Re: [videoblogging] community TV and videoblogs

2005-12-15 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay dedman wrote: Working at a community TV station in manhattan, I was excited to see that a station in Mass has created a video feed of some of their programs. http://www.cctvcambridge.org/videorss I got an email from these folks back in October about showing one of my videos at an event

Re: [videoblogging] Another newbie de-lurking

2005-12-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Eddie Codel wrote: So I've got a little project I kicked off with my good friend Irina a few weeks ago called Geek Entertainment Television. I'd love any feedback you guys have. Production quality on the older videos are let's say, not as robust as the newer stuff. We actually plug the

Re: [videoblogging] Why I chose M4V temporarily

2005-12-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Eric Rice wrote: So, in short, publishing to M4V was a shortcut that sorta worked, minus the brain fart I had with editing the wrong server's MIME type. It was fast, had good quality and I might revisit it sooner, but in all actuality, I'll prolly do as much as I can to mimic those

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Could Amanda Drive Broadband Television?

2005-12-13 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Bill Streeter wrote: I wanna know what dictionary defines video blogs as personal? I'm pretty sure it's the Verdi Dictionary. ;) Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- AIDS in India: A lurking

Re: [videoblogging] Sound editor features (was Re: New poll for videoblogging)

2005-12-12 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Frank Carver wrote: Friday, December 9, 2005, 6:04:25 PM, Pete Prodoehl wrote: If you don't feel comfortable editing a wiki, email me your review and I will add it. My main problem is that I simply don't have enough experience of big name audio editing software to know what features might

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MP4 compatibility

2005-12-09 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Richard Bennett-Forrest wrote: It is ironic that Apple and Microsoft are mainly to blame for holding back the video revolution, by not joining hands on a single compatable format that plays in QuickTime for Mac and Windows Media Player for Windows. It just plain sucks, and if they're not

Re: [videoblogging] 2006: Year of...

2005-12-09 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Michael Sullivan wrote: So, who is going to coin a new Year of for 2006? Will it be the Year of the Mainstream Videoblog ? Year of the Video Podcast ? (redundent, hey?) Year of the Portable Vlog ? Year of the Video Filters ? Year of Grassroots Media ? 2006: Year of the Mundane... Pete

Re: [videoblogging] a RSS2 feed with a download/viewing limit

2005-12-09 Thread Pete Prodoehl
bertrand wrote: Hello, I have set-up a new functionnality for the Podesk Server that limit the number of download/viewing: Get the rss custom feed from that page : http://podesk.com/feed_generator.php (do not copy paste this adress in iTunes or FireANT ! It will not work). The feed

Re: [videoblogging] Rec. Host Provider??

2005-12-09 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Harold Johnson wrote: One solution is to go with Liberated Syndication (LibSyn), which provides unlimited bandwidth at a very low cost and is focused on serving podcasters, vodcasters, videobloggers, and other media types like us. I posted some info. about LibSyn yesterday:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: New poll for videoblogging

2005-12-09 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Bill Streeter wrote: Yeah I would contribute to that. I know that there are some open source editing suites that are coming along too that might be useful to some people that should probably get talked about some more. I can't think of names off hand but I have links to them at home that

Re: [videoblogging] Sound editor features (was Re: New poll for videoblogging)

2005-12-09 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Frank Carver wrote: Friday, December 9, 2005, 4:46:13 PM, Pete Prodoehl wrote: I also wrote up my review of Audacity: In your review of Audacity, though, would you (or anyone else with the relevant experience) like to add a bit more detail about the things it _can't_ do. I've never used

Re: [videoblogging] Web Cam Recommendations?

2005-12-08 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Aaron Valdez wrote: I'm thinking about getting a webcam for Xmas and was wondering if you had any recommendations. I have a G4 Power Mac but I'd like to avoid iSight (even I get tired of buying Mac stuff after a while) and get something under $100. Any Mac users not using iSight? I need

Re: [videoblogging] New poll for videoblogging

2005-12-08 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Frank Carver wrote: Best video editing software problem 1, it's missing plenty of names problem 2, best for what? In short, I'm not sure a poll like this can ever get any useful results. Anyone want to rephrase it? I think it should be What video editing software do you primarily use

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Rec. Host Provider??

