Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
Chris Nolan.ca wrote: I guess one has to balance the viewers, do most watch the video on the webpage, or through the feed? A few weeks ago, I started using a different url for the video I linked to on the site versus the video I linked to as an enclosures. It's still a little early, but for my site, it seems like the enclosure videos are typically getting more play than the ones linked to on the site. Hopefully I can pull some stats together on this soon. Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance! Thanks!
Guys, Thanks for all the help!!! Check it out, my first real Vlog! http://www.remyc.com/Scion66_riseshine.html See you on Route 66!!! RemyC. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Nolan.ca wrote: I guess one has to balance the viewers, do most watch the video on the webpage, or through the feed? A few weeks ago, I started using a different url for the video I linked to on the site versus the video I linked to as an enclosures. It's still a little early, but for my site, it seems like the enclosure videos are typically getting more play than the ones linked to on the site. Hopefully I can pull some stats together on this soon. Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance! Thanks!
Looks good, but I had a hard time understanding what you were saying. Some kind of audio problem, I guess, or maybe you were just speaking too softly. Are you going to Vlog the whole trip? Feel free to look me up when you come thru St. Louis. I live very near Route 66. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Remy Chevalier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, Thanks for all the help!!! Check it out, my first real Vlog! http://www.remyc.com/Scion66_riseshine.html See you on Route 66!!! RemyC. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Nolan.ca wrote: I guess one has to balance the viewers, do most watch the video on the webpage, or through the feed? A few weeks ago, I started using a different url for the video I linked to on the site versus the video I linked to as an enclosures. It's still a little early, but for my site, it seems like the enclosure videos are typically getting more play than the ones linked to on the site. Hopefully I can pull some stats together on this soon. Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance! Thanks!
Remy Chevalier wrote: Guys, Thanks for all the help!!! Check it out, my first real Vlog! http://www.remyc.com/Scion66_riseshine.html See you on Route 66!!! RemyC. RemyC, I had a few problems... I went to: http://www.remyc.com/Scion66_riseshine.html and just saw a big pink square on the page, no video. I then tried to validate the page: URL:http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A//www.remyc.com/Scion66_rise%26shine.html It failed validation. Many (ok, most) pages on the web do, but it helps to write valid html when it comes to fixing problems with your pages. (Also note that using an ampersand '' in your page name might not be a good idea, some browsers/services may have problems with that.) Anyway, I viewed the source of the page and found the video here: http://www.remyc.com/riseshine466.wmv (Again, avoid using '' in file names if you can.) The server is sending this file as 'text/plain' when it should be 'video/x-ms-wmv' (This is what tells the browser to use an application that can play WMV files.) The server is running Apache, so either you or a server admin could fix this by adding in an .htaccess file with the following: AddType video/x-ms-wmv .wmv So that any file with an .wmv extension would be served properly. If this is over your head (it is to many people) is there a server admin or techie who could help you with it? Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
ah... no sorry... seems to work... never mind! thanks!!! I think I was changing the height and the width at the same time the last time... looks great now! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Remy Chevalier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The properties of the video itself tell me it's 400x300. When I resize the player dimensions smaller, it just makes everything smaller, and the black borders are still there. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Beth Agnew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Re: the black borders* -- you're showing a TV-style sized video inside a movie-style player window that is 400 x 300. Change the width= and height= specification of your player object to fit the size of the video. Be sure to include room for the player controls. For 320 x 240 video use width=320 height=240 but add more pixels to the height to include the controls, so width=320 height=300. The height is currently fine, and I don't really think the black borders are that bad. If you ever plan to have any widescreen video, then your viewers will be accustomed to the 16:9 ratio of the screen. Good luck with your project! --Beth Remy Chevalier wrote: Again, this is just my test page: http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html ... What concerns me now is how to get rid of those black borders on each side of the image. Any clue? -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
Yeah, that is annoying but it is not nearly as bad as when you go to a vlog's homepage that has every posts loading an embedded video. That is cause for an instant click on stop and back. Most blogging software supports a post summary and a post body. We use the summary on all non-post pages as well as our feed. It includes a photo and teaser text that link to the post. The post body is displayed only on the individual post page and includes the embedded video and the same teaser text, along with an extra content. Oh, and we use a JavaScript function to write out the video code because it helps to avoids invalid XHTML. I'm working on building a separate CMS to allow extra content to be associated with WordPress posts. For example, I'd like to associate a video, a photo thumbnail, a larger photo, amazon products, etc. The cool part is that the hand-coding of photos and embedded video could be dynamically generated from the new CMS. Rather than build all this into WordPress, it seems much easier to build it in parallel. -Matt http://www.leanbackvids.com/ http://www.vlogmap.org/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chris Nolan.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I'd recommend vloggers embed their movies as well as provide a directly link (maybe at the bottom). Do others find it annoying though that when they are watching the video in ANT and the embedded video starts playing in the HTML area? Not only does one have to go pause the embedded one, but the bandwidth savings for the host are lost since it's coming down a second time. I guess one has to balance the viewers, do most watch the video on the webpage, or through the feed? For people that program their own site, consider striping any embedding logic out of the feed perhaps? Chris Nolan.ca http://ChrisNolan.ca/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
