Re: [videoblogging] Re: WebM Project
Yes, there are apparently big time issues with not just functions but out and out code shared with h.264, and with some inefficiencies in the current implementation. But it's early. I'm actually not all that happy about this announcement. If I had any confidence that VP8 would be quickly, universally adopted as the future by all concerned (and that we could rest assured that it would soon be at h.264 quality and have the long term ability to surpass it) I'd be thrilled. But for now it's yet another codec entering the wars, open source or not, patent free or not, that are in my mind bringing us back to having to encode everything in multiple formats just to insure browser compatibility. Yuck. HTML5 video holds so much promise, and its just so depressing seeing it hobbled by all of this. Best case scenarios to hope for in the short term: 1. Apple and MS welcome VP8 with open arms, not necessarily as THE HTML5 codec, but fully supporting it with the HTML5 video tag in their browsers. And/or: 2. The consortium controlling h.264 releases it free in perpetuity as a goodwill gesture. Alas, I don't think either have any chance in hell of happening. Instead I fear we're entering into a competing, non-interoperable proprietary era, where open source is forced into being non-universal by default. So my pessimistic take on the news is: now instead of h.264 vs. Theora, and html5 vs. flash, we have h.264 vs. Theora vs. VP8 complicated by flash, with various parties siding with one or two but never all three, and Adobe, Apple and Microsoft playing politics with the good name of open standards. I desperately want to be wrong and hope all the optimists are right. Brook On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote: It always takes some time for developers to work their magic and create stuff that end-users can use. I expect there to be a good mix of free low-price encoders, along with integration into many existing tools. Its very early days, and the lack of encoders isnt much of a problem at this stage where there arent too many people with suitable browsers either. However it would be good to start experimenting with encoding settings and seeing what sort of filesizes are achieved, so I will try to see if there are any options out there. Meanwhile apparently someone that knows a bit about the tech of video codecs had an initial look at VP8 and was quite concerned about some similarities in certain functions to h.264. This leaves the door open for patent woes for WebM, although it is far too early to tell if that will become an issue at some point. At the very least we should not get too complacent about WebM, its future is not completely assured, but hopefully it will all work out ok. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, stanhirson shir...@... wrote: I'm getting concerned that although VP8 is open source, it is not accessible to the unwashed content creators (videomakers) but only to corporations and developers. At some point there may be some trickle-down, but it won't be free. Stan Stan Hirson http://PinePlainsViews.com http://hestakaup.com -- Brook Hinton Moving Image and Sound Maker www.brookhinton.com Associate Professor / Assistant Chair Film Program at CCA California College of the Arts www.cca.edu/film [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] Veetle?
I fear Veetle is going to be the Tragedy of Napster Redux. The video quality is light years better than livestream/qik/justin.tv, the viewing experience much cleaner, broadcasters have full control... but as commenters on Cringeley's blog point out, the site literally features things like The Simpsons Channel on the front page. It is basically The Pirate Stream. I don't know how they're getting this quality. Maybe integrating P2P technology into the feeds. I don't know. I mean it's LIVE but the good quality feeds look as good as or better than Hulu. I'm planning to use it, happily, for a new project, and just hope it lasts til that's finished. The image quality is just amazing for live, let alone free. I'll be thrilled if they survive, with or without the pirated stuff. Brook On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:41 PM, David Jones david.jo...@altium.com wrote: I just read Cringely's latest post: http://www.cringely.com/2010/05/tv-after-youtube/ and he raves about Veetle as being the future of Internet TV. First time I've heard of it, and I can't check it out right now at work as it's a blocked site. But I thought I'd throw it out there: Has anyone used it to broadcast their stuff? How does it work from a broadcasters perspective? Could I just upload my 100 or so blog episodes and have people watch it? What's the revenue model for the broadcaster? Thanks. Dave. -- Brook Hinton Moving Image and Sound Maker www.brookhinton.com Associate Professor / Assistant Chair Film Program at CCA California College of the Arts www.cca.edu/film [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] Re: Why Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the MPEG-LA
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Comments On Celtx
LIke many freebies Cetlx can be a little buggy but basically its really great. The kind of thing that makes you want to write thank you notes to everyone involved in making it. -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Google to open source VP8
appearing on mobile devices from the likes of Microsoft. I will sing Apples praises because they didnt doggedly stick to .mov as the container format of choice, they were sensible with webkit and with numerous other advances in HTML CSS which they gave to the web standards people instead of just throwing in their proprietary cooking pot. They arent perfect, and some of the HTML5 useage scenarios they are trying to promote right now, such as iADs or album extras do not seem of much use to us, but I still believe that we will gain from the by-products of this down the road. Flash was in many ways more capable of interesting multimedia stuff than Quicktime, but there were obviously some severe barriers to getting people to use this stuff, such as the cost of the tools. Adobe are actually opening up various parts of flash more than ever before, its open in some ways but in others its still far too much under the control of one corp, and obviously Apples 'no flash' stance on their trendy devices isnt helping, but then again neither are Microsoft with silverlight. I would be much happier if we had seen more experimentation and innovation on the multimedia front, along with more discussions about it on this list than all the tedious dumb-video format discussions Ive been obsessed with in the last 6 years, but its not only technology commercial barriers that have prevented this, Frankly, most of us havent actually got very far at even imagining what this amazing multimedia and non-dumb video could actually mean. Its all a bit abstract with very few real examples of what we actually mean or what else video could be. The web in general is the closest thing we have to widespread multimedia, and even then we dont have all that many ideas of what to do with it. As for FUD, lets be honest, there is plenty of FUD about H.264 too. There are legit issues for the future but its pretty telling that people who are against H.264 took little comfort when the H.264 patent-pool managers pushed back any woe for years. I agree - I think the discussion has revolved a lot around Jobs's fudging of h.264 as 'open', and the difference he makes between that and Theora in his short response to Hugo? Dont get me wrong, I would be a lot happier if there was a practical video format that was totally free and open in every sense of the word. I would be happier if humanity had a much saner approach to intellectual property. Jobs has his own motivations for his stance that probably go beyond his stated motivations, but unfortunately his points about patents and theora cannot be dismissed as a result. H.264 is open in some ways and whilst there is some uncertainty regarding future charging, we generally know what the downsides of H.264 are, unlike Theora and possibly even VP8 because whilst those are open in some broader senses, they may fall foul of future patent battles. There is enough at stake now, and enough money sloshing around the world of online video that all sorts of interests may come out of the woodwork, and crush some of our hopes in the process. Cheers Steve Rupert http://twittervlog.tv -- ___ 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] 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] Re: external hard drives for editing?
My 7 cents: All drives fail. External drives fail more often, usually sooner, and often with little warning. They all suck. All of them. I have used so many brands, from Lacie Quadras to DIY cases with off the shelf drives. I had a Lacie last 7 years. I've had them last 5 months. Every other brand has similar variability. Lacie's weak spot seems to be the power supply (a drive shutting off suddenly is not good for the drive, esp. in an external). Does that mean I won't get another Quadra? No. At this point it's a matter of speed and price. They all have weak points. Some drives seem to fail due to poor/loose fw connections. Overheating can be an issue, though some fanless enclosures do a good job at dissipating heat (others don't). And yes, sometimes its the drive itself. eSATA can be a good thing and much faster, but in my experience its less reliable than firewire (which is saying something) - this may have to do with the particular expresscard adapter I use though. The drives don't seem to be the issue. USB is no go for editing unless you have no choice, even 2.0. FW400 is fine for DV. Go FW 800 or eSATA for HDV, AVCHD, DVCProHD. Beyond that you're best off with a RAID 0 system. I no longer stress about brands for externals because I just accept that they all suck. I worry more about performance and keep a second set as a backup (which you need to do if you go tapeless anyway). The only company that gets regular raves for externals is G-Technology, but their drives are usually significantly more expensive. OWC has gotten good marks from fellow editors recently but I've been wary due to my first under-a-year failures many moons ago occurring with their drives. But I'll probably try them again. Backup backup backup, even your media drives. And follow good firewire and esata hygiene re power on/off mounting/unmounting etc. Brook On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Cris Thomas thomas_c...@yahoo.com wrote: Couple of comments... If you are going to do actual editing on an external drive you will probably need to go with Firewire800 and or SATA. USB will unlikely be fast enough. Also get a fast drive, 7200RPM or faster. Some people don't like Lacie or OWC or whoever, neither of whom actually make hard drives. If you have a drive failure and it wasn't the power supply or the controller then it wasn't Lacie's or OWC fault. I use dozens of Lacie Quadra drives at my office, I use them exclusively and have not had one fail in almost three years. Of course your mileage may vary. For editing on my MacBook Pro I use this http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10055890cac=Result It is awesome, triple interface (USB FW400, FW800), 7200RPM, bus powered. It is great because it is portable and fast. I don't need an extra power supply when I am on the move. When I am home I can daisy chain a FW400 drive off the back when needed. There are several different versions of this, just make sure to find the 7200RPM one. - C. Thomas -- ___ 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] 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] Re: Streamy disaster
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[videoblogging] LIVES - open source video editing / effects app
Another open source video editing package (that adds some live video features to boot) that looks interesting: http://lives.sourceforge.net On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: This is the link to the software page: http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/ Videomaker has a posted about the new open source video editing software: http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2010/03/7232-vlc-released-new-open-source-editor Cool! The VLC guys were showing off some screenshots of the editor they were working on this past summer at the Open Video Conference. If you've ever used the VLC player, you know it plays anything you throw out it. They said their editor would similarly be able to handle any codec you put into it. This would be amazing to avoid all the transcoding we do now. Incompatible formats is what scares away beginners from editing video. I cant wait till a mac version comes out. Jay -- ___ 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] 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] Re: Blogger FTP Phase Out
As someone who hates coding, I hated wordpress. Unlike, say, typepad, I could not find, despite browsing THOUSANDS of them, a single theme / template that I was comfortable with, and I spent days tweaking the ones that were close to get them to work for me. After one particular version update broke a couple of my sites I just threw in the towel and went all but offline for awhile. I'm now slowly building something using squarespace, which is not free, can't be self-hosted, but for someone who wants flexibility with as little coding as possible it's kind of miraculous what you can do with it. If I move off of it, it will because I've decided to build my own completely (if I'm going to have to constantly tweak and code I'd rather just dive in, learn it deeply, and do it myself than tweak css in wordpress templates), but I'm optimistic that squarespace is going to let me live more thoroughly in my right brain and still have a site that doesn't bug me aesthetically. If I liked coding, though, I'd probably have stuck with self-hosted wordpress. Brook -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Live webvideocasting - Veetle?
