Re: [videoblogging] Shooting In Public
- Original Message - From: Mark Villaseñor Richard Amirault: If this `helmet cam' incident happened in Massachusetts it would seem that it would be a violation. Under the same fact pattern, no it would not. Graber's video recording was not surreptitious, done with sinister motive, posed no public harm and was a continuation of lawful conduct engaged on public lands BEFORE the police officer stopped him. Consequently criteria established under Mapp vs. Ohio make the evidence worthless; there are no two ways about that. Sorry, a very good case can be made that the recording *was* surreptitious. Yes, it was in plain sight. BUT was it obvious to the officer that it was a recording device .. and, I think more importantly, was it obvious that it was in record mode? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Shooting In Public
- Original Message - From: Mark Villaseñor (snip) On March 5th of this year Anthony Graber drove his motorcycle recklessly, until being pulled over by a Maryland State plainclothes policeman. Graber wore a GoPro HD helmet-cam, recording his antics prior and after the police stop. He was on a public highway, in clear daylight and the camcorder was in plain sight (GoPros are rather bulky and VERY obvious, if you've never seen one). After the incident Graber posted his vid on YouTube, including scenes of his stop by the policemen. (snip) So the paragraph above is misleading. ... recording his antics prior and after the police stop. By after the police stop I took it to mean after the stop was finished and done and he was on his way again. I could also mean after the police stopped him, which is what happend as we read the next paragraph. Despite being in plain sight, and very obvious, how obvious was it that it was in 'record mode? Unless he stated verbaly that his conversation with the officer was being recorded (giving the officer the chance to order him to stop recording) they may certainly have a valid case (depending on state law). You *can* photograph and video record from the public ways. You (in many states) cannot record the audio of conversations without permission despite the location. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Shooting In Public
- Original Message - From: Mark Villaseñor Howdy Richard: Irrespective your critique of my prose (so sorry I confused you, my bad), I respectfully disagree. Please bear with me while I explain..? 18 USC §2510 and related parts define what wiretapping is and is not, and Graber's actions do not appear to meet that criteria. Subsequent federal law also defines the common term, Single Party Consent in relation to subject matter; and, in Mapp vs. Ohio (1961) the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in part, that states have no right to abuse the Fourth Amendment (even when a Search Warrant is otherwise lawfully granted) when other Constitutional elements are in play (and they are here; Graber is a YouTube video blogger, which is also protected conduct as PRESS under the First Amendment). Graber had no obligation (whatsoever) to disclose whether or not he was recording, both parties were in a public place not providing any expectation of privacy as supported by relative case law. Moreover of the thirty-eight (38) states and D.C. that have wiretap laws on the books, few have sought to test issues beyond Constitutional limits (because most fail miserably in the doing). Well, I'm no lawyer .. but I do know that the law is (can be) different in various places unless superceded by federal law. The following is a partial quote from a website I found: === In Jean v. Massachusetts State Police, police officers conducted a warrantless search of Paul Pechonis's home. (1) Unbelmownst to them, the search was audiotaped and videotaped by a nanny-cam. Pechonis later gave the recording to Mary Jean, who posted it on her Web site with commentary criticizing the local District Attorney. The officers claimed that Jean had violated state law by willfully disclosing the contents of a recording made without their prior consent. (2) They ordered Jean to remove the recording. (3) The district court granted Jean's request for preliminary injunctive relief and the First Circuit affirmed, concluding that the First Amendment likely protected Jean's disclosure of the recording. (4) However, the First Circuit implied that Pechonis had violated the Massachusetts recording law. (5) Massachusetts and at least twelve other states criminalize recording a communication without the knowledge or consent of all parties to the communication. (6) While some of these states' laws could be construed to exempt some recording of police, (7) others offer no textual basis for such an exemption. (8) Citizens in several states have been arrested, (9) and in some cases convicted, (10) for taping police conduct. This Comment argues that citizen tape recording provides a necessary check against police abuses of power and furthers privacy values underlying the Constitution and other laws. But police officers' interests in privacy and safety must be balanced as well. Therefore, states should permit citizens to record police officers in the line of duty without those officers' consent, as long as their recordings are made in a physically unintrusive manner and do not capture police communications that police could reasonably expect not to be recorded. I. THE STATUS OF STATE RECORDING LAWS Massachusetts and a number of other states prevent citizens from recording police officers' conversations, even within citizens' own homes. Massachusetts itself broadly prohibits the willful secret[] record[ing] of any wire or oral communication by any citizen without the consent of all parties to the communication. (11) Accordingly, Massachusetts's highest court has refused to exempt citizens who record police officers, even when the recording captures alleged police misconduct. (12) As the First Circuit recognized, the First Amendment protects individuals like Jean who distribute recordings of illegal police conduct. But it probably does not protect individuals like Pechonis who produce the recordings. In Bartnicki v. Vopper, the Supreme Court suggested that disclosure is protected when it constitutes the publication of truthful information of public concern. (13) The Court explicitly declined, however, to protect obtaining the relevant information unlawfully. (14) Furthermore, [t]he First Amendment [does not become] a license ... to intrude by electronic means ... simply because the person subjected to the intrusion is reasonably suspected of committing a crime. (15) Thus, the Amendment does not excuse citizens from state liability for recording police, even where citizens allege police misconduct. === I remember a case (which I could not find on-line just now) where a man recorded, with a visible audio cassette recorder, the police stopping him for something or other. As far as I remember he was later convicted of some sort of wiretap violation because he did not get the officers consent. This was in my state of Massachusetts. I don't necessarily agree
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Editing Question
- Original Message - From: Marguerita Thank you Richard and Mark for your answers - you both had great approaches and tips! I also found this clip by Bill Myers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1VkY6v3Ll4 that may help me. I am going to give it a whirl this weekend! Good luck. I checked out that clip. I've never done it that way, but it certainly would be better than actually cutting out portions of the upper tracks because it is a *lot* easier to restore something if you decided that you've made a mistake .. or you could have done it better. However, that clip is only *after* you have synced the tracks (which he does not show) Now that I have Vegas Pro I can use it's multi-cam edit mode which is even easier (not part of Vegas Movie Studio) Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Sony Vegas Movie Studio Editing Question
- Original Message - From: Marguerita Greetings, I bought a second camera (used, cheap on Craigslist) to help me make better videos and I just tried editing two simultaneously filmed small clips. There must be a better way! I am learning as I go and the only way I could figure out how to do this was to put both clips on the timeline, take excerpts from clip#2 and overlay them onto clip#1 - but I had to play around with placement because the time marker just treats the clips like one long clip on the timeline. I had to read lips to make sure I placed it in the correct spot to match the sound. I was hoping for a way to edit both clips simultaneously on the same timeline - I sure hope that makes sense. I could line the 2 vids up with a clapper, but I need to see them both at the same time to decide which one overlays the other. Is this possible? One of the best ways to sync video is to sync the sound. Put both clips on the timeline. One above the other. Expand (left/right) the timeline so that the audio waveform is easier seen. Slide one clip left/right until it matches the other clip. Test it by muting the audio from clip A put viewing the video of clip B. Once everything is synced, LOCK both to each other. There are fancier ways to edit the resulting video, but one way is to cut out sections of the top video where you want to show the bottom video (be sure that you shut off Ripple Edit) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Sony Vegas Movie Studio Editing Question
- Original Message - From: Richard Amirault One of the best ways to sync video is to sync the sound. I forgot to mention ... once they are synced .. mute one of them .. whichever has the best sound. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Markvoort
I will say this, based on my experience over the last year, which is that our society needs to have a lot more conversation about death. Not death as presented on prime time and movies, but real-honest death, like the kind that happens with, well, all of us. I recommend that everyone spend a few minutes in an assisted living facility or rest home. You'll learn a lot about life .. and death. ...peace...richard On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:29 AM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote: Personally I would look at it from the perspective that she originally used internet video to connect with other people that were isolated in hospital, and that once you have made meaningful connections in this way it may seem quite natural to carry on until the end. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@... wrote: or just not watch as you suggested :-) an appropriate closing Adrian Miles School of Media and Communication Program Director B.Comm Honours vogmae.net.au On 29 April 2010 11:33, David Jones david.jo...@... wrote: People can theorize all they like. Publish and be damned is often the easiest solution! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Lighting
- Original Message - From: David Jones I'm starting a new blog idea and need some extra lighting. Many segments will be based indoors in a poorly lit room, talking head style against an open glass window with daylight outside and a laminated poster stuck on the window behind them . The light from outside is good, good?? Seems to me it's pretty bad It's giving you problems .. some you haven't even discovered yet. but of course the subject with their back to the open window will be in shadow due to the poor room lighting. So I need some spot lighting in order to light up the subject evenly. I figure ever massive lighting behind the camera to light up the whole room, or some smaller diffuse spots on either side of the subject up close and just out of shot on two tripods (hopefully no reflections form the laminated poster). Anyone have any experience in this sort of situation? You didn't say what direction the window faces (N,S,E or W) Does direct sunlight enter the window at all? Mixing natural and artificial light can give problems with color balance. You may need considerable artificial light to overcome the brightness of the outdoor light. If your indoor light is balanced for tungsten then the outdoor scene will have a distinct blue tint. Better would be lights balanced for daylight. Better yet, IMHO, would be to loose the window altogether .. things would be a *lot* simpler. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Camcorder Advice Pls -
- Original Message - From: Kevin Lim Hello Cheryl, I'm in the amateur category, so my budget has typically been below $400. I ended up with the Sanyo Xacti HD1010, which is the 2nd gen to HD1000, with the newest being HD2000. What's nice about this series is the MPEG4/H264 video format which is native to the Mac as well as video sharing sites like Youtube and Vimeo. I also like the fact that for a camera under $400, it allows for audio line-in and interchangable lenses. This camera just made a lot of sense to me. I just did a quick check and I don't see that this has interchangable lenses .. nor does it sell under $400 .. at least normally. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Camcorder Advice Pls -
- Original Message - From: Kevin Lim Richard, Woah, Amazon had it for $350, but I guess the price fluctuates. Here are the lenses you can get, and I have the wide angle one. See http://en.akihabaranews.com/19049/image/little-things-make-a-difference-xacti-hd1010-1000-lenses Hmmm ... those lenses are *accessory* lenses, not main lenses. In other words they screw on to the front of the existing lens. They work, but not as well as a real lens .. as in a SLR or DSLR of the same focal length. Interesting that the main Sanyo site for this camcorder does not mention those lenses (at least that I can find) .. I did find them listed as accessories for the camcorder at BH Photo. Also interesting to note is this camcorders manual settings: The HD1010 features versatile manual controls for advanced shooting. The following settings can be manually adjusted according to the shooting situation: Manual focus adjustment (16 settings); aperture adjustment (6 stops); exposure compensation (1.8 EV, 0.3 EV steps); shutter speed (13 settings); and image-quality adjustment (for sharpness and color saturation). And the 7 frames per second single frame shooting mode. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Camcorder Advice Pls -
- Original Message - From: Richard Amirault - Original Message - From: Kevin Lim Richard, Woah, Amazon had it for $350, but I guess the price fluctuates. It pays to check around .. BH Photo has it for $320.00 !! http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/569230-REG/Sanyo_VPC_HD1010BK_Xacti_VPC_HD1010_High_Definition.html Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Helmet Hero Wide questions
- Original Message - From: Lisa Rein A friend of mine is using this go pro helmet cam when he's doing his racing vids: here's the camera: http://tinyurl.com/goprowide and here's the latest vid he's shot so far with it: http://www.youtube.com/user/zjdub66#p/a/u/1/yB4J49_BOqg I'm wondering if there's any way to get higher quality out of that camera. He mentioned there's a firmware download that will let it take a 4 GB card, but I don't think that improves the quality. As you can see from the vid, he's moving pretty fast... I'm wondering if he can trade in some of the length (53 minutes) for higher quality or something. That is a standard definition camera. If he wants high def .. sell that and buy one of the companys HD units. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Rode Videomic versus Rode Stereomic
- Original Message - From: Kevin Lim Just a thought, but what if you got TWO Rode Videomics hooked up pointing in an inward X fashion towards your subject? I'm taking a cue from cameras with 3D stereoscopic lens. Why bother? Use the Rode Stereo Video Mic instead. With your siggested setup you'd have to micky mouse (use an adaptor) the connector to get stereo into the camera .. and .. you may even have a spot *directly* in front of the camera that is off axis of both mics. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] boom pole
- 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
Re: [videoblogging] seminar filming?
