[videoblogging] New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread videoblogging
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the videoblogging group. File: /Handouts/VlogResourcesHandoutRevised.doc Uploaded by : kunga47 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : Revised Ryanne Handout 25 Links Word

[videoblogging] New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread videoblogging
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the videoblogging group. File: /Handouts/VlogResourcesHandout.pdf Uploaded by : kunga47 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : Vlog Resources Handout PDF with 25 Working

Re: [videoblogging] Digest Number 1232

2005-10-17 Thread Michael und Susi Videoreporter
Hi there, well, the ringtone example is clearly an extreme one. I don't think the current discussion on the future of copyright is going to lead to this kind of solution. I'd say this is going to go under either Fair Use or some sort of free speech/journalism subclause. But using a copyrighted

[videoblogging] Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread wazman_au
I tried the Movie to iPod export setting in the new QuickTime but found the resulting file, although gorgeous in quality, was too large to be practical. So, based on Mike Verdi's 3ivx specs I've been using for a while, I did some experimenting with an eight-minute vid from Crash Test Kitchen.

Re: [videoblogging] Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
This is very helpful, thanks. Does anyone in the group have a video iPod yet? It would be nice to be able to test and see what actually works!-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group

[videoblogging] Re: Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread wazman_au
I should have mentioned that the encoding was really slow compared with what I've been used to when encoding in 3ivx. I think this might be because of the multi-pass setting. You could probably use single pass but my understanding is the compression might not be as efficient. Also, how I found

Re: [videoblogging] Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread fALk
so why are you making a closed container format .mov and not an open container format .mp4 or the now vidiPod .m4v ? Its the same compressor and the same quality and the same size (plus minus a few bytes) BUT with a .mp4 Operating System like Linux can enjoy you content as well as a all

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggercon 2006 NYC

2005-10-17 Thread Richard
Jay, The sooner you could nail down a date, the better, since there are lots of conference in the spring and I'd like to reserve this one for sure! ... If I go to New York and if I end up staying with Adam, he needs to get a new and louder alarm clock :) ... RichardOn 10/14/05, Jay dedman

Re: [videoblogging] Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread Justin Chapweske
On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 09:12 +, wazman_au wrote: I tried the Movie to iPod export setting in the new QuickTime but found the resulting file, although gorgeous in quality, was too large to be practical. In this context, what defines too large to be practical? It is bandwidth cost?

[videoblogging] New Spiritual Activist Vlogger Interviews with Big Media Execs

2005-10-17 Thread Kent Bye
My wife Jen has just posted her first two vlogs about spirituality, healing and activism at ebbandflow.tv The first is a personal introduction, and the second is one of her poems that uses a lot of creative commons-licensed photos from Flickr. Check them out at

[videoblogging] Duplicate Post Arrivals

2005-10-17 Thread Kunga
Since about yesterday I have started to receive two of every post made to the list. Although they look exactly the same and have the same send time stamp, one is slightly larger in file size than the other. Is anyone else getting two copies of every post like me? -- Taylor Barcroft

Re: [videoblogging] New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread Kunga
I don't know what you mean promote yourself. Ryanne placed her name and url at the bottom of her work and I did the same after adding a significant number of changes. I didn't add any hype about any services that I am aware of. And I posted the source word document so anyone may edit what

Re: [videoblogging] Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:52:07 +0200, fALk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so why are you making a closed container format .mov and not an open container format .mp4 or the now vidiPod .m4v ? Its the same compressor and the same quality and the same size (plus minus a few bytes) BUT with a .mp4

[videoblogging] Vlogger on Manhattan cable tonight

2005-10-17 Thread jonny goldstein
Tonight I'm going to feature the one and only vlogger, Clark Ov Saturn of http:// zipzapzop.com on my rock and roll comedy cable access show, Off, Off, Off, Vegas. It's a call in, so give us a buzz. I'll post the number during the show. Should be a party. Time; 10PM-10:28 Eastern Standard

Re: [videoblogging] Vlogger on Manhattan cable tonight

2005-10-17 Thread Lynn Lane
Aaaargh...I wish you were on Queens cable so I could see it. I love his vlog. LynnLynn LaneCoal River Pictures/SKILLZ DVD Magazinewebsite: www.CoalRiverPictures.comemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]vlog: http://docmaker.blogspot.comfeed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/docmakerAIVF/IDARing 8 MemberNYC On Oct