Revisiting the whole live video thing due to stumbling across veetle.com. It seems a little too good to be true, free high quality live streaming at SD or HD with no ads and no bandwidth limits. Anyone used it? Experiences? Anything? Brook On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 3:45 AM, RANDY MANN themaddm...@gmail.com wrote: you kinda need it every time, it does cut a lot of noise On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Loreta_Vaidas loretabir...@yahoo.comloretabirkus%40yahoo.com wrote: David,Richard, Thanks for all the advice. Yes, it's only me doing all the filming and sound. And yes, I do have a wireless mic system (German brand). It's omnidirectional so I don't think it's suitable for filming outside. That's why I need a boom pole to somehow solve the outside filming situations. Is the wind screen (fluffy one) needed any time during filming outside or more when it's really windy? My mic has a black standard one that came with it so wonder if it's not going to be enough. It's usually not windy where I live :) Thanks again. Loreta --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Richard Amirault ramira...@... wrote: - Original Message - From: Loreta_Vaidas Can anybody please recommend a good quality (not too pricey please) boom pole for a one person team? I don't understand what a one person team is. A team, by definition seems to be a minimum of two. I have an Audio-Technica AT875R shot gun mic which I'll be using for my videofilmings and would like a boom pole to go with it. Holding a pole myself is not an option. A boom pole holder may work. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=boom+pole+holderN=0InitialSearch=yes but only for a subject that is not moving about. Please give me some guidance what features to look for in a pole, where and what best to purchase, etc. Some poles have the mic cable built-in, and of course the length varies. You can always go with the Home Depot / Lowes extendable paint pole. But you will need to purchase an attachment to convert the end to hold the mic. http://cgi.ebay.com/Make-mic-boom-pole-w-adapter-4-rode-other-microphones_W0QQitemZ220557427871QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335a3f449f and, of course, this also requires you to run the mic cable the length of the pole. If you are shooting outdoors you will definitely need a windscreen. The foam type may work well enough, or it may not. Better is the furry or dead cat type of windscreen. Even better is a blimp type with a furry cover. If you have a person to hold the mic/boom pole be sure that they have headphones and can actually *hear* the audio from the mic. Otherwise they won't know if they are holding the mic / pole properly. This may be a long cable running out of the camcorder to the person, or .. you can do double system sound and record to a high quality digital recorder. In that case the recorder can be carried by the boom pole operator and and there is less chance of someone tripping on a long cable from the camera. You will need to sync-up the sound in editing, but it's not as hard as you might think. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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] 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] Lumiere---now on Vimeo
Except - there's sound. That DRASTICALLY changes things. Still great to see such a project on Vimeo! Brook On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: I just saew that Vimeo has a http://vimeo.com/groups/1minute: With the chaos of everyday life consuming our senses, it is nice to sit back and enjoy moments and experiences that are often overlooked. This project aims to study the forgotten moments and times in life that we often pass by without acknowledging. The rules: -Video must be exactly one minute long -No camera movement (no panning, tilting, etc) -No editing whatsoever -Use original sound -Tag with '1 minute' This is what Andreas and Britanny started with http://videoblogging.info/several years ago. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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] 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] Re: Zoom H4N Audio Recorder
Excellent resources and info, Rob, thanks! Should go in the wiki if its still around... Jay? (I can't find the link for some reason). On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:48 AM, danielson_audio t...@uwm.edu wrote: Joly-- If you're using the default 100 gain setting and the minimum sensitivity setting and still getting distortion with line and mic inputs, there's probably nothing else you can try with the H2. There are reports of engineering shortcuts in the design of the mic and line input stages of the H2 that might be the cause of overloading even at the minimum sensitivity setting. (I'm sorry, but I can't lay my hands on the link to the best discussion of the issue I know of at the moment.) As to whether the Zoom H4N uses a similar circuit design, that's a very good question. Maybe start with the Zoom User List and search terms like loud, overload, distortion? Rob D. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Joly MacFie j...@... wrote: I shoot loud bands and my problem is that the level just overloads the pre-amps in my Zoom H2's - so preamp noise is not a problem. Does the H4N have better 'loud' capability one wonders? -- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com -- -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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] Re: H264 still free till 2016
://www.videolan.org/vlc/ are created by somewhat shadow groups who put plenty of blood, sweat and tears into their projects...but cannot really by public about it. If H264 is the standard then it cuts out any player who cant pay. At the same time, the creators of H264 have every right to insist on payment for their team of engineers who create a beautiful codec. Just like a pharmaceutical company has every moral right to charge for medicine they research and produce. It's also like Microsoft's Internet Explorer. For a while it was the default browser because they pushed it onto all computers that were bought with Windows. The browser was free to the user, right? Who cares? Defacto standard. Of course we learned that a closed browser stifled innovation and added cost onto the cost of each computer bought. It took quite a battle legally and technically to get people to undestand that O! if the browser is open, then thousands of developers will extend its usability, and make it all much cooler. And in order for this to happen, there cannot be a fee to play. Will be interesting to see what Mozilla do with firefox, and the youtube html5 test and ipad have stirred up a heck of a lot of online discussion about these issues recently, time will tell if this leads to anything useful or remains mostly hot air. Yeah, its good for H264 to extend their freeness till 2016 since they can continue to get inside of all devices. But it also gives Mozilla, google, and others time to develop an alternative codec if they so choose. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 -- ___ 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] 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] Zoom H4N Audio Recorder
Right now either the built-ins, borrowed coresound mics (I don't know which exact model, their in the midrange binaural category) or the 4073's via a beachtek box and inline phantom power adapter. Probably going to get my own stealth externals - looking at stuff from microphonemadness.com. I notice the noise more partly because I do a lot of recording of very quiet sounds, and because I'm used to HHB and Tascam Dat units from not so way back when. Brook On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Rupert Howe rup...@twittervlog.tv wrote: Thanks, Brook - I haven't seen the noise mentioned by anybody else. What mics do you use with its mini-jack inputs? I'm presuming from what you say that you don't use your XLR mics via a beachbox? R On 29 Jan 2010, at 21:42, Brook Hinton wrote: The H4n has XLR inputs but unfortunately the mic preamps are really noisy. I almost got one, since I have AT4073's which are really fantastic shotgun mics, but the noise was a deal killer. The Olympus LS10 can be found pretty cheap these days and while it doesn't have XLR inputs it beats out the H4N in terms of specs and has VERY quiet preamps (though it works better with externals as the built-ins have a non-defeatable low-cut filter, which I would always engage in the field anyway so its not a big deal, esp. if you EQ). The new Sony PCM-M10 is supposed to be fantastic and in field tests beats out much higher end units. Its built-in mics have been described as among the best available for recorders of this type. I'd go for either of those over the Zoom unless XLR was absolutely essential. I ended up with an LS10 over the Sony but only because a good used unit saved me $100 over the new price. Brook On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Roger Conant deade...@hotmail.comdeadeast%40hotmail.com wrote: Hi: The Zoom H4N is a great tool. it records good sound with an nice on board adjustable mic. But, as you mentioned, it also takes XLR inputs at mic or line level. It also does lots of other cool things --making it a kind of audio Swiss army knife. For instance, it acts as a USB interface between your computer and any audio equipment you plug into it-- making it really handy. It can also serve as an SD card reader if you need it. The menu features are a little slow to fire up, but other than that , its a cool tool. Roger. To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com From: rup...@twittervlog.tv rupert%40twittervlog.tv rupert% 40twittervlog.tv Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:55:24 + Subject: [videoblogging] Zoom H4N Audio Recorder Further to our discussions about sound, I saw a Zoom H4N audio recorder in action on a Canon 5D Mk2 shoot a couple of weeks ago, and I'm going to get one for myself. It's a portable audio recorder with XLR inputs and on board mics. There's a video about using it with DSLRs here (including mounting it on your camera), which is part infomercial for Zoom, part infomercial for Zacuto, but still has a lot of interesting stuff in it. http://vimeo.com/4782593 Rupert http://twittervlog.tv __ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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] Yahoo! Groups Links -- ___ 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] 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] Zoom H4N Audio Recorder
The H4n has XLR inputs but unfortunately the mic preamps are really noisy. I almost got one, since I have AT4073's which are really fantastic shotgun mics, but the noise was a deal killer. The Olympus LS10 can be found pretty cheap these days and while it doesn't have XLR inputs it beats out the H4N in terms of specs and has VERY quiet preamps (though it works better with externals as the built-ins have a non-defeatable low-cut filter, which I would always engage in the field anyway so its not a big deal, esp. if you EQ). The new Sony PCM-M10 is supposed to be fantastic and in field tests beats out much higher end units. Its built-in mics have been described as among the best available for recorders of this type. I'd go for either of those over the Zoom unless XLR was absolutely essential. I ended up with an LS10 over the Sony but only because a good used unit saved me $100 over the new price. Brook On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Roger Conant deade...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi: The Zoom H4N is a great tool. it records good sound with an nice on board adjustable mic. But, as you mentioned, it also takes XLR inputs at mic or line level. It also does lots of other cool things --making it a kind of audio Swiss army knife. For instance, it acts as a USB interface between your computer and any audio equipment you plug into it-- making it really handy. It can also serve as an SD card reader if you need it. The menu features are a little slow to fire up, but other than that , its a cool tool. Roger. To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com From: rup...@twittervlog.tv rupert%40twittervlog.tv Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:55:24 + Subject: [videoblogging] Zoom H4N Audio Recorder Further to our discussions about sound, I saw a Zoom H4N audio recorder in action on a Canon 5D Mk2 shoot a couple of weeks ago, and I'm going to get one for myself. It's a portable audio recorder with XLR inputs and on board mics. There's a video about using it with DSLRs here (including mounting it on your camera), which is part infomercial for Zoom, part infomercial for Zacuto, but still has a lot of interesting stuff in it. http://vimeo.com/4782593 Rupert http://twittervlog.tv __ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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] 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] Re: Zoom H4N Audio Recorder