- Original Message - From: Loreta_Vaidas have any of you filmed seminars and made webinars out of them? A client approached me with this idea and asked if there's any way I could help him out. I told him that I have only one camcorder and I assume for such filming I would need at least two to get different angles. Is that true or would one camcorder be enough? I would assume that there would have to be a lot of requests to stop and change the angles during filming with just one. Plus to get all the details,like hands, moods of the crowd, would be very difficult as well. How do you define seminar? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Youtube thumbnail frame
- Original Message - From: Vaidotas Thanks everyone for replying to my message. Yes, I figured there's no way to get my own thumbnail frame besides the 3 offered by Youtube. Kevin, what do you mean by inserting the poster frame in the middle of a timeline? You mean it's not hidden anyhow? I can't imagine putting a certain frame in out of nowhere in the videos for clients. Unless it's really suitable. (snip) YouTube chooses a frame from the exact middle of the video timeline for the second choice. I don't know exactly where the first and last choice are taken. Obviously it is somewhere near the beginning and the end of the video. What about figuring out how far in from the end those first and last thumbnails are (you'll have to look on YouTube and then try to find those frames in your Vegas timeline) .. then .. make whatever thumbnail you want .. and add it to the *end* of your existing video so that it will be chosen as the third choice. I would make an extended still frame selection, not a single frame insert, to maximize your chance of it getting picked by YouTube. You could even fade to black before you add the thumbnail image at the end .. so that 99% of those watching will click away before the image comes up .. and even if they don't click away .. I don't think it would be a problem. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Spectacular building Implosion half mile from home
- Original Message - From: Julian Seery Gude I've been waiting for months and months for a building to be imploded that's just 1/2 mile from my home here in West Palm Beach, Florida. I pass by the building every day with my dogs. I've been taking video of this building long before I heard it was going to be blown up. It's the third largest building in the U.S. to be imploded. (snip) Today, the building went down at around 9:06AM EST Nice vid. Changing the subject just a bit ... most folks don't realize that while it usually is faster to implode a building rather than use conventional methods of destruction .. it isn't all *that* much faster. We see the 5 second implosion but we forget the weeks, and weeks (sometimes months) of preparation that had to be done before they were ready to press the destruct button. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Microphone hiss, need advice...
- Original Message - From: pageflex2001 I noticed a microphone hiss in the last video I made ( http://bit.ly/dzPTGe ). If you listen closely wearing headphones while watching this video you will notice a hiss that is very annoying.. Very few people will listen closely wearing headphones while watching videos on YouTube. I was not going to sit thru 26 minutes but the part I watched (heard) I could not hear any hiss ... I would think the background music would cover any low level hiss. The mike I used for this vid is Electrovoice 635A(B). I was wondering if anyone can recommend a hissless mike that is unidirectional (captures only the talker not the background) with XLR input. Any help is truly appreciated.. That was a 635 with a *lot* of experience ;-) BUT .. those subjects were not mic savvy .. they did not know (or if they did .. they did not care) how to properly hold the mic. Sometimes it was OK, sometimes it was off to the side, sometimes it was not aimed at the mouth, sometimes it was too close. THAT is the perfect situation for an omnidirectional mic (like the 635) Using a unidirectional mic in that same situation may not have given you the audio you desired. ALSO .. the 635 is a dynamic mic .. there is NO active electronics inside the mic .. therefore it cannot create any hiss Any hiss is coming from whatever the mic is connected to. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Non-XLR hand held Microphone
- Original Message - From: Cris Thomas I ended up going with two Mics. A Rode Video Mic that attaches to the cold shoe and inputs dual channel audio (I don't know if it is really stereo or not, probably not). That's a mono mic .. the stereo version looks different and is called the Rode Stereo Video Mic (and also costs more) (snip) I'm sure you audiophiles are aghast that I used a RatShack microphone instead of some $200 thing but it works for me with what I'm doing. I'm happy with it. Very often an inexpensive mic placed close to the subject will outperform a much more expensive mic placed far away. Of course the expensive mic placed close will likely be better still ;-) I made a home made Mic flag for it that came out pretty well. So between the MIc flag, the Rode Mic and the tripod I think I made quite the impression. I had a few people ask me what TV station I was recording for! You can purchase blank mic flags that come with foam inserts. A bit of photoshop or even a word processor .. some sissors .. and some rubber cement and you have a mic flag that (on camera at least) is hard to tell that it wasn't custom made. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Non-XLR hand held Microphone
- Original Message - From: David Jones You can fix that with a mono to stereo adapter: It just feeds the same mono signal into both stereo inputs, so no post-processing required. That should work ... BUT ... adding adaptors can lead to problems. The more adaptors you use the more places there are for something to go wrong. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
[videoblogging] FCC orders users of 700mhz wireless mics to cease operation
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/technology/16wireless.html F.C.C. Orders Wireless Mike Modifications By MATT RICHTEL Published: January 15, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO - Broadway theaters, sports franchises and other public entertainment forums must change the radio frequency they use for their wireless microphones under an order issued Friday by the Federal Communications Commission. Under the order, the groups have until June 12 to find other radio frequencies, something the theaters said could cost thousands of dollars per institution but that they can do. http://www.pcworld.com/article/187024/fcc_tells_wireless_mics_to_get_off_700mhz_spectrum_band.html Glad my (good) wireless setup is 500mhz :-) (I also have cheaper ones at 900mhz and VHF) Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Beatmatched video-editing
Hi Renat, I made a tutorial some time ago about how to use markers in Premiere elements to synchronize music beats with a slide show. The principal is the same in using video in Premiere pro with markers. http://makemedia.tv/premiere_elements/slide_show.php The drawback, of course, is that you have to put the markers in manually and recognize where the beats are - it's not automatic, so this may not be what your looking for, but thought I'd let you know. ...peace...richard On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:44 PM, pageflex2001 innom...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a software or Premiere Pro plugin which gives ability to drop footage into the timeline and have the video matched to the beats of the soundtrack? Any help is appreciated... -Renat of Innomind.org -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Non-XLR hand held Microphone
- Original Message - From: Wizardgold I have a Canon Vixia with a 3.5mm jack input for the microphone and I have just bought a Shure SM58 microphone to use with it. The Shure is XLR so I had to get a cable which had the XLR at one end and 3.5mm jack at the other. I got the cable off Ebay easily. It does work and the only thing is that it is only recording on the left track. Not sure yet if there is a problem. Maybe that is what it is supposed to do - Mono mic so just going to one side. (snip) It's the adaptor that you got. Some of them are wired to put the XLR mic signal to both sides of the audio .. and in addition they also have a stereo 1/8 plug. The one you have is just a mono plug/cable. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Non-XLR hand held Microphone
- Original Message - From: pageflex2001 I have two of the Electro Voice 635a mics and they are very lasting. Now my question is; Isn't the RE50B omnidirectional - meaning it will not isolate the unwanted background street noise. Yes it is omnidirectional ... but so is the 635a. Just because it is omnidirectional does not mean it will capture all the unwanted background street noise. Sensitivity is also an issue. When your mouth is a few inches away from the mic it and the background noise is both much lower in volume and much farther away .. you will hear mostly your voice. Remember, the RE50 is can be seen daily on TV someplace in the country being used by on-the-street newscasters. If it wasn't good TV newcasters wouldn't be using it. Also what's the difference between the RE50B and the RE50N/D-B. The Electrovoice site says that the RE50N/D-B adds high-output Neodymium capsule magnet. What does that do? It gives the mic a higher output (more signal) I'm curious what benefits brings upgrading from my 635a to RE50N/D-B. Well, since the RE50 is nothing but a 635 inside .. you get a more professional looking housing that reduces handling noise more than you have now ... you get the Neodymium magnet for higher output (but you *can* get the 635 with the same option if you want) Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Non-XLR hand held Microphone
- Original Message - From: Cris Thomas Your right, the camera has a 1/8 jack not a 1/4. I always get confused on the sizes. The bhp link for the XLR-1/8 adapter cable would work for the physical connection but don't I also need to supply power for the Mic? As someone else mentioned you only need power for a condenser mic that does not have an internal battery option. Ideally I would just like a handheld mic that plugs directly into my Panasonic TM300 that provides acceptable sound There are many dynamic mics that will work. There is a class of dynamic mic called eng (for Electronic News Gathering) that are especially well suited for this type of application. Some of these include: Electro Voice RE-50 Shure VP-64 (this is the one I use) Electro Voice 635a (note: the RE-50 is basically the 635 *inside* a special housing to minimize handling noise) I'm happy with my VP-64 but if I would buy another mic I would get the RE-50. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Non-XLR hand held Microphone
