Re: [videoblogging] Re: Questions about setting up a new wordpress video blog
It sounds like Youtube may be best for you. Everyone has had different experiences. But I can tell you that advertising revenue for many producers is higher with Blip. And it's important not to underestimate the quality of the ads. Blip has done deals for my productions that not only paid well, but also attached blue chip brands (NFL, HBO) to the programs. Obviously it all depends on what you are producing though. I know Blip had a hard time selling ads against some of our content because many advertisers were reluctant to touch politics. But if you are producing high quality content on a regular basis, it's worth getting in touch with them. They may not be right for you, but I reject the notion that Adsense serves everyone well. There are plenty of options out there, including pay-per-view models (my business now). The important thing is to find the solution that serves your needs best. I maintain that if you are basing revenue on ad sales, Blip likely provides the best set of options if you don't have a pro team of your own. - Rob Powering Independence www.DynamoPlayer.com On May 30, 2010, at 6:25 PM, David Jones david.jo...@altium.com wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Robert Millis mil...@hudsonstreetmedia.com wrote: Steve is dead on with this, the only thing I would add is that the Blip player (and many others) may look better on your home page than a YouTube player, so consider which is more important -- your brand appearance or numbers seen by YouTube viewers. Numbers are everything. About half of my audience find and watch me via Youtube, they don't care about my blog website at all! And a big thing to consider also is how/if you are going to monetize the blog and how your audience will find you. Youtube/Adsense is the key here, and of course the more views you get on Youtube to more popular your channel gets and the higher it gets ranked and the earlier/easier you can become a partner. Not to mention the Adsense venue actually works. So Youtube is kind of self perpetuating in that respect, the more views, the more money and success. If you dilute your views by having a Blip.TV version on your site because it looks better, then you could be doing yourself a real disservice. Dave. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Questions about setting up a new wordpress video blog
More importantly, I should have reiterated what Steve pointed out: Blip distributes to YouTube, so it can't hurt to use them, even if you don't put their player on your home page. They will expose you to many other markets that you might never reach otherwise, without giving up your Youtube presence. And if nobody visits your homepage, then what's the harm of trying their player there? - R Powering Independence www.DynamoPlayer.com On May 31, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Robert Millis mil...@hudsonstreetmedia.com wrote: It sounds like Youtube may be best for you. Everyone has had different experiences. But I can tell you that advertising revenue for many producers is higher with Blip. And it's important not to underestimate the quality of the ads. Blip has done deals for my productions that not only paid well, but also attached blue chip brands (NFL, HBO) to the programs. Obviously it all depends on what you are producing though. I know Blip had a hard time selling ads against some of our content because many advertisers were reluctant to touch politics. But if you are producing high quality content on a regular basis, it's worth getting in touch with them. They may not be right for you, but I reject the notion that Adsense serves everyone well. There are plenty of options out there, including pay-per-view models (my business now). The important thing is to find the solution that serves your needs best. I maintain that if you are basing revenue on ad sales, Blip likely provides the best set of options if you don't have a pro team of your own. - Rob Powering Independence www.DynamoPlayer.com On May 30, 2010, at 6:25 PM, David Jones david.jo...@altium.com wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Robert Millis mil...@hudsonstreetmedia.com wrote: Steve is dead on with this, the only thing I would add is that the Blip player (and many others) may look better on your home page than a YouTube player, so consider which is more important -- your brand appearance or numbers seen by YouTube viewers. Numbers are everything. About half of my audience find and watch me via Youtube, they don't care about my blog website at all! And a big thing to consider also is how/if you are going to monetize the blog and how your audience will find you. Youtube/Adsense is the key here, and of course the more views you get on Youtube to more popular your channel gets and the higher it gets ranked and the earlier/easier you can become a partner. Not to mention the Adsense venue actually works. So Youtube is kind of self perpetuating in that respect, the more views, the more money and success. If you dilute your views by having a Blip.TV version on your site because it looks better, then you could be doing yourself a real disservice. Dave. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Questions about setting up a new wordpress video blog