Joly, if you are using external mics a couple of inline mic pads will solve the distortion problem. With the internals, not sure what you could do. I shoot loud bands and my problem is that the level just overloads the pre-amps in my Zoom H2's - so preamp noise is not a problem. Does the H4N have better 'loud' capability one wonders? ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Online video portfolio
Looks useful for more than portfolio projects. Nice and minimal. The kind of thing one can never seem to find in Wordpress themes. On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@rmit.edu.auwrote: download and look at the default installations, have video examples. just include a video file in the folder named nxn.mov where n is the dimensions and it is embedded automatically. As Jay said, for portfolio projects it is very simple, quick, and effective. On 14/12/2009, at 6:53 AM, Joly MacFie wrote: Have you seen any examples of a video implementation, or is it just for images? cheers Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@rmit.edu.au adrian.miles%40rmit.edu.au Program Director, Bachelor of Communication Honours vogmae.net.au -- ___ 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] 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] NaVloPoMo Day 26
And I hope Jen's entry sparks an animated gif renaissance. So cool. On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Brook Hinton bhin...@gmail.com wrote: Mine's up at www.brookhinton.com/topics/temporalab. Sort of an unofficial relaunch of that vlog, though the rest of my site is still kaputt. Brook On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:38 PM, proctorjen proctor...@yahoo.com wrote: I did something a little unconventional, so sorry it won't show up in the usual video feeds! http://jenniferproctor.com/?p=327 Off to Brook! Cheers, Jen -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab -- ___ 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] 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] NaVloPoMo Day 26
Mine's up at www.brookhinton.com/topics/temporalab. Sort of an unofficial relaunch of that vlog, though the rest of my site is still kaputt. Brook On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:38 PM, proctorjen proctor...@yahoo.com wrote: I did something a little unconventional, so sorry it won't show up in the usual video feeds! http://jenniferproctor.com/?p=327 Off to Brook! Cheers, Jen -- ___ 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] 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] Re: NaVloPoMo 2009
Oops replied to Rupert not the group - if the 27th is open I'll take it! Brook On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Ill clean up after the new Brit and take Nov 19. Jay On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Rupert Howe rup...@twittervlog.tvrupert%40twittervlog.tv wrote: Given your impending exam, I figure even the mighty Mike Moon wouldn't be able to keep up a 30 day posting schedule... :) On 20-Oct-09, at 2:12 AM, mgmoon wrote: I'll take November 22. Sounds like a great idea. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe rup...@... wrote: It's that time of year again. I've reverted to calling it NaVloPoMo because after all the umming and ahhing about names and last year, we came up with VloMo, which just didn't have the same ring to it. Given all the things going on in my life, there's absolutely no way on God's Earth that I'm going to be able to make a video every day in November. And I know a lot of you will feel the same. Which got me thinking about ways to make it work. Of course, if you want to go ahead and do one video a day every day in November, that's GREAT. But in addition, I thought maybe instead of 30 people all trying to make 30 videos, we could collaborate - 30 videobloggers each making just one video. Some of the best stuff that came out of the first Navlopomo in 2007 was when people started responding to and remixing each others' videos. So... How about this? You choose a day in November - and on that day, you have to make a video inspired in some way by the previous day's video. A big linear game of videoblogging Consequences. What do you think? Are there 30 people out there who are up for this? If you're up for it, reply here. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Keeping tapes
I think this differs wildly depending on who you are. Part of me feels the way Jeffrey does... when it's other people's media. For my own, looking at a box of old tapes gives me a choking sensation. I try to discard whatever I don't think will be useful for a future project, but I wait at least a year to make that decision, since I find I don't really have enough perspective to use material to its best advantage for at least that long after I've shot it/captured it/whatever. I even destroy masters occasionally, but I'm someone who sometimes cringes when old work of mine shows up somewhere, so I'm probably not the best advice-giver here. I even throw away my notebooks every few years. My fantasy life involves not having to store anything, ever, and having every tool I need to make music and video without compromise fit in a shoebox. I've just never made peace with the reality of Stuff. Given what Trace Garden was made of, this is total hypocrisy, I know. Brook _ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Why I'm grateful to this group, reason #2,454,782
Yay Jeffrey!!! On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Kath O'Donnell alia...@gmail.com wrote: congrats Jeffrey! sounds like a great cause 2009/9/18 Jeffrey Taylor thejeffreytay...@gmail.comthejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com I'm really thrilled to announce that I was asked to join the statewide board (IAG) charged with restoring marriage equality in California by repealing Proposition 8 in California. You can read the press release here: http://www.restoreequality2010.com/2009/09/restore-equality-2010-welcomes-jeffrey-taylor-to-interim-administrative-group/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blip Show Player and Archive Pages
I need to look into blip again as I start up some new projects. I like many things about the showplayer, I love how supportive they are. Download speeds are the only thing that have kept me from using it more. And absolutely minimal site design can be a boon. When the moving image is the point, accompanying design needs to support, not compete. Brook _ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] new final cut studio today
I believe it's always said that. The macbook with shared intel graphics was never officially supported for FCS, though lots of folks ran FCP itself on it. _ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
Re: [videoblogging] Compression best practices
Heywatch would be great except... all that time UPLOADING an uncompressed (or dv or whatever you use) file to use as a source. Have to subtract that from the time saved by outsourcing the compression to them. Of course if you have access to really fast uploading that's another matter but even on my deluxe dsl account upload speed maxes out at about 500k. Brook On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Michael Sullivansullele...@gmail.com wrote: Curious, do need to output to wmv or you just want to have every modern format available? On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Adam Quirk qu...@wreckandsalvage.comwrote: Hey all, I've used several compression UIs over the years, but I'm curious to hear what your favorites are, and what your process is. I really like SUPER by Erightsoft (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html) but I usually have trouble converting from QT to WMV. Directshow seems to throw a wrench in the gears. I use QT Pro for almost all of my compression, but I'm still hunting for a good WMV solution. Windows Media Encoder isn't an option for me, as it almost always crashes for some reason. Is anyone still using Sorenson Squeeze? What is your process for compressing to all the different formats from your master? Mine: 1. Render uncompressed AVI at 1280x720p 2. Open in QT, Export Movie, h.264 1280x720p 2.5mbps 3. Open in QT, Export for Web, iPhone m4v and iPhone 3gp 4. Open in Super, Export to WMV9 1280x720p 2.5mbps Note: I'm on PC, but if you're on Mac please feel free to share too. Someone else may be interested. Thanks, Adam http://tangent.ws [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Frequency of Distribution
Everyone's different about shooting ratios and frequency and what works for them, but I've found quite an opposite situation: when I place an arbitrary limit on my shooting - e.g., ok, you can only shoot ten minutes during the next two days, or for this particular journey into the world, or you have one tape for the month etc. - I get much more interesting material. Something about intensity of focus, about being aware of the change that's occurring when I press the button. I'm more in the moment, and do more with the moment. It doesn't jibe well with the fast pace and high output culture of the webular world though. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
Re: [videoblogging] scoping out a camera
There is also the fact, meaningful in an educational setting, that tape provides an automatic media backup iwhen hard drives fail (and they will fail). ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Videoblogging in Rwanda
Fantastic! On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Jeffrey Taylor thejeffreytay...@gmail.comwrote: Great stuff. Hooray! 2009/4/23 Adam Warner awarne...@yahoo.com awarner20%40yahoo.com Very cool, thanks for sharing:) Adam W. Warner From: Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com jay.dedman%40gmail.comjay.dedman% 40gmail.com To: Videobloggers videoblogging@yahoogroups.comvideoblogging%40yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:33:28 AM Subject: [videoblogging] Videoblogging in Rwanda A member of this community, Ashley Pinedo, is in Rwanda this year teaching people how to document their own lives. She just started posting videos: http://ashattack. blogspot. com/ Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman. com http://twitter. com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Jeffrey Taylor 912 Cole St, #349 San Francisco, CA 94117 USA Mobile: +14157281264 Fax: +33177722734 http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor http://organicconversations.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Student work screening online