- Original Message - From: Cris Thomas I am looking for a traditional hand held microphone to use for man-on-the-street news interviews. Everything I can find is either an XLR mic or a toy. I have a Panasonic TM300 which is a nice small camera but has a traditional 1/4 microphone jack. I know there are XLR converters which would be fine but all the ones I have seen are super huge and bulky, which kind of defeats the purpose of the small camera. So can anyone suggest a decent microphone with the right connector or a small XLR converter? Thanks. I *seriously* doubt your camcorder has a 1/4 mic jack ... most likely it's a 1/8 jack. How about something like this for an adaptor.. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/158476-REG/Hosa_Technology_XVM_101F_Mini_Stereo_Male_to.html (search for Hosa XVM 101F at bhphotovideo.com if link is broken) You'd need to add a regular XLR mic cable to reach from your subject to the camera and you'd need to use a dynamic mic or a condensor mic with a built-in battery since you won't have phantom power with this setup. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] 2010 the year of internet TV videoblogging
- Original Message - From: Jay dedman It recently occurred to me that the advent of Touch Screen technology is the reason Apple rebuilt iMovie a couple of years ago. The new format is perfect for touch screen editing. If it works, expect more NLEs to experiment with this stuff in the next few years, especially if iMacs start to go Touch Screen. I would LOVE to edit with a touch screen. just seems like it'd be more fun and direct. This is *much* better than any touch screen http://makingof.com/insiders/media/john/underkoffler/john-underkoffler-tamper-s-with-the-future-of-editing/94/209 Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] new to the group - question about filming
- Original Message - From: loretabirkus 1. I was asked to film a short 1-2 min clip for one small company. The president does workshops for his clients and I'd like to get some shots of that. However, I checked out the room where he's doing the workshops and it's pretty dark, ceiling florescent lighting, dark sand color walls and kind or cramped. I figured out the angle from which I will film, but I'm afraid there won't be enough lighting. I do have lights that I use for studio type picture taking (2 of them) and I will bring those, but in order to get use of them, they'd have to be upclose to people I guess. However, then the lamps would be seen in the picture. How do you usually resolve the issue of lighting in small, having no windows rooms? I was thinking about increasing the exposure as well if I see that there's still not enough lighting with my both lamps that I have. But any other ideas would be helpful. Assuming that the ceiling is some sort of white ... shut OFF the florescent lights and use your lights but aim them up at the ceiling. They can be off to the side, out of the camera shot. Hoping that your lights are reasonably powered. Try it and see. If your light are not powerful enough than you'll have to aim them directly at the subjects .. but in either case shut off the fluorescents as mixing different colored lights is not a good idea. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Wireless Microphone
- Original Message - From: pageflex2001 (snip) Bought it at sweetwater.com, don't ever shop at bh by the way! (snip) Shop all you like at BH Photo Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] My book was released on Amazon.com today
Congratulations Steve, It has been a wild ride, and I'm especially impressed by tenacious people like you who keep going, and never seem to burn out. ...peace...richard On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Steve Garfield st...@offonatangent.comwrote: Hi, Just wanted to let you know that my book, Get Seen, was released on Amazon.com today. My first post to this group was on June 6th, 2004. The first message in this group was June 1, 2004. Mine was the 6th message. It's been a wild ride from 2004 to 2010. I remember the first Vloggercon in NYC in 2005 and the second in SF in 2006. My book is a nice how to guide for people starting out in online video. For some of us who have been putting video on blogs wince 2004, it's seems so easy now. When we started there was no YouTube, we were worried that our videos would get popular, because that would cost us money. Now we've got a myriad of free hosting solutions for have lots of great features. But there still are and will always be people starting out. That's where my book comes in. In the book I talk about choosing a camera, getting good sound and lighting, and how to conduct interviews. Also, how to edit and post, and how to go live. I've interviewed a number of Yahoo! videoblogging group members. I made a post today called, Where To Buy Get Seen. It's a very simple post showing where people can order the book. It's at: http://bit.ly/buy-getseen In addition to that the book has a website, http://stevegarfield.com/getseen Over there I'm posting video interviews that I made for the book and there are discussion forums for people who read the book who might have some questions. So that's it. Just wanted to drop by and give you guys an update. Thanks for your support. --Steve http://stevegarfield.com Author: Get Seen: Online Video Secrets http://stevegarfield.com/getseen Founder: Boston Media Makers http://bostonmediamakers.com Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/stevegarfield -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Solar Video Kit project (beta)
- Original Message - From: Caleb Clark (snip) I'm really not sure exactly what to do with this obsession, except of course put it out there as a DIY project and see what happens! Here's the DIY site, in beta, feedback welcome: http://www.solarvideokit.com Interesting project, but I'm not sure how practical it is. For less money you could likely forget the solar panel and stock up with 100 (or more) alkaline AA cells. Also, as far as I can tell, the Flip does not take external memory cards .. so that when the camera is full you have to upload the video to a computer or stop shooting no matter how charged your batteries are. Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Brief history of video compression
- Original Message - From: Jay dedman (snip) I cant play Flash videos on my iPhone bcause Apple doesnt want to pay Adobe for the rights for the codec playback. These are problems. My understandsng is that Apple is too scared to run Flash on the iPhone because it's too powerful. Apple specifically prohibits developers from using Flash on the iPhone. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Brief history of video compression
- Original Message - From: Jay dedman (snip) Video compression (especially proprietary) is a bottleneck with online video. Just the opposite ... video compression is a boon to online video. If there were no video compression there would not be any online video. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Wireless Microphone
- Original Message - From: pageflex2001 Is this the absolute best in terms of value, signal quality, reliability or am I missing something? http://bit.ly/8bCz3q I'm no expert, but I have the same thing (actually the G2 series, not the G3) and it *is* a quality item. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/324228-REG/Sennheiser_EW100ENGG2_B_Evolution_G2_100_Series.html Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] $120 Wireless Mic review
- Original Message - From: Caleb Clark I just discovered the Audio-technica ATR288W, seems almost too good to be true for $120...I'm sure the range is low, but I'm only needing 100 ft or less for documentation stuff and guest speakers, presenters, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQgc6zEYMofeature=related I started to watch that video .. and the guy presenting has no clue, sorry. Aside from not pronouncing mic correctly .. he wants run multiple transmitters into a single receiver .. sorry .. there is no way that will work .. I stopped watching. Yes, the lower priced wireless setups have lower power (and thus lower range) than more expensive units .. but that is not the only problem .. they can be much more likely to be subject to interference (not to mention more likely to be damaged / break under use) Richard Amirault N1JDU http://bostonfandom.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo 2009
All taken ... how sad :( ...richard On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Mary mcmpr...@yahoo.com wrote: I'll take Monday Nov. 30th. Mary Matthews Videopancakes.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%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 -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Guess Who's Back, back again, knighties back, tell a friend.
Welcome back Paul ... I haven't done much in a while, but still follow the list. ...peace...richard On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:05 AM, paul.knig...@btinternet.com paul.knig...@btinternet.com wrote: It's almost been two years now since the last time I was in here, a lot has changed and a lot of your prophesies have come to fruition. Hi Guys and Gals, Paul Knight from PJKproductions, back and ready to start all over, I am in need of tips and tricks to get some of you lovely people watching the videos I create and how to market them to others. In concentrating on other things I have forgotten most of the tricks we used to use, so I'll be posting and commenting quite regularly now, and you will find that as for my behavior it has toned down because I have discovered facebook a great tool for venting my frustrations. I still have the same old Blogspot, http://pjkproductions.blogspot.complease don't be afraid to view it and some of my videos to find out what I am all about, mainly it's just home made stuff, edited using FCE, (imovie really sucks now,) trying out different techniques and adding special effects from third party sources that usually people wouldn't use for vlogging. That's my introduction, hopefully those who remember me, accept me with open arms and to all the new people, new as in joined within the last 2 years, I anticipate watching your vids with a new found appetite. Loves Simples Paul -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Does Blip.tv give stats on Itune views?
