[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[~ FluxRostrum]

no, not those problems.

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From: gerrytshow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:46:55 PM
Subject: [videoblogging] Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV


Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if any of you out there have experienced any problems
recently with uploading your videos onto Blip?  Last week, I was
unable to upload my video after multiple attempts over a couple of
days using both Firefox and Internet Explorer.

When I contacted Blip they accused my year old Dell XPS M140 for the
problems although offering no REAL concrete answers or solutions to
why this happen and how to avoid it in the future.

I've been uploading my videos to Blip since Feb 2007 and I've never
been able to use Firefox for any of my uploads, and some of my uploads
have taken as long as 6 hours.  Is this normal using Blip?

I cannot continue to have these problems and have Blip point the
finger at me and my computer.  Does anyone have any insight or answers
to these questions?


Thanks!

Gerry t

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[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[Steve Watkins]

Whilst I can see why blip would want to autoplay some stuff, I hate
autoplay, especially as the mute button doesnt seem to work for me on
osx, firefox 2, with flash moviestar beta.

The middle ground is perhaps autoplay with automute, or shorter clips,
or the ability to store a preference to not autoplay in future. Its
definately the sound that is most intrusive, just like net adverts
that have sound, hate hate hate!

Cheers

Steve Elbows


--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adrian Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> but still, autoplay is poor form in anyone's book :-)
> -- 
> cheers
> Adrian Miles
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[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[ractalfece]

Changing out the promos would help.  It would be even better if blip
featured a video.  I know blip is all about promoting shows.  But not
every episode from every show is a hot one.  If they put a hot one up
every day, that would be my dream come true, as a viewer.  As a
creator, I love blip, of course.

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "bestdamntechshow"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Since the new homepage has gone up, we're going to be programming more
> promos on it, so fear not, it will be changed out in the days to come
> and definitely more often!
> 
> _drew olanoff
> drew (at) blip.tv
> 
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" 
> wrote:
> >
> > Not just you. There are a lot of people that are sick of it.
> > 
> > I finally realized that they arent going to do anything about and just
> > bookmarked my dashboard inside the Blip site.
> > 
> > Of course, the autoplay stops me from going to Blips front page now
> > because it's so annoying and I miss out on any new shows that might
> > pop up there.
> > 
> > David
> > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com
> > 
> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "ractalfece"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Good it's not just me.  If youtube featured a video for this long
> > > there would be a riot.  Well, maybe not a riot.  But people would be
> > > boycotting the internet.
> > > 
> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "schlomo rabinowitz"
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have this problem as well and I wish he would just die
already!!!
> > > > 
> > > > It pretty annoying that he JUST. DOES. NOT. DIE.
> > > > 
> > > > (autoplay can die as well)
> > > > 
> > > > On 10/18/07, ractalfece  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been having a problem with Blip. I'm not sure when it
> started.
> > > > >  I think it was two or three weeks ago. Okay, this is what
> > happens. I
> > > > >  go to the blip.tv website and this guy named David Pen starts
> > > talking.
> > > > >  He says he's going to die. And then I hear a gunshot. Every
> single
> > > > >  time I log in this happens. Anybody else having this problem?
> > > > >
> > > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Schlomo Rabinowitz
> > > > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com
> > > > http://hatfactory.net
> > > > AIM:schlomochat
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[Adrian Miles]

around the 19/10/07 bestdamntechshow mentioned about [videoblogging] 
Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With  that:
>
>Since the new homepage has gone up, we're going to be programming more
>promos on it, so fear not, it will be changed out in the days to come
>and definitely more often!

but still, autoplay is poor form in anyone's book :-)
-- 
cheers
Adrian Miles
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[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[bestdamntechshow]

Since the new homepage has gone up, we're going to be programming more
promos on it, so fear not, it will be changed out in the days to come
and definitely more often!