Re: [videoblogging] New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread Kunga
Thank you Markus. Even though the doc has a psd suffix, my Mac was set to open it in Preview where the 4 layers were invisible. This is the first file of its type I have ever received with that clever multi-layer approach to combining files into one. So you're right. I wasn't understanding

[videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
Theres no clear agreement or concensus, up until now the advise from most people was to avoid h264 until more people could view it. Now things like the ipod supporting h264 are going to help, it will likely help encourage people to upgrade. People with no video ipod but who want to buy videos

Re: [videoblogging] New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread Markus Sandy
Kunga wrote: I don't know what you mean promote yourself. Ryanne placed her name and url at the bottom of her work and I did the same after adding a significant number of changes. the page break before the credits has been removed during the edits ryanne had placed her contact info where

[videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Bill Streeter
I won't use it, yet. I think it's great and there is a lot of potential there, but it's really slow to encode, and older machines (like older than 2 years) have trouble decoding them. So in the interest of broader distribution and maximum compatibility I'm sticking with MP4 for the foreseeable

Re: [videoblogging] New Spiritual Activist Vlogger Interviews with Big Media Execs

2005-10-17 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Saw Jen's works pre-posted and they're well worth watching. Jan P.S. Way to go, Jen :) -- 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 -

[videoblogging] video iPod / Radings: analysis

2005-10-17 Thread Jan McLaughlin
http://www.adrants.com/2005/10/video-ipod-shocks-affiliates-spawns- new.php Adrants piece on one of the reasons television might be shaking in their boots: ratings. Notable language use: hard drive to hard drive. Jan -- It isn't done alone. Pay more.

[videoblogging] Re: Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
I dont think he was suggesting they are totally the same in terms of features, just that the video and audio tracks can be the same, and he didnt mention the advantages of mov over mp4. But lets face it, though the mov-compatible stull like SMIL, chapter, text etc that you mention are nice, most

[videoblogging] Re: Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
Cheers for the guide. The one issue I worry about with ipod compatible h264 is that according to apples apecs, it only supports the h264 profile called 'baseline'. Now if I go to manually export h264 .mp4 in quicktime, in the video options section there is the following: restrict profiles to:

[videoblogging] Re: New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread Bill Streeter
One other point that I would like to make about this (minor point really) in regards to the Word doc. I would avoid using anything other than standard fonts in a Word doc that is going to be mass distributed. Word doesn't embed fonts the way Acrobat does, so if you use something special like

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Changing iTunes category.

2005-10-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Bill Streeter wrote: Yeah like that itunes:category text=* BUT I think only the categories that are in iTunes are valid. And as near as I can tell, there is no official Video Podcast category in the ITMS. If I'm wrong please let me know, because I wish there was. I ended up settling for

[videoblogging] Re: Vlogger on Manhattan cable tonight

2005-10-17 Thread jonny goldstein
From Queens you can still watch it live online at mnn.org, just click on the channel 56 button at the top of the web page. The visuals will be a little choppy, but the audio will be fine. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lynn Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaaargh...I wish you were on Queens cable

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Changing iTunes category.

2005-10-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Watkins wrote: Ive never tried this stuff myself, but I saw that rocketboom is listed in video podcasts, so their feed should be a good guide for the right stuff to put in the feed? http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/quicktime_daily_enclosures_itunes.xml It worries me that this feed is

[videoblogging] cinemalog up and running (new vlog)

2005-10-17 Thread ronenwastaken
hey, thank for the advice. I got cinemalog.net (http://cinemalog.net) up and running, and the vlog entries (under 'video') have fast-start. Muchos Gracias, and any comments (here or via email) would be appreciated. Ronen Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlogger on Manhattan cable tonight

2005-10-17 Thread Lynn Lane
Cool. Thanks. LynnLynn LaneCoal River Pictures/SKILLZ DVD Magazinewebsite: www.CoalRiverPictures.comemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]vlog: http://docmaker.blogspot.comfeed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/docmakerAIVF/IDARing 8 MemberNYC On Oct 17, 2005, at 2:34 PM, jonny goldstein wrote: From Queens you

Re: [videoblogging] cinemalog up and running (new vlog)

2005-10-17 Thread Adam Quirk
Hey there Ronen, Good stuff. Comments don't seem to be working though. When I clicked it I was brought back to the home page, which is probably your 404 error default? My Day with Mike was good, and I liked the widescreen. The shot of him looking away, then freezing when he looks at the

[videoblogging] whoa!