Hi Jim, After logging in, from the dashboard menu at the top, select statistics ...peace...richard On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:18 AM, jimmystroud jimstr...@jimstroud.comwrote: I am uploading videos to my Blip.Tv account and was wondering if I will be able to get stats on how often my videos have been downloaded. Does anyone know? -Jim -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] should a Flip Mino be better than a 5year-old MiniDV camera
- Original Message - From: Chad Boeninger (snip) However, it looks like my Flip Mino, which I've had for a year now, beats the Canon in terms of video quality, but the Canon has louder audio. I'm a rookie when it comes to messing with manual settings, but can you recommend anything that I can try to eek out better video from the Canon? (snip) Why not try to get better audio of the Flip? As far as loudness is concerned ... most every editing programs have a way to increase the level of the audio track. Some even have extras built-in like audio filters, and compressors. You could also use dual system sound by recording the audio on a seperate digital recorder (and using a lav mic on your subject, or a hand held mic) and using *that* audio for your finished product. You would delete, or mute the Flip audio and sync up the external recorders audio to the video (it's sounds hard, but it's not really) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] HI-8 Camcorder Wanted
- Original Message - From: choco scamter Anyone getting rid of a working HI-8 soon and want to put it to good use? We have HI-8 analog and HI-8 digital tapes that need to be put into the HDD. Over on eBay it appears the prices start off low but quickly rise. Maybe, just maybe I can locate a camera here. Something allowing us to get our collection of archived tapes into the HDD. == I'm pretty sure you would want a Digital-8 camcorder .. not a Hi-8 one. The latter does not have a firewire port, so you would need some sort of analog capture device on your computerand, besides, it would not play Hi-8 digital tapes (whatever they are;-) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] automatic pan and zoom?
- Original Message - From: Lil Peck Are there any devices or camcorders that do this: The subject carries a transmitter. The receiver back at the camera pans with the submit and also zooms so that the subject is always in frame. First .. I would think this would require an *optical* transmitter. Maybe infrared .. but definity not radio. Second .. I don't see how it could do the zoom part, unless there was a second sensor .. like the old Polaroid sonar sensor used to focus (and thus know how far away the person is from) the camera. Even then how would it frame the subject properly? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Open Video Ideas
- Original Message - From: Heath I've been teaching this digital media class the last three semesters, and technology is a huge barrier to creativity. First, we only have PCs, so we can't go with FCP, so we go with Premiere Pro, which is functionally find, but has all sorts of issues dealing with different types of files/codecs. Just use Sony Vegas Richard, it's much better :-) I've used the consumer version of Sony Vegas for *years* ... it is a *very* capable and *very* stable program. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
[videoblogging] post on comparison of video hosts and terms of service
In case this has not already been posted to the list, here's an interesting post on a comparison of video hosting services terms of service, which demonstrates one thing I already knew. Blip.tv rocks. *http://tinyurl.com/owl32u ...peace...richard * -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Open Video Ideas
(I posted this on the blog too). Great Video Michael, I've been teaching this digital media class the last three semesters, and technology is a huge barrier to creativity. First, we only have PCs, so we can't go with FCP, so we go with Premiere Pro, which is functionally find, but has all sorts of issues dealing with different types of files/codecs. I had to teach stuff like, if you have an .mp4 file, you must first convert it to .mov with quicktime, and sometimes the audio won't import so you have to export separately - etc. This doesn't even cover the always pragmatic issue of compression, disc space, and problems with the university's secure network and new adobe programs not working etc. It's so frustrating, and it would be so cool if there was one video engine as you describe, because, at least there would, hypothetically, only be one set of issues to deal with. I look forward to continuing this conversation. ...peace...richard p.s. If I want to subscribe to all Verdi videos, how would I do that? On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Michael Verdi michaelve...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Chris. That's a good focus. My plan for the conference is to have much of the presentation focus on examples - kind of like these imagined future web browsers http://www.vimeo.com/1450211?pg=embedsec=1450211 I'm forever encouraging people to get a Mac but that's unrealistic and also not the ideal solution. As much as I love my Mac, Apple is frustratingly slow to add specific functionality that I would find useful. And often when a 3rd party jumps in with a solution it's often Mac only (so much for collaboration). We really need a set of tools to use that are not delivered at the pleasure of one particular vendor. - Verdi On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Chris Hastings chris3...@yahoo.comchris3306%40yahoo.com wrote: this video helps me focus on why the open video conversation is important. Verdi links us to the key root question: How can anyone make a video? What are the tools that will allow anyone to make video ? I think he should talk more about the other side of Neverland.. what does this type of system enable. What are some examples he can show? On Jun 1, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Jay dedman wrote: I've been working on some ideas for the Open Video Confrence (NYC June 19 - 20) and could use some feedback. http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/ its been very difficult to verbalize what we mean by Open Video. A video like this goes a long way to at least setting the right boundaries for discussion. I hope there's a lot of people here who can come to the Open Video Conference. The biggest challenge we have is connecting the developers with the creators. i see a real disconnect in how developers think about what they're building for video creators...and the way video creators actually work. FCP, Avid, Premiere are such good video editing systems because they did years of research and user testing. So that's what we need to start doing. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://michaelverdi.com -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Great resource of articles about Online video
Thanks Jay ... this looks like a great resource ... It's interesting that, since 2005, when I started vlogging I've been, pretty much unsuccessfully trying to marry my very fun and exciting experience vlogging with my research. Although, I did have a student do a thesis on the video blog community, and a proceedings paper, and I made a video for the internet researchers conference, it hasn't been very fullfilling. At the same time, my vlogging has fallen off and been very sporadic. I'm trying to get excited and passionate again (about some variation on video and the web) - I'm thinking maybe the open video conference may be just the ticket, so I'm considering coming to New Yourk in June, if I can get some funds. ...peace...richard On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: If you are into doing research, or need official articles for citation, check out: http://www.strangelove.com/blog/ - A database of over *over 270 academic articles*, many of which are freely available on the Internet. This bibliographic database can be searched via subject http://www.strangelove.com/blog/article-indexes/subject-index-articles/ and author http://www.strangelove.com/blog/article-indexes/scholarly-articles/ indexes. The entire contents of the database are also freely available in the YouTube Bibliography http://www.strangelove.com/blog/youtube-bibliograhy/document. - The *Watching YouTube* database documents selected articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources, including YouTube videos such as Mike Weschs *An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube* http://www.strangelove.com/blog/2009/03/anthropological-introduction-youtube/ that are significant to the study of YouTube and online video. - Statistics http://www.strangelove.com/blog/tracking-growth-rate-youtube-online-video/statistics-updates/ on the growth of YouTube and online video. - Selected news items and articles from the world presshttp://www.strangelove.com/blog/news-2/ . -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: 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] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June
I'm seriously considering going. ...peace...richard On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: I was told the rooms are about $170/night with the group rate, so I'd be interested in a roomshare if anyone else is. Are people planning on staying elsewhere? I want to make sure I'm where the action is :-) People are staying all over town...usually couchsurfing with friends. I know its expensive to stay in NYC. The hostels are considerably cheaper, but offer much less privacy. You could make a page on http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/ if you wanted to start a place to find room sharing. The event is at NYU...so Im sure all the after parties will take place in Lower East Side. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June
Ok ... not only am I seriously considering going, but I registered, made reservations and everything ... so I am going, and it took me two emails to say so ... see you there ... richard On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Richard (Show) Hall rich...@richardshow.org wrote: I'm seriously considering going. ...peace...richard On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: I was told the rooms are about $170/night with the group rate, so I'd be interested in a roomshare if anyone else is. Are people planning on staying elsewhere? I want to make sure I'm where the action is :-) People are staying all over town...usually couchsurfing with friends. I know its expensive to stay in NYC. The hostels are considerably cheaper, but offer much less privacy. You could make a page on http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/ if you wanted to start a place to find room sharing. The event is at NYU...so Im sure all the after parties will take place in Lower East Side. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June
No YOU'RE AWESOME!!! On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM, schlomo rabinowitz schl...@gmail.comwrote: AWESOME Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Richard (Show) Hall rich...@richardshow.org richard%40richardshow.org wrote: Ok ... not only am I seriously considering going, but I registered, made reservations and everything ... so I am going, and it took me two emails to say so ... see you there ... richard On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Richard (Show) Hall rich...@richardshow.org richard%40richardshow.org richard% 40richardshow.org wrote: I'm seriously considering going. ...peace...richard On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.comjay.dedman%40gmail.com jay.dedman%40gmail.com wrote: I was told the rooms are about $170/night with the group rate, so I'd be interested in a roomshare if anyone else is. Are people planning on staying elsewhere? I want to make sure I'm where the action is :-) People are staying all over town...usually couchsurfing with friends. I know its expensive to stay in NYC. The hostels are considerably cheaper, but offer much less privacy. You could make a page on http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/ if you wanted to start a place to find room sharing. The event is at NYU...so Im sure all the after parties will take place in Lower East Side. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] miro question
I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but that never stopped me before. Does anyone know if it's possible to clear videos from the MIRO queue that have not yet downloaded? I've been looking through help and stuff, and also can't find a contact for question, or a discussion board or anything. It's my anal nature that, if I don't want to watch something, I want to delete it from the queue even though I haven't downloaded it. Keeps everything organized and neat, and I can do it in other aggregators. ...peace...richard -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June
Now that is really awesome! On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: since you're all so bloody awesome, i'm probably going to be forced to come too. On 19-May-09, at 3:26 PM, Richard (Show) Hall wrote: No YOU'RE AWESOME!!! On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM, schlomo rabinowitz schl...@gmail.com schlomo%40gmail.comwrote: AWESOME Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Richard (Show) Hall rich...@richardshow.org richard%40richardshow.org richard% 40richardshow.org wrote: Ok ... not only am I seriously considering going, but I registered, made reservations and everything ... so I am going, and it took me two emails to say so ... see you there ... richard On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Richard (Show) Hall rich...@richardshow.org richard%40richardshow.org richard% 40richardshow.org richard% 40richardshow.org wrote: I'm seriously considering going. ...peace...richard On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.comjay.dedman%40gmail.com jay.dedman%40gmail.com jay.dedman%40gmail.com wrote: I was told the rooms are about $170/night with the group rate, so I'd be interested in a roomshare if anyone else is. Are people planning on staying elsewhere? I want to make sure I'm where the action is :-) People are staying all over town...usually couchsurfing with friends. I know its expensive to stay in NYC. The hostels are considerably cheaper, but offer much less privacy. You could make a page on http:// videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/ if you wanted to start a place to find room sharing. The event is at NYU...so Im sure all the after parties will take place in Lower East Side. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] I HAVE A CHEAP CAMERA: - white point issue
- Original Message - From: Daryl Urig I HAVE A CHEAP CAMERA: Panasonic mini dv, Model PV -GS85 when shooting a painting to do an instructional videothe white point makes most of the painting washed out. How can I adjust this? There is no such thing as white point There IS white balance but that would not make the image washed out Use the MANUAL setting to set the camera for proper exposure. Page 38 in the manual. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: scoping out a camera
- Original Message - From: Gena I respectfully disagree because I lived the analog to digital conversion life. It cost more in time, conversions and stuff you have buy. I had a analog tape camera that in order to use footage I had to buy an analog to digital convert (Pyro A/V Link) hook it up, find software to convert (my editing software at the time didn't like Pyro) and then bring it into my software to edit and transcode again. (snip) Nothing was said about analog ... it was digital MiniDv tape. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: scoping out a camera
- Original Message - From: Gena My mistake - take out the analog tape and replace it with digital tape. I still think it is wrong to invest in a fading technology. Everything fails - that is why you make backups and do the best you can to reduce the gotchas. A backup on video tape will last a *lot* longer than on a DVD or a hard drive. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: the coming Broadband limit?