Steve is dead on with this, the only thing I would add is that the Blip player (and many others) may look better on your home page than a YouTube player, so consider which is more important -- your brand appearance or numbers seen by YouTube viewers. I'd give the Blip player a try before committing. Sent from my Robphone On May 30, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Steve Garfield st...@offonatangent.com wrote: Hi Simon, Sounds like you are making a series. blip.tv can help. 1. by default, show the youtube version of a video Upload once to blip.tv and have blip.tv post a version to youtube for you. Embed that on your blog. 2. create an itunes-friendly rss feed so people can find and subscribe to the video podcast via itunes. Upgrade to the pro version of blip.tv and blip.tv will create an iTunes friendly version for you and make an itunes friendly feed. You can submit that feed to feedburner if you want tracking 3. when an iphone or ipad or other device without flash views the site, show an html5 version of the H.264 video not sure how you can do this without embedding the blip.tv player on your site. On my site http://stevegarfield.blogs.com the blip.tv player recognises the iPad and plays a compatible version. someone who knows more than me might be able to tell you how to switch players depending on the client viewing your blog --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 --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, sdorfman.rm si...@... wrote: What wordpress plugin(s) would you recommend to accomplish the following?: 1. by default, show the youtube version of a video (i want the numbers boost to times viewed on youtube to help make the videos more popular) 2. create an itunes-friendly rss feed so people can find and subscribe to the video podcast via itunes. (also, i plan to run the feed thru feedburner.) 3. when an iphone or ipad or other device without flash views the site, show an html5 version of the H.264 video Additional notes: * I would like to only encode the videos once to H.264 640x480 and upload them to both youtube archive.org * archive.org will be the source for the video links from the podcast feed Context (not necessary to answer the above question): I'm making a site called ArtistsOfNewOrleans.com and it's going to have short interviews with artists. I got started working on it after being involved with a great art show with only kinetic art. I was amazed that there were so many other people making weird kinetic art stuff that i decided to document some of it. I hope the site will also allow the artists to meet each other and maybe get together and collaborate in the future. Thanks in advance for your help! Simon Dorfman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Youtube Rentals
Since we're on the subject, have you seen Dynamo Player? It's not limited to the U.S. (many of our earliest users are in the UK), video publishers can embed the videos in their own web pages, and the revenue split is much better than any alternative we've seen. We're still in beta, but you can try it out soon if you send a request to b...@dynamoplayer.com (mention this email group to catch my attention). We have a new player being released shortly with several major feature additions and improvements. In the meantime, to see our most basic player in action, see how a GigaOm writer embedded a film right inside her report: http://bit.ly/dyna-ntv2 Cheers - Rob Powering Independence www.DynamoPlayer.com On May 23, 2010, at 5:19 PM, David Jones david.jo...@altium.com wrote: Latest news on a new paid content service from Youtube for Partners Only available in the US at present though. http://www.youtube.com/t/youtube_rentals Dave. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] spam
It's probably worth confirming that this spam was the user's fault. Several lists I'm on have been spammed in the last week in this same way. I've also gotten similar link spam from very trusted sources, including friends, family and couple of my attorneys, all in the past week. Something else is going on here. -R Powering Independence www.DynamoPlayer.com On Apr 16, 2010, at 8:14 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for spam. Member is suspended. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Rupert Howe rup...@twittervlog.tv wrote: spam On 16 Apr 2010, at 11:12, Ed Smith wrote: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcmk8xrj_140hbr3j9pb [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://ryanishungry.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drives for editing?