Jen - how'd you get an ad-free mogulus feed? Did the school pay for a pro account? Brook On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Jen P proctor...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Jeffrey, Good question - yes, I plan to record it and have it loop after the fact if you can't make the live presentation. Yay! Jen --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor thejeffreytay...@... wrote: Morning Jen First: Yay. Thanks for doing this. Second: Will the Mogulus channel repeat the screening on a loop after the event itself? Cheers, J 2009/4/20 Jen P proctor...@... Hi all, I want to invite you to join my Cinematic Multimedia class for a special online screening of their work this Thursday, 4/23, at ~4pm (EDT/UTC -0400). We'll be using Mogulus to stream their projects, and if you haven't used it, it's a fun and interactive way to view work online. You can participate in a chat with students and other audience members while watching the show. Students will also appear on camera to introduce their videos, which will include a lot of kinetic typography and motion graphics work, as well as other forms. Just go to: http://www.mogulus.com/cinematicmultimedia We'll get started a few minutes after 4pm. Anyone can watch and participate - you don't need to be registered to join. I anticipate some pretty interesting and inventive projects to be shown! Hope to see you there! Jen Grand Valley State University, Allendale/Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Jeffrey Taylor 912 Cole St, #349 San Francisco, CA 94117 USA Mobile: +14157281264 Fax: +33177722734 http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor http://organicconversations.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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] 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: Student work screening online
That's excellent, thanks! But Jen's class feed is ad-free in Safari as well - curious if there's some other something at work... On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Michael Verdi michaelve...@gmail.comwrote: If you install the Ad Block Plus plugin for Firefox it will strip out those ads on Mogulus (and others) videos. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 - Verdi On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Brook Hinton bhin...@gmail.com wrote: Jen - how'd you get an ad-free mogulus feed? Did the school pay for a pro account? Brook On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Jen P proctor...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Jeffrey, Good question - yes, I plan to record it and have it loop after the fact if you can't make the live presentation. Yay! Jen --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor thejeffreytay...@... wrote: Morning Jen First: Yay. Thanks for doing this. Second: Will the Mogulus channel repeat the screening on a loop after the event itself? Cheers, J 2009/4/20 Jen P proctor...@... Hi all, I want to invite you to join my Cinematic Multimedia class for a special online screening of their work this Thursday, 4/23, at ~4pm (EDT/UTC -0400). We'll be using Mogulus to stream their projects, and if you haven't used it, it's a fun and interactive way to view work online. You can participate in a chat with students and other audience members while watching the show. Students will also appear on camera to introduce their videos, which will include a lot of kinetic typography and motion graphics work, as well as other forms. Just go to: http://www.mogulus.com/cinematicmultimedia We'll get started a few minutes after 4pm. Anyone can watch and participate - you don't need to be registered to join. I anticipate some pretty interesting and inventive projects to be shown! Hope to see you there! Jen Grand Valley State University, Allendale/Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Jeffrey Taylor 912 Cole St, #349 San Francisco, CA 94117 USA Mobile: +14157281264 Fax: +33177722734 http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor http://organicconversations.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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] Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://michaelverdi.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- ___ 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] 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] possible work around - no fire wire?
Exactly. The problem is that the camera and the software will still be looking for data on a firewire BUS. Adding a firewire to USB adapter, or using a dual format external drive as a hub adapter, isn't going to magically add a firewire bus that the software understands as being firewire. And again, to capture DV or HDV from tape over firewire, you need firewire's *sustained* data rate, which USB - even USB2 - doesn't have. Unless someone has designed a system that EMULATES firewire over USB2 in a way that fools the OS, the software and camera involved, the cam and software will not speak to each other to the degree needed for capturing. And even if such a thing exists, you still won't have the sustained throughput needed for reliable capture. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: work around for no fire wire?
You know and are comfortable with FCP: get a mac.You know and are comfortable with Vegas: get a pc. You use Premiere: I'm so sorry. Learn FCP or Vegas. You use Avid: Your boss is choosing for you. You don't know any editing software and aren't comfortable with computers period: probably get a mac. You enjoy troubleshooting, or coding, or building things, or just generally geeking out: get either, run linux, use open source software. They all do wonderful things, and they're all unreliable and never at the level of build quality or code quality that should be legally required to foist products on a paying public, but that's the modern world and there's probably no going back. (Open source stuff, crashomatic as it is, excepted). Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] work around for no fire wire?
Randy, seriously, take the thing back. If you bought it to work with video and you are using tape you are just looking at a world of frustration. It's not worth it. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: work around for no fire wire?
FW to USB cables/adapters will not work reliably for capturing DV. If you are going to work with DV from tape, you need firewire for capture, and ideally firewire or an esata card and drive for your media drive. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] work around for no fire wire?
The Macbook Pro's DO have fw800 - it was just the first gen 15 model that didn't. I have a 2nd gen with both 400 and 800 right under my fingers. But yes, Rupert's right, take it back and get a white macbook with fw800 or a macbook pro. Brook On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: You're out of luck for linking it to your XL1, I'm afraid. Apple's heartwarming policy of differentiation between products means they killed Firewire in the standard Macbooks to force you to go Pro if you're a Firewire user, because they think you're more likely to be an advanced or Pro user and therefore more likely to spend the extra cash. Take it back and get either a Macbook Pro or a White Macbook - I think they still have the older Macbook model available which has Firewire. The Macbook pro doesn't have a Firewire 800, though, only 400 - so if you get that, you'd have to also get a 9 pin FW800 to 4 pin DV camera cable. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 14-Apr-09, at 5:24 PM, RANDY MANN wrote: i just bought a nice shinny new mac book today with my taxes got it home to find out there is no fire wire port i need to get my videos in this from my xl1 it only has a mini fire wire no usb any ideas?? randy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] work around for no fire wire?
Mine is the gen prior to this - and you're right, looks like the new ones don't have 400, just 800 (at least that's better than the 1st gen which had 400 but not 800 - I notice a big difference between the two with HD, though others say its negligible.). Sorry bout the mixup. Anyway, Randy, Rupert's advice is still the right advice - take the thing back and get a mac that talks to your XL1. Brook On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: ... and the Macbook White has FW400 not 800 as Brook said! (confused much?) http://www.apple.com/macbook/white/specs.html Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 14-Apr-09, at 7:19 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: The Macbook Pro's DO have fw800 - it was just the first gen 15 model that didn't. I have a 2nd gen with both 400 and 800 right under my fingers. But yes, Rupert's right, take it back and get a white macbook with fw800 or a macbook pro. Brook On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.orgrupert%40fatgirlinohio.org wrote: You're out of luck for linking it to your XL1, I'm afraid. Apple's heartwarming policy of differentiation between products means they killed Firewire in the standard Macbooks to force you to go Pro if you're a Firewire user, because they think you're more likely to be an advanced or Pro user and therefore more likely to spend the extra cash. Take it back and get either a Macbook Pro or a White Macbook - I think they still have the older Macbook model available which has Firewire. The Macbook pro doesn't have a Firewire 800, though, only 400 - so if you get that, you'd have to also get a 9 pin FW800 to 4 pin DV camera cable. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 14-Apr-09, at 5:24 PM, RANDY MANN wrote: i just bought a nice shinny new mac book today with my taxes got it home to find out there is no fire wire port i need to get my videos in this from my xl1 it only has a mini fire wire no usb any ideas?? randy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: To be a videoblogger, drink lots of water...
I don't think i can use the V-B terms anymore. I wish I could erase that clip from my mind. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] This cam will change everything!
I'm skeptical. This is not revolutionary. There are two existing camcorder lines that compete with this, albeit a grand or two over the price (assuming this comes in around 4k) - the Sony EX1, and Panasonic's HVX200. Both have more control and professional features. The EX1 has 1/2 inch chips (the difference between, say, regular 8mm and Super 16 in terms of depth of field control) and unbelievable low light performance with a 35mbps codec similar to JVC's. The Panasonic uses a codec that isn't subject to the perils of temporal compression (but does have an issue re its lower res chips). With the JVC and for the matter the Sony, you still need to transcode if you want to work efficiently in anything but a cuts-and-dissolves only environment. Final Cut Pro already deals with these formats natively. JVC is just finally introducing a competing product. The whole direct to quicktime thing is just hype. DVCPro HD is already FCP compatible and doesn't need transcoding. Any temporal codec is going to need transcoding for professional use whether its native quicktime or not: its just the nature of the beast - the basic physical reality of GOP structure. The one fantastic, revolutionary thing is that it uses SDHC cards instead of a proprietary and more expensive card format. But it's 1/4 chips and mpeg2. The 35mbps codec, if its anything like Sony's, will be significantly better than HDV though. If you're looking at ye olde classic DV equivalents, this is a dressed up tapeless TRV900. not a tapeless DVX-100 or XL1. The lens is another variable. In HD, the lens is a huge factor. None of the cams in this range have had particularly good lenses, but that's not surprising given the cost of HD lenses. That doesn't mean its not good or a good value, its just not particularly groundbreaking. I'll look at it closely when its available, but if I'm in the market in something for this range I suspect I'll wait and save a little bit more for something like an EX1. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] How do you screen?
