Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Rupert Howe
On 10 Feb 2010, at 23:57, David Jones wrote: Sure, but that whole argument is such a big red herring and so entirely beside the point it's not funny! His argument was not beside the point. It was about people using videoblogging for more than talking to the camera. Which is what quite a

[videoblogging] Re: ok..more questions about sound

2010-02-11 Thread adammerc...@att.net
Well, in the case of the restaurant, is the visual clearly showing the setting. If so, I would say some subtle restaurant sound in the background will help sell the story of the location. now ideally, you would want to capture the speaking talent in the quietest situation possible, and later

[videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread adammerc...@att.net
Dave you seem to have a lot of respect in this group so i'll refrain from ripping you a new one wink and just say this. If you bothered to read my original post before getting your pompous high and might knickers in a twist you'd have noticed that I too share this marvelous thing you call

[videoblogging] Re: YouTube Live Streaming Video

2010-02-11 Thread adammerc...@att.net
Thanks everyone. I guess they are keeping that tech to themselves for a while eh --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joly MacFie j...@... wrote: Yep that U2 show.. according to mashable there were a couple of others http://mashable.com/2009/10/19/u2-youtube-live-stream/ On Wed,

[videoblogging] Re: A nice html5 video player with fullscreen

2010-02-11 Thread adammerc...@att.net
When do you think WordPress will have a HTML5 video player? What would need to be done for that to happen? cheers adam --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joly MacFie j...@... wrote: I was seeing a litle jittery spot in the area where the control panel shows up. Anyone else? Apart from

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Adrian Miles
hi all On 11/02/2010, at 8:13 PM, adammerc...@att.net wrote: Also there is the question of bandwidth and I've had this argument with several people, and I'm often in the minority. But i believe my position so I stand by it. Bandwidth is not free, contrary to popular opinion. Someone

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Rupert Howe
Good story :) I used this argument last time we had the HD discussion - it died without comment, except from Adam. Apart from the waste of energy unnecessary cost that someone will have to pick up somewhere, we *will* face repercussions from unnecessary use of huge HD video files. Cisco

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Kath O'Donnell
My ISP here in our London office has started throttling our ADSL broadband - presumably because we use lots of video. Upload speeds have died - it took me 45 minutes to upload a 30mb video yesterday. welcome to the Australian way.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Adrian Miles
hi Rupert On 11/02/2010, at 9:36 PM, Rupert Howe wrote: Certainly, in my book this is another big reason why it's not OK to tell people they shouldn't be shooting in low resolutions. If you don't need to use HD (and why do you need to use HD for personal / family videoblogging like Adam I

[videoblogging] Re: Small Battery Powered Lighting

2010-02-11 Thread Steve Garfield
You can get a Sima LED light. Not expensive. I've got it listed in my book's store: http://getseen.ning.com/store It's rechargeable, but you also can't run it plugged in. So you have to plan when using it to have it charged up. --Steve --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, adammerc...@...

[videoblogging] MacWorld Today

2010-02-11 Thread Steve Garfield
If you're in San Francisco, I've got to things planned for today in addition to checking out MacWorld. Wiley Meet the Authors at MacWorld http://flic.kr/p/7C6RJB I'll be at the Wiley booth at 2:00 today! MacWorld Videobloggers Meetup Tweetup Drinkup: Today at 6:30 - 8:30 House of Shields SF.

[videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread elbowsofdeath
Actually if you use older camera technology and go above 320x240 then you are at risk of running into interlacing issues. This isnt a problem if your editing encoding software can deinterlace and you understand the issue, but certainly when vloggers first started experimenting with 640x480 I

[videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread mgmoon
Originally (2006) I produced videos 320x240 @15fps. I was more conscious 4 years ago about file size. I imagined Blip blowing up with files being anything larger. :) Since then I've settled in on 480x272 as my standard output rez (16:9). If I have 4:3 video I'll normally output to 480x360. I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Jay dedman
Originally (2006) I produced videos 320x240 @15fps. I was more conscious 4 years ago about file size. I imagined Blip blowing up with files being anything larger. :) Since then I've settled in on 480x272 as my standard output rez (16:9). If I have 4:3 video I'll normally output to 480x360.

[videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread elbowsofdeath
I would guess that its partly the extra work the publisher has to go through like you say, but also some other technical issues to do with how the plugin works in practice, along with whatever the story is regarding what happened to ShowInABox and other video module plugins that it tried to

[videoblogging] Re: A nice html5 video player with fullscreen

2010-02-11 Thread elbowsofdeath
There is already at least one: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/degradable-html5-audio-and-video/ I doubt it is perfect yet but this stuff isnt too hard to achieve so I expect we'll get a variety of solutions in the years to come. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread David Jones
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:13 PM, adammerc...@att.net adammerc...@att.net wrote: Dave you seem to have a lot of respect in this group I doubt it, I'm pretty much a newbie. I'm just loud and say what I think, and well, some people don't like that. They don't like to hear differing opinions to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread David Jones
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: That being said, David's work at http://www.eevblog.com/ is extremely appealing to a very specific group of people. Someone who likes to take apart electronics will wait to download the HD version if that's their only

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Rupert Howe
OK, this is my last post on this subject, because you haven't engaged with any of my arguments. But I must point out that you've changed your opinion from the statement that started all this in the first place. You just said to Adam: Once again, I was speaking about low res in general, not

[videoblogging] House of Shields event still on for tonight?

2010-02-11 Thread johnldean2000
Hoping to meet some pros!PS--is it at 6 or 6:30?

[videoblogging] Veoh is dead

2010-02-11 Thread David Lee King
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100211/veoh-finally-calls-it-quits-layoffs-yesterday-bankruptcy-filing-soon/- I never really used them, but thought y'all would find this interesting nonetheless... David Lee King davidleeking.com - blog davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog twitter | skype

Re: [videoblogging] Veoh is dead

2010-02-11 Thread Jay dedman
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100211/veoh-finally-calls-it-quits-layoffs-yesterday-bankruptcy-filing-soon/- I never really used them, but thought y'all would find this interesting nonetheless... I dont know anyone who used them to host videos. Not exactly sure who their users were. Kind

[videoblogging] Re: Veoh is dead

2010-02-11 Thread elbowsofdeath
remember its name. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Lee King davidleek...@... wrote: http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100211/veoh-finally-calls-it-quits-layoffs-yesterday-bankruptcy-filing-soon/- I never really used them, but thought y'all would find

[videoblogging] Re: Veoh is dead

2010-02-11 Thread elbowsofdeath
By the way their website is still up as I write this, although when poking around I note they havnt put a new press-release on their site since December 2008. Did some brief trawling through the archives of this group circa 2005-2006 and saw one reason why I remember Veoh - Their founder was

Re: [videoblogging] Veoh is dead

2010-02-11 Thread Rt Rev Cal Lippitt (Aidan Odinson)
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Veoh is dead http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100211/veoh-finally-calls-it-quits-layoffs-yesterday-bankruptcy-filing-soon/- I never really used them, but thought y'all would find

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Veoh is dead

2010-02-11 Thread Jay dedman
Did some brief trawling through the archives of this group circa 2005-2006 and saw one reason why I remember Veoh - Their founder was active here when they started, and the Halycon bloke with pink hair rather overpromoted them on this group from time to time. Those were the days when you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Jay dedman
HD is not their only choice. I use an embedded YouTube player which defaults to 360p, the user must then manually chose 480p or 720p if they way higher res. If they subscribe to my podcast with iTunes or whatever they get a separate 480x272 version. About half my audience subscribe and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Chad F. Boeninger
If only YouTube offered uploading of custom thumnails and more options for branding and player customization. Just having 3 thumbnails to choose from is silly.  Blip.TV doesn't have the same quality of flash embeds, but its   features still win out for me over YouTube.  YouTube does have better

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-11 Thread Jay dedman
I would guess that its partly the extra work the publisher has to go through like you say, but also some other technical issues to do with how the plugin works in practice, along with whatever the story is regarding what happened to ShowInABox and other video module plugins that it tried to