Thanks Steve for sending me in the right direction... that sure got me started. I wasn't able to get the code on the our media post working properly, but the link back to the MS site itself gave me an even simpler line of code to use and it works. Check it out! http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html But now what I can't figure out is how to remove the black borders on each side of the screen to make the image nice and flush! Rem --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, No its not a redundant question at all, it comes up fairly often but theres no harm in repeating this stuff. Basically it depends wat format of video you use. That pinup site uses flash, it looks like you'll be using wmv? There are many guides to doing this stuff, and some people have created tools that will create the necessary code to put on your website. I dont have links to those handy, but here is an example of how to make wmv's show up on your page in the way you want: http://www.ourmedia.org/node/5573 Anyway someone else can probably give better advise, but if all else fails the keyword to search the internet for is embedded. So if you google something like 'embedding wmv' you'll get loads of info about this stuff. Cheers Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, RemyC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear VideoBlogging Yahoo Group, I am new to this group, so please forgive for what will probably seem like a really redundant question! I build websites... they are simple but they are my own. I want to start putting video on my pages. I know how to put files online... What I can't figure out is how to wrap the movie file inside a skin to give visitors access to the stop/pause/play and scroll buttons under the screen. Does anyone know of a good how-to walk through instruction page? Or a good line of code... Best vlog tech I've seen so far is at: http://www.babeblvd.com Yes, it's a pin-up website! But I find the way they display the screen, how it plays into their page, to be very harmoniously embedded into the design of the page, making it an integral component of the webpage. It's attractive, it works, it's simple, it's good design! You can find all my webpages from this portal: http://www.remyc.com This here below is as far as I've gotten posting streaming video playing on the page: http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html It's my vlog test page. I'm using FrontPage as webdesign software. I want to learn how to wrap the screen in a skin... Can someone on this list help me out? You can contact me direct by emailing me at: remyc at prodigy.net thanks! Remy C. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
I think you mean http://www.freevlog.org Yes, I'd been there, but they only teach you how to upload videos onto their own server, not a do-it-yourself on your own website instruction. Unless I didn't quite understand what their site is about... do you have a direct url you're thinking about? Steve on this list provided me with a link that had a simple line of code, which led me to another link on the MS website... and I think I'm all set: http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html (except I'd really like to get rid of the black borders on each side of the screen... I can't figure it out...) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could spend the next ten lines trying to teach you how, but www.freevlog.com, has step by step videos and is delivered so elaquently, that it would leave me standing, pop by my site to see this in action. http://pjkproductions.blogspot.com On 30 Sep 2005, at 17:14, RemyC wrote: Dear VideoBlogging Yahoo Group, I am new to this group, so please forgive for what will probably seem like a really redundant question! I build websites... they are simple but they are my own. I want to start putting video on my pages. I know how to put files online... What I can't figure out is how to wrap the movie file inside a skin to give visitors access to the stop/pause/play and scroll buttons under the screen. Does anyone know of a good how-to walk through instruction page? Or a good line of code... Best vlog tech I've seen so far is at: http://www.babeblvd.com Yes, it's a pin-up website! But I find the way they display the screen, how it plays into their page, to be very harmoniously embedded into the design of the page, making it an integral component of the webpage. It's attractive, it works, it's simple, it's good design! You can find all my webpages from this portal: http://www.remyc.com This here below is as far as I've gotten posting streaming video playing on the page: http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html It's my vlog test page. I'm using FrontPage as webdesign software. I want to learn how to wrap the screen in a skin... Can someone on this list help me out? You can contact me direct by emailing me at: remyc at prodigy.net thanks! Remy C. SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Explains 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. Do yourself a favour and Visit my Vlog http://pjkproductions.blogspot.com It's worth a laugh and work friendly. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