2005-12-08 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Enric wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've also heard good things about dream host. I've considered swithing in order to use wordpress since You can pretty much load Wordpress on any hosting system as long as it has mySQL available. One

[videoblogging] Ponzi and Pirillo videoblog

2005-12-07 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Chris Pirillo and Ponzi (of Lockergnome) have a videoblog: http://ponzi.pirillo.com/ They even have two feeds, one with mp4: http://feeds.pirillo.com/PonziAndPirillo and one with WMV: http://feeds.pirillo.com/PonziAndPirilloWMV Pete Yahoo! Groups

Re: [videoblogging] Re: vodcasts in cellphones

2005-12-06 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Randolfe Wicker wrote: Doesn't watching videos in your phone count as cell phone minutes? All depends on your provider. Some just charge for data downloaded/uploaded. With my plan, if I were to download a 2 mb video file, I would only pay for a 2 mb download, the video would be on my phone,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: That perfect moment...

2005-12-06 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Randolfe Wicker wrote: Joan, did you get threatened or contacted by the owners of the copyrighted music? So many vlogs use copyrighted music and I haven't heard anyone ever say they had to take that vlog down. Randolfe, you are more than welcome to be the one that tests things out in a court

Re: [videoblogging] News Video/Audio/Pics Hosting Service

2005-12-06 Thread Pete Prodoehl
robert a/k/a r wrote: A new hosting company on my radar that might be worth a look, it's called BoltFolio. (Disclosure: I have NO relationship with them.) http://www.boltfolio.com/ Added to the list here: http://www.voxmedia.org/wiki/Posting_Your_Videoblog Please add any others you know

Re: [videoblogging] Re: and the winnder is....

2005-12-06 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Enric wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but ... who needs an award series, anyway? Award shows are so centralized media. So we should all just create our own videoblogging awards, and do so in our individual videoblogs, and then everyone can

Re: [videoblogging] Use of Podsafe Music

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
C.C. Chapman wrote: Steve told me that some questions have come up on this list about use of music from the PMN by members of this list so I thought I'd jump in and share my thoughts and answer any questions that you might have. If there are any other questions please ask away. I'd be

Re: [videoblogging] A podcast is.....

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Michael Sullivan wrote: An audio recording posted online, much like a short radio show. http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ http://podcasts.yahoo.com/start No it's not. (Let the 'War on Audio' begin!) ;] Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future...

Re: [videoblogging] making directories

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:32:51 +0100, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is interesting. its a list of known blogs circa 2000: http://www.jjg.net/retired/portal/tpoowl.html I'm not on it! I got my first Blogger blog in October 2000, and if I had

Re: [videoblogging] making directories

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay dedman wrote: there is a difference between the personal videoblogs and the show videoblogs. personal videoblgs cant really be categorized because they are about anything the person wants (like blogging). the show videolbogs are easy to categorize becasue they are like mini-tv shows (a

Re: [videoblogging] A podcast is.....

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Garfield wrote: Quoting Wikipedia: Podcasting is a term used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio and video programmes over the Internet using a publisher/subscriber model. It differs from earlier online collections of audio or video works

Re: [videoblogging] Re: vodcasts in cellphones

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay dedman wrote: In the US, does anyone do anything on their phone other than talk on it. I send a SMS message maybe once every six months. I take photos with my phone, use it as an alarm clock and calendar, play games on it, shoot video, get my AIM messages forwarded to me when I'm not

Re: [videoblogging] Re: vodcasts in cellphones

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Ted Tagami wrote: what phone do you use Pete? Nokia 7610 http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/7610 Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk

Re: [videoblogging] 'Podcast' named word of the year

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
LeanBackVids.com wrote: Podcast will be defined as a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player. radio broadcast or similar program ??? Argh... Well, I suppose this might work for the millions out there

Re: [videoblogging] Portable Video. I'm not sure I give a crap. I want to, but I don't get it.

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
missbhavens1969 wrote: Just poking my head in. Mouthing off. Don't wish to offend. [rant, rant, rant] Ok. I'm done. No attacking, please. Any time someone says I don't get it I can't help but think a few things... - They are not using their imagination, or thinking creatively. - They

Re: [videoblogging] making directories

2005-12-05 Thread Pete Prodoehl
BevSykes wrote: Really, really coming in late to this thread, but I started keeping an on-line journal before the term blog had been created, much less vlog. When I first began writing a journal in 2000, I began checking out the journaling world and found journals I am still reading today,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Porn on mefeedia??