2005-10-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Looking to capitalize on its New Media momentum, Apple buys video blog Rocketboom, with the idea of turning it into a 24-hour online video entertainment/liberal-news/retro-commercials/ Japanese-animation network. Fox beats Apple to the punch with the launch of Foxy.tv. ...but read closely

Re: [videoblogging] whoa!

2005-10-17 Thread Josh Leo
aww snap! http://wearethemedia.com/2005/10/17/apple-buys-video-blog-rocketboom/ On 10/17/05, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking to capitalize on its New Media momentum, Apple buys video blog Rocketboom, with the idea of turning it into a 24-hour online video

Re: [videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Bill Streeter wrote: I won't use it, yet. I think it's great and there is a lot of potential there, but it's really slow to encode, and older machines (like older than 2 years) have trouble decoding them. So in the interest of broader distribution and maximum compatibility I'm sticking

[videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
Mpeg4 is where the maket has been up till now, but h264 is now starting to be used. Both the video ipod and the PSP work with H264, and as the quality is better I am hoping that people viewing stuff on these devices quickly come to expect h264 where possible. Id disagree about Sony being ahead.

[videoblogging] The Art and Science of Screencasting

2005-10-17 Thread Beth Kanter
Hi again, A few weeks ago, I got obssessed with the idea of wanting to make a screencast. Thanks to the great folks on this, I got a lot of advice about the tools. So, this week, I took captivate from Macromedia for a spin (it's a flash movie program). I made really sloppy and choppy

Re: [videoblogging] Re: New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:14:29 +0200, Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For PDF's it doesn't matter. When you export you have to remember to check the box that says Embed all fonts - otherwise it *does* matter. :o) - Andreas -- URL:http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media,

[videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
Id like to get a much firmer idea of what the minimum spec computer is needed to play 320x240 H264 at 15,25,30 fps and bitrates around the 700-800kbits/sec mark. I have access to an array of differently aged Windows PCs at work, so if operating system issues dont get in the way, I'll post

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:35:49 +0200, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont think he was suggesting they are totally the same in terms of features, just that the video and audio tracks can be the same, and he didnt mention the advantages of mov over mp4. Same difference. He was

[videoblogging] Flash Video.

2005-10-17 Thread serrapumpkin
Hi, everyone! I'm wondering if anyone uses Flash Video (flv) on their blogspot-hosted video blog. As some of you know, I'm working on a Master's Thesis project that will involve a video blog, and a flash application that accesses the videos on the vlog. What I'm unsure of is how to embed .flv

[videoblogging] Make iTunes 6 accept non-native video formats

2005-10-17 Thread LeanBackVids.com
While iTunes 6 might not be the best option as a video media player, you might still want it as a video cataloguing tool for all your movies as long as you can open them with QuickTime Player. You can add many types of files... http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051013124423475 -Matt

[videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Bill Streeter
Yeah Steve I'd like to do some tests for you. I have access to a few macs of various ages and processors. A G5 2ghz, a G3 iBook 800mhz, a dual G4 450mhz, a 800mhz g4 eMac, and a iMac G3 350 mhz. Just email me off list and let me know. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In

[videoblogging] Re: Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread wazman_au
To answer, Justin: Yes, yes, and yes. And finally, et cetera. Our vlog was serving seven gigabytes a day recently, and even though I've offloaded most of the content to Ourmedia I still think it's a good idea to keep file sizes under control. Basically I'm trying to keep each episodes a size

[videoblogging] iTunes Video Podcast Category.