_drew olanoff
drew (at) blip.tv

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Not just you. There are a lot of people that are sick of it.
> 
> I finally realized that they arent going to do anything about and just
> bookmarked my dashboard inside the Blip site.
> 
> Of course, the autoplay stops me from going to Blips front page now
> because it's so annoying and I miss out on any new shows that might
> pop up there.
> 
> David
> http://www.davidhowellstudios.com
> 
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "ractalfece"  wrote:
> >
> > Good it's not just me.  If youtube featured a video for this long
> > there would be a riot.  Well, maybe not a riot.  But people would be
> > boycotting the internet.
> > 
> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "schlomo rabinowitz"
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > I have this problem as well and I wish he would just die already!!!
> > > 
> > > It pretty annoying that he JUST. DOES. NOT. DIE.
> > > 
> > > (autoplay can die as well)
> > > 
> > > On 10/18/07, ractalfece  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've been having a problem with Blip. I'm not sure when it
started.
> > > >  I think it was two or three weeks ago. Okay, this is what
> happens. I
> > > >  go to the blip.tv website and this guy named David Pen starts
> > talking.
> > > >  He says he's going to die. And then I hear a gunshot. Every
single
> > > >  time I log in this happens. Anybody else having this problem?
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Schlomo Rabinowitz
> > > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com
> > > http://hatfactory.net
> > > AIM:schlomochat
> > >
> >
>

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[David Howell]

Not just you. There are a lot of people that are sick of it.

I finally realized that they arent going to do anything about and just
bookmarked my dashboard inside the Blip site.

Of course, the autoplay stops me from going to Blips front page now
because it's so annoying and I miss out on any new shows that might
pop up there.

David
http://www.davidhowellstudios.com

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "ractalfece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Good it's not just me.  If youtube featured a video for this long
> there would be a riot.  Well, maybe not a riot.  But people would be
> boycotting the internet.
> 
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "schlomo rabinowitz"
>  wrote:
> >
> > I have this problem as well and I wish he would just die already!!!
> > 
> > It pretty annoying that he JUST. DOES. NOT. DIE.
> > 
> > (autoplay can die as well)
> > 
> > On 10/18/07, ractalfece  wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've been having a problem with Blip. I'm not sure when it started.
> > >  I think it was two or three weeks ago. Okay, this is what
happens. I
> > >  go to the blip.tv website and this guy named David Pen starts
> talking.
> > >  He says he's going to die. And then I hear a gunshot. Every single
> > >  time I log in this happens. Anybody else having this problem?
> > >
> > >  
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Schlomo Rabinowitz
> > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com
> > http://hatfactory.net
> > AIM:schlomochat
> >
>

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[ractalfece]

Good it's not just me.  If youtube featured a video for this long
there would be a riot.  Well, maybe not a riot.  But people would be
boycotting the internet.

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "schlomo rabinowitz"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have this problem as well and I wish he would just die already!!!
> 
> It pretty annoying that he JUST. DOES. NOT. DIE.
> 
> (autoplay can die as well)
> 
> On 10/18/07, ractalfece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I've been having a problem with Blip. I'm not sure when it started.
> >  I think it was two or three weeks ago. Okay, this is what happens. I
> >  go to the blip.tv website and this guy named David Pen starts
talking.
> >  He says he's going to die. And then I hear a gunshot. Every single
> >  time I log in this happens. Anybody else having this problem?
> >
> >  
> 
> 
> -- 
> Schlomo Rabinowitz
> http://schlomolog.blogspot.com
> http://hatfactory.net
> AIM:schlomochat
>

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[Jan McLaughlin]

Just so you know, after a Twitter inquiry as to whether anyone had tried to
phone, I called Mr. Hudack some time before 7 a.m. EST and the issue was
fixed in minutes.

I've never experienced the kind of problem you describe uploading.