2005-12-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
petertheman wrote: Hey Jay, yes, I noticed it as well. It was inevitable, I am actually surprised it took this long.. Any comments? Well, it's sad, but as a directory, I suppose it's something you have to deal with. Some ideas... I wouldn't go with G, PG, X type ratings... As mentioned,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: WARNING: Firefox 1.5 does not to scroll QT

2005-12-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Brad Webb wrote: are we forming voltron (or would that be vlogtron..)??! I didn't get the memo :/ I've had perpetual issues with any vid + firefox when scrolling for awhile.. window blacks out, etc etc. I've kinda learned to not touch my browser when viewing :) Yeah, I have somewhat

Re: [videoblogging] Vlog porn - my fix for now: comments?

2005-12-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
petertheman wrote: What it does is put a 'parental advisory thumbnail on feeds that we have flagged as porn (it is surprisingly easy to catch most porn feeds and flag them manually). If you subscribe to this feed or queue its videos, you get the real thumbnails. Of course this is just my

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Porn on mefeedia??

2005-12-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
petertheman wrote: know that I'm sometimes not even sure if I should want videos in FireANT when my kids are in the room. Yep. It's a complex issue. I just want to make sure we provide solutions that scale and that work, but don't censor. There is enough censorship out there. Agreed. I'm

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Porn Shmorn. Grow up! There's real life going on.

2005-12-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay dedman wrote: Maybe the opposite approach would be logical? Instead of filtering the not for kids stuff, filter the kid friendly stuff. And include a warning on site stating that there may be adult content within, but check out our kid-friendly zone here You can then have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: my mom is a videoblogger!

2005-12-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
ryanne hodson wrote: ok i don't know if this is fixed i viewed the source of this feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/OnTheRoadToRuin and i don't see that video as an enclosure will the next post be correct? Well, the feed is valid now. But there are no enclosures it in. How about adding

Re: [videoblogging] Re: my mom is a videoblogger!

2005-12-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Susan wrote: Ryanne-- Mom's RSS feed doesn't seem to be working right... my itunes didn't like it... As always, the feedvalidator.org works wonders! URL:http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FOnTheRoadToRuin ERROR: Missing recommended iTunes channel

Re: [videoblogging] VlogSafe Music

2005-12-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Garfield wrote: I've been using music from the Podsafe Music Network, http://podsafemusicnetwork.com which ends up at http://music.podshow.com Let me tell you why this is such a great resource for vloggers. I'm not a big fan of their license though:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: VlogSafe Music

2005-12-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Eric Rice wrote: Opsound.org is one of my favorite sources. Much of it also can be used for commercial purposes, too. And of course, lots of helpful people at musicpodcasting.org Also, I operate that podsafe = vlogsafe, with the caveat that taking music and putting it to video falls

Re: [videoblogging] test in browser snafu, help?

2005-12-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
greg wrote: Greetings all, after lurking on the list for a couple informative weeks, here's my first post: As directed in step 6, i enter in the same URL into my browser: http://eklektro.net/blogs/eklektropod.xml but the results i get are not those expected. Any advice or links

Re: [videoblogging] my video got taken off archive

2005-11-30 Thread Pete Prodoehl
duncan wrote: usually i stay out of these talks these days but this one... I suffer the same problems as Adrian (plus I teach video classes regularly)... -but in terms of working creatively I've never found it prohibitive, ... sampling of other material is one method, but not using it

Re: [videoblogging] Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers

2005-11-30 Thread Pete Prodoehl
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 --

Re: [videoblogging] miraculous says Adrien Brody

2005-11-30 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jen Simmons wrote: Well, since King Kong is done and the marketing hype has officially begun, we watching people launch a film that has been promoted through a videoblog for a long time now. And there are bits of people, very famous people, talking about the behind-the-scenes videoblog

