Re: [videoblogging] Video Editing Laptop?
ok the best video editing pc laptop for less then 1500 got to be the new 13 inch mac book pro just put boot camp on it its like getting 2 computers in one On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Steve Eisenberg steve.eisenb...@gmail.comwrote: take a look at a commercial HP/Compaq laptop. Not the consumer line. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Wilton Vought wvou...@gmail.comwvought%40gmail.com wrote: Can anyone recommend a video editing laptop? Windows, less than $1500. Thanks, Wilton Vought www.essentialdissent.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: WordPress Plugin of Interest to Onine Video (focusing on series)
I have this plugin working in a simple instance. Here's how: In my WP back end, I've created a Series named Power of Video with WordPress. I then went to the 5 posts I had previously written concerning this subject and tagged them each with this series name and updated the posts. I then went to Appearance--Widgets and added the new Series: List Posts Widget. You can see the output on the top right here, http://wordpressmodder.org The beauty of this plugin is that you can create as many series (and series Widgets) as you need. Now, I'm sure there are some more uses, so start playing and post back if you end up using it for video display. One of the feature requests I'm going to ask for is that it pull in the first image in a post and auto resize it to a thumbnail... ...if you have any ideas, please make your voice heard to Justin Tadlock, the developer, over at http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/06/09/series-wordpress-plugin
Re: [videoblogging] Re: WordPress Plugin of Interest to Onine Video (focusing on series)
I have this plugin working in a simple instance. Here's how: In my WP back end, I've created a Series named Power of Video with WordPress. I then went to the 5 posts I had previously written concerning this subject and tagged them each with this series name and updated the posts. I then went to Appearance--Widgets and added the new Series: List Posts Widget. You can see the output on the top right here, http://wordpressmodder.org The beauty of this plugin is that you can create as many series (and series Widgets) as you need. Now, I'm sure there are some more uses, so start playing and post back if you end up using it for video display. One of the feature requests I'm going to ask for is that it pull in the first image in a post and auto resize it to a thumbnail... yeah, i noticed that its just a text list now. Not all that helpful if you're trying to show off a video series. I really wish more WP developers would add thumbnails to the functionality of their plugins/widgets. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Open Video Ideas
But to get back on topic, I am still just not sure if it's the software or the hardware that needs to be open or if it's just us as artists...allowing our works to be a part of another work to create a storyengine that tells a whole new story. You are correct. Creators just need to keep pushing their own work. I forget sometimes that most videobloggers (and anyone who puts video on the web)are doing it in addition to having jobs, families, problems, etc. It's been said again and again: There is no longer a priest-caste to make movies, videos, stories, journalism etc. But along with this opening up, there also isn't a clear pattern/format for us to follow. Infinite possibilities means infinite anxiety. Might have been have easier when you knew you had to make a 22-minute TV show, or a 90-minute movie, that was based on very narrow genre expectations? The process of bureaucracy and obtaining approval/money was almost comforting in a solid excuse for not creating? The chase of the festival circuit was a predictable struggle? Anyway...i still do think that an open video/story engine would help. The fact that you use Sony Vegas and I use iMovie/FCP...makes it a little more difficult for us to work together without having to figure out the technical aspects in between. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Quicktime X specs
Eric from blip.tv posted this on twitter and I thought there was some good stuff about the new quicktime. http://createdigitalmotion.com/2009/06/09/quicktime-x-heres-what-we-know/ I read deeper into this Quicktime post and found this commentary. Interesting since we've been talking about this recently: Of course, whats missing in all of this is any mention of how this works for developers, how things like color profiles might be interoperable on non-Apple platforms, or what happens to QuickTime for Windows. In typical Apple fashion, this is all about what benefits the Mac and whats built on the Macs own technologies. Thats not necessarily a bad thing in fact, Microsoft, you are still working on DirectShow, right (cough)? But the more these platforms become proprietary and specific, the more painfully obvious the need for better cross-platform frameworks becomes. Nor does everything always have to be tied up with the OS. Apples own emphasis portability to mobile devices, GPU-native processing in fact speaks directly to cross-platform, OS-agnostic issues. Already, many interesting commercial and open source applications are starting to build on cross-platform frameworks like ffmpeg/GStreamer. To call these developer-friendly, though, would be an exaggeration. Part of the problem is that the dark cloud of patent confusion, fueled by the US antiquated intellectual property law, casts a shadow over more widespread use of such frameworks. I think theres value in creating OS-specific tools, and it certainly makes sense given Apples business model. But because we rely on these foundations for art, and because development often extends beyond devices with Apple logos on them, the alternatives are important. Apple had at one point aspired to build across platforms but the legacy of QuickTime never became that, which is part of why it missed out on Web deployment to Flash and why it could miss out again on emerging trends in development. Apple is focused perhaps fairly so on their ecosystem. But when you see images like the mobile export option, dont you wonder a little bit about what would benefit your ecosystem? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Open Video Ideas
is h264 not ok as master source video codec (and final output) for both vegas and fcp/imovie? On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: But to get back on topic, I am still just not sure if it's the software or the hardware that needs to be open or if it's just us as artists...allowing our works to be a part of another work to create a storyengine that tells a whole new story. You are correct. Creators just need to keep pushing their own work. I forget sometimes that most videobloggers (and anyone who puts video on the web)are doing it in addition to having jobs, families, problems, etc. It's been said again and again: There is no longer a priest-caste to make movies, videos, stories, journalism etc. But along with this opening up, there also isn't a clear pattern/format for us to follow. Infinite possibilities means infinite anxiety. Might have been have easier when you knew you had to make a 22-minute TV show, or a 90-minute movie, that was based on very narrow genre expectations? The process of bureaucracy and obtaining approval/money was almost comforting in a solid excuse for not creating? The chase of the festival circuit was a predictable struggle? Anyway...i still do think that an open video/story engine would help. The fact that you use Sony Vegas and I use iMovie/FCP...makes it a little more difficult for us to work together without having to figure out the technical aspects in between. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Open Video Ideas
the open part of video editing tools should prob just be that of an XML format that lays out the instructions for an edited and produced video... with all effects, cuts, layers, paths, filenames and other metadata etc defined. then the software out there SHOULD be compatible as handlers and allow for import of these instructions. since proprietary apps will not care and also may have their own XML format for such things, open source apps would be created in tandem and eventually, some of the popular editing tools may support the standard in the future which can include supporting ogg or other open codecs. imagine if we all made videos using SMIL? sull On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Heath heathpa...@msn.com wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... Anyway...i still do think that an open video/story engine would help. The fact that you use Sony Vegas and I use iMovie/FCP...makes it a little more difficult for us to work together without having to figure out the technical aspects in between. Jay In that I completely agree...having a standard or open video editing/processing platform would be great for collaborations and I think we need to remember that open doesn't have to mean free...because at some point that people making all this I am sure would like to have some compensation for their time, effort, etc...So some of being open to open standards is for us as storytellers editors, etc is to embrace these new techs and share the knowledge... Although I will admit, it's hard to balance the creative and tech sides of me Heath http://heathparks.com -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Open Video Ideas
is h264 not ok as master source video codec (and final output) for both vegas and fcp/imovie? Sure, that's doable. But if we're really talking about collaboration, lets shoot for the stars. We should be able to swap project files, compression settings, fonts, make music together, sceensharing...and IM within the editing project. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790