1. What player/aggregator do you use?None. I sorta use google reader but only to alert me to new posts. I go direct to the site and play from there. I've tried the other way - for vlogs, tv, anything via miro, boxxee etc, but I never feel like I'm *at* the actual thing. 2. Do you watch on your computer, or connect to the TV? Computer (macbook pro), either directly or in my studio hooked up to an Apple Cinema Display via an MXO box (lets the ACD to emulate a broadcast monitor). If I had my own projector, for more cinematic work I would use it. 3. What else do you do to enhance your screening environment? For anything more than a few minutes long I try to really block out the time and the environment, so I can sit quietly in the dark with no distractions or interruptions and really concentrate. Ideally, I'd like a nice viewing setup outside of my little dungeony studio at home - a projector or a nice screen, maybe appletv, a nice sound system, but its so much money. Any money for stuff like that I ever have (or don't have) goes to my own work. Home entertainment here is a hand-me-down bose sounddock with an old ipod in it, and the laptop. We do have a tv, but its old, in an awkward place, hard to hook things up to, and since we don't have cable or an antenna we just forget that its even there. Would I have a home cinema if I were rich? Maybe. But I'd probably use the money to buy the TIME to see more interesting work online and go to actual cinemas instead. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Transparent Video Player
I believe the only thing that will separate (one's) videos from the thundering herd of sameo-sameo is the videos themselves. True, reaching more people generally will help find more of your particular audience specifically, but while poor presentation might kill the context for a good piece, no presentation can make a piece better than it is. No one is going to go back to a video-based site because it has a really cool player. They will go back because the video they saw changed their life. ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] A Film Great's New Short Premieres - and is made for - Online
Phantoms of Nubua, an extraordinary new film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Best viewed full screen. http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_date/2009/phantoms [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Low...low...low budget filmmaking
The time necessary to create significant/valuable/meaningful long form work, and in many cases even short form work, is why, for better or worse, money is often necessarily part of the sustainability equation for media artists and documentarians even in this age of ultra low cost tools and diy distribution via the web. I don't think Chris Marker made Sans Soleil in his spare time, and I don't think he could now even with an HV30, Final Cut Pro, ultra high speed broadband, and a waiting audience on Vimeo. (Which makes it all the more inspiring to see people like Jay and Ryanne embarking on such journeys anyway.) Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] On The Road Setup
There's nothing I know of in that range that does what you want. Instead I would get a disk recorder for the DVX100: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/591077-REG/Focus_Enhancements_ASYF_1345_01LF_FS_4_HD_Portable_DTE.html#features I would still record simultaneously to tape as a backup. Brook On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:44 AM, chris.bryan78 ctb1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone! I've been hired by a company to shoot, edit and upload videos on a 7 week tour. I need to figure out very quickly on a tight budget what I can do for gear etc. I have a 2 year old Macbook running OS X 10.4.8 that runs Final Cut Pro 5 beautifully. I also have a Panasonic DVX100 and full camera gear. I know that I can shoot and edit with my camera and current computer setup. The problem is that I will be shooting about 5 hours of video per day and I need to edit it and upload it to the company's site as well as YouTube and many others, so recording to MiniDV tapes is too time consuming. I need a camera that will record to a hard drive or a memory card. I was looking into the Canon Vixia HF-100 and the JVC GZ-HD10 but they record in the AVCHD codec which is not compatible with Final Cut Pro 5 and may not run well on my Macbook in general. Does anyone know of a $800 or less camera that will record to hard drive or memory card that will produce footage that is compatible with my Macbook and Final Cut Pro 5? I'd love it if the camera has an input for an external microphone, headphone jack and preferably a shoe for a light etc. Thanks! Chris -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)
I firmly believe voluntary support, with a bit of added-value product sales, is the future, either directly to a site or through a service provider or some kind link Kachingle (I don't know if their model will work, but it's a much more promising idea than micropayments). Free is a right is, for better or worse, the mantra of the generation coming up now, and one can't bend reality, only innovate within/around it (see Bush, et al, for the results of trying to act outside of the reality-based community). Brook [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Josh Leo's site
Um, I'm not sure what you're responding to - I used to host a blogger blog on my own site, hosted at pair, with its own domain name, so yes I know this is possible. I found blogger's options, at the time, inadequate for what I wanted to do. I've always used domain names of my own choosing regardless of the host I'm using at the time. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Josh Leo's site
To be fair, Wordpress, along with other blog and CMS solutions, is hyped all over the place as being easy and requiring no knowledge of much of anything. Unless you're happy with one of the simpler free templates and never upgrade, it isn't true, but there are reasons some of us less geek-smart folks jumped to it, even if they turned out to be bad reasons. When I contemplated moving from typepad to wordpress I was told by so many people: If you can use typepad you can use wordpress, and migrating is easy There are so many good templates you won't need to code anything, even for that video stuff you want to do. Because it has pages you can replace your whole web site without needing to code anything. It's perfect for you, you won't have to pay someone to set up what you want to do. WIth the exception of the migrating of data, which was easy, none of it was true. Etc etc etc etc etc etc. WIth the exception of the migrating of data, which was indeed easy, none of it was true. All from people who used it, knew how to code but who also knew that I could barely cut and paste my way through editing some simple html. So many of us are NOT the same people that buy a car and expect to never have to change the oil in it. We just bought the hype that no oil was necessary to begin with. A little googling reveals the same stuff now being hyped about CMS like Drupal and Joomla. So since I'm not in a position to pay anyone to do these things for me, I'm learning CSS and whatever else I have to learn. I don't want to, but I sure wish I'd known I had no choice back when I first jumped in. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Tricorn Live Now
Some entry-level video mixing software: www.neuromixer.com. Like most of this software, though, precise editing (to points within clips) and region definition in real time is difficult to impossible due to poor cueing tools. On the mac side and on the higher end, Modul8 (www.garagecube.com) and vdmx (www.vidvox.net) pretty much own the field, unless you are into building your own, in which case look at Isadora (www.troikatronix.com) and Max/Msp/Jitter (www.cycling74.com). There is also an open source system but I'm blanking on the name right now. Brook -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Is Obama pro copryright? Are we screwed?
(full caveat - son of an attorney, fanatical fair-use/collage/transformative use advocate) Lawyers are hired by clients. Their job is to help their clients win, REGARDLESS of the lawyer's personal belief. A lawyer who defends an eventually accused murderer in court is not pro murder. A lawyer who prosecutes someone who it turns out was wrongly accused of a crime isn't against due process. It's an adversarial system by law, designed that way with the idea that truth comes out when each side has an advocate whose job is to defend/prosecute to the absolute best of their abilities. If this fellow was a judge and had issued rulings on the matter, that would be different, but the fact that this fellow did what he was hired to do in a firm hired by the RIAA doesn't make me worry that he is pro-rigid copyright. Though to be fair, there probably is an argument to be made that successful, late career lawyers who choose to practice in a certain area are another matter as they might have the option to choose a particular practice. But there would still be a grey area. Obama's ties to and interest in the arts community and his early actions connected to the arts make me optimistic that the new administration will support strengthening fair use. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Is Obama pro copryright? Are we screwed?
(oops, that should read eventually convicted where it says eventually accused) On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Brook Hinton bhin...@gmail.com wrote: (full caveat - son of an attorney, fanatical fair-use/collage/transformative use advocate) Lawyers are hired by clients. Their job is to help their clients win, REGARDLESS of the lawyer's personal belief. A lawyer who defends an eventually accused murderer in court is not pro murder. A lawyer who prosecutes someone who it turns out was wrongly accused of a crime isn't against due process. It's an adversarial system by law, designed that way with the idea that truth comes out when each side has an advocate whose job is to defend/prosecute to the absolute best of their abilities. If this fellow was a judge and had issued rulings on the matter, that would be different, but the fact that this fellow did what he was hired to do in a firm hired by the RIAA doesn't make me worry that he is pro-rigid copyright. Though to be fair, there probably is an argument to be made that successful, late career lawyers who choose to practice in a certain area are another matter as they might have the option to choose a particular practice. But there would still be a grey area. Obama's ties to and interest in the arts community and his early actions connected to the arts make me optimistic that the new administration will support strengthening fair use. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Firefox ad-blocking extension blocks ad pop-ups in videos
http://adblockplus.org Use the easylist subscription after installing to block popups in flash video windows, including those from live streaming sites. -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Tricorn Live Now
I think it's rebroadcasting on an autopilot loop - just go to wreckandsalvage.com/tricorn. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.orgrupert%40fatgirlinohio.org wrote: It's over now. Was dazzling and hilarious. Brilliant use of Live technology. They're doing it on the first monday of every month. Next one is Monday 2nd March, 8pm EST. Put it in your diaries. Is there a archived version? Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Tricorn Live Now
i would love to hear people's feelings/reactions to the live aspect of this event (I was only able to see the rebroadcast). What was it like to see it as it was made? did the chat room enhance the experience? How was it different for you from watching something similar that isn't live? (I know I know I'm not part of WS just kind of obsessive about these issues right now). ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Backing up your media
I don't trust net backup. I don't trust anyone to stay in business long enough for that to be worth paying for. External drives are so cheap now. It's easy to move a small external drive around so it's almost never in the same place as your system. I try to set up my backup strategy so that my data survives a fire or my being mugged. Beyond that, yes, drives die, equipment fails, but it does so everywhere including the out there in serverland. But the likelihood of two data locations (like a backup drive and a main drive) failing at once is not high. And if it happens, as the zen people say, its an opportunity for practice, you know, be here now and all that. If I focus more than this on my existing work, I don't make any new work, or I'm too blocked up to make good work. Frankly, the inability to erase traces of work from the net is more troubling to me than the possibility of losing all my data, even though I don't have any desire to erase anything right now. But I have work that HAD I sent it into the cloudosphere, I would now be trying to get rid of it, because my current self hates it. If I ever make more money, I MIGHT add a remote storage facility to the mix. Maybe. But it would probably be a physical delivery thing, not over the wires. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] should youtube just start a new brand for Pro Content?
