[videoblogging] Re: early days, blogs in different society and vogma manifesto
Wow! That's a lot of input! Thanks a lot to you, that's great for my research. @Jay: Yes, Adrian Miles was one of the first members of the group. We discussed his Vogma Manifesto (http://vogmae.net.au/drupal/vog/tbd), though I dont think he found the most responsive audience to his academic leanings. Within my doctorate Adrian's manifesto is going to get quite some attention in order to discuss the form, the style, the motivation and the content of videoblogs. One way is to see people in the United States as narcissistic. Very very true in many ways. But I like to think that many of us are more open and craving community that was stripped out of US society the past century. It might not always come across in healthy ways, but open makes more sense than narcissistic. Making it up as we go along. Tear down the castles. I see, my statement was not written precisely and my sentences can be misunderstand easily even though I think you, Jay, understood me well. My text in clear: I assume that Germans slightly tend to judge a videoblogger as narcissistic (worldwide, not only in the US) Myself, I see videoblogs as a way of self-assurance, freedom of opinion, sometimes journalism and above all communication. And here I am coming back to your point, Jay, that means openness as well. One thing: I think a lot of us just starting making stuff instead of figuring out how to define it. But I have a side of me that likes to say this is this. Both are good at appropriate times. Perfect! I agree perfectly! Actually, that's the way I am let's say educated. At my university they insist of studying the practise (you can see my productions here: www.JenniferAhl.de it's in German, but if you go just to the top, then to film you can just pick the first row of thumbnails you see and click on ansehen this film is without speech) and the theory. In short terms: Synergetic effects of that combination. There is no other way for my work, I always consider both sides of film and television even if the main focus lays on one of it. Bye and hope everything is understandable Jenna --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: Thanks a lot for forwarding my email (to Joly - who?) and telling a bit about the early days. It's really helpful for my research because I hadn't been interested in web-videos at that time. Actually, I hadn't known about it before there was a local offer (just a platform with videos) for the town I lived in. Joly started Punkcast.com and has good stories recording NYC punk shows in audio/video starting in late 90's. Good article about him: http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-10-28/news/bootlegger-s-banquet/1 General, web-tv is not too famous in Germany. Mostly, I have the feeling it's still an American trend (anyway, especially in tech-stuff, Europe is round about 4 years behind the US they say)... That's a really, really good question for social science or cultural anthropology if and why citizens of some societies are more interested in showing their everyday life But on the other hand the mainstream reality tv is quite famous in Germany, even though I think it goes down in some time. (It has been so long the favourite of the tv networks... ) But blogs are different. I think for a society blog and videoblog are a good way for real self-assurance. Why is it less usual in Germany (assumed it is like that): Maybe blogs are associated with narcissism. Also, we have a more or less strict liability to criticism. So with a Videoblog you are really vulnerable.. Just spontaneous speculation! What do you think? One way is to see people in the United States as narcissistic. Very very true in many ways. But I like to think that many of us are more open and craving community that was stripped out of US society the past century. It might not always come across in healthy ways, but open makes more sense than narcissistic. Making it up as we go along. Tear down the castles. Peter Van Dijck, from Belgian, actually started this group when he lived in NYC. He always told me that Americans were much more in your face and he liked it. Can you tell me if the vogma manifesto was discussed within this group? I haven't found a wide discussion about it. Strange, if I had been there I would have had the necessity to discuss it in detail. A pity, five years too late ;-D. Yes, Adrian Miles was one of the first members of the group. We discussed his Vogma Manifesto (http://vogmae.net.au/drupal/vog/tbd), though I dont think he found the most responsive audience to his academic leanings. We were (are?) a lot of riff raff. In 2005, Michael Verdi made the Vlog Anarchy manifesto in response here (http://michaelverdi.com/2005/02/20/vlog-anarchy/). I think a lot of us just starting making stuff instead of figuring out how to define it. But I have a side of me that likes to say this is
