Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Joshua Kinberg wrote: As for setting a poster frame... yes, do that. Its generally good practice, though most people tend to disregard. What is required to set a poster frame? Does it require QuickTime Pro? Can it be done with iMovie or Metadata Hootenanny or some other apps? 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/I258zB/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Its really easy with QT Pro: Open your movie in QT Pro - Drag the play head to the frame you wish to set as the thumbnail image - Go to View-Set Poster Frame - Go to File-Save, and choose to save movie as self contained I'm pretty sure there is a similar menu option somewhere in iMovie. -Josh On 11/30/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua Kinberg wrote: As for setting a poster frame... yes, do that. Its generally good practice, though most people tend to disregard. What is required to set a poster frame? Does it require QuickTime Pro? Can it be done with iMovie or Metadata Hootenanny or some other apps? Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Josh, Just curious: If a QT .mov has a poster frame set, is there any way to read save *that image? Don't know anything about the thumbnail extraction / saving of which you speak, Josh, but seems to me it would be a less of a resource hog to go that way. Or am I blowing smoke out an orifice? Jan -- It isn't done alone. Pay more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadnode101/ - education http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media http://the-hold.blogspot.com - literature . On Nov 29, 2005, at 6:36 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images. Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before it gets indexed properly by the search engine. -Josh On 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Links 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/KIlPFB/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] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Yes, this is what we do in FireAnt on Windows. There is a quicktime API function to get the poster frame image. But, not every movie on the web is Quicktime. In fact probably around 50% or less. Again, I can't speak for MeFeedia because I don't know the nature of their setup. -Josh On 11/30/05, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh, Just curious: If a QT .mov has a poster frame set, is there any way to read save *that image? Don't know anything about the thumbnail extraction / saving of which you speak, Josh, but seems to me it would be a less of a resource hog to go that way. Or am I blowing smoke out an orifice? Jan -- It isn't done alone. Pay more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadnode101/ - education http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media http://the-hold.blogspot.com - literature . On Nov 29, 2005, at 6:36 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images. Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before it gets indexed properly by the search engine. -Josh On 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links 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/KIlPFB/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] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
I have yet to meet someone who couldn't grasp the concept of websites and links very fast. Thanks for standing up for us old folks, Andreas. However, I sometime wonder if I might not be the first. I sat for an hour and half trying to figure out why I couldn't get a Quicktime capture on my new Mac. Only when I decided to check out the Apple help online (I'd checked Progue's missing manual knew Apple+Shift+4 should work) did I realize I had unplugged my keyboard from the tower. Little things like that really undermind your confidence :) But I'll not give up. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJ http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280 - Original Message - From: Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:44:07 +0100, Fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BUT, having said that, there is a reason why Grandma and Granpa don't get online, and thats because every interface is so daunting... and if your layout is different from mine - we have a different interface... thus, in the interest of driving people away from mind-programming networks, and luring them to a more independent - people powered - network, I think that a universal layout is needed The Gray Gold are online, and they're online more and more. Sure most need a short course in computers and WWW, but apart from that I have yet to meet someone who couldn't grasp the concept of websites and links very fast. Don't talk down to old people, yo. - Andreas -- URL:http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
All you need is a little bit of practise and a lot of enthusiasm. Doesn't matter what age group you are. :) Joan On 12/1/05, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have yet tomeet someone who couldn't grasp the concept of websites andlinks veryfast.Thanks for standing up for us old folks, Andreas.However, I sometimewonder if I might not be the first.I sat for an hour and half trying to figure out why I couldn't get a Quicktime capture on my new Mac.Onlywhen I decided to check out the Apple help online (I'd checked Progue'smissing manual knew Apple+Shift+4 should work) did I realize I had unplugged my keyboard from the tower.Little things like that really undermind your confidence :)But I'll notgive up.Randolfe (Randy) WickerVideographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280- Original Message -From: Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.comSent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:00 PMSubject: Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:44:07 +0100, Fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BUT, having said that, there is a reason why Grandma and Granpa don't get online, and thats because every interface is so daunting... and if your layout is different from mine - we have a different interface... thus, in the interest of driving people away from mind-programming networks, and luring them to a more independent - people powered - network, I think that a universal layout is needed The Gray Gold are online, and they're online more and more. Sure most need a short course in computers and WWW, but apart from that I have yet to meet someone who couldn't grasp the concept of websites and links very fast. Don't talk down to old people, yo. - Andreas -- URL:http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/ 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