Re: [videoblogging] Re: New Tivo Beta Does Podcasting

2005-11-29 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Bill Streeter wrote: I think MythTV does have a video aggregator. Bill Streeter If I had the time and money, I would build a MythTV box and write a video aggregator for it, and I'd have one heck of an accessory for my big TV set... This is completely possible to do today, you just

Re: [videoblogging] Re: New Tivo Beta Does Podcasting

2005-11-29 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Joshua Kinberg wrote: Isn't it insanely difficult to hook together Myth TV. My understanding is that its not for the faint of heart. A friend of mine who has built PC's in the past (both Windows and Linux based) said it took him a weekend to put it all together following a very detailed

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers

2005-11-29 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Watkins wrote: Is it possible to create a system that doesnt need to download the entire video in order to create a thumbnail, but only a little bit of the start of the file? Here is some wild thinking, that may be completely off-base. I believe HTTP requests can use a range, so in

Re: [videoblogging] How Old is Dick Cavett?

2005-11-28 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Randolfe Wicker wrote: A clear cut case of gender prejudice. Not sure you would understand the issues involved - Original Message - From: Pete Prodoehl My friend once did an interview with the vocalist from the band Plaid Retina, it consisted of one question

Re: [videoblogging] Re: great post of police misbehavior

2005-11-28 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Joan Khoo wrote: Personally, I would do what I want regardless of the audience. I hope this idea sticks around videoblogging for a long time. :) Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast

Re: [videoblogging] �

2005-11-28 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Watkins wrote: The creative commons license on Steves blog is still version 2.0 I think, though I havent checkd to see if that makes any difference. The simple version of the license states that 'You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor.' I

Re: [videoblogging] Do you need Permission to VLOG People In Public? Release Forms? Stalking or Vlog

2005-11-28 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Joan Khoo wrote: Thanks for the link Steve! I'm sure the basic principles will apply in Australia as well. Randolfe, just for your info, its is also prohibited to take pictures within the secure part of the airport. I almost had my camera confiscated in Sydney Airport, won't be doing that

[videoblogging] Rush Limbaugh videoblog

2005-11-28 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Are you ready for the Rush Limbaugh videoblog, er, video podcast? URL:http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_112805/content/coming_soon.guest.html Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get

Re: [videoblogging] War On Text

2005-11-23 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay dedman wrote: Audio and video are a more natural medium than text for most humans. i keep thinking of my (unborn)kids who will go online and SEE and HEAR the world through their computers. And by then we'll be able to use h.264 Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future...

Re: [videoblogging] Re: GUBA

2005-11-22 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Randolfe Wicker wrote: It's just not good net-etiquette to copy and paste entire articles. The article is not yours to publish. I'm not great on etiquette. I subscribe to the New York Times. Anyone can access articles from the last five days for free. If I am creating a discussion thread

Re: [videoblogging] How Old is Dick Cavett?

2005-11-22 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: What's the deal here? You walk up to a guy after some presentation and ask some completely random question that isn't related to what he was talking about. I would be pretty annoyed by that too. He even answered your question with a wink in his eye.

Re: [videoblogging] Is anybody else having problems with their RSS feeds through Yahoo!

2005-11-22 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Hill wrote: For the last couple weeks, none of my Yahoo readers have been showing up in my Feedburner circulation which makes me look like a real loser on the vlog scoreboard since most of my readers use Yahoo RSS. Now I've just posted a big new entry and when I pinged Yahoo I got

Re: [videoblogging] Re: How Old is Dick Cavett?

2005-11-22 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Randolfe Wicker wrote: Remember, if you respect your fellow humans the terrorists have won. What does this remark mean? It seems to me that it's just a random irrelevant question. I assume it's a joke... Like my original reply It's breaking the rules! was meant to be,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: mainstream music in videos

2005-11-21 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Garfield wrote: Over on the podcasting side of things Adam Curry has completley stopped using any music that he doesn't have the rights to and has removed old podcasts with copyrighted music from his archives. http://music.podshow.com is one of the places I get music from. And I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: mainstream music in videos

2005-11-21 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Ronen wrote: Am I incorrect that a 'cover' version of a song requires that a deal must be arranged with the performer, but that a fixed percentage exists to be paid to the writer? And that if we're dealing with non-profit distribution, the only issue is arranging a deal with the performer who

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ourmedia problems again?