2005-10-17 Thread Starfire
I emailed my cousin (who happens to be part owner of Feedburner) and asked him about the Video Podcast category. Here is what he said: We've been talking with Apple to ensure that we're adding all of the appropriate tags, and so far they've said that the same tags we're adding for audio

[videoblogging] Re: New file uploaded to videoblogging

2005-10-17 Thread kostello
Hi Folks, I'm new on the group but having read the posts for the last few days the community here seems very active. I read the PDF -- it's very good, lots of great resources crammed into a short document. I have some thoughts on promotion that comes from days as head of technology for the

[videoblogging] What are the key benefits of Quicktime as a format ?

2005-10-17 Thread Frank Carver
Monday, October 17, 2005, 9:59:14 PM, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: Not really an argument to use MP4. All the Cool Shit(tm) will certainly never be used if the format is phased out. Wince we are at the cutting edge, working on making Cool Shit easier and/or promote it is what we should

[videoblogging] Re: Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread wazman_au
Yes, we're using H.264 within a .mov file because of the extra features available with .mov, such as clickable hyperlinks. Based on our vlog's stats, the vast majority of our watchers are using iTunes. So we place a link at the end of each vid hoping they'll click through to our site and leave

Re: [videoblogging] What are the key benefits of Quicktime as a format ?

2005-10-17 Thread andrew michael baron
Fast-start, scrolling, scrubbing and jumping. These are the most important features for viewing temporal video online, I think. Quicktime handles all of these features much better than Flash for quality video for the same speed/file size. If you want super mad interactivity like video games

[videoblogging] Re: Dont Record Music in the Background

2005-10-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
You tell them, Gena! It is one thing to use music intentionally without paying. It is quite something else to have music you don't want forced upon you by ringtones and background music and deny you your "right to free speech" because you are not able to use the interview you were

[videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Jack Nelson
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Id like to get a much firmer idea of what the minimum spec computer is needed to play 320x240 H264 at 15,25,30 fps and bitrates around the 700-800kbits/sec mark. I have access to an array of differently aged

[videoblogging] Unending problems and frustrations

2005-10-17 Thread Lynn Lane
Well here I sit. I really am trying to enjoy this whole vlog thing but the technical problems that I have on a seemingly daily basis are beyond being able to find happiness within this world. The community is awesome but I am going nuts over here with my technical problems. I am

Re: [videoblogging] iTunes Video Podcast Category.

2005-10-17 Thread Kunga
Nope. Mine was approved in about a week from submission in mid August. FeeBurner was how I got the feed to submit. congrats on the iPod Video. -- Taylor Barcroft http://www.blogger.com/profile/11159903 New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecaster Santa Cruz CA, Beach

Re: [videoblogging] Unending problems and frustrations

2005-10-17 Thread Markus Sandy
if it helps to know: i was just checking a friend's vlog there's a new post and it's not showing up in itunes everything was fine the last time he posted oh well, here we go again, back to feedburner... Lynn Lane wrote: Well here I sit. I really am trying to enjoy this whole vlog thing but

[videoblogging] watch video on your pocket pc

2005-10-17 Thread DOUG
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/watch-pocketpc-video- 131141.php Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM

[videoblogging] Re: Unending problems and frustrations

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
It can be frustrating but Im happy to report that all of your videos work and show up for me in itunes 6 on mac. I subscribed to your feed a moment ago and the latest video is from Monday 17th, it downloaded and played fine. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lynn Lane [EMAIL

[videoblogging] Re: iTunes Video Podcast Category.

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
Wires crossed. We're talking about the 'video podcast' section of the itnes podcast directory which currently still has only 16 feeds, yours nt being one of them. I assume you meant that your feed is listed in the podcast directory, but not in this new video podcast section. Its Apples falt this

[videoblogging] Putting your name on your work is legitimate!

2005-10-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Markus took exception to the PDF file that Ryanne Hodson and Taylor Barcroft had created entitled "Videoblogging Resources" to which they ended with "Compiled by Ryanne Hodson" and "Edited, Appended PDF created by Taylor Barcroft" This is a fine list of resources. When someone

[videoblogging] Re: to H.264, or not to H.264?