On 11/29/05, Fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS - anyone ever think of making a STANDARD template for all vlog packages that we could use to make all of our vlog sites look the same, combine the features of a webring, and thus make a giant-virtual-independant -open-source TV for the masses? I think that the ability to be different and unique is great, uniformity is boring, and webrings are very 1995...but I guess i understand where you are coming from... I like the fact that I made the graphics for my site...Pages like human-dog.com look really great and I enjoy visiting Ryanne's site to see what new interesting header she has... Rocketboom's layout works because it is updated daily...not many people delve into their archives (i imagine) I like the ability to show old videos, links to my other sites, and graphics that make my vlog Mine -- Josh Leo joshleo.com stonefarm.blogspot.com joshspicks.blogspot.com vlogcats.blogspot.com wearethemedia.com 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Rocketboom's layout works because it is updated daily...not many people delve into their archives (i imagine) Definitely wrong. People check back into the recent archives because of the thumbnails below. There is also an archive page which has thumbnails for every rocketboom... which is well over 200 episodes. But, I think as anyone accumulates the amount of content that Rocketboom has amassed, the liklihood that anyone would try to view *all* the archives decreases... its just too daunting a task. Hence, the paradigm of Search. -Josh On 11/29/05, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/29/05, Fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS - anyone ever think of making a STANDARD template for all vlog packages that we could use to make all of our vlog sites look the same, combine the features of a webring, and thus make a giant-virtual-independant -open-source TV for the masses? I think that the ability to be different and unique is great, uniformity is boring, and webrings are very 1995...but I guess i understand where you are coming from... I like the fact that I made the graphics for my site...Pages like human-dog.com look really great and I enjoy visiting Ryanne's site to see what new interesting header she has... Rocketboom's layout works because it is updated daily...not many people delve into their archives (i imagine) I like the ability to show old videos, links to my other sites, and graphics that make my vlog Mine -- Josh Leo joshleo.com stonefarm.blogspot.com joshspicks.blogspot.com vlogcats.blogspot.com wearethemedia.com Yahoo! Groups Links 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Hmm, totally good points, and I totally hear you - AND Agree! BUT, having said that, there is a reason why Grandma and Granpa don't get online, and thats because every interface is so daunting... and if your layout is different from mine - we have a different interface... thus, in the interest of driving people away from mind-programming networks, and luring them to a more independent - people powered - network, I think that a universal layout is needed however, that doesn't mean that we all cant retain our unique designs... what about if a bunch of the programming gurus got together, and made a plugin that would take any blog you were viewing, and throw it into an interface that looked like a tv... with channels but... er... I guess that's what Fireant is all about... hmmm... well just some random thoughts,... thanks Cheers Josh Leo wrote: On 11/29/05, Fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS - anyone ever think of making a STANDARD template for all vlog packages that we could use to make all of our vlog sites look the same, combine the features of a webring, and thus make a giant-virtual-independant -"open-source" TV for the masses? I think that the ability to be different and unique is great, uniformity is boring, and webrings are very 1995...but I guess i understand where you are coming from... I like the fact that I made the graphics for my site...Pages like human-dog.com look really great and I enjoy visiting Ryanne's site to see what new interesting header she has... Rocketboom's layout works because it is updated daily...not many people delve into their archives (i imagine) I like the ability to show old videos, links to my other sites, and graphics that make my vlog "Mine" -- Josh Leo joshleo.com stonefarm.blogspot.com joshspicks.blogspot.com vlogcats.blogspot.com wearethemedia.com 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:37:44 +0100, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rocketboom's layout works because it is updated daily...not many people delve into their archives (i imagine) Definitely wrong. People check back into the recent archives because of the thumbnails below. There is also an archive page which has thumbnails for every rocketboom... which is well over 200 episodes. I actually tried to locate an old episode at one point, but gave up. Since I couldn't remember which shirt Amanda was wearing in that particular episode the archive page didn't help me locate the episode I wanted. :o) - Andreas -- URL:http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:44:07 +0100, Fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BUT, having said that, there is a reason why Grandma and Granpa don't get online, and thats because every interface is so daunting... and if your layout is different from mine - we have a different interface... thus, in the interest of driving people away from mind-programming networks, and luring them to a more independent - people powered - network, I think that a universal layout is needed The Gray Gold are online, and they're online more and more. Sure most need a short course in computers and WWW, but apart from that I have yet to meet someone who couldn't grasp the concept of websites and links very fast. Don't talk down to old people, yo. - Andreas -- URL:http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- AIDS in India: A lurking bomb. Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
I actually tried to locate an old episode at one point, but gave up. Since I couldn't remember which shirt Amanda was wearing in that particular episode the archive page didn't help me locate the episode I wanted. :o) - Andreas -- Funny, well, if you knew of any keywords for any of the information that you were looking for, you could always type the words into the search form. It works perfectly for me. I could do a bit with desigtning up the results, granted. Also, you can always hover your mouse over the images to get all of the details of each post. Or you can click on the view 2, to see the archives listed out with all of the metadata in ascending order. I have found that Google actually works best for me personally. I don't like using Google plugins to search sites, but when I go to Google and type rocketboom and then enter any of the key words I'm looking for, it almost always produces the particular entry. 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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Uh-oh, oops - sorry, not PC. you - got me! please subtract "grandpa and grandpa and replace with - "people who might just know a little less than someone else" Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:44:07 +0100, Fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BUT, having said that, there is a reason why Grandma and Granpa don't get online, and thats because every interface is so daunting... and if your layout is different from mine - we have a different interface... thus, in the interest of driving people away from mind-programming networks, and luring them to a more independent - people powered - network, I think that a universal layout is needed The Gray Gold are online, and they're online more and more. Sure most need a short course in computers and WWW, but apart from that I have yet to meet someone who couldn't grasp the concept of websites and links very fast. Don't talk down to old people, yo. - Andreas 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.