Heath, It was both the supreme court and the FCC. First, the supreme court ruled, as you said, that cable was not a communication network, so not covered by common carriage, so they could have a monopoly on their lines. Then later the FCC ruled the same for DSL, ironically, to increase competition. The idea being that if the cable companies could be monopolies, so could the DSL companies, so we'd have a duopoly. (Of course, if they just allowed common carriage, there were be far more than two companies to choose from). ... best ... Richard On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Heath heathpa...@msn.com wrote: I had forgetten it was a supreme court ruling, I had thought it was just an FCC ruling... If I remember correctly the crux of the arguement, was that telephone companies wanted the cable companies to lease their lines like they had to, as cable companies were begining to get in on providing internet service. They argued since they had to do it, so should the cable companies, but the cable companies were able to argue that they were not a telecommuncation service, they were just providing bits of data. Well most consumer groups and others who actually care about these types of things knew this was bunkbut the boneheads who are in charge of the supreme court bought the cable companies arguement...and what do we have? No real competition and continued price hikes and the little guy getting screwed again... In fact if I remember correctly, the cable companies argued that by allowing their lines to be leased they would have to raise rates and possibly go to tiered pricing which would be bad for consumers I guess the only recouse any of us have is that the FCC and Congress gets their heads out of their asses and adjust the laws accordingly and take control of the issue. So I guess we should just bend over now, right Heath http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Richard (Show) Hall rich...@... wrote: For the record, ISP competition was squelched legally, so it's not even really possible to have competition with high speed internet. The supreme court ruled in 2005 that cable companies were not bound by common carriage laws (they did not have to allow competitors use their lines like phone companies have to). This was followed by a decision by the FCC that DSL was also free to ignore common carriage. So, in most places in the US you have a choice of DSL or Cable and only one company for each, and, in many places (like where I live) there is only one choice (DSL). For anyone more interested in details I wrote a blog post about it a while ago. http://richardshow.org/blog/2008/02/15/free-market-net-neutrality-and-common-carriage/ ... Richard On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Rupert rup...@... wrote: Yes, it's true that it's limited in the UK. But there's a lot of competition between providers, which I understand is not the case in the US - or in Canada. Or at least there was a lot of competition last time I looked. Hundreds of independent local companies. Elbows would probably know more and confirm or deny this... On 10-Apr-09, at 2:09 PM, Jay dedman wrote: I mentioned this in another thread, but I think it's important enough to repost here. In the US, the major broadband providers are planning to ending unlimited packages and start charging for broadband. Time/Warner is the test case. See below. I've heard that limiting bandwidth is common in Europe (true?), but this is new behavior in the US where broadband providers have now consolidated into just 4 major corporations that now control internet access in most regions. As private companies, they can do what they want. Customers now must start making a choice of who they want to support. Jay __ Rep. Eric Massa was outspoken in his opposition to Time Warner Cable's plan, calling it a monopolistic move to penalize robust Net users and stagnate the 21st Century technology needed to rebuild America. What really happening is TWC is unfairly trying to protect its cable TV profits from people switching over to online video. By making it prohibitively expensive for their 8.4 million customers to do much more than email and basic Web surfing, they hope to kill Internet video before it's any more popular. We're going out to our 500,000 activists asking other members of Congress to join Massa and call for a thorough investigation of these ant-competitive practices. Making Time Warner the Internet's evil poster child is particularly urgent now. Other cable and phone providers (including ATT, Charter, Cox and Comcast) are watching TWC's trial balloon with plans to implement their own anti-video pricing schemes
Re: [videoblogging] the coming Broadband limit?
For the record, ISP competition was squelched legally, so it's not even really possible to have competition with high speed internet. The supreme court ruled in 2005 that cable companies were not bound by common carriage laws (they did not have to allow competitors use their lines like phone companies have to). This was followed by a decision by the FCC that DSL was also free to ignore common carriage. So, in most places in the US you have a choice of DSL or Cable and only one company for each, and, in many places (like where I live) there is only one choice (DSL). For anyone more interested in details I wrote a blog post about it a while ago. http://richardshow.org/blog/2008/02/15/free-market-net-neutrality-and-common-carriage/ ... Richard On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: Yes, it's true that it's limited in the UK. But there's a lot of competition between providers, which I understand is not the case in the US - or in Canada. Or at least there was a lot of competition last time I looked. Hundreds of independent local companies. Elbows would probably know more and confirm or deny this... On 10-Apr-09, at 2:09 PM, Jay dedman wrote: I mentioned this in another thread, but I think it's important enough to repost here. In the US, the major broadband providers are planning to ending unlimited packages and start charging for broadband. Time/Warner is the test case. See below. I've heard that limiting bandwidth is common in Europe (true?), but this is new behavior in the US where broadband providers have now consolidated into just 4 major corporations that now control internet access in most regions. As private companies, they can do what they want. Customers now must start making a choice of who they want to support. Jay __ Rep. Eric Massa was outspoken in his opposition to Time Warner Cables plan, calling it a monopolistic move to penalize robust Net users and stagnate the 21st Century technology needed to rebuild America. What really happening is TWC is unfairly trying to protect its cable TV profits from people switching over to online video. By making it prohibitively expensive for their 8.4 million customers to do much more than email and basic Web surfing, they hope to kill Internet video before its any more popular. Were going out to our 500,000 activists asking other members of Congress to join Massa and call for a thorough investigation of these ant-competitive practices. Making Time Warner the Internets evil poster child is particularly urgent now. Other cable and phone providers (including ATT, Charter, Cox and Comcast) are watching TWCs trial balloon with plans to implement their own anti-video pricing schemes. The outreach is below. Heres the presser: http://www.freepress.net/node/56030 Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: 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] video purchase list / setup - looks good?
- Original Message - From: Randy Ksar Product Brand Model Number HD Video Camera Canon Vixia HG21 Handheld Wired Mic Sennheiser MD-42 Wireless Mics Sennheiser EW100ENGG2 I have this .. great choice .. works well and is very versatile. Shotgun Stereo Mic Azden SMX-10 LED Light Sima SL-20LX Universal Shoe Mount Bescor VB-50 Tripod Bogen 190XDB This is only the legs .. you didn't say what (video) head you would put on these legs. Bogen/Manfrotto tripods are sold with the legs and head separate. YES, you can buy a 'package' but when you receive it you will have to install the head on the legs. Video Editing Software Apple Final Cut Express 4.0 Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] question: laptop for video editing
- Original Message - From: Rupert The more important question is what program you want to use for editing. If you need Final Cut Pro and can spend $1300 on it, you need to get a Mac. If you just need basic editing or even medium- featured editing, it doesn't really matter whether you have Mac or PC - you can use Sony Vegas on a PC ($50) and iMovie on a Mac (free). (snip) I've been using Macs for video for 10 years, and I prefer the interface. But I've also use PCs a lot for work, and have done some video using Vegas, and it's pretty good too - better in some ways than iMovie, but not as good as the much more expensive Final Cut Pro if you want to do lots of fancy stuff. So it's all about what you're going to use it for and what you're comfortable with. You are comparing apples to oranges. First, like Final Cut, there are multiple versions of Sony's Vegas. The consumer version is Sony Vegas Movie Studio .. but even that comes in, I believe, three different versions. Then you have the professional version called Sony Vegas Pro. THAT program lists for $550.00 US. Vegas Pro can stand toe to toe with Final Cut Pro anyday. Yes, there are things that one can do and the other can't .. but it works both ways. Each is a professional level video editor. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Video blogging history/evolution
I did a thing on history of video blogging for the Association of Internet Researchers meeting ... http://richardshow.org/show/vloghistory/ Also, this is a video of my power points at a presentation I did at an apple store in chicago as one of the meet the vloggers things. It has info on the history of the yahoo group http://richardshow.org/vlog/mtv_05_11_19.mov ... Richard On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:01 PM, gintaras.miskinis gintaras.miski...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, First of all I would like to apologize for my English, which is not very good. Secondly, I would like to introduce myself: I am a student from Lithuania (Europe), my name is Gintaras (in English - amberman ;D). I am a final course student at Vilnius University, communication faculty and writing the final course paper about blogging evolution (from blog, to micro blog). The theme also includes video blog, that's why I write here, and have a question: Are there in this group any posts or links to the sources where I could find historical events in video blogging? I tried google'ing, but the most valuable source as I have found is - Jay Dedman's videoblogging book, where, however, I missed history (detailed) chapter... I would be very grateful if you could show me the direction where I could look for further reading, because, sadly, in scientific course papers (like mine), I cannot use unreliable information sources, such as blogs like http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2007/01/27/3465/a-brief-and-perso\ nal-history-of-videoblogginghttp://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2007/01/27/3465/a-brief-and-personal-history-of-videoblogging Peter Van's http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2007/01/27/3465/a-brief-and-perso\ nal-history-of-videoblogging#commentshttp://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2007/01/27/3465/a-brief-and-personal-history-of-videoblogging#comments ;/ Thank you very much. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] How do you screen?