I have always hated arbitrary pro user/amateur categories. Its a continuum, not two groups, and a nonlinear continuum at that. So while I see your point, I hope for things going AWAY from further categorization of this type. -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] streaming services
Mogulus has pro, ad free accounts, but they START at 350/month, and that's with insane limitations on bandwidth. -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] streaming services
Dreamhost doesn't allow live streaming using the darwin server, only hinted streaming of files, unless something changed in the last year. Justin.tv does indeed let you stream live from qtss, but it still inserts ads. Brook On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:37 PM, J. N. P. zen...@art.com.pt wrote: ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Open Video
My only concern is that we don't have ANY high quality web video codecs yet, and I fear the results of settling for mediocrity as a standard prematurely. I mean h.264-level quality in an open video format would be great for now, but even h.264 has to be carefully encoded to get acceptably mediocre results for anything beyond news, straight documentation, and talking head videos, and even that's at data rates many people can't download. As a video artist who looks to the web as a new format and venue, this concerns me. Brook __ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Boing Boing Video seeks new production space
I think the whole list is publicly searchable - I get google alerts that contain posts from the group. On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:23 AM, David King davidleek...@gmail.com wrote: Good point! Sent from my iPhone On Jan 17, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.comjay.dedman%40gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:06 PM, David King davidleek...@gmail.comdavidleeking%40gmail.com wrote: FYI xeni - this list is set up to auto post to twitter, so it has the potential for rather public viewing... though it's probably only geeky list members who are subscribed to the twitter feed! Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] All the things we never see
THANK you for posting this. Word of it needs to spread far and wide. Making the invisible visible. Giving voice to the voiceless. Perfect example of what web documentary can do easily that prior forms rarely can, for various reasons. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
Honestly, I am totally baffled. I'm not sure what its saying. It looks two completely random images and a topic heading. What are you trying to say with it? ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Really Great Article on Media Trends and the Curation Economy
on your site you have a little button that takes folks to another site where they buy credits - $ 5.00 or $ 10.00 at a time. Then they come back to your site, and click on a video that they want to watch, that costs 2 cents. 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. To break through this sort of thing needs an interface that works for people who don't spend lots of time online and don't understand navigation beyond the back button and their bookmarks. I think breakthrough curation sites will use minimalist, simple designs and interfaces that can be mastered without thought by total novices. Your grandma who has only used the internet for yahoo mail has to not need to call anyone for help or look anything up, and feel totally confident that everything involving money is completely, utterly secure. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Pay to Play Ad:
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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews
There is a major omission in your budget here Ron - the COST of making the videos. I think this works out to far less than minimum wage for the video producers in the equation once cost and time are factored in. Assuming you want something of moderate technical quality. Also, I suspect most of the people on this list have their own passions and projects - they are people like you, rather than people who enjoy shooting and editing and are waiting for someone to give then a monetizable framework to do it in support of someone else's passion. The niche is indeed where it's at, and you may have a workable idea here, but I would do some serious market research before not only embarking on a large scale project but involving other people with the promise of potential financial success. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Boxee: open source media player
Installed it. I'm not feeling it, as the kids say, but I think its because it resembles TV too much. Seems klunky, unintuitive. Would probably like it better as a tv interface. Haven't played around with rss on it yet either. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: What am I missing?
Terry, if you tell us a little more specifically the kind of thing you're looking for we can be more specific. The range is pretty gigantic - wider than that of, say, all of television. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: HD Backup
Speed is the issue with backing up as data to DV. Its going to take an hour for every 17 gigs. It also locks you into a proprietary system for dumping and recovering. Another minus: DV tapes are relatively fragile and definitely not archival. For data backup I'd give them a three year life at maximum. Drive space is cheap these days. Most people I know are just dedicating external drives for video backup. You can buy an external 1 TB MyBook with firewire, esata AND usb2 for $150 - that's the cost or 50 low end DV tapes, making the drive about the same cost per gig (cheaper if you aren't compressing the tape backups). .Also not archival - all drives fail (EVERYTHING fails), but easier to manage a few large capacity drives than boatloads of tape for cloning/refreshing every few years. And much much much much faster. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Making the most of h.264
Doesn't the windows version of Mpeg Streamclip export to h.264? ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Macbook pro questions
Just sounds like its the older version with the matte instead of glossy screen. For pro work, glossy sucks. So you may be better off with this older version than a new one. On the other hand its always better to buy from Apple if you can because there's so much less hassle if you have to return a machine: you have a certain window where you can return instead of apple-caring a screwed up unit. This saved me immense hassle and expense when I had one of the early hissing-spitting-noise macbook pros, since apple would not acknowledge this as a defect and hence wouldn't cover it via applecare or even repair it at all since it was within spec. I returned it and bought another one instead, which didn't have the problem. Brook -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Macbook pro questions
The only way you would edit HD while viewing it at its native resolution is with an external monitor no matter what. And plenty of us do most of our HD editing on portable systems, though Rupert's ergonomic advice is indeed sage. Also, if you are thinking you need HD resolution to see what your video actually looks like, keep in mind that even an external monitor won't do that. You need either a tower with a video-video (as opposed to computer video) card going out to a broadcast monitor (VERRY expensive for HD), or a system like a Matrox MXO that lets an external Apple Cinema Display (the LCD versions - I don't know if the the LED's can display interlaced video or if they're compatible with the MXO) emulate a broadcast HD monitor. You have to be able to calibrate color bars and a blue only switch - its not the same as color calibrating for other work on a computer (The MXO, and probably some other solutions, let you do this). If your final output is just for the web, it's not so much of an issue - you just need to calibrate whatever monitor you use, compensate for the differing gamma between systems, and REMEMBER TO deinterlace or use some other method to convert any interlaced material to progressive so you don't get those horrible interlace artifacts on output. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing
G-Tech does have a good rep these days but they are pricey. All FW drives are fragile and they all die. All brands. The infamous failed-within-a-month phenom affects a small percentage of them all - warranties and backups are important. There are still people who swear by Lacie. Generally people swear by the last drive they've tried. Until it fails, then they hate THAT brand. The only downside to a MBP for FCP Studio is slow rendering time compared to a new tower. Compared to a G5 they scream though. Downside for After Effects is 4GB max ram. Other than that they're great. I edit HD prores on mine all the time, and even do color correction for clients (with additional outboard gear) with one. If you plan on doing a lot of work in Color (meaning the app), though, a tower is worth the bother. Brook On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:14 AM, David Terranova da...@davidterranova.comwrote: I vaguely remember a similar discussion a few months ago... but I steer clear of Lacie. 2 of mine failed and several friends have had the same problem. When speaking our hardware support company, they advised me to avoid them completely, I think they¹ve actually stopped selling them because they got so many customers sending them back. They strongly recommend using G-tech which is considered a lot more industrial than the home-use drives such as lacie. So I know own a G-Raid which works perfectly with fcp on my macbook. -- David Terranova www.davidterranova.com | blog.davidterranova.com | www.rebelrave.tv From: Irene Duma ir...@strangeduck.com irene%40strangeduck.com Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:46 -0330 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing Cool. I think then the macbook pro will be a sweet treat as long as my G5 will hold out. Having the 2 would be good - to speed up Quicktime conversion. Oh, what size should I get. I have a 17 inch PC laptop. It¹s pretty big and heavy and though I love the screen size, portability is lost. So many decisions. I used to have good luck with Lacie harddrives but I just got a 1 Terrabyte Porsche on sale really cheap at Futureshop and it has caused my Mac to crash on numerous occasions. I think it blew something it¹s acting weird. I tried to run Onyx and it said I need to repair the start up disc. I don¹t know how to do that, so need to call someone in because I have enough stuff to learn and that kind of stuff scares me. I am now thinking of upgrading to Leopard. Does that make sense. Or do I have to repair the disk first? Argh. I only like computers when they work ;) Oh, and thanks for your reply. Will check newegg. Irene I use a MacBook Pro for all of my editing. But I'll soon be upgrading to a MacPro tower. My MBP is a couple of years old but still reliably handles Final Cut Pro and my HD footage. It's not the fastest of the bunch, but it does its job. A brand new MBP should be fine, so long as you don't need to do much rendering or effects work. You can only upgrade the RAM so much on the laptops, they eventually fizzle out in terms of abilities to tackle HD, etc. after a couple years and there's no upgrade path for them. The G5 should actually be enough, provided you have some good RAM in there, for HD needs. I don't recommend any heavy duty editing on a laptop because, like me, you'll get tied into so many external drives and devices that being mobile is the furthest thing from your mind. :) I've had good luck with Lacie external drives -- knock on wood. I have four so far and they are all running great. Price and performance tends to be good for them. There are some other more expensive models that have more solid track records. Check out Newegg.com and list models by rating and read some customer reviews. Good luck! Dom http://blog.gadzookfilms.com http://twitter.com/gadzook http://store.gadzookfilms.com . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Does the Blog format work for Vlogging anymore?