2005-11-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Verdi wrote: Hey Nick, Even though the site says 10MB, it can really do up to 20MB. About the videos that seem lost - they probably are. Usually, if my videos don't show up in 15 - 30 minutes, I just upload them again and it usually works. Verdi Yup, I've managed to do a 20mb

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
petertheman wrote: If you're looking for extremely high amounts of people watching video, go with the professionals. Check out http://www.limelightnetworks.com/solutions.video.html, for example. You might also talk with Doug Kaye from ITConversations, his blog is at:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Michael Meiser wrote: Thanks Andrew, I'd love to here some more from you or chat with you, you're perhaps one of the few that is really dealing with this scale of traffic yet. Not that this client will get that big, but I need to give them some idea of how this thing scales. Are you

[videoblogging] Magnatune music

2005-11-16 Thread Pete Prodoehl
See below... I had a question for Magnatune about using it's music in videoblogs, and they replied with the following... John Buckman wrote: Hello, I was reading the license at: https://magnatune.com/artists/license/podcast and I'm not sure if it properly addresses the needs of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My hellos

2005-11-16 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Christian Wach wrote: On 15 Nov 2005, at 17:10, Pete Prodoehl wrote: You could write code that allows people to subscribe to a feed that spits out a new item every X number of days. Give each user a unique URL so they can control the experience and get the 'trickle effect' you are after

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My hellos

2005-11-15 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Christian Wach wrote: There is an RSS 2.0 feed available for the 2002 blog, but what's the point? It will never change again. I could provide an XML file with the entire blog history, but that wouldn't replicate the experience that I like most about the vlog - the excitement of the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Multiple files

2005-11-15 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Watkins wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello... I have succesfully uploaded a video, created the xml file and downloaded it into itunes. It all works! If you have no blog and no desire for one, and are just interessted in

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-15 Thread Pete Prodoehl
LeanBackVids.com wrote: In my opinion, there is nothing better than paid hosting. I'm a big fan of Dreamhost (as are many others here). The best part is they have a referral program that can eliminate your costs. Given all the time we spend on vlogging, what is $10 each month to have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Internet television station

2005-11-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Garfield wrote: I try to keep track of most of them at http://feevlog.com We could also point people here: http://www.voxmedia.org/wiki/Vlogosphere_FAQ#Free_Media_Hosts or here: http://www.voxmedia.org/wiki/Posting_Your_Videoblog and of course, update those pages when you hear

[videoblogging] Hasbro VuGo

2005-11-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Who needs an iPod or PSP? The VuGo is coming: http://vugo.com/ If you've heard of the VideoNow, Juicebox, etc. it looks quite similar, only this one follows the model of the iTunes store where you buy content online and download instead of buying discs or chips. It says it supports: WMV,

Re: [videoblogging] Google Analytics

2005-11-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Michael Sullivan wrote: maybe I was mistaken. upon logging in, it takes me to the analytics welcome page which asks me to agree to terms and conditions. i checked it and saw: *Personal Use Only* The Google Services are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not

Re: [videoblogging] Which vlog host do you like and why?

2005-11-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Randolfe Wicker wrote: Which vlog host do you like and why? I like Ourmedia because I'm a big fan of the idea behind it, and I think they do the right thing in promoting CC licensed material, and they seem like good guys. I like Blip.tv for pretty much the same reasons though... I probably

[videoblogging] Re: Hasbro VuGo

2005-11-14 Thread Pete Prodoehl
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to remember a toy called the PXL2000. It was a video camera that could record to audio tape. They tried to sell it to the kids market $100 but video artists got a hold of it and fell in deep love. It had a wonderful

Re: [videoblogging] Approximating subscribers

2005-11-12 Thread Pete Prodoehl
andrew michael baron wrote: I believe the most obscure statistic that hasnt been mentioned, which is desirable, especially when one has multiple feeds, is an aggregate of the amount of actual video downloads To some degree, that's pretty much the only number I look at nowadays. I run a

Re: [videoblogging] Approximating subscribers

2005-11-12 Thread Pete Prodoehl
David Meade wrote: Rather than parse log files, I wrote a few php functions that are called each time the feed is acccessed. It then writes (or updates) a record of the request to the databse. I have another table of rules that the system checks these requests against to determine how it

Re: [videoblogging] Re: who sends the most emails to this group?