I think you mean http://www.freevlog.org Yes, I'd been there, but they only teach you how to upload videos onto their own server, not a do-it-yourself on your own website instruction. Unless I didn't quite understand what their site is about... do you have a direct url you're thinking about? Steve on this list provided me with a link that had a simple line of code, which led me to another link on the MS website... and I think I'm all set: http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html (except I'd really like to get rid of the black borders on each side of the screen... I can't figure it out...) most of us are are uploading a video to a server and linking to the video from our blog. as http://freevlog.org shows...we also add a stillframe to identify it as a video post. we're actually strating fresh and making a videoblog. so what you want to do is add videos to your current webpage, correct? and youre interested in embedding the video IN your webpage...so the controls are right there on the site. http://www.videoblogging.info/archives/how-to-embed-videos-in-your-blog-post/ most of us dont embed the videos in the page because: 1. there is no obvious permalink to the video. 2. it doesnt show up in RSS feed for syndication. (someone correct me if im wrong) Jay -- Adventures in Videoblogging URL: http://www.momentshowing.net http://feeds.feedburner.com/Momentshowing 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:35:08 +0200, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: most of us dont embed the videos in the page because: 1. there is no obvious permalink to the video. 2. it doesnt show up in RSS feed for syndication. (someone correct me if im wrong) While you're not wrong per se... Embedding the video in the webpage gives a great user experience, but as you say it has two issues: 1. The video URL is hard to find. This is useful when people want to remix or quote your video. 2. Feedburner doesn't pick it up (I think mefeedia still picks it up?) Anyway, it's not an either or scenario. The best way in my opinion is to do both: Embed the video directly in the webpage, but also provide a download link. For examples see: - http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/ - http://mnstories.com/ (down at the moment) And of course use things like quicktime poster frames to avoid having ten videos load on the same page. - Andreas -- URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
I use WordPress for LeanBackVids.com and we're able to declare a media enclosure without having to link directly to the file. Even if I do not add the enclosure, WordPress is ususally smart enough to do it for me. Not sure about the obvious permalink though. Either way, we've never noticed a problem. Personally, I'd recommend vloggers embed their movies as well as provide a directly link (maybe at the bottom). This should offer better ascetics from the embed vs. direct link or popup... and the RSS functionality will still be the same. -Matt http://www.leanbackvids.com/ http://www.vlogmap.org/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: most of us dont embed the videos in the page because: 1. there is no obvious permalink to the video. 2. it doesnt show up in RSS feed for syndication. (someone correct me if im wrong) Jay Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
Personally, I'd recommend vloggers embed their movies as well as provide a directly link (maybe at the bottom). Do others find it annoying though that when they are watching the video in ANT and the embedded video starts playing in the HTML area? Not only does one have to go pause the embedded one, but the bandwidth savings for the host are lost since it's coming down a second time. I guess one has to balance the viewers, do most watch the video on the webpage, or through the feed? For people that program their own site, consider striping any embedding logic out of the feed perhaps? Chris Nolan.ca http://ChrisNolan.ca/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
Again, this is just my test page: http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html Yes, we want our video files hosted on our server. The project is to video chronicle our Scion 66 trip www.scion66.com with short vlogs every day. People will find them from our home page at Electrifying Times and they will all have their own url link. Yes, I want them to play on opening the page. What concerns me now is how to get rid of those black borders on each side of the image. Any clue? I'm also in the market for a videocam with good sound and a zoom that records on Flash cards. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you mean http://www.freevlog.org Yes, I'd been there, but they only teach you how to upload videos onto their own server, not a do-it-yourself on your own website instruction. Unless I didn't quite understand what their site is about... do you have a direct url you're thinking about? Steve on this list provided me with a link that had a simple line of code, which led me to another link on the MS website... and I think I'm all set: http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/attackhybrid.html (except I'd really like to get rid of the black borders on each side of the screen... I can't figure it out...) most of us are are uploading a video to a server and linking to the video from our blog. as http://freevlog.org shows...we also add a stillframe to identify it as a video post. we're actually strating fresh and making a videoblog. so what you want to do is add videos to your current webpage, correct? and youre interested in embedding the video IN your webpage...so the controls are right there on the site. http://www.videoblogging.info/archives/how-to-embed-videos-in-your- blog-post/ most of us dont embed the videos in the page because: 1. there is no obvious permalink to the video. 2. it doesnt show up in RSS feed for syndication. (someone correct me if im wrong) Jay -- Adventures in Videoblogging URL: http://www.momentshowing.net http://feeds.feedburner.com/Momentshowing Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlog Newbie needs assistance!
Embedding a video vs. popping it in another window or player does not pose any technological back-end restrictions or problems. Its a choice for user interface and design. Whatever you would like can work just fine. On Oct 1, 2005, at 11:11 AM, LeanBackVids.com wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: most of us dont embed the videos in the page because: 1. there is no obvious permalink to the video. 2. it doesnt show up in RSS feed for syndication. (someone correct me if im wrong) Jay Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links 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/