[videoblogging] German-speaking videoblog scene + ReRe: Hello definition of videoblog
Hi Kirstin, Ehrensenf is great, I really like it and actually I am going to analyse it within my thesis. - Another videoprogram is Buschka entdeckt Deutschland (round about 30 minutes one guy walks through German cities without any script): http://www.buschka-entdeckt.de/ - There is www.rebell.tv but it's from Suisse. - Kavka vs. The Web: http://www.myspace.com/kavkavstheweb (Kavka is a German journalist) - http://www.robvegas.de/ - http://www.elektrischer-reporter.de/ (cooperation with a tv network, ZDF) - http://www.balconytv.com/hamburg/heutige-show.aspx (music-show on a small balcony in Hamburg) ...there are a lot. But I can't give you hardly any real videoblog apart from prominent people. Tell me about your impressions sometime. Jenna --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kirstin kirstinbut...@... wrote: Hi Jenn, Nice to meet you! As a big fan of Ehrensenf, I'm curious: what other videoprogram-type vlogs are popular in Germany? Best, Kirstin http://www.digest.tv http://www.digest.tv http://www.twitter.com/kirstinbutler http://www.twitter.com/kirstinbutler --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, elaluca11 mail@ wrote: Thanks a lot, Jay and Irina! I had checked the first 20 messages from the beginning of this group before I signed in. Really interesting, not only because it's already 5 years old. I agree, from 2005 on the Web-TV-community changes a lot because of YouTube. I divide the Web-TV-development in three parts: from 1993 until 2000 with pseudo.com, DEN and webisodes, 2000 until 2005 and the YouTube-era until today. Actually, there are not so many German-speaking vlogs. Most formats tend to a genre I call videoprogram (those I am concentrating on), they are more a semi-professional produced show or magazine (like Rocketboom). One quite famous videoblog of the scene just gave up: She (Schnutingers Netrzkabarett) was bashed because of acting in a commercial . However, in Germany there are rather videoblogs of prominent people than those of average citizens: like Angela Merkel's videoblog http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/Webs/BK/De/Mediathek/Videos/videos.html (it's stiff and a kind of deadpan but unintentionally funny), the former videoblog of a famous show master (the German David Letterman: Harald Schmidt) or one blog of a German journalist: http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-36686.html. Bye Jenn P.S. Irina, I'll check Geek Entertainment TV out! Thanks for it. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irina irinaski@ wrote: hi jennifer i am happy to help u as well i am not like steve or jay from 2004 but i am from 2005 lol (november, honestly) we are still producing it if u can imagine still wordpress plus blip.tv i have done many shows since then and just started a new one for an online newspaper in sf. irina slutsky On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Jay dedman jay.dedman@ wrote: I am excited about the discussions in this community and the potential of so many people sharing thoughts about this topic! My first questions to you are: - Does someone know videoblogs founded from 2000 on (apart from Steve Garfield and Adam Kontras), English- or German-speaking ones? You should look in the archives of this group, started in 2004. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/messages/1?l=1 Here you will see how we were talking about videoblogs back then. Plenty of debates over the concept, term, and technical implementation. This is one of the frist messages of this group: (Peter and I) have had long talks about videoblogging and wanted to bring other people into the conversation. The ability to put video on blogs seems amazing to us, but there seem to be some obstacles. 1. Technically, the process takes too long.(capture, import, optimize, write some HTML, post). 2. existing servers don't allow much bandwidth and storage space. You'll either get screwed becasue too mnay people watch your posts, or you have to earse your archive video because youre out of space. 3. what is the language of videoblogging? is it little movies? or moments from your life? We believe that if we get interested people together, we'll answer all these questions. So this is the beginning. When this group started, there were only a few people who I found that were consciously posting video to blogs. Like Steve Garfield or Adrian Miles in Melbourne (http://vogmae.net.au/). Most people before 2004 seem to have posted video as an experiment as a one-off, were doing live video streaming, posted video to html pages (not blogs) so weren't easily searchable, or erased their archives. Here are some of the early folks in this group as seen from Videoblogging Week 2004.
[videoblogging] Have you voted on your favorite Life Story?