Jan

On 10/18/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Nope. Nobody'd be uploading to them if there were widespread
> > problems.  Blip works fine for me almost all the time.  They
> > seriously let me down this morning on two important demonstrations
> > for clients when their servers went down between 9 and 12.  But
> > that's very unusual.  Their support is the best I've ever come
> > across.  They will go massively out of their way to help.  Chances
> > are, if they're telling you it's to do with something your end, it is.
>
> To be fair... Between 9am and 12pm your time is approximately between
> 4am and 7am here in NYC, where blip is located. :)
>
> Here's their post about it: 
>
> --
> Bill Cammack
> http://billcammack.com
>
>
> > Suggestions:
> > - Check your upload speed, and try uploading to Blip using somebody
> > else's internet connection.  Perhaps your ISP sucks.  Mine used to.
> > I got a new one.  Contention (number of people sharing the pipe) and
> > upload speeds are not things you'd know without checking.  Who knows,
> > perhaps your ISP doesn't like people uploading stuff, so they make it
> > deliberately difficult.  Sounds a bit like it.
> >
> > - If you're using a wireless connection, plug in.
> >
> > - Download UpperBlip batch uploading app from Blip's download tools
> > section and use it to upload your videos.
> >
> > - Upgrade Firefox. Better yet, uninstall it and download the latest
> > version and install it fresh.
> >
> > - Then uninstall your Flash player and download a new copy.
> >
> > - Lose the Dell. Dells suck dead man's ass.  I normally say something
> > a LOT ruder.  I do IT support for people on the side, and I don't
> > know one single person with a Dell that hasn't slowed down to an
> > unbearable standstill after 2 years - more often after just ONE
> > year.  It seems to me that they make them like that so that you have
> > to buy new ones.  And the great thing is, almost all people who have
> > slow Dell seem to replace it with... another Dell.  It's all they
> > know.  Don't make the same mistake.  Particularly now that all new
> > machines come with Vista, the world's worst operating system.  Put
> > Vista on a Dell, it's like crossing the beams. You might as well put
> > your fist through the screen before you even turn it on.
> >
> > Rupert
> > http://twittervlog.tv/
> >
> >
> > On 18 Oct 2007, at 21:46, gerrytshow wrote:
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I was wondering if any of you out there have experienced any problems
> > recently with uploading your videos onto Blip? Last week, I was
> > unable to upload my video after multiple attempts over a couple of
> > days using both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
> >
> > When I contacted Blip they accused my year old Dell XPS M140 for the
> > problems although offering no REAL concrete answers or solutions to
> > why this happen and how to avoid it in the future.
> >
> > I've been uploading my videos to Blip since Feb 2007 and I've never
> > been able to use Firefox for any of my uploads, and some of my uploads
> > have taken as long as 6 hours. Is this normal using Blip?
> >
> > I cannot continue to have these problems and have Blip point the
> > finger at me and my computer. Does anyone have any insight or answers
> > to these questions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Gerry t
> >
> > The Gerry T Show
> > "Where Dating & Mating Always Come Together"
> > http://TheGerryTShow.Blip.TV
> > http://GerryT.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[schlomo rabinowitz]

I have this problem as well and I wish he would just die already!!!

It pretty annoying that he JUST. DOES. NOT. DIE.

(autoplay can die as well)

On 10/18/07, ractalfece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I've been having a problem with Blip. I'm not sure when it started.
>  I think it was two or three weeks ago. Okay, this is what happens. I
>  go to the blip.tv website and this guy named David Pen starts talking.
>  He says he's going to die. And then I hear a gunshot. Every single
>  time I log in this happens. Anybody else having this problem?
>
>  


-- 
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http://schlomolog.blogspot.com
http://hatfactory.net
AIM:schlomochat

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[ractalfece]

I've been having a problem with Blip.  I'm not sure when it started. 
I think it was two or three weeks ago.  Okay, this is what happens.  I
go to the blip.tv website and this guy named David Pen starts talking.
 He says he's going to die.  And then I hear a gunshot. Every single
time I log in this happens.  Anybody else having this problem?

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[Bill Cammack]

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Nope. Nobody'd be uploading to them if there were widespread  
> problems.  Blip works fine for me almost all the time.  They  
> seriously let me down this morning on two important demonstrations  
> for clients when their servers went down between 9 and 12.  But  
> that's very unusual.  Their support is the best I've ever come  
> across.  They will go massively out of their way to help.  Chances  
> are, if they're telling you it's to do with something your end, it is.