We haven't been watching much lately, but we used to watch a lot with iPod on the TV. Now we usually just hook the computer to the TV, and that's how we watch most everything, because we don't have cable. We use s-video for the video, and just plug the audio into the audio jack. ... Richard On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Jan McLaughlin jannie@gmail.comwrote: If RichardShow doesn't chime in here soon, you should get in touch with him. He and Maureen watch on TV via iPod. Jan Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:33 PM, schlomo rabinowitz schl...@gmail.comschlomo%40gmail.com wrote: Lately, I've been using our xbox to stream videoblogs that I collect in my iTunes. It's super easy and I'm loving the big-screenness of it all. Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.comjay.dedman%40gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Jeffrey Taylor thejeffreytay...@gmail.com thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.comthejeffreytaylor% 40gmail.com wrote: Since moving into a new space, I need to put together a good setup for screening videoblogs. So before I venture forth, I'd like to hear some answers to the following questions: 1. What player/aggregator do you use? 2. Do you watch on your computer, or connect to the TV? 3. What else do you do to enhance your screening environment? Videos showing setups most welcome! Thanks in advance. when we have everything working (like a new bulb)...we download videos using Miro...and use a projector to play videos on our wall while lying in bed. Speakers added to the mix rock it. I sometimes use iTunes because it's nice to use Front Row with remote. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Real Media captioned files
I have a client that has some archival Real Media files with captions that appear below the video in Real Player. They now want to re-encode the videos to post on Youtube, with open subtitles/captions. If I can get the Real Media caption file (SMIL .rt text file, from what I¹ve read), can I use that file to superimpose subtitles/captions actually on the video? Is there any easy way to do this, or an application that can do this automatically? If I have to, I could cut and paste, cut and paste, each title, and superimpose the titles in FCP, but I¹d rather not. Thanks for any advice. -Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Web Video Resources
Hi Sunny, I have links to resources here: http://makemedia.tv/resources/ A bunch of tutorials here: http://web.mst.edu/~rhall/makemedia/ ... Richard On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM, sunnygault su...@sunnygault.com wrote: Hey guys... I'm in the process of creating an ongoing class that teaches the basics when it comes to planning, producing, publishing and promoting web videos. I'm currently scouting for additional resources I can promote during the class to better assist the students. This could be anything for books, e-books, blogs, podcasts, web series, websites, etc. Anything that gives an inside look at the business of web video and how it's created. If you have created any resources or you have used resources that have been particularly helpful, please let me know. Thanks so much! Sunny Gault New Media Host/Producer -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] HDV tapes
What are your experiences with mini HDV/DV tapes for recording HDV? I recently bought a Canon XH A1s and I want to stick with one brand of tape for use in this camera. I¹ve been using Panasonic mini DV tape for years in my Panasonic SD camcorder and have been completely satisfied with it. I haven¹t been able to find a Panasonic brand specifically labeled for use with HDV. I have seen Sony, Fuji, and others labeled for use with HDV. Do you have a preference for a particular brand? How about HDV mini versus DV mini tapes for recording HDV? Thanks for any info. Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] More than 10 minutes
- Original Message - From: Adriana Kaegi The attention span of viewers on-line is very short and the videos should be short. a Abusrd .. that line or reasoning says that no one would watch full length movies on-line (Netflix for one) or full length TV episodes (Hulu and so on) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Feedburner is over, but
thanks Rupert ... I just moved mine ... Richard On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: It's a good thing. I was wondering why Google were keeping Feedburner separate - I thought it showed a lack of commitment. But badly handled. Seems like they're rushing to make changes and save costs. Only a month to transfer all your feeds? After February 28th, you won't be able to access your account at feedburner.com How many people won't know about this, and will get caught out? I certainly didn't get an email, and I have a lot of different feeds with them. If you have a Feedburner feed, go login now and transfer your account to Google. I just did it. Three clicks. Took less than a minute to do it all. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 19-Jan-09, at 10:15 AM, Jay dedman wrote: seems to just turn into something else: https://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?answer=126303 Our vision when FeedBurner joined Google was to help bring the best of what FeedBurner offered in syndication publisher tools and solutions to the AdSense platform, and vice versa. In the time since the merger, the FeedBurner engineering team has joined the Google engineering team (but still focuses on the same set of tools for RSS monetization, analysis, and optimization) and is not managed as a separate company or subsidiary. jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Happy Christmas everyone
Back at you Rupert! Ho Ho Ho! Richardmas On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: and Happy New Year. Thanks for helping to make life more interesting, creative and fun. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube alternatives - vlog review.
- Original Message - From: thisiswar3005 My YouTube file size limit is 1.024 G, but with no, zero, time limit. That's nice, but you were lucky to be grandfathered when they changed the rules. Anyone who NOW cannot upload more than 10 minutes cannot get any upgrade to more than 10 minutes despite his membership status. Those members who already could upload more than 10 minutes can continue to do so. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] A colors question
- Original Message - From: Heath I have recently begun playing around with creating websites and I have noticed that the appearance of my site, the colors, is different on my laptop vs my desktop. Why is this? Does anyone know? What about when you are doing color correcting in your video, if I edit it on my laptop is it going to look different when played back on a desktop? I think yes Any thoughts or suggestions please let me know Yes ... you need to calibrate both. There are devices you can buy that read the colors off your computer screen and then adjust them to a standard. It then saves that correction on your computer so that everytime you turn it on it adjusts itself. This needs to be done periodically .. like at least once a month .. to compensate for changes. I have the XRite EYE-ONE Display 2 and love it. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] A colors question
- Original Message - From: Richard Amirault Yes ... you need to calibrate both. There are devices you can buy that read the colors off your computer screen and then adjust them to a standard. It then saves that correction on your computer so that everytime you turn it on it adjusts itself. This needs to be done periodically .. like at least once a month .. to compensate for changes. Note: you only need one calibrator .. not one for every computer. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: tripod advice
- Original Message - From: miglsd27 Thank you all for your replys. What I was looking for was something like what I have in our Vinten tripod, a ball based head, that levels the head only. Adjusting the tripod legs always leaves me sideways when I pan, I hate that. But I see there aren´t many options, altough Manfrotto does seem the best option. For me, an horizon that is not horizontal on the frame (does this make sense?) is more disturbing than a squeeky or bouny pan or tilt movement. But maybe thats just me ;). === It won't be sideways when you pan if the tripod is level (that was the point of adjusting one of the legs) A suggestion: see if you can find a circular level. Some tripods have this built in, but you can buy a general purpose one that is somewhat bigger than a built-in one .. but will work for setting up the tripod. It's a round device with two or three concentric rings and, of course, a small bubble of air inside. It helps to level in two dimensions ... more like 360 degrees. Unlike a conventional ruler level that is designed to level only in one dimension. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] tripod advice
- Original Message - From: miglsd27 I can easily pick a cheap tripod, actually I did just that from my sisters room, but my question is: what cheap tripod would you recomend, that has vertical corection? The type of thing found in expensice video tripods, is any cheap manufacturer doing that? I hate crooked horizons... First, I'm not sure what you mean by vertical correction. At first I thought you meant an extendable center column, but reading further I don't think you meant that. Second, there are *tons* of cheap tripods out there. How cheap is cheap? AND, most importantly, for video especially, you don't want a cheap tripod. They are crap and will give you headaches and poor performance (jerky pans for one thing). If your horizon is not level you can extend or retract one of the tripod legs to correct for that. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] tripod advice
- Original Message - From: Michael Verdi Not cheap as in $50 but cheap in good tripod terms (about $175) I have a Manfrotto set - head 701RC2 and legs 190XDB. I bought them from BH about a year and a half ago. I like them a lot. Unlike cheap tripods .. the Manfrotto / Bogen units are two piece units. They sell the legs and then they sell the head Whether it is a still photo head or a video head. So you can put a variety of heads on the same legs. Yes, you can buy then together in one transaction .. but you'll have to put them together when you receive them, because the head will not be mounted on the legs. I own three Manfortto tripods (and one monopod) Good stuff. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] XLR to 1/8 (3.5mm) cable
- Original Message - From: Jan McLaughlin If you want something long lasting, have it custom made. Make the measurements before you call. Try Gotham Sound in NYC. Speak to Alex in repairs. They'll ship anywhere. OR ... just bite the bullet and get a Beachtek adaptor or something similar. It mounts to your tripod socket and has two XLR inputs with level controls and outputs to a single cable with 1/8 stereo plug for your camera. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/335809-REG/Beachtek_DXA2S_DXA_2S_Dual_XLR.html Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] The Carol and Steve Show: Now on YouTube
