It's a good niche to get into. I'm just a cat person is all! Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: what about something really obvious for people - text like 'your spare change Vs my training video' I didn't know what the coke bottles or other image were for. maybe u need to check with the dog list who are your audience? do some market research with them as they might make the links better? Thanks Kath, appreciate it. Better idea. Perhaps Abe Lincoln, or a five spot... I know you guys don't care about dog sports, that's cool and I understand that, but this is not only about dog sports though. This is about monetizing instructional video - any instructional video. Anyway, thanks for shooting it down so quickly and deftly and for the positive commentary about improving it. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Kath O'Donnell wrote: 2009/1/12 Ron Watson k9d...@... k9disc%40mac.com: People will spend $5 at the gas station on a candy bar, bottle of coke and bag of chips, and they'll do it over and over - never think twice about it. But to download professional instruction, to get training techniques mainlined to them, $5 is prohibitively expensive? Doesn't make sense to me. I want to draw attention to that comparison very quickly and simply - visually. So what do I use for the comparison? Or is that entire concept bunk? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Yeah the coke bottles are completely confusing. ___ 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] [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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: super cheap Xacti video cam on Amazon
Here's the link to the camera I bought http://tinyurl.com/9ce6jc Surprised to see that it's now $199. I paid $99 when I got it. I had originally bought the HD700 from Amazon. Was a little bummed when I got it as the LCD screen had a number of dead pixels and there was a white spot on all the video I had shot. I might have just got a bad camera though. Returned it and saw the HD100 for $99 at Walmart and figured, for that price, I'd give it a try. It has it's short-comings. You have to be patient with it and really plan out your shots. It has slow autofocus and not the greatest in low light. No stabilizer. Ect...etc. For $99 and an HD cam, cant really go wrong. I really appreciate the comments on the video! Thanks :) David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert rup...@... wrote: Thanks! I've been meaning to buy a Xacti for a while, and I was thinking that a waterproof E1 would serve me well up here in the Pacific Northwest winter. (Seems the trick is not to totally immerse it too much, or the screen dies) Also, I've loved the quality of the footage that people get with their E1s. But I saw David Howell today in Vancouver, and he had a Xacti HD100. It shoots great video. If you haven't seen his recent video shot at English Bay in Vancouver with it, you should check it out - some of the shots are stunning. Admittedly, most of the imagemaking is done by the person making the image, not the camera... but anyway, he said he got his HD100 at Walmart for... $99.00 Maybe he was yanking my chain. $99 for an HD camera that shoots stuff that good. Must have been a clearance sale or something. Or a mistake. I've done 10 hours of travelling today so I'm too tired to check on Walmart.com to see if that offer's still on - but it might be worth checking out what they have, and for how much. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 11-Jan-09, at 12:39 PM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: Hey all I love my Xacti E1, and Amazon has a really good deal on the E2 today: http://icanhaz.com/xacticam In case you are looking for something like this. Had fun with mine on the waterslides the other week. (they are waterproof) Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Pay to Play Ad:
Thought about the trademark when I was making it. But it's a comparison thing. Social commentary and all. I thought about making it generic, but I didn't really think it was that big a deal. I also downloaded the picture from the internet. It's probably copyright infringement to boot. Perhaps I'll pull it before I go live because I'm afraid of the consequences of my illegal actions. It's happened before. In fact, I think I will. I believe the righteous rant I was writing that I probably won't post, and your comments may have cured me of my Coca Cola addiction and I might even quit smoking as well. No more Reeses either! I don't think I want to give them any more money. Thanks, Steve. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 12, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Steve Watkins wrote: You should not really be using images of products that have another entities trademark on them in adverts. Demonstrating how cheap your stuff is compared to other everyday costs that people might not think about, is a method Ive seen used in adertising before, I guess it works, but I suppose its not always appropriate. Only time will tell - please let us know how the 'bite size' experiment works out. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: Thanks, Schlomo... We train cats too. LaVerne, our cat does some real cool stuff. And Chickens as well. Chickens are much cooler than you'd think and fresh eggs ROCK!!! Here's what I decided on for the ad: http://k9athlete.com/images/ stories/onlinejam3.jpg (thanks kath...) I do appreciate the feedback, all of it. Very valuable. And if I sounded frustrated, I am. I'm really in over my head on this project. Trying to tie up all the loose ends is driving me crazy. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:56 PM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: Like I said, I understand your message (and dont think its a bad one at all), just the coke bottles didnt work for me. There is definitely money in online education/instruction. For video, it will be even more so. It's a good niche to get into. I'm just a cat person is all! Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: what about something really obvious for people - text like 'your spare change Vs my training video' I didn't know what the coke bottles or other image were for. maybe u need to check with the dog list who are your audience? do some market research with them as they might make the links better? Thanks Kath, appreciate it. Better idea. Perhaps Abe Lincoln, or a five spot... I know you guys don't care about dog sports, that's cool and I understand that, but this is not only about dog sports though. This is about monetizing instructional video - any instructional video. Anyway, thanks for shooting it down so quickly and deftly and for the positive commentary about improving it. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Kath O'Donnell wrote: 2009/1/12 Ron Watson k9d...@... k9disc%40mac.com: People will spend $5 at the gas station on a candy bar, bottle of coke and bag of chips, and they'll do it over and over - never think twice about it. But to download professional instruction, to get training techniques mainlined to them, $5 is prohibitively expensive? Doesn't make sense to me. I want to draw attention to that comparison very quickly and simply - visually. So what do I use for the comparison? Or is that entire concept bunk? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Yeah the coke bottles are completely confusing. ___ 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] [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] [Non-text portions of this message have been
[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Renat Zarbailov innom...@... wrote: Hey Ron, I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's (brightcove.com). ...snip... Rather harsh evaluation that is not at all my experience with either Joomla 1.0 or 1.5. I have taken a different route than embedding a player like Brightcove, Blip, Vimeo, YouTube, etc. because I prefer, for various reasons, to have my videos inserted within text articles. Using my own hosting service, DreamHost, with vPIP I could place the videos in the context of the text for which they were intended with minimal latency delay. I have about 100 video clips in Joomla 1.0 on http://hestakaup.com and I am building a new site that already has a couple of dozen videos on Joomla 1.5 at http://pineplainsviews.com . I hope you will take a look at what one can do with Joomla and video to provide a rich media experience. I really have had no problems at all with the Joomla end of the videos. Stan Hirson http://pineplainsviews.com http://hestakaup.com
[videoblogging] checking in after 2 years away + daughter's blog
Hey all, I haven't been around for a while, but thought I'd check in after coming to the realization that my 10 year old daughter has become a vlogger. I got my kids their names as domains for Christmas and my daughter decided she wanted a wordpress blog on hers so she could post videos of our new puppy (havanese - great small dog breed btw) and her interactions with our crusty orange cat. Have a look if you're an animal lover - they are pretty funny: www.kayla-cooper.com btw - great to hear that the xacti is much loved - I've been thinking about getting the new waterproof one. Has anyone used it extensively underwater? Cheers, Rob
[videoblogging] Re: Panasonic HMC150 vs Canon HF11
Milt, you can catch some footage for both cameras on Vimeo here: Canon HF11 http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:canon%20hf11 Panasonic HMC 150 http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:Panasonic%20HMC150 Robert. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Milt Lee m...@... wrote: OK - I know that there is a huge difference between these two cameras and probably they are aimed at different crowds all together. Having said that, I would still like to see the footage from each. If they are similar then the HF11 could be a second camera where you have tight shots or pick up stuff or B roll. Does anybody know where you might find footage from these two cameras? Thanks, Milt
[videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
Steve, What you say about value is true - of course if a piece is good, it's worth lots more than 2 cents. But that's not the point. The point is - is anybody getting anything for their work? And how do you change the perception that stuff on the web has worth, and should be paid for? Maybe it's impossible. Subscriptions are a thought, but again, how many people have subscriptions that folks are actually signing up for? You can produce for Current,and they will pay for the work. You can do very popular work for YouTube and also make money. Then there is the rest of the world. I don't claim to know what is going to work - I'm really just responding to the article. Thanks for all your thoughts, Milt
