[videoblogging] Re: Burning Man meetup
Thanks, Jay. Do cars get hot enough that I should stick my miniDV tape in a cooler? Jim Any vloggers meeting up at Burning Man? I'm a BM newbie--any tips on keeping my camera safe from sand? Is there anything like a secret handshake I need to know ;) i used the waterproof Xacti when I went in 2007. The waterproof system seemed to help keep the dust out. If you have a bigger rig, good luck. Not sure how to keep the dust out. Arin Crumley is at Burning Man to get more video for some kind of movie he's making: http://arincrumley.com/shooting-at-burning-man-2009-production-blog But don;t stressjust go out and wander the Playa. And don't take the brown acid. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Burning Man meetup
Any vloggers meeting up at Burning Man? I'm a BM newbie--any tips on keeping my camera safe from sand? Is there anything like a secret handshake I need to know ;) Jim
[videoblogging] Re: SHVH - Ojai, CA
Hey Markus - right back atcha While I'll be the official SHVH barista, in solidarity for those affected by the Second Great Depression, I'll be reusing coffee grounds ;-) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy markus.sa...@... wrote: Hey Jim, Looking forward to seeing you again. (Jim often makes people incredibly delicious, hand-brewed, cups of coffee at SHVH) Updated event info is here: http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com/2009/02/super-happy-vlog-house-2009-next.html or http://tinyurl.com/shvh-ojai also http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1764214/ If you're in the SoCal area next weekend, please drop on by. Regards to all, Markus
[videoblogging] Re: SHVH - Ojai, CA
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 onarol...@... wrote: Feb 7th + OjaiDigitalDojo = SuperHappyVlogHouse A laid-back, over-friendly, often serendipitous meetup of vloggers Open agenda: share vids, discuss projects, ask questions, make merry Info and sign-up on the wiki (password to the wiki: sh1vh) Newbies welcome http://superhappyvloghouse.pbwiki.com/OjaiDigitalDojo ...this is your subconscious reminding you that SuperHappyVlogHouse at the OjaiDigitalDojo is a short 10 days away...where's that video I want to show...what's the name of that plugin...how do I get rid of the hiss...why does Markus call it a dojo--is he a ninja...
[videoblogging] SHVH - Ojai, CA
Feb 7th + OjaiDigitalDojo = SuperHappyVlogHouse A laid-back, over-friendly, often serendipitous meetup of vloggers Open agenda: share vids, discuss projects, ask questions, make merry Info and sign-up on the wiki (password to the wiki: sh1vh} Newbies welcome http://superhappyvloghouse.pbwiki.com/OjaiDigitalDojo
[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats on wordpress.com
Hey Markus I requested stats at SHVH but we never got to it. Too much merriment ;) A blog hosted at wordpress.com can not use google analytics. From their FAQ: We already use Google Analytics code to monitor the domain in ways that provide us with useful information to benefit the service we offer. It is not possible to use two instances of Google Analytics on one page. I'm wondering if the geeks in the group are skipping this thread because it has wordpress.com in the header. I may have to rephrase the question. Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 onaroll44@ wrote: My vlog host is wordpress.com. I'm trying to decide what stats to collect and how to get them. Eventually, I may want to show stats to potential advertisers. I'd appreciate any info, specifically: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. Hi Jim, I forget if we spoke about this at the last SHVH, but how about goggle analytics? Lots of free stats available there depending on what you are looking for. I wonder if they be adding video related features in the near future? They have added video features to google search recently, so perhaps they will begin to offer analytic tools and stats for video soon. Markus
[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats on wordpress.com
Thanks, Jay, good point on the flexibility of a feedburner feed. So, are there any stat-hounds in the house? Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. im not the best one to answer. but if you look at Federated Media...they seem to charge by page views: http://www.federatedmedia.net/authors/index Your video stats would probably be the click throughs. 2) Should I stick with the wordpress.com feed or install feedburner? wordpress is slowly bringing back feed stats. They currently let me see how many hits on a particular post come from its feed and they'll eventually let me know the total number of feed subscribers. But wordpress is rolling out new features slowly. Feedburner will give me clickthroughs. Are there other compelling reasons to go with feedburner? I realize I may want to use feedburner to capture email subscribers. feedburner is nice because if you ever decide to change your feed in the future, you can switch it out...and viewers wont know the difference. this is a nice feature of Feedburner. 3) Do I want to install a stat counter and, if so, which one should I install? The only stat counters that wordpress.com supports are sitemeter, statcounter, shiny stats and activemeter. I lean towards sitemeteranyone having issues with sitemeter? dont know this one. 4) If I switch to a self-hosted blog with wordpress.org, will that cause a problem? What do I need to know about transitioning my stats? im not sure i understand your question. whatever stat counter you use should work on whatever blog you use. to me, stats are often fuzzy and whatever you choose to present to the world. Im sure there are some stat hounds on this list who can school us both. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Collecting stats on wordpress.com
My vlog host is wordpress.com. I'm trying to decide what stats to collect and how to get them. Eventually, I may want to show stats to potential advertisers. I'd appreciate any info, specifically: 1) What are the must-have stats? wordpress.com gives page views but not unique visitor counts and it does not give clickthoughs on its feed. 2) Should I stick with the wordpress.com feed or install feedburner? wordpress is slowly bringing back feed stats. They currently let me see how many hits on a particular post come from its feed and they'll eventually let me know the total number of feed subscribers. But wordpress is rolling out new features slowly. Feedburner will give me clickthroughs. Are there other compelling reasons to go with feedburner? I realize I may want to use feedburner to capture email subscribers. 3) Do I want to install a stat counter and, if so, which one should I install? The only stat counters that wordpress.com supports are sitemeter, statcounter, shiny stats and activemeter. I lean towards sitemeteranyone having issues with sitemeter? 4) If I switch to a self-hosted blog with wordpress.org, will that cause a problem? What do I need to know about transitioning my stats? Stats are confusing and I'd appreciate any suggestions. Jim ihatetodance.com