Another one of my husband's internet friends? ... very cool, brings back memories ... Richard (one of Steve's internet friends) On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: The Carol and Steve Show first aired on the web starting on 1/1/05. We did 53 episodes that year. One each week! These shows started being posted before there was YouTube. Now I'm reposting to share with a wider audience. http://www.youtube.com/user/carolandsteveshow Here's a fun one from January 26, 2005 when we were in NYC for the first vloggercon and Carol meets Amanda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhm3eB22Uis -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Recording Live audio from different locations
- Original Message - From: Dom (snip) The video portion will utilize voice-over while our content plays beneath. We may also use animation or puppets along with our voices. Anyway, you can see that it would be less than ideal to have the voices at different qualities. Are there any tools for recording two audio streams live from two separate locations that don't involve thousands of dollars of audio equipment? Thanks folks! As suggested a double ender will work just fine. How low cost it is depends on what your definition of cost is. You will need quality recorders. A pair of Zoom H-2s will work great. Do not use anything like a digital voice recorder from Olympus or Sony. I'm not sure about the video aspect of this. Will you both need to see the video to comment on it? I would think that this may be a problem. You both need to see the same thing at the same time. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Defending Videographer's Rights in Court
- Original Message - From: Renat Zarbailov Amazingly Youtube removed all 3 videos I requested without even notifying me. The reason why I think the removal was from Youtube's side and not from flakes I was dealing with is because they also had one of these videos on Vimeo. And when I checked the Vimeo video was still there. They would have removed them all from both Youtube and Vimeo. Unlike Youtube, Vimeo has no DMCA fillout form, to remove that one video, so I had to send them what I wrote to Youtube. On Dec. 17 I will face the flakes in Brooklyn small claims court. If anyone interested in how events unfold, let me know... :) Great .. but .. it does not mean they are gone forever. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Introduction: newbie -- being intimate
- Original Message - From: RatbagMedia (snip) But there's one thing that strikes me vis a vis video podcasting/blogging and audio podcasting/blogging: editing video is so much easier to do (and do well) than editing audio because there's these easy to follow visual markers. I find it a bit amazing actually: video editing is a breeze compared to all the reviewing you have to do with audio tracts alone. Video is another language of course and you need less in the way of orchestrated inputs to 'set the scene' or advance the narrative. (snip) I think you are making a mistake here. Audio is *still* important. Just because it's the soundtrack on a video does not make is less important. The soundtrack on a video is a *major* part of that video. You still should be talking into a microphone rather than using the mic built into your camcorder. It really makes a difference in the end product. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Go make some money
You might want to check into the service that the folks at outthink are developing. http://bid4vid.com (Iooks like the name changed to MediaMobz) ... Richard On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The dudes at Common Craft are hiring: http://commoncraft.com/seeking-producers-video-explainers We see an opportunity for a win-win. Every day, we receive multiple emails from organizations that are looking for custom explanatory videos. As we've changed our focus away from making custom videos, we can't help. Until recently, we didn't know where to point these prospects. Thankfully, we're starting to see producers who are developing a specialty in producing explanatory videos - and we're looking for more. The opportunity we see is to create a way, through our website, to help organizations find video producers who can be hired to produce custom videos. To this end, we're looking for video producers who are interested in (and capable of) taking on this kind of business. Our goal is to find serious producers of high-quality, handcrafted explanatory videos. -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: In search of pioneering v-loggers!
Well, for me, I would have to say my wife is the only pioneer in my life On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was that a request? On 20-Oct-08, at 2:59 PM, Mike Moon wrote: This thread made me laugh... not because of what it's asking for, but it reminded me of last weekends Vlog Flash Meeting. jaydedman: fuck pioneers Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Syd, No link to the video. If I were you, I'd contact and ask people individually. You can find them quite easily. They have videoblogs :) Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 20-Oct-08, at 12:25 PM, sydney idunno wrote: Hello all. I'm looking for vloggers who were active members of this group during the years 2004 to 2006. I'm embarking on an ambitious project that will hopefully end up being a vlogumentary about vlogging and I'd like to be about, for, and by vloggers. I've been vlogging for about two years now. I'm a teacher and I'm fascinated by the future ramifications of vlogging and online communities that use vlogs as their primary method of communication. Please let me know if you're interested in being interviewed or if you have resources you can steer me toward...that would be great. Here's a video I've put out to some of the sites I'm a part of. Calling all Vlogging Pioneers! Take care! Syd __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: McCain on Blip = a Shame
First of all, Michael is no troll. I was very fortunate to meet him at vlog europe in Italy, and he's one of the cleverest, funniest, and most entertaining people I've ever met. As for my opinion, I would have to disagree with my friend, in that I believe blip should allow the videos - I don't think they should allow all videos, but ones supporting McCain sure (although I haven't actually seen them). However, I would also have to agree with all of Michael's McCain adjectives, including thug. ... Richard (also not a troll, maybe an orc, but never a troll) p.s. I'm enjoying the thread, but I'm sick, and off my medicine. On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Ron Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder how many McCain points this piece was worth? I smell troll... I'll be holding my nose, voting for the least likely to wipe their ass with the constitution. peace, Ron On Oct 16, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Gena wrote: Michael, I am probably going to kick myself and have others do it for me for keeping this thread alive but I have to comment on what you have presented. 1. With extremely limited exceptions, freedom of speech is extended to all Americans. Especially the ones I disagree with. It is not debatable. It is, to me, my true claim as an American citizen. I dont' have to like it another point of view. I am equally free to present information that disputes and or supports that point of view. I don't care if he got a Pro account or is trying to save some moolah, he has the right to present his message. And for the record, I am a straight-up Moonbat liberal leaning person who may have minor threads of libertarianism when it comes to giving money to for-profit corporations that f*cked themselves. 2. Blip.tv is a business. If the campaign paid for pro level usage I would not expect them to leave cash money on the table. Not in these times when other video web hosting distribution companies are going dark. 3. There is passion. There is intolerance. It is getting hard to tell them apart. I understand what is being invoked by this extraordinary time in American history. Lies that are being presented as truth. Racism as a badge of honor. Sexism up the ying-yang and you can now pick multiple flavors of identity politics. One of the current gifts of vlogging now is to tell your truth and show your proof of how you can to your thoughts. Let me know when you posted that video, I'll watch. In this community you have to respect that not everyone is going to share your feelings. That is ok. Understand the context of the feedback. Freedom of speech, the right a business to choose who they do business with and a politician's right to use media to reach a target audience. Oh, and my equal right to challenge what I am being told. Peace and power to the (vlogging) people, Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Michael Schaap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may sound silly but I am deeply disappointed in Blip.tv for allowing the McCain campaign to use Blip's services. For crying out loud: All the smear filth running from Blip networks... Damn you Blip for this, I think it's a bloody shame! http://johnmccain.blip.tv as you can see, they're running Blip's player even on the front page of http://www.johnmccain.com/ Michael [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] YouTube Hot Spots
Thanks Michael, Sounds like a very interesting and complex metric, operationalizing the hotness of any given part of a video, relative to other videos. ... Richard On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think it means, compared to other videos of the same length, the hot side of the graph says you are retaining more viewers than average and/or viewers are rewinding a watching those sections again. The cold side of the graph represents where, compared to other videos of the same length, people are skipping forward or clicking away more than average. From the hot spots page on my video: The ups-and-downs of viewership at each moment in your video, compared to videos of similar length. Above the average line, your video is hot: it's retaining more viewers than average and they may be rewinding to watch that point again. Below the average line, your video's gone cold: viewers are not rewinding or may be leaving the video faster than the average. - Verdi On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] richard%40richardshow.org wrote: Michael, I didn't understand what number the curve (the y axis) represented? ... Richard On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED]michaelverdi%40gmail.com wrote: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/your-youtube-video-hot-or-not.html I made a screencast of how it works - http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2008/10/02/youtube-hot-spots/ - Verdi -- http://graymattergravy.com -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://graymattergravy.com -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] YouTube Hot Spots
Michael, I didn't understand what number the curve (the y axis) represented? ... Richard On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/your-youtube-video-hot-or-not.html I made a screencast of how it works - http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2008/10/02/youtube-hot-spots/ - Verdi -- http://graymattergravy.com -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] music.podshow.com video blog safe?
