[videoblogging] DIY Video Hardware For Film-like FX
rounded up a few potential summer-time ( australian style ) projects into one spot : http://www.skynoise.net/2005/12/04/62/ -- :-: }} } } } } http://www.skynoise.net YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[videoblogging] flip4mac review
Just reviewed the quite useful mac software : Flip4mac which allows wmv importing exporting from within quicktime... Worked surprisingly well, I was expecting it to be buggy, or produce low grade video... Once installed, it also allows embedded within webpage viewing of wmv files ( in safari 2, firefox 1.06 only offered wmv downloads of the same files ) review : www.skynoise.net Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Open Call to Video Bloggers VJs : Get Jiggy
here's a piece I wrote for a street press mag recently, trying to encourage some more cross-over and/or dialogue between the quite vibrant VJ videoblogging scenes... am sending to both the eyecandy videoblogging lists too, as well as posting at a few forum sites, and [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.skynoise.net so we'll see if it generates some more cross-fertilising? jpOpen Call to Video Bloggers VJs : Get JiggyDespite all the creative aspirations and technical skills they share, there's surprisingly little overlap between the huge populations of VJs video bloggers. Nurturing mutual status as pixel underdogs, both VJs video bloggers are adept at dealing with low or non-existent budgets, and both champion storytelling and/or aesthetics and visual ideas over production values. That's not to say production values are ignored - in fact, production values probably tie up more than their fair share of discussion time in either community, but a key defining aspect of being a VJ or videoblogger is the joy of just of being able to get those pixels out there.While all this pre-supposes you have compelling video / stories / pixels to begin with, at least the current state of video play helps level the media playing field to some degree. And the current expansion of mobile video ( phones, PSP, video iPods many other handhelds ), continues this window of opportunity for bedroom pixelists. And to think of a hybrid army of these pixelists, loaded up with the combined skillsets of the VJ VideoBlogging massive, is to imagine a continually more diverse and decentralised media. So let's bring it on.What can Video Bloggers learn from VJs?VJs know how to move pixels in real-time. Whether responding to music, or creating live audiovisual pieces, VJs are at home using real-time editing tools, allowing easy compositing, layering, sequencing and effects on the fly. Aside from live performance though, the 'instrumentness' of these real-time tools means they are also very effective and flexible video production tools. Creativity can be given a new leash when freed from the constraints of the rendering timeline, and levels of complexity can be explored spontaneously that would take a long time to build up to with traditional video editing software. And VJ software is especially suited to online video publishers, because both VJs VideoBloggers tend to use 320 x 240 sized clips ( the bloggers because it's a default multimedia size compromise for bandwidth concerns, the VJs because it's a compromise between resolution and allowing the speediest real-time triggering and manipulation).VJs also have extensive knowledge about how to get projections happening, whether on a screen in a club, theatre, projecting from a rooftop, mobile van, shopping trolley, or even the side of a train. This is a very useful amount of technical knowledge to tap into, but should also encourage online publishers to think more about where their work can be shown offline - where can video be seen? Be shown? Where can stories be told? Where can your colours be projected?VJs also know a lot about codecs, and the ways video is compressed to create the best combination of image quality and speed of playback and 'scrubbing' ( moving a file backwards and forwards on a timeline smoothly ). And a thing or two about transitions, visual storytelling, the power of the image, the use by date of the image, effects ( and their ever shrinking use by dates), automated processes ( such as visual manipulation by audio analysis ), video signal routing, capturing, sampling and much much more. Key VJ community resources forums : www.vjforums.com, www.audiovisualizers.com www.vjcentral.comhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/eyecandy ( mailing list with thousands of VJs )http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/0xff ( another good mailing list )What can VJs learn from Video Bloggers?Videobloggers ( also known as vloggers) know the online networks inside out, and know the values and pleasures of automated publishing - getting your work out there in appropriate formats, having it automatically archived and linked to from a main page, having it easily cross referenced or quoted and having interested audiences automatically notified when it is published. All of which help make any particularly worthy video rise on it's merits rather than marketing budget ( netheads love calling this a 'meritocracy' ). VideoBloggers also know a lot about compression codecs ( though more focussed on image quality and shrinking file size than clip triggering speed), about getting work out to as many different platforms as possible, about storytelling, about audiences, about online promotion, about embedding hyperlinks and much much more.Of course, many VJs are already posting videos online, but few are harnessing the benefits and play available with networked publishing. VJ Falk ( Berlin ) (www.prototypen.com/blog/falk ) continues to clock sporadic VJ created pieces, vjtorrents.com provides 'BitTorrent and RSS
[videoblogging] Re: Open Call to Video Bloggers VJs : Get Jiggy 2