[videoblogging] Re: the look of the video player at wordpress.com
Thanks, Cheryl, those are 2 good suggestions. Seems like there should be a one-click solution--I'm lazy ;) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Cheryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want the image of your video in a cool looking player, how about loading it in that player (so it's playing) and taking a screen shot the same way freevlog has you do it with the quicktime player. Then you can crop the picture of your video playing in the player and use it as your thumbnail. You could play it in Blip.tv's player or in the Wordpress.com player. You could also use an image editor that supports layers to save a picture of the player, and then plop your preferred video thumbnail image on top so it looks like it's playing in the player. So you don't have to screengrab and crop every time. Cheryl --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 onaroll44@ wrote: Thanks, Jay. I don't think wordpress.com allows you to embed code, they just give one option, which was this for my last video, [blip.tv ?posts_id=741364dest=-1], which you paste in under visual and not code. I guess that was part of my question: I pasted in the line above and I got a result that I do not like the look of--are there any other options? After you click on the thumbnail, the player that emerges to play the vid looks fine. The video I posted prior to the current video used the freevlog method with the QT player and that worked okay. I just want to look at all my options. Cropping the image to resize the thumbnail worked, thanks. Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.dedman@ wrote: What are my options for the way the thumbnail looks for a vid at wordpress.com? Specifically: 1) How do I make the image smaller? 2) Is there a way to generate a cool looking player from blip for the thumbnail or is the freevlog method the only thing that works? Hey Jim...im checking out http://ihatetodance.com/. If you're uploading to blip...you can just grab their embed code for your blog. this will probably make the look you want. But remember that you can make the thumbnail any size you want. just crop it on your computer and upload it to your WP account. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Re: the look of the video player at wordpress.com
Thanks, Jay. I don't think wordpress.com allows you to embed code, they just give one option, which was this for my last video, [blip.tv ?posts_id=741364dest=-1], which you paste in under visual and not code. I guess that was part of my question: I pasted in the line above and I got a result that I do not like the look of--are there any other options? After you click on the thumbnail, the player that emerges to play the vid looks fine. The video I posted prior to the current video used the freevlog method with the QT player and that worked okay. I just want to look at all my options. Cropping the image to resize the thumbnail worked, thanks. Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are my options for the way the thumbnail looks for a vid at wordpress.com? Specifically: 1) How do I make the image smaller? 2) Is there a way to generate a cool looking player from blip for the thumbnail or is the freevlog method the only thing that works? Hey Jim...im checking out http://ihatetodance.com/. If you're uploading to blip...you can just grab their embed code for your blog. this will probably make the look you want. But remember that you can make the thumbnail any size you want. just crop it on your computer and upload it to your WP account. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] the look of the video player at wordpress.com
What are my options for the way the thumbnail looks for a vid at wordpress.com? Specifically: 1) How do I make the image smaller? 2) Is there a way to generate a cool looking player from blip for the thumbnail or is the freevlog method the only thing that works? Jim ihatetodance.com
[videoblogging] Re: the look of the video player at wordpress.com
Thanks, Jay. I don't think wordpress.com allows you to embed code, they just give one option, which was this for my last video, [blip.tv ?posts_id=741364dest=-1], which you paste in under visual and not code. I guess that was part of my question: I pasted in the line above and I got a result that I do not like the look of--are there any other options? After you click on the thumbnail, the player that emerges to play the vid looks fine. The video I posted prior to the current video used the freevlog method with the QT player and that worked okay. I just want to look at all my options. Cropping the image to resize the thumbnail worked, thanks. Jim ihatetodance.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are my options for the way the thumbnail looks for a vid at wordpress.com? Specifically: 1) How do I make the image smaller? 2) Is there a way to generate a cool looking player from blip for the thumbnail or is the freevlog method the only thing that works? Hey Jim...im checking out http://ihatetodance.com/. If you're uploading to blip...you can just grab their embed code for your blog. this will probably make the look you want. But remember that you can make the thumbnail any size you want. just crop it on your computer and upload it to your WP account. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Interview Equipment Technique Suggestions
Long time lurker, first time poster. Terrific group. I'm preparing to do interviews and I want to make sure I have a system that works. I'll be both interviewer and neurotic cameraperson. I'm using a Canon Optura 50 ($500 consumer model with both ext. mic and headphone jacks). My first thought was to get a stereo-to-mono Y-connector (one 3.5mm stereo male into two 3.5mm mono females). I'll put a handheld or lav mic on the interviewee and a lav mic on myself (has anyone ever turned their cold-shoe ext. shotgun mic around and aimed it at their face? seems to work). In post-production I would bump up the sound level on the weaker of the two channels. I'm editing in iMovie. While it offers multiple audio tracks, it does not appear to separate left and right channels within the same track. I can export to garageband and it separates L and R channels. Then it seems to be just a matter of balancing L and R channel volumes through panning. I've tested this, seems to work, but I don't feel like I have a lot of audio control even with garageband (but I'm new to garageband). Have I thought this through correctly? Suggestions? Jim Joseph ihatetodance.com skippyblair.blogspot.com (Skippy is a dance educator, guess I'm her vlogmaster)