The MyBook drives seem to be a good option for archival use, but I have to say ghat I've never had them perform well for use when editing. The Fantom drives and some Lacies have been best on my system. So if you think you might push some of the editing to an external, I recommend those options. - Rob Sent from my Robphone On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Mark Villaseñor videoblogyahoogr...@tailtrex.t v wrote: David Lee King: I'd like to move to doing more editing of videos and music off of an external hard drive... Hi David: Well, for whatever its worth, I'd suggest NOT editing directly from an external but rather using one (or more) for archival purposes. Lots of reasons for this yet suffice it to say; unless you utilize Firewire or perhaps USB 3.0 cutting speed flow may be affected (depending on your system, of course). Although Western Digital has been poo-poo'd on the Net, it's worth noting that EVERY hard drive manufacture has failures. WD's, however, are by and large dependable drives used by mainstream industry players for this reason. That said; the Western Digital 1TB/2TB My Book Essential drives are fine for archrivals. We use the 1TB model (RAD emulated in quad - split, 2 2) because XP only recognizes up to 1-Terabyte, but one could theoretically partition the 2TB unit to overcome this XP issue. These units can be had for as little as $99/$149 US, respectively, via online sources. Even so one may be able to find lower pricing by shopping around. Hope this helps. Mark Villaseñor, http://www.TailTrex.tv Canine Adventures For Charity - sm http://www.SOAR508.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drives for editing?
I should add that Western Digital *internal* drives have always performed very well for me. On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Robert Millis wrote: The MyBook drives seem to be a good option for archival use, but I have to say ghat I've never had them perform well for use when editing. The Fantom drives and some Lacies have been best on my system. So if you think you might push some of the editing to an external, I recommend those options. - Rob Sent from my Robphone On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Mark Villaseñor videoblogyahoogr...@tailtrex.t v wrote: David Lee King: I'd like to move to doing more editing of videos and music off of an external hard drive... Hi David: Well, for whatever its worth, I'd suggest NOT editing directly from an external but rather using one (or more) for archival purposes. Lots of reasons for this yet suffice it to say; unless you utilize Firewire or perhaps USB 3.0 cutting speed flow may be affected (depending on your system, of course). Although Western Digital has been poo-poo'd on the Net, it's worth noting that EVERY hard drive manufacture has failures. WD's, however, are by and large dependable drives used by mainstream industry players for this reason. That said; the Western Digital 1TB/2TB My Book Essential drives are fine for archrivals. We use the 1TB model (RAD emulated in quad - split, 2 2) because XP only recognizes up to 1-Terabyte, but one could theoretically partition the 2TB unit to overcome this XP issue. These units can be had for as little as $99/$149 US, respectively, via online sources. Even so one may be able to find lower pricing by shopping around. Hope this helps. Mark Villaseñor, http://www.TailTrex.tv Canine Adventures For Charity - sm http://www.SOAR508.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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] Streamy disaster
I don't know the details of the reviews you've read, but I'll take unconventional amateurs and streaking over red carpets and self-gratulatory pomp any day. It's important that we recognize great work and support our colleagues, but let's dodge the temptation to emulate the Oscars and Emmys too much. Cheers - Rob Powering Independence www.DynamoPlayer.com On Apr 12, 2010, at 6:17 PM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote: So I hear the Streamy's this year were a disaster in several key ways and have gotten all the wrong sort of attention as a result. There is some concern that it has damaged the image of the 'industry', although it may be easy to overstate this point. It certainly didnt help, but the 'industry' has enough other problems too, although anything that harms potential sponsorship by appearing to confirm potential sponsors worst fears (eg uncontrolled juvenile amateurish smut tarnishing their brands) sounds bad to me. Unfortunately there is a part of me that is wildly entertained and amused by the streamyfail, considering it to be some kind of justice on a certain level. This isnt fair, as no doubt lots of blameless hard working people have been hurt by the streamyfail, but I suppose its a natural consequence of my disdain for the way some of the more visible parts of the 'industry' went, shoddy emulation of the existing media. What better way to symbolise two worlds colliding, and so much wasted potential, than to have a slick awards show humbled by technical glitches and naked people. Cheers Steve Elbows [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Streamy disaster