2005-11-11 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Hooray! I win! (As I add another one.) Actually, I think I should be more ashamed than proud... Tisk... Yeah I wouldn't necesarily be proud...maybe just try to make is more signal to noise... Naw, I think I'll just quit posting instead... Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for

[videoblogging] Re: Compression techniques - file size ratios

2005-11-10 Thread Pete Prodoehl
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, wazman_au [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there's little point in holding out against QT7 and H.264. If people are prompted to install it to watch a vid, most people WILL install it. And it's out for both Mac and Windows. What about poor playback

Re: [videoblogging] who sends the most emails to this group?

2005-11-10 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Josh Leo wrote: looking at the google-groups backup group...i thought it woul dbe fun to see who, out of all of us, is sending the most emails to everyone... -1st place with 42 posts in the past 30 days - Pete Prodoehl -in a close 2nd with 41 - Enric -in 3rd, with 31 - Andreas Hooray! I

Re: [videoblogging] Node101 SA article

2005-11-10 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: But wait... I thought news organizations were all flesh-eating hounds who has to twist the truth of every story to gain profit for the Bavarian Illuminati. :o) Only when they disagree with us or get something wrong... ;) Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Does size matter?

2005-11-09 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Markus Sandy wrote: lol - my wife has far more free space on her iPod than I do on my Powerbook's 100GB drive! I'm struggling right now because I've got just a few gigs for podcasts and videoblogs that get downloaded on a nightly basis... I've got a 120 gig drive waiting to be dropped into

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube - WTF?

2005-11-08 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Joshua Kinberg wrote: On 11/8/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua Kinberg wrote: The thing that I really don't understand about thee sites receiving funding is that the barrier to entry for competition is so slim. It wouldn't be too difficult for a developer to replicate

Re: [videoblogging] Re: watching personal videos

2005-11-08 Thread Pete Prodoehl
havilahland33 wrote: TV sucks. I've heard it nicknamed as 'time vaporizer'. Go vid blogs! Is it fair to use such a blanket statement? There is plenty of good stuff on television, most of it is not on the major networks. (Though Arrested Development nearly made me laugh my *ass* off last

Re: [videoblogging] Re: legal questions

2005-11-07 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Gena wrote: Well, this is fairly cut and dry to me. You need permission from the original owners. You might not have a hard time if you contact the PR or promotions department of the film. Some movie producers are actively looking for bloggers to spread the word about their movie. The

Re: [videoblogging] Re: looks like microslush is going to be mucking with rss

2005-11-07 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Because RSS is built on top of XML, any RSS feed is presumably ALREADY well-formed XML. Oh man... sorry... finally stopped laughing long enough to post this. I'm going to go work on the lyrics to my 'Funky RSS' theme song now. Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future...

[videoblogging] Comparing The Flickrs of Video

2005-11-07 Thread Pete Prodoehl
The term the Flickr of video gets used again, this time with reviews, and comments: http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/06/the-flickrs-of-video/ Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play?

Re: [videoblogging] Re: help please

2005-11-04 Thread Pete Prodoehl
David Meade wrote: On 11/3/05, printaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is a feed meant to be reassembled? Its meant to be read and its covered by copyright for a reason. Are you saying that all RSS feeds are free of copyright and can be reused however you please? RSS isn't a particularly

Re: [videoblogging] Some free ipod encoding tools

2005-11-04 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jan McLaughlin wrote: This seems like likely material to add to the voxmedia wiki since you've put time into it, Steve. :) How about everyone add at least one thing to the wiki today: http://www.voxmedia.org/wiki/Video I've already done my part. ;) It would be cool if we could all add to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-03 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Deirdre Straughan wrote: On 11/2/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please define big success as the term may have different meanings to different people. Used by millions of people worldwide. Whether anyone is making money off it or not is immaterial (to me, anyway). Ok... We

Re: [videoblogging] Re: help please

2005-11-03 Thread Pete Prodoehl
David Meade wrote: I dunno I have a hard time with the You're stealing this content argument if you are in fact providing a feed on your site. A feed is MEANT to allow people to take and reassemble content. I think where we hit a gray area, is in the republishing of the content. If I publish

Re: [videoblogging] Sony release PSP media manager and mention video blogs

2005-11-03 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Watkins wrote: Just got an email from Sony saying that they now have some (PC only) software thats $20 and actually allows you to manage your PSP files, encoding transfers ina sane way. Make sure it doesn't contain one of those Sony rootkits that will kill your PC if you try to remove

[videoblogging] NetGuide article?