Hi WGBH Lab Friends, We're down to the last round of submissions for the iPod Nano contest, and we need your help. In order for these Life Stories to win, they need comments. Take a moment to watch the 3 finalists, and leave a comment letting them know what you think. Your comment could help them win an iPod Nano. --- Judith Klausner: Artist - What if you woke up tomorrow trapped in the body of an insect? Follow artist Judith Klausner on her journey to create sculptures that hybridize humans and bugs. http://thewgbhlab.org/nova_video/judith-klausner-artist-1 Images Lost and Found - This Life Story is about the fleeting moments of happiness so often intermingled with an inescapable feeling of loss. A moment will pass and then you will fully realize what it means to be human. http://thewgbhlab.org/nova_video/images-lost-and-found Becoming a True Human Being - Explore how research taught human beings how to reach their highest creative potential. http://thewgbhlab.org/nova_video/nova-becoming-true-human-being --- And it's not too late to submit YOUR Life Story. The WGBH Lab is accepting submissions until December 31st, 2009. Your work may be broadcast in conjunction with NOVA programming on life and evolution. Visit the site for details: http://thewgbhlab.org/nova-splash. Thanks, and have a great day! The WGBH Lab lab.wgbh.org
Re: [videoblogging] $120 Wireless Mic review
I've found Audio-technica and too good to be true know each other quite well... I think a good (not great) wireless lav might start around $300 or so. Pete Caleb Clark wrote: I just discovered the Audio-technica ATR288W, seems almost too good to be true for $120...I'm sure the range is low, but I'm only needing 100 ft or less for documentation stuff and guest speakers, presenters, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQgc6zEYMofeature=related
TVP Re: [videoblogging] getting better quality out of Blip.TV
Chad Boeninger wrote: Hi all, I've been using Blip.TV for quite some time for nearly all of my video blog posts and other video projects, for both work and fun. I love the service and the features, but have started to become a little disappointed with the final flash video after conversion. If you upload the same video to Blip, Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook, the Blip version that is converted seems to be the worst in the bunch. I'm generally only uploading SD video, if that makes any difference. I don't plan on moving away from Blip any time soon, as the other features (playlists, cross posting, customized player, custom thumnails, etc) are the reasons I stay with Blip. However, I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for getting better quality out of the Blip video player. Are there tricks I can employ on my end to make my file more friendly to conversion? I'm a low budget windows user, so typically my files are WMV (Flip video SD) or Mov (Canon SD 780 IS), and I occasionally still shoot video with and older Canon MiniDV (edit in moviemaker and output as WMV). Is there a file type or size that Blip may like better for better quality conversion to flash? The other three seem to take WMVs just fine and crunch them well, but perhaps there's something better I should be looking at when uploading to Blip. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. --Chad -- -- Bohus Blahut (BOH-hoosh BLAH-hoot) modern filmmaker 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: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com 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/
TVP Re: [videoblogging] getting better quality out of Blip.TV
Rupert wrote: If you upload as iPod compatible H264 M4V files (.M4V is Apple's extension for iPod compatible MP4 files), you can customise your Blip Show Player to show them in their original form. However, even so, I've been noticing a deterioration in quality and colour recently, and I'm not sure why that is. Blip's flash conversion has always been a bit grey and pixelly - as Jay says, you can always just upload your own flv file - converted using MPEGStreamclip or your editing software. There was a point when people loved Blip because they had the best quality and best feature set, back when YouTube's quality was appalling. They seem to be losing that advantage now. I heard someone I didn't know really complaining about their reliability at an event last week. Add to that the uncertainty about what's acceptable under their TCs as discussed here before. It must be a very expensive competitive business, and seems they're defining a different niche for themselves: a home for Web TV serials, rather than home movies. In my experience, Vimeo has very good quality - but as Jay said, Blip allows you to link to the original file for podcasting. A solution I've been using recently is uploading to Vimeo and Blip at the same time using Pixelpipe, then embedding the Vimeo player and linking to the file on Blip for podcasting/iTunes. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 30-Nov-09, at 2:53 PM, Chad Boeninger wrote: Hi all, I've been using Blip.TV for quite some time for nearly all of my video blog posts and other video projects, for both work and fun. I love the service and the features, but have started to become a little disappointed with the final flash video after conversion. If you upload the same video to Blip, Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook, the Blip version that is converted seems to be the worst in the bunch. I'm generally only uploading SD video, if that makes any difference. I don't plan on moving away from Blip any time soon, as the other features (playlists, cross posting, customized player, custom thumnails, etc) are the reasons I stay with Blip. However, I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for getting better quality out of the Blip video player. Are there tricks I can employ on my end to make my file more friendly to conversion? I'm a low budget windows user, so typically my files are WMV (Flip video SD) or Mov (Canon SD 780 IS), and I occasionally still shoot video with and older Canon MiniDV (edit in moviemaker and output as WMV). Is there a file type or size that Blip may like better for better quality conversion to flash? The other three seem to take WMVs just fine and crunch them well, but perhaps there's something better I should be looking at when uploading to Blip. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. --Chad -- Chad F. Boeninger libraryvoice.com - blog libraryvoice.com/videos - videoblog twitter.com/cfboeninger [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- -- Bohus Blahut (BOH-hoosh BLAH-hoot) modern filmmaker 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: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com 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] tutorials new video bloggers and amatuer video producers
seriously dudes like i'm very good at interviewing ppl right? so like WTF these kids at art inst of ca are producing my show for free i got ONE chance w they new police chief in sf and they forget to turn on the mic! this is what i get after 3 days of suffering http://sfappeal.com/news/2009/12/in-the-cut-sf-police-chief-george-gascon-comments.php On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@rmit.edu.auwrote: I cut out the writing bit and just think supportive comments. It's even faster. :-) On 03/12/2009, at 1:47 AM, Rupert wrote: It's easy - skip all that filming/editing/publishing bullshit. Now I just record things with my brain, and then write supportive comments to myself. It saves hours. cheers Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@rmit.edu.au adrian.miles%40rmit.edu.au Program Director, Bachelor of Communication Honours vogmae.net.au -- http://geekentertainment.tv [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: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com 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] $120 Wireless Mic review
- Original Message - From: Caleb Clark I just discovered the Audio-technica ATR288W, seems almost too good to be true for $120...I'm sure the range is low, but I'm only needing 100 ft or less for documentation stuff and guest speakers, presenters, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQgc6zEYMofeature=related I started to watch that video .. and the guy presenting has no clue, sorry. Aside from not pronouncing mic correctly .. he wants run multiple transmitters into a single receiver .. sorry .. there is no way that will work .. I stopped watching. Yes, the lower priced wireless setups have lower power (and thus lower range) than more expensive units .. but that is not the only problem .. they can be much more likely to be subject to interference (not to mention more likely to be damaged / break under use) Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] $120 Wireless Mic review
I would think most non-professionals would call a Mic input just that - a mick input. Personally I prefer the sound of Mick In. I make it a matter on principle to call it that. But don't get me started on this. Or on people who advertise Open Mike nights with posters saying OPEN MIC Unboxing videos as product demos are the most pointless and frustrating things. And they're everywhere. Just show us it working. IF it works. Like... um... if you can really run your three twin micks into one receiver. That said, $120 is pretty good for a videoblogging / consumer entry level wireless mick. It won't be professional quality, obviously. As long as it works. Probably best to search elsewhere on the web for proof of that. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 4 Dec 2009, at 03:41, Richard Amirault wrote: - Original Message - From: Caleb Clark I just discovered the Audio-technica ATR288W, seems almost too good to be true for $120...I'm sure the range is low, but I'm only needing 100 ft or less for documentation stuff and guest speakers, presenters, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQgc6zEYMofeature=related I started to watch that video .. and the guy presenting has no clue, sorry. Aside from not pronouncing mic correctly .. he wants run multiple transmitters into a single receiver .. sorry .. there is no way that will work .. I stopped watching. Yes, the lower priced wireless setups have lower power (and thus lower range) than more expensive units .. but that is not the only problem .. they can be much more likely to be subject to interference (not to mention more likely to be damaged / break under use) Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org [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: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com 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/