Just read Chance's recounting: http://horribleturn.tumblr.com/post/516621948/a-horrible-turn-at-the-streamy-awards Youch. Disastrous shows I can laugh off, but it's much worse with the backstory. Powering Independence www.DynamoPlayer.com On Apr 12, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Adam Quirk qu...@wreckandsalvage.com wrote: Horrible Turn: http://horribleturn.tumblr.com/post/516621948/a-horrible-turn-at-the-streamy-awards http://horribleturn.tumblr.com/post/516621948/a-horrible-turn-at-the-streamy-awardsBarrett Garese: http://www.barrettgarese.com/post/516372282/season-one-episode-17 NewTeeVee: http://newteevee.com/2010/04/12/the-streamy-awards-a-producers-apology-and-its-three-fails/ On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Michael Sullivan sullele...@gmail.comwrote: didnt follow it. where's a good source of this coverage? On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:17 PM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote: So I hear the Streamy's this year were a disaster in several key ways and have gotten all the wrong sort of attention as a result. There is some concern that it has damaged the image of the 'industry', although it may be easy to overstate this point. It certainly didnt help, but the 'industry' has enough other problems too, although anything that harms potential sponsorship by appearing to confirm potential sponsors worst fears (eg uncontrolled juvenile amateurish smut tarnishing their brands) sounds bad to me. Unfortunately there is a part of me that is wildly entertained and amused by the streamyfail, considering it to be some kind of justice on a certain level. This isnt fair, as no doubt lots of blameless hard working people have been hurt by the streamyfail, but I suppose its a natural consequence of my disdain for the way some of the more visible parts of the 'industry' went, shoddy emulation of the existing media. What better way to symbolise two worlds colliding, and so much wasted potential, than to have a slick awards show humbled by technical glitches and naked people. Cheers Steve Elbows [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] IMovie conversion options?
Also, Cheryl, keep in mind that taking an hour to compress the video may save you an hour of uploading time. It's really not wasted time, and Final Cut Pro is not much faster. If you upload the large file for conversion by another service, I highly recommend Blip. Among many other reasons, they provide clear links to each file created during transcoding so you'll have easy access to the various source files. Best - Rob Hudson Media Ventures 375 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10013 Tel: 212-226-1000 / Fax: 212-226-1308 http://www.DynamoPlayer.com http://www.HudsonMediaVentures.com On Dec 22, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Jay dedman wrote: 3weeks took make IMOVIE edit on MAC in livingroom (for reasons I won't go into) to be told by APPLE that I can't upload anywhere but Youtube or save on computer elsewhere unless I want to waste 1 hr to convert for 5 minute vid thru QT which I did and haven't checked where it is on the computer yet and to make sure it shows on other sites and tubemogul yet and be able to upload (we checked the imovie ones together over the phone and they are all greyed out and not uploadable anywhere but exports already in imovie, in this case for me would be utube). I was told i need to buy FINAL CUT PRO $1,200.00 plus tax for these simple features WMM has and to save on computer or upload anywhere because it works in mpeg2 and 4 (if memory serves me correctly), because iMovie doesn't have a recognizable codex which I have never seen prior btw.When able, I need to upload to Tubemogul, not all my vid's but some, especially later on and I like the skimmin features in imovie they are easier for me to edit. Does any one know of any way around this with iMovie? 1 hour to convert a 5min30sec vid is absured. The Apple Tech was rather shocked himself. Cheryl, its not exactly clear what you are trying to do. Please write in shorter, complete sentences. I'm sure iMovie can export to whatever format you need since it uses Quicktime just like Final Cut Pro. Compressing videos will always take time even if you have Final Cut Pro. Ryanne made this screencast recently that shows you how to export a good quality version that can be upload to any video site: http://blip.tv/file/2167078 jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