2005-11-03 Thread Pete Prodoehl
I don't read NetGuide, but they have an article on videoblogging: URL:http://www.netguide.co.nz/magazine/pulp/104/ New crazes: Video blogs If you go here: URL:http://www.netguide.co.nz/magazine/mag_links/links.php?issue=104 In the drop-down menu select 'page 13' and click the 'Get Links'

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Deirdre Straughan wrote: On 11/1/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What will happen is that videoblogging will change from being a nice friendly little community we are used to seeing here, into one where people treat it like a competition for viewers, become obsessed with stats

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jake Ludington wrote: In the context of companies who use video blogging to further their cause without giving anything back to the video blogging community; Microsoft already does that with Channel 9. The upside of Channel 9 to Microsoft the corporate entity is creating a warm fuzzy feeling

Re: [videoblogging] Re: top feedburner vlogs.. steve garfield gets bumped by the boob

2005-11-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Verdi wrote: On Oct 31, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Christopher Ivanyi wrote: My question to you -- my challenge to you would be, to stop vlogging altogether. If you don't need an audience, and you vlog in order achieve the pleasure of having done them, and you don't need the validation of an audience

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-02 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Deirdre Straughan wrote: On 11/2/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL. Seems to me it has already happened, as it was bound to. A technology can either be a big success or can be a nice little community - not both at the same time. Please define big success as the term may have

Re: [videoblogging] late entry: Halloween Vlogfest 2005

2005-11-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Steve Garfield wrote: Your file extensions are .m4v so when I click on your video it's asking me to open it in iTunes. I'd prefer that it opens up on the browser page with QuickTime. Can you make your files have a .mov extension? On Nov 1, 2005, at 7:18 AM, Digital wrote: Hey Gang!

Re: [videoblogging] Chalenge Creating a RSS Feed to publish podcast help

2005-11-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay wrote: I have been trying to create a podcast using feed burner to make the RSS feed it does not seem to work I have video files stored on .mac and ourmedia. I keep coming up with invalid feed everytime. From reading how it is done I think I am doing everything right must be

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Gena wrote: I'm not angry at the guy. But it does say a lot about how one group will do the figuring out and others come by to adapt and appropriate. It is capitalism 101. Not saying it is good or bad. I can honestly say that sometimes I get really sick of always being in the first group,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jake Ludington wrote: In the NerdTV http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/ Show #6 Interview with Dave Winer, http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/ , Dave talks about how Netscape first took his idea of RSS and didn't compeletely implement it and then Dave released a new, better

Re: [videoblogging] Initial iPod Compatibility Tests

2005-11-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Verdi wrote: I just got a new iPod yesterday and I've been doing some tests with it. Here's what I've figured out so far. Please feel free to add to this. Videos encoded with 3ivx and Apple's mpeg4, with AAC or mpeg4-audio (QT 6) all seem to work following the tutorials that we've

Re: [videoblogging] Re: top feedburner vlogs.. steve garfield gets bumped by the boob

2005-11-01 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Christopher Ivanyi wrote: I think alot of vloggers are absolutely fooling themselves! Every vlogger wants/needs an audience - that's the absolute truth. But here's the trick. When that someone gets their audience, there is this ineffable something that creeps into the pyche -- the desire to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Public Eye - West Coast RocketBoom Clone

2005-10-26 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Irish Hermit wrote: 2. Vlogs are nothing more than homemade television on the internet. Get over it folks. I've been around too long to think of it as nothing more than another installment in a long line of the next great thing that will change how we all communicate. Email and

Re: [videoblogging] why people videoblog

2005-10-26 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay dedman wrote: what I realized was that i could record my life. unlike many podcasts and all TV shows where I would seek for a large audience, im bascially making a digital scapbook for myself(in the future) and my friends. in 100 years, this will be gold because you will see what people

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