(esque) with one video per page. Storytelling. I know they're shows and not really videoblogs, but they're successful and well watched. Sure they have compelling content, but I think it has something to do with presentation as well. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Dec 10, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Heath wrote: I have been doing a lot of thinking as I come close to my 3 year mark of vlogging. From the outset of vlogging almost everyone settled on the blog format for their site. And I think at that time it worked. However, now.I am not so sure. I mean every time you make a video and post, that video moves down the list and soon it's off your homepage in some cases, never to be seen again. Now for some, maybe that is no big deal, but.I think some of us all make a few videos that we are especially proud of, and in the current blog/vlog format, there is no easy way (I know we can sticky but if you sticky more than a couple no one will ever see your new content on your site) to show off those posts. It seems to me that there is a huge lack in the number of themes that take advatage of vlogging. I mean with the explosion of online video, you would think we would have more, but I only know of a small handfull and most of those you have to pay for. I am just curious as to what you all think? I just don't knowI mean part of me likes the blog/vlog format as it is, but I find myself longing for a different way to show off my video's moreso the ones that I want to showcase or ones that I am fond of...I mean I could revlog but So what do you all like and dislike about the current vlog format? What would you like to see? Just curious... Heath http://heathparks.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Presenting stills in video
There's a clever section in Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea that uses a physical set, tricky camerawork and speed control to deal with archival photos in an historical background segment. I don't think it's online though. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] My best link of this year
jaw. dropped. oh, you're absolutely fine, you're lips are taste of wine... On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:06 AM, noel hidalgo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that's a good one, but this one is better :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq1Q77LAAOo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Web Hosting
I've complained about Dreamhost in the past, but they seem to have really gotten their act together. It now looks like they really are by far the best of the budget hosts. And the green / ngo hosting is a good thing to support. Great transfer speed for those downloading your video content too. Brook -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type
From my perspective, the less mainstream corporate media is involved in any alternative independent media, the better. They already destroyed independent film and cable. -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Bid for Placement on YouTube
My eyes automatically block out google's sponsored links in searches, in the same way they do ads, and I suspect any sponsored you tube video will also be brain-filtered. It seems like a natural response and I would think most people end up doing this - so I'm not sure spending any effort on winning a sponsored video auction will prove worthwhile unless its an overtly selling-something (like a pasta maker/espresso machine hybrid or something) video. But maybe it's just me. I know if I search for something in google, a few minutes later I can tell you the first few hits that came up, but I can't tell you any of the stuff that was in that sponsored section. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: VloMo08 - Videoblogging Month 2008
OK I'm at a loss here and not sure who to contact - the mefeedia pages have no help links and info I can find for support. For some reason the videoblog I'm going to use for vlomo08, Temporalab, has two feeds in mefeedia. The one now on the vlomo08 channel is feed 7602. It comes from feedburner, and even though the feedburner feed is up to date, it's not up to date in mefeedia - the most recent post, which is now six days old, is in the feedburner feed but doesn't show up on the http://www.mefeedia.com/feeds/7602/temporalab. I remember this being a problem long ago with mefeedia - is there someway to manually force it to re-read the feed? The other feed, which is up to date but which comes from a feed generated by the wordpress blog itself, is 26340. This one is up to date. Is it possible to do something so that feed 7602 is up to date (and will it keep updating during vlomo08)? And can I move my whopping two subscribers from 26340 to 7602 and somehow get rid of 26340 so there's only one feed? Or maybe its 26340 that should stay? I have no idea whether feedburner is reliable these days and maybe that's why there's an updating problem. Thanks and sorry to post this to the list, just wasn't sure where else to go.. Brook -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] VloMo08 - Videoblogging Month 2008
Temporalab has two feeds for some reason. Hmmm. Guess it doesn't matter which I add? ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] This is kind of kick ass
www.gogle.com is a wonder. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Kath O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: makes it hard to click play though unless you're on a slow connection! marquee direction=leftobject width=425 height=350param name=movie value=http://www.youtube.com/v/3ccvfwbe8-E;/paramparam name=wmode value=transparent/paramembed src=http://www.youtube.com/v/3ccvfwbe8-Eautoplay=1loop=1; type=application/x-shockwave-flash wmode=transparent width=425 height=350/embed/object/marquee I would love to know how this is done. -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: This is kind of kick ass
I do not know a single artist who has anything remotely resembling a lot of free time. That includes people like me who work at dayjobs more than full time AND try to pursue art full time, and the few people I've known who are lucky enough to be full time artists. And most artists - dayjob supported or not - give up a tremendous amount in order to do what they do. The kind of work that the gogle fellow does is not something one does to relax with a beer during one's free time. You may find it gimmicky, but I don't, and I doubt very seriously he's spending an excess of free time coming up with and implementing ideas that make people, or at least some people, sit up and look at the world with fresh eyes. It's not really a leisure activity. Brook __ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: This is kind of kick ass
Somehow I missed Valdez's kinder and more appropriate response, which renders mine unnecessary. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know a single artist who has anything remotely resembling a lot of free time. That includes people like me who work at dayjobs more than full time AND try to pursue art full time, and the few people I've known who are lucky enough to be full time artists. And most artists - dayjob supported or not - give up a tremendous amount in order to do what they do. The kind of work that the gogle fellow does is not something one does to relax with a beer during one's free time. You may find it gimmicky, but I don't, and I doubt very seriously he's spending an excess of free time coming up with and implementing ideas that make people, or at least some people, sit up and look at the world with fresh eyes. It's not really a leisure activity. Brook __ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: It's that time again... NaVloPoMo 2008
1. The na / national thing always bothered me a LOT. But it is late, and many won't get the word that it has changed from navlopomo (if it does) - so I suggest a) an agreement on a new, non-nationally-exclusive name/tag and b) everyone using BOTH tags (navlo - and whatevervlo -). 2. Invlopomo is a little awkward. How about GLOVOPOMO (global vlog posting month)? 3. I thought I was out, but I'm in for this year. The stupid concept I've come up with requires me to NOT do anything in advance of the actual day - no shooting, no nothing - which, since I'm not a talk to the camera vlogger, means Im out of my mind. 4. Just to repeat, for emphasis - GLOVLOPOMO08. That's my vote. Of course it could be misconstrued as standing for Gloves Love Post Modernism instead of Globa Vlog Posting Month, but that's a risk worth taking. Brook -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: iphone compression in imovie and fcp
I highly recommend the following: 1. Export quicktime from FCP. Not conversion, but Quicktime Movie, which defaults to your sequences settings (DV, HDV, whatever). If you don't need a big archival full res master, leave make movie self contained unchecked. 2. Open in Mpeg Streamclip (www.squared5.com). It's free. 3. Choose export to mpeg4. Click the itunes button. 4. Choose your preset from the list of ipod/iphone/appletv options. 5. Adjust data rate if desired. The preset rates are for the highest data rate the device in question can handle. 6. Click multipass if you are patient and want much better quality. You can learn about the other options if you want, but it works pretty well leaving them as is. Better than the export presets in quicktime, much faster processing and excellent quality. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: iphone compression in imovie and fcp
Oh - and if you are only doing 480 x 270 why HDV? You'll save time (esp. rendering) if you capture it as DV or shoot DV in the first place. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I highly recommend the following: 1. Export quicktime from FCP. Not conversion, but Quicktime Movie, which defaults to your sequences settings (DV, HDV, whatever). If you don't need a big archival full res master, leave make movie self contained unchecked. 2. Open in Mpeg Streamclip (www.squared5.com). It's free. 3. Choose export to mpeg4. Click the itunes button. 4. Choose your preset from the list of ipod/iphone/appletv options. 5. Adjust data rate if desired. The preset rates are for the highest data rate the device in question can handle. 6. Click multipass if you are patient and want much better quality. You can learn about the other options if you want, but it works pretty well leaving them as is. Better than the export presets in quicktime, much faster processing and excellent quality. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: McCain on Blip = a Shame
Censorship means THE GOVERNMENT shuts down your speech. A business has no obligation to provide an open forum, and blip is a business. Supporting free speech policies in video hosting services is a worthy thing, but if blip chose not to host campaign videos, it would not be censorship. If the FBI showed up and told blip to take down the videos, THAT would be censorship. Blip has the right to refuse service to anyone, and a business refusing service is not the same as censorship. A good argument can be made, though, that in the absence of alternative, equivalent platforms such a thing would have the same EFFECT as censorship. I think the limiting of access through private control of speech platforms is a major problem in a democracy/capitalist hybrid. It can certainly be as chilling as censorship, and have the same effect on the ability of all to speak freely in an environment where all can be heard, but it isn't, technically, censorship. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Mini DV tape to FW 800...new Macs
The problem with USB - any variety - for video isn't speed, it's the data flow protocol, which apparently doesn't lend itself to sustained data movement. (Maybe 3.0 changes this, I don't know, but I'm skeptical after seeing the performance of 2.0). I think both USB and firewire suck, but they're standards for now. Every external drive solution since SCSI has promised reliability and performance, and none have delivered it (eSATA does deliver performance, at least). The white macbook is still there. It's $999. It has firewire 400. If you don't work with After Effects or Motion or used many GPU-dependent effects it remains an absolute steal. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Mini DV tape to FW 800...new Macs
I capture to FW800 from DV all the time. Just use a 4 pin FW400 to FW800 cable. On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:30 PM, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Apple is discontinuing FW 400 from new Macbook and MacBook Pros. (Pro will have FW 800). Will this be a problem getting mini DV footage into the Pro via 800. I played around with a FW adapter once and couldn't get the camera to mount on the finder. If this is a problem, I may have to quick get a refurbished Macbook Pro to keep my Sony FX1 happy. Gonna experiment with my Powerbook tonight. Thoughts...Thnkx John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Mini DV tape to FW 800...new Macs
Oh and the camera/deck isn't supposed to mount unless you're in some sort of card/drive mode for uploading photos. You can check to see if it's being recognized using applemeneaboutthismacmoreinfo. On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I capture to FW800 from DV all the time. Just use a 4 pin FW400 to FW800 cable. On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:30 PM, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple is discontinuing FW 400 from new Macbook and MacBook Pros. (Pro will have FW 800). Will this be a problem getting mini DV footage into the Pro via 800. I played around with a FW adapter once and couldn't get the camera to mount on the finder. If this is a problem, I may have to quick get a refurbished Macbook Pro to keep my Sony FX1 happy. Gonna experiment with my Powerbook tonight. Thoughts...Thnkx John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] And the winner is.....