From: Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] enjoyed your feedback steve (of elbowz) :-) re: VJ tools - most mac VJ software tends to use audio as well now, and I know at least VJamm on PC does also... Any videoblogger with access to a video camera, ( whether owned or loaned ) should also be able to record out their live mixes to camera... for recapturing and publishing... which can often save time compared to manually editing, adjusting,rendering and exporting on a linear timeline but maybe u just want to make some fun transition shots or titles? real-time VJ software can be a great way to do that ( beyond that - it is way fun~! if u like making a video blog, most likely u will have a blast shuffling clips and FX around with VJ software... ) re: copyright? sourcing music to accompany a video isn't too much of a problem these days with the likes of : http://www.archive.org/audio/netlabels.php re: video copyright? While I haven't heard or read of a single case of a VJ being sued over use of a copyrighted clip, and while some believe we should be able to reference and remix media as we please - I understand the concern there... and the more money involved, the more concern... luckily most VJs videobloggers don't make a lot of money eh? ;-) ( one of those deal with it when we get to it kinda problems ) re: micropayments.. in melbourne ( 3-4 million people, australia) no VJs (or videobloggers heaven forbid) make a living from it.. many VJs however, farm out their VJ acquired skills to make music videos, tutor After Effects or do design work on the side... re- purposing VJ talents to 'value-add' the work VJs have already done, by publishing online is something I'd love to see more of... and of course, there are many rewards to be found with distribution other than financial... re: collaboration? VJs and videobloggers outsourcing work to eachother. If you want nice graphics for your videoblog but arent any good at creating, get a willing VJ to do it. If you are a VJ and you want video clip of a certain building in a part of the world you dont live, ask a videoblogger. these kinds of ideas are great, and maybe where some of the most merit lies.. a VJ who videoblogs or a videoblogger who uses real-time tools to lift their videos a notch - are both great - but not as great as a collective of 6 video-heads with those combined skills... who could easily carve their own niche like future video channel versions of successful group blogs like boingboing.net, drawn.ca or worldchanging.com only one model of vlogging i know, but nice that it can be done from the ground up eh? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] del.icio.us video in iTunes
onwards, the pixels flowvia - http://www.lifehacker.com/software/delicious/subscribe-to-free-delicious-video-in-itunes-130752.phpSubscribe to free, del.icio.us video in iTunesREAD MORE: PODCAST, TOP, VIDEO, VODCAST, DEL.ICIO.US, ITUNESTwo great tastes that taste great together: now that del.icio.us offers feeds by filetype and iTunes has full video support (including “vodcasts,” or video podcasts), you can load up iTunes with free video files bookmarked and tagged in del.icio.us. Here’s how:Go to the del.icio.us page of Quicktime .mov files, which is http://del.icio.us/tag/system:filetype:mov.Add tags at the end of that URL which indicate the kind of movies you want. For .mov files tagged “funny,” you’d go to http://del.icio.us/tag/system:filetype:mov+funny.At the bottom of that page, copy and paste the RSS feed of those videos using the orange RSS button.In iTunes, go to Podcasts. In the Advanced menu, choose “Subscribe to Podcast.” Paste the URL you just copied.All goes well, iTunes will start downloading video items from the “funny” feed. Once it’s done downloading, make sure the album art panel on the lower left side of iTunes is showing. Then, click on the video item. Play it in the small panel, or expand to full-screen using the button on the bottom of iTunes’ chrome.>From here on in, each time you open iTunes, any new .mov’s tagged “funny” in del.icio.us will be automatically downloaded.By the way, this isn’t a new feature in iTunes 6. It’s been supported since podcasts were introduced, and first outlined here on Lifehacker in our How to find and add media to your iTunes library with del.icio.us post. The same technique works with music and PDF’s, but it was worth pointing it out again as watching video in iTunes becomes more common. --http://www.skynoise.net SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[videoblogging] DLTQ 2.0, asides categories, word press-ure stuff
from: "R. Kristiansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]I use wordpress as my blogging tool for http://www.dltq.org - I would like to create a hierarchy on the site. Where I - or a visitor to my site - can promote media, or old or new vlog entries, to a different section of the site. I have not seen examples of this being done in wordpress - anyone have any examples?hi raymond... wordpress 1.5 has the ability to create separate 'pages' for your blog - which exist as static pages linked from the main page of your blog, but which can filled with what u like...u can also use 'categories' to define areas of interest... eg if u make a 'faves' category then whatever post u add to that category will automatically show up on the faves page...and u can also customise these separate category pages very easily in the wordpress 1.5 themes now giving a distinct look to each category if u want... Also, does anyone remember a good place where you can read up on how to display for instance the last 5 posts from other rss-feeds on your wordpress blog? http://codex.wordpress.org/ has more (lots) info about all of the above and links to many, many plug-ins for customsing / extending / blending your blog/feeds/mediaOtherwise, I send you regards from Norway. Viva la vlog!and an australian nod to your other media concerns, _expression_, community, independent media networks = good, for as long as they avoid technocratic evangelism ;-) -- :-: }} } } } } http://www.skynoise.net SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