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The Gray Gold are online, and they're online more and more. Sure most need a short course in computers and WWW, but apart from that I have yet to meet someone who couldn't grasp the concept of websites and links very fast. Don't talk down to old people, yo. Thanks for that! (Speaking as a representative of old people on line!) -- Bev Blog: http://funnytheblog.blogspot.com/ Journal: http://funnytheworld.com 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/
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set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. 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/
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On 11/29/05, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:37:44 +0100, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] I actually tried to locate an old episode at one point, but gave up. Since I couldn't remember which shirt Amanda was wearing in that particular episode the archive page didn't help me locate the episode I wanted. :o) Hehe I did the same thing. I didnt click view 2 either because I thought it was point to page 2 of 2. oops - Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- AIDS in India: A lurking bomb. Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/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/
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Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per pagethat takes care of question #1you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous showshttp://mefeedia.com--SteveOn Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote:Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below)I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve--Home Page - http://stevegarfield.comVideo Blog- http://stevegarfield.blogs.comText Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.comLike Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. 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/ 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.
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Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images. Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before it gets indexed properly by the search engine. -Josh On 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/
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Thanks for that much more robust response than I was able to come up with :) On 11/29/05, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images. Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before it gets indexed properly by the search engine. -Josh On 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/2jUsvC/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] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
i understand all that but do the math: there are less than 2000 feeds as of today i think 500 videos per feed is grossly over estimating most people's *average* output that's 100,000 thumbs we have been told that they have been generating them for several weeks (months?) now let's assume only 6 weeks = 6 x 7 x 24 x 60 = 60480 minutes that's 16 minutes per thumb and counting more likely, there is an average of less than 200 videos per feed at this time so 40 minutes per thumb or higher? wow, that's a lot! this still does not explain why older video thumbs are not slowly showing up for me and why some new ones aren't (no changes in codec here) Joshua Kinberg wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images. Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before it gets indexed properly by the search engine. -Josh On 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/ -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
dropped a zero there obviously but the argument stands Markus Sandy wrote: i understand all that but do the math: there are less than 2000 feeds as of today i think 500 videos per feed is grossly over estimating most people's *average* output that's 100,000 thumbs we have been told that they have been generating them for several weeks (months?) now let's assume only 6 weeks = 6 x 7 x 24 x 60 = 60480 minutes that's 16 minutes per thumb and counting more likely, there is an average of less than 200 videos per feed at this time so 40 minutes per thumb or higher? wow, that's a lot! this still does not explain why older video thumbs are not slowly showing up for me and why some new ones aren't (no changes in codec here) Joshua Kinberg wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images. Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before it gets indexed properly by the search engine. -Josh On 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/ -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
I don't know the specifics of MeFeedia's server setup or queueing mechanism. I don't know if its able to fail gracefully and move on when it encounters errors. There are lots of video codecs out there -- not every QT, WMV, AVI, etc. are made equally. As for setting a poster frame... yes, do that. Its generally good practice, though most people tend to disregard. In FireAnt on Windows we extract thumbnails that display in your collection of videos. If you've set a poster frame, that is the image that gets extracted. -Josh On 11/29/05, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dropped a zero there obviously but the argument stands Markus Sandy wrote: i understand all that but do the math: there are less than 2000 feeds as of today i think 500 videos per feed is grossly over estimating most people's *average* output that's 100,000 thumbs we have been told that they have been generating them for several weeks (months?) now let's assume only 6 weeks = 6 x 7 x 24 x 60 = 60480 minutes that's 16 minutes per thumb and counting more likely, there is an average of less than 200 videos per feed at this time so 40 minutes per thumb or higher? wow, that's a lot! this still does not explain why older video thumbs are not slowly showing up for me and why some new ones aren't (no changes in codec here) Joshua Kinberg wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process.Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and savethem, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors dueto various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images.Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much betterserver resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search oncetold me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for thesame exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract thethumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file beforeit gets indexed properly by the search engine. -JoshOn 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon.On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistentlyshow thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, andothers do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. ChrisOn 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per pagethat takes care of question #1you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails forprevious shows http://mefeedia.com--SteveOn Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) likerocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most currentvideo automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve--Home Page - http://stevegarfield.comVideo Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.comText Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.comLike Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. --~Devlonhttp://mefeedia.com/See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/ -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.orghttp://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.orghttp://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED]msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED]skype: msandyspin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.orghttp://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.orghttp://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED]msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED]skype: msandyspin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPONSORED LINKS