The laughing baby is the only thing on that top 10 list worth watching. -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Best Low-Light HD camcorder
You won't find a hard-disk or card based AVCHD or HDV format camcorder that is better in low light than the HV20. Yet. Unless you want to spend several thousand on an HVX or the Sony EX. Also AVCHD, even the new higher-bitrate implementation, still lags WAY behind HDV in image quality (and HDV kinda sucks to begin with). I think within a couple of years it will be better than HDV but the real-time capture implementation has a long way to go. People's experiences editing with AVCHD vary widely, but if you have a way to convert it to an intraframe codec your life will be easier. I am dying to switch to a tapeless camera, but there isn't one yet that tempts me. I use an HV20 as my everyday (and use lots of other cams of all types in connection with work), and despite the inconvenience of tape (and since I shoot 24p the inconvenience of removing pulldown on everything before editing) it's still worth the bother for its image quality and low light capability. You could also look into a portable hard drive based capture system for your HV20 instead of spending probably close to the same amount for an inferior camera - you'd get the HV20's quality and get to go tapeless. Can't vouch for this model, but I know that people use it: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/553295-REG/Focus_Enhancements_ASYF_1314_01LF_FS_4_HD_Portable_DTE.html#specifications Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] External hard drive problems ?
Make sure the drives are formatted Mac HFS+. Video will not work reliably if they are formatted for both mac and windows, even if they mount. Make sure you have the computer set to never put hard drives to sleep in your preferences. (And avoid MyBooks, which ignore this setting). Make sure you never fill the drive up beyond 80%. Make sure every firewire cable is good. They can go bad. Make sure no cable is more than 14.5', Ideally much much shorter, especially if you are using multiple devices. Make sure every firewire device in the chain is on. Make sure every port is good - on the drives AND on the computer. Make sure your video is in a format your software likes. It's a lot of work, but that's the usual firewire troubleshooting list. It's rarely the drive unless you've been unplugging it or turning it off without dismounting it. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] hi
Someone's account's been hijacked. ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] 9/11 videos from the group
Hello videobloggy peoples, Given the day, I thought I'd start a thread for people to post their 9/11 related videos. I just posted Wave/Wake, a 2002 video piece I made on it at Temporalab: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab/?p=49 (It's experimental and slow so if you have low tolerance for either move on to the next one someone posts here!) Post stuff from the past, stuff from today, or in-between - I just think it would be interesting to see the visual responses people in the group had to a day that changed so much. Brook ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Did you hear about MyspaceTV's new upgrades?
Do these new features include actual loading of media within reasonable amounts of time without crashing or freezing people's browsers? That would be a big step in a less sucky direction. ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Two NYTimes articles on Web Video
In my dreams, decisions connected to the quality of creative output are made by anonymous judges looking at submissions in which the author's names have been blacked out to avoid any who you know bias whatsoever. In my naive youth, I assumed people at least tried to act as though that were the case because of course everyone wants quality and hard work, not social skills and personal popularity, to be determine what gets through the gates. Now I am old and cynical and know, too late, that It is so. not. true. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Finally, indie film/video on itunes for $. For a hefty fee.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080909-tunecore-will-put-your-indie-film-on-itunes.html ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Finally, indie film/video on itunes for $. For a hefty fee.
I wonder how much is Tunecore's doing and how much is just them passing on bs from Apple though. On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally! A way for ordinary punters to sell video on iTunes! What took them so long? But the upfront costs are bullshit. Tunecore are great for distributing music. They have a very fair cost structure and ethical terms of service. They've made their reputation by not having bad ToS and costs like so many other companies that'll put your stuff on iTunes. But surely this is nonsense. You don't pay Tunecore an upfront fee like this to distribute a 60 minute album. And there's no reason there should be any more costs in distributing a movie on iTunes than music. Either iTunes are ripping them off, or they're ripping off filmmakers themselves. And 60 or 90 minutes. Really. Come on. Where's the package for distributing short videos? I'm disappointed in Tunecore. I was hoping they'd lead the way in doing what was best for artists. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 9-Sep-08, at 1:39 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080909-tunecore-will-put-your- indie-film-on-itunes.html ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab -- ___ 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] -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Budgeting software
Movie Magic is the Avid/FCP of the biz, but I just use excel. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone here use Movie or TV budgeting software for your shows or in your day jobs? There are a few packages available. I've always just used Excel, but I want to get one now and I just need a recommendation before I buy. Raindance Canada lists these: Movie Magic Showbiz Budgeting Actualization Cinergy Budgeting Easy Budget Movie Budgeting Software Gorilla Budgeting Scheduling Software BoilerPlate - Film TV Budget Templates for Independents Production Pro Budget I know, I know, it's a little bit OT - but the film I'm budgeting for is quite videobloggy ;) Thanks in expectation of deafening silence, Rupert http://twittervlog.tv -- ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: CBS videoblogs
I have a very different take on CM. Nowhere in it is there any pretense that it is personal, that even within its fictional context it is created by the two stars, or that it is produced without a camera and sound crew. Note the intro to episode one: They hired a film crew. Then the hyper meta opening lines. And of course The Internet presents. The whole thing is setup as an absurd take on clueless people hiring crews to document their misunderstood genius. It features an actual big star (Michael Cera, teen heartthrob and star of Arrested Development and Juno). It's a blatantly commercial endeavor and doesn't hide that. It's a satire of actorly pretension, vanity documentary (but not, by any stretch, personal film or video), the media business, and primarily a showcase for Cera and a chance for some creative folks who perhaps wish TV and commercial net video could all be a little more like Arrested Development to indulge in some subtle minor weirdness ad and silliness. We all know what happened to Arrested Development, the last US show that made it seem worthwhile to keep my TV. (OK, some of the American version of The Office is good, and I like the Daily Show monologue, but I can get these on the net). It is filmed in a dogma-95 derived style that has, since Festen, been aped by any number of faux-doc productions, from the groundbreaking Newsroom on Canadian TV (if you haven't seen it, find it, it is basically the pre-Ricky Gervais Office), to, well The Office. It doesn't seem remotely cheap. The camerawork both effectively spoofs reality TV and manages some genuinely cinematic humor and elegance. The style is exactly the right choice. That they have enough money to hire their own camera crew is part of the joke. I haven't watched all of it but so far a) I don't see it as imitating videoblogging or personal filmmaking at all, b) it's very funny and c) it's certainly better than, say, Entourage, though it's obviously not at the level of Altman or Christopher Guest or (to name a brilliant online comedy that WAS a near-zero-resource no budget personal work, though it did use a small crew and was on a commercial site) The Maria Bamford Show. That it's on the net - well, it adds another layer to the satirical possiblities, and something like this would have very little chance of being a TV hit anyway, even with Cera in it. I don't mean it's art, or groundbreaking - but it's certainly 900% better than anything I would have expected a major network to put online. And that's coming from one of your resident pretentious-experimenal-artiste network-and-studio-hating anti-advertising neo-anarchist tv-less list members. Brook [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: CBS videoblogs
Almost nothing reaches the heights of the Gervais version of The Office. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