To be fair... Between 9am and 12pm your time is approximately between
4am and 7am here in NYC, where blip is located. :)

Here's their post about it: 

--
Bill Cammack
http://billcammack.com


> Suggestions:
> - Check your upload speed, and try uploading to Blip using somebody  
> else's internet connection.  Perhaps your ISP sucks.  Mine used to.   
> I got a new one.  Contention (number of people sharing the pipe) and  
> upload speeds are not things you'd know without checking.  Who knows,  
> perhaps your ISP doesn't like people uploading stuff, so they make it  
> deliberately difficult.  Sounds a bit like it.
> 
> - If you're using a wireless connection, plug in.
> 
> - Download UpperBlip batch uploading app from Blip's download tools  
> section and use it to upload your videos.
> 
> - Upgrade Firefox. Better yet, uninstall it and download the latest  
> version and install it fresh.
> 
> - Then uninstall your Flash player and download a new copy.
> 
> - Lose the Dell. Dells suck dead man's ass.  I normally say something  
> a LOT ruder.  I do IT support for people on the side, and I don't  
> know one single person with a Dell that hasn't slowed down to an  
> unbearable standstill after 2 years - more often after just ONE  
> year.  It seems to me that they make them like that so that you have  
> to buy new ones.  And the great thing is, almost all people who have  
> slow Dell seem to replace it with... another Dell.  It's all they  
> know.  Don't make the same mistake.  Particularly now that all new  
> machines come with Vista, the world's worst operating system.  Put  
> Vista on a Dell, it's like crossing the beams. You might as well put  
> your fist through the screen before you even turn it on.
> 
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.tv/
> 
> 
> On 18 Oct 2007, at 21:46, gerrytshow wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I was wondering if any of you out there have experienced any problems
> recently with uploading your videos onto Blip? Last week, I was
> unable to upload my video after multiple attempts over a couple of
> days using both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
> 
> When I contacted Blip they accused my year old Dell XPS M140 for the
> problems although offering no REAL concrete answers or solutions to
> why this happen and how to avoid it in the future.
> 
> I've been uploading my videos to Blip since Feb 2007 and I've never
> been able to use Firefox for any of my uploads, and some of my uploads
> have taken as long as 6 hours. Is this normal using Blip?
> 
> I cannot continue to have these problems and have Blip point the
> finger at me and my computer. Does anyone have any insight or answers
> to these questions?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Gerry t
> 
> The Gerry T Show
> "Where Dating & Mating Always Come Together"
> http://TheGerryTShow.Blip.TV
> http://GerryT.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Having Technical Problems With Blip TV

[Steve Watkins]

As a nerd I want to know what might cause Dells to slow down in the
way you suggest. As there isnt much hardware that would be responsible
for such symptoms, apart from some RAM or harddrive partial failure,
it sounds more like an OS issue. Now certainly Windows often gets
clogged up within a year or two and needs reinstalling, but I dont
know what there is about Dells that would make it more of an issue
with them. Maybe they ship some iffy drivers or apps with the machine,
but again Id usually expect that to make them slow to start with,
rather than after a year.

Personally I dont believe it being a Dell or how old it is is terribly
relevent to whether its responsible for Gerry's problems with Blip. It
could be, but the devil will be in the detail, its jsut as likely some
setting or app installed on your computer thats causing woes, or some
part of your approach is causing a problem, eg what format & filesize
are you uploading the videos as?

Cheers

Steve Elbows


--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> - Lose the Dell. Dells suck dead man's ass.  I normally say something  
> a LOT ruder.  I do IT support for people on the side, and I don't  
> know one single person with a Dell that hasn't slowed down to an  
> unbearable standstill after 2 years - more often after just ONE  
> year.  It seems to me that they make them like that so that you have  
> to buy new ones.