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
I am still getting ramped up on all the inner workings, but it isn't a perfect system yet, still being refined and it is possible that the script went had troubles with some decoding, or missed a post. I'll see if I can dig up some numbers on how many feeds are being 'thumbed' but you'd be surprised how much chewing that script does. Then there's other things...we moved servers, the script was stopped for a few days but people kept videoblogging :) Little things like that. I wish it were as simple as number crunching, but it's not right now. It will get more stable soon as we get everything fleshed out.On 11/29/05, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dropped a zero there obviously but the argument stands Markus Sandy wrote: i understand all that but do the math: there are less than 2000 feeds as of today i think 500 videos per feed is grossly over estimating most people's *average* output that's 100,000 thumbs we have been told that they have been generating them for several weeks (months?) now let's assume only 6 weeks = 6 x 7 x 24 x 60 = 60480 minutes that's 16 minutes per thumb and counting more likely, there is an average of less than 200 videos per feed at this time so 40 minutes per thumb or higher? wow, that's a lot! this still does not explain why older video thumbs are not slowly showing up for me and why some new ones aren't (no changes in codec here) Joshua Kinberg wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process.Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and savethem, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors dueto various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images.Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much betterserver resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search oncetold me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for thesame exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract thethumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file beforeit gets indexed properly by the search engine. -JoshOn 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon.On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistentlyshow thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, andothers do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. ChrisOn 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per pagethat takes care of question #1you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails forprevious shows http://mefeedia.com--SteveOn Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) likerocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most currentvideo automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve--Home Page - http://stevegarfield.comVideo Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.comText Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.comLike Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. --~Devlonhttp://mefeedia.com/See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/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/ -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.orghttp://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.orghttp://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED]msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED]skype: msandyspin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.orghttp://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.orghttp://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED]msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED]skype: msandyspin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Another part of the problem might be that we got all excited about it, including making videos of it, before it was really a feature of Mefeedia. Verdi -- Me: http://michaelverdi.com RD: http://graymattergravy.com Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:13 PM, Devlon wrote: I am still getting ramped up on all the inner workings, but it isn't a perfect system yet, still being refined and it is possible that the script went had troubles with some decoding, or missed a post. I'll see if I can dig up some numbers on how many feeds are being 'thumbed' but you'd be surprised how much chewing that script does. Then there's other things...we moved servers, the script was stopped for a few days but people kept videoblogging :) Little things like that. I wish it were as simple as number crunching, but it's not right now. It will get more stable soon as we get everything fleshed out. On 11/29/05, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dropped a zero there obviously but the argument stands Markus Sandy wrote: i understand all that but do the math: there are less than 2000 feeds as of today i think 500 videos per feed is grossly over estimating most people's *average* output that's 100,000 thumbs we have been told that they have been generating them for several weeks (months?) now let's assume only 6 weeks = 6 x 7 x 24 x 60 = 60480 minutes that's 16 minutes per thumb and counting more likely, there is an average of less than 200 videos per feed at this time so 40 minutes per thumb or higher? wow, that's a lot! this still does not explain why older video thumbs are not slowly showing up for me and why some new ones aren't (no changes in codec here) Joshua Kinberg wrote: Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all types and extract images. Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before it gets indexed properly by the search engine. -Josh On 11/29/05, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up soon. On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not consistently show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, and others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. Chris On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set blogger to show one post per page that takes care of question #1 you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails for previous shows http://mefeedia.com --Steve On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like rocketboom.com (see below) I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of the recently archived ones below... --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. Yahoo! Groups Links 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. -- ~Devlon http://mefeedia.com/ See what we are up to: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com