Yes, it's Adam Curry's podshow. He set this up for independent musicians, and podcasters. Here are the terms of service http://music.podshow.com/music/producerTerms.php Basically, you can use the music on your podcast so long as you give attribution to the musician and podshow. It's dependent on the musicians uploading only music they have rights to distribute. I try to be careful about using copyrighted music (that is, I don't) and I have always considered pod safe music fair game. ... Richard On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are we talking about podshow like adam curry podshow? On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Irene Duma [EMAIL PROTECTED]irene%40strangeduck.com wrote: I did send them an email just waiting for reply. Thought I¹d check in here too since it could take a while. When I find out I will update fer sure. Irene Duma Strange Duck Media Web Design and Creative Marketing Blogging easy computer tips http://www.strangeduck.com/blog and comedy at http://www.bittertonic.com Tel. Toronto: 416-535-0652 St. John¹s Address: 12 Allan Square St. John's, NL A1C 4A8 Tel. St. John¹s: 709-726-6178 From: Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] jay.dedman%40gmail.comjay.dedman% 40gmail.com Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.comvideoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:43:03 -0400 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] music.podshow.com video blog safe? I saw on the videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com that music.podshow.com is listed as safe for video blogs but I just wanna check for sure. I am on their site and the info is really sketchy. I also noticed a pretty well known Canadian band (Great Big Sea) has its stuff up there, and they are signed to a label. Usually the labels get all uppity when it comes to rights for video etc. Anyone know for sure how this works? I think I should contact the label, non? probably be best to contact Podshow direct. our wiki may have old information. (and update if you'd please!) Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Viewing My Video on Real Player Windows Media Player vs on DVD on a TV monitor
- Original Message - From: Stephen (snip) Then I opened up my file to watch it on Real Player and Windows Media Player. To my surprise the images in the part where I hand held the camera to do a pan shot are nowhere near as clear as the same clip on the televsion monitor. (snip) As others have asked .. Then I opened up my file ... By this did you mean you opened up the very same DVD and played it on your computer using both Real Player and WMP? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Uploading Video and keeping within limits
- Original Message - From: Lil Peck I don't recall there being a limit with video.google.com. I think that's true. If you get a director's account at youtube, you can upload files over 100 mb. I think it was a Directors Account allowed you over 100 mb and longer than 10 min. No longer true. At one time it was, and any video longer than 10 min uploaded at that time will still be watchable until removed (by the owner, or YouTube) .. Those members who could upload longer than 10 min, as I understand it, can still do so, but any new member, director account or not, is limited to 10 min. (the file size is 1 gig I believe) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Video editing software
- Original Message - From: robengine I'm new to video blogging so bear with me. I've got loads of footage, but I need to edit it. Any suggestions for a chap with a small budget? How small is small? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Video editing software
- Original Message - From: Brian Richardson Is free small enough? Try using Windows MovieMaker before dropping a dime on other software. Then hit up the free trial of Sony Vegas for 30 days. Rather than try the full version of Vegas I would suggest the consumer version .. Vegas Movie Studio (also available as a 'try-it-out' download) It's a *lot* cheaper than the full version, and will do 95% of what the full version can do (for most of what you are likely to need) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x
- Original Message - From: Caleb J. Clark my bad, this Cnet article said no headphone jack not Mic...that's fantastic, it looks like a great camera. A mic jack without a headphone jack is an accident waiting to happen. Yes, a headphone jack is better than no headphone jack .. but unless you can hear what you are recording, or at the very minimum see a VU meter response of the audio, you really can't tell how the recording the turn out untill after the event is over. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] An anthropological introduction to YouTube
This is actually a great speech, in my opinion. I used it in my Web Studies class. ... Richard On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Wesch, who made that video about Web 2.0, gave an hour long talk at the Library of Congress on his studies of Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU Who is making videos? What kins of videos are being made? The haters and the the lovers. Jay (who wishes youtube allowed me to download the video for later) -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: External hard drive problems ?
- Original Message - From: Heath Digital does NOT last foreverI remember reading an article last year about some companies who were early adopters in the digital realm, CD's, etcand they have found that some data is gone or is being corrupted, something to do with the protective film on the CD's (if I am remembering correctly) The point is that at some point all data digital or otherwise will fail...nothing last's foreverat least not yet humancloner1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) I know digital images are supposed to last forever but none of us are going to live long enough to check that declaration out. I'd hate to one day go to my back-up files and find they had deteriorated. (snip) Digital *will* last forever .. so long as you remember to backup everything every few years. :-) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
[videoblogging] Re: Screen recording software for Windows XP/Vista
Thanks for all of your suggestions for screen recording software for Windows XP. FYI, the problem is not with recording PowerPoint presentations, but with recording the small print on web page demonstrations. Since my client records these events in DV, the small web text is unreadable. I can screen record clearly on my Mac with iShowU, but I need a solution for Windows XP. They don¹t support Macs on their network where some of the tutorials are done. I¹m going to try the less expensive/free solutions first and see if they are satisfactory. The free jing is very interesting. -Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Screen recording software for Windows XP/Vista
Can anybody recommend screen recording software for Windows XP/Vista? For the Mac, I use iShowU, which is cheap and works really well. I intend to boot into Windows XP on my MacBook Pro and use the Windows equivalent screen recording software. My client doesn¹t support Macs on their network and I need to record clear video to show web pages for tutorials, etc. I¹ve tried using a video camera and the output from a switcher, but neither is clear enough for my purposes. The video I captured from iShowU is crystal clear and is exactly what they want. I just need screen recording software for Windows so I can join their network and record the screen. The video will be edited in Final Cut Pro 6. Thanks, Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Screen recording software for Windows XP/Vista
Richard, I use camtasia, but it's pretty pricey. I've also used the freeware camstudio, (camstudio.org) which works pretty well too. ... Richard On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:27 AM, RICHARD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody recommend screen recording software for Windows XP/Vista? For the Mac, I use iShowU, which is cheap and works really well. I intend to boot into Windows XP on my MacBook Pro and use the Windows equivalent screen recording software. My client doesn¹t support Macs on their network and I need to record clear video to show web pages for tutorials, etc. I¹ve tried using a video camera and the output from a switcher, but neither is clear enough for my purposes. The video I captured from iShowU is crystal clear and is exactly what they want. I just need screen recording software for Windows so I can join their network and record the screen. The video will be edited in Final Cut Pro 6. Thanks, Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Micro wireless
- Original Message - From: Jan McLaughlin Another - possibly more interesting / innovative approach to great documentary interview sound might be to record double system. Video 'B-roll' - interesting shots of the subject in situ + separate audio interview with small mp3 / wav recorder. Great audio cause you can always easily keep the microphone close. More interesting video than talking heads would ever-ever-ever give ya. YES!! This is what I use (double system) when I record panels at science fiction conventions. Yes, I have used wireless in the past ... but my Edirol R-09 with a pair of Crown Sound Grabber 2 mics on the table works great and is hardly noticable to both the audience and the panel members (and the camera) My latest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxXMESMPrYM A Zoom H-2 would work just as well and save you $100.00 PS I also have the Sennheiser EW 100 ENG2 wireless setup as well. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Use WGBH's b-roll for your election video
that's great .. thanks! On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:51 AM, WGBH Lab [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone, I know there are a lot of folks on this list who seem to be working on politically-themed content, so I wanted to let you know about something I've been working on that might help you all out a bit. I work for WGBH, the PBS station that makes Nova Frontline. For the past month or so I've been pulling footage from the WGBH Archives -- stuff that's related to the election, like b-roll of Washington DC and election newsreel footage -- and I've been digitizing it and categorizing it and whatnot. Anyway, now it's all online in high quality (640x480) and free to download from the WGBH Lab website. It's available under a Creative Commons license so you can't sell it or anything you make with it, but you can do pretty much anything else. http://lab.wgbh.org/sandbox/election Anyway, I just thought that might help out! This is only a small sampling of our Sandbox of many different types of clips, but this just seemed especially relevant right now. OH and let us know if you make anything cool! best, Brian Retchless WGBH Lab -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Rebate? slam-bam-thankyou-mam!!
SO ... I bought a Canon GL-2 recently and they had a $250 rebate offer (cool!) ... So the check finally came yesterday .. I had the damn thing spent within a couple of hours ;-) .. (talk about burning a hole in my pocket) I wanted some sort of external mic for the GL-2 such as a shotgun .. but .. I went with the Rode Stereo Video Mic .. and, guess what, the price was $249.00 with free shipping! All the reviews I've seen were very positive on this mic, and I like that the outdoor wind-muff was included (the dead-cat) The SVM is not a shotgun type of mic, but it seems to be a major step up from any internal mic. It *is* stereo, unlike many shotgun mics. Also, as I understand it, the SVM actually has better cancellation of low freqs from the back and side than many shotgun mics. I should be here tomorrow :-)) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Assistive Hiking Experiment
- Original Message - From: Caleb J. Clark Brought a camera/monopod along for a hike recently. My uncle is in a wheelchair and I guess I was thinking of him not being able to hike, or those in the city. HiRes 800bps/30fps Flash: http://www.techtrek.tv HiRes h.264 2000bps/30fps. http://blip.tv/file/1133050?filename=Techtrek-E17NorthPackMonadnockMountainExperimentInVirtualHiking595.mov My uncle liked it, he said the sound at the top of the mountain was the best. It's much different then the sounds he's heard for most of his life. There's a sense of height and far off wind that he said he could feel even after all the added noise and such from the mics/compression/output, etc. Your uncle liked what? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
[videoblogging] H264 encoded movies
So I finally persuaded a client to encode their web movies to .h264 instead of Real Media. I'm using Apple's Compressor to encode .h264 video from a FCP 6 project. By default, Compressor uses the .mov extension when compressing to .h264 Will The new .h264 friendly version of Flash play a .mov file encoded as .h264? Or does it have to have a .mp4 or some other extension? Will Windows play a .h264 encoded web video without Quicktime installed? What is the best file extension/method for maximum compatibility with .h264 encoded web movies? Thanks, Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] lapel mic advice needed
- Original Message - From: Deirdre Straughan Set = two mics plus the receiver and whatever other stuff I need to make them work. receiver??? Do you want *wireless lavs? If so, do you want both mics working at the same time? They'll need to be on different freqs. unless you connect them into one transmitter. But, I don't know the feasibility of getting a stereo transmitter / receiver (if so .. it's a lot's more $$$) Or maybe you meant mixer (for wired lavs) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] lapel mic advice needed
- Original Message - From: Deirdre Straughan Somewhere around $600. Jan McLaughlin wrote: What's your budget? Deirdre Straughan wrote: My job is increasingly about running around the world videotaping stuff for Sun, and I now have the opportunity to upgrade my kit (see http://blogs.sun.com/deirdre/entry/my_videoblogging_rig for what I currently have). I'd like to add a set of decent lapel mics, (snip) AND ... is that *each* mic? AND .. how many is a set? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Reasonably Priced Mini DV Camcorder...
- Original Message - From: ryanne hodson this is the camera i would also highly recommend. it has audio in and out, does widescreen and it's cheap!!! rocks as a DV deck or a keep-in-your-bag-at-all-times camera. Bill Cammack wrote: Canon ZR900 - $218.95 (snip) Not sure what you mean by audio in and out ... there is a mic jack but there is NO headphone jack. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