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
Cheers, and cheers to the other people who volunteered too, great response :) I think thats at least 3 people who have volunteered, all with multiple macs to try. To be honest, thats probably far more machines than we actually need to get a good idea, and also I havent looked yet at what OS you

[videoblogging] Re: Putting your name on your work is legitimate!

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
To be perfectly honest, I suspect it has something to do with it being Taylor. I dont actually know anything of the thought processes that led to Markus's post, and Im fairly sure Im missing a bit of info as to why Mr Barcrofts contributions to the vlogosphere have not always been met with joy.

Re: [videoblogging] Putting your name on your work is legitimate!

2005-10-17 Thread Markus Sandy
Randolfe Wicker wrote: Markus took exception to the PDF file that Ryanne Hodson and Taylor Barcroft had created entitled "Videoblogging Resources" to which they ended with "Compiled by Ryanne Hodson" and "Edited, Appended PDF created by Taylor Barcroft" you're totally off base

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Putting your name on your work is legitimate!

2005-10-17 Thread Markus Sandy
not so. in fact i considered not saying anything just because i did not want to hurt Taylor's feelings. but i thought it was worth mention. pardon me if i did not do it tactfully enough. as i mentioned before, i appreciate what Taylor has done. i just prefer the example Jan has set in her

Re: [videoblogging] Re: iTunes Video Podcast Category.

2005-10-17 Thread Kunga
Oh no. First they broke the photograph associated with my feed. Now they haven't moved all the VidPodCasts to that section? I didn't realize there is a new section for us. Thanks for the clarification Steve. What burns me is they still have provided NO liason to the publishers yet. We

[videoblogging] Re: Putting your name on your work is legitimate!

2005-10-17 Thread Steve Watkins
You were tactful, its me that has been repeatedly shown to lack tact. I see your point about document credits. What caused me to speak about issues other than those you were talking about, was a few things on the internet Ive seen that I thought were low blows. Im not sure all of them had

[videoblogging] Setting up XML for iTunes

2005-10-17 Thread Susan
Thought this might be helpful. It talks about XML tags for iTunes. http://phobos.apple.com/static/iTunesRSS.html Susan http://vlog.kitykity.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!

[videoblogging] Re: Make iTunes 6 accept non-native video formats

2005-10-17 Thread Philip Clark
I learned something from that article that I did not know. You can drag a .mov file into iTunes, hit command-i and then edit the meta-data for the file exactly the same as you would for an mp3. I don't have QuickTime Pro and I never really got the hang of Metadata Hootenanny so I'd sort of

[videoblogging] Men are pigs (part 2) This is very sad

2005-10-17 Thread aroundtheperimeter
I was not going to post this, but I thought I should due to what happened to Taylor Behl. My prayers go out to her family. Here is a link to the article: http://www.bobparsons.com/WhytheinternetcanbeabadplacetomeetpeopleAmurderinVirginiaTheTaylorBehlstoryt.html Here is link to Taylor's blog and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Unending problems and frustrations

2005-10-17 Thread Lynn Lane
Steve,Thanks for the head's up. I see that FireAnt has the update as well. I'm not sure why I never get updated on the most recent vlog posts on vlogdir.com. Is there some secret that I don't know about to get my vlog post listed? Thanks for subscribing as well! Seems that a few people are

Re: [videoblogging] Men are pigs (part 2) This is very sad

2005-10-17 Thread Charles HOPE
What a terrible tragedy. However I don't know what is served by such divisive rhetoric as: 3.)Men are the main culprits in stalking, rape, killing, molesting go look up the stats on google..its not the women and teenagers that i'm worried about... I think the proper division between is

[videoblogging] Vloggers show in Canada?

2005-10-17 Thread Markus Sandy
I got the following message (spam?). Anyone else get one? Anyone interested? (not an endorsement, just fyi) Hey, those are some great videos you've done. I'm a Producer from Canada, and we're doing a new show called Vloggers. It's about video bloggers and how they see the world. Each week

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggers show in Canada?

2005-10-17 Thread Brett Gaylor
Markus, it is customary for canadians to introduce themselves with vague offers about nudy action, dumping rituals, and stain guessing exercises. Think nothing of it, simply send in your content and wait for the cash to pour in. b - Brett Gaylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.etherworks.ca