Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 23.02.2007 kl. 03:06 skrev Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED]: just thinking, june in NYC can be somewhat steamy maybe september is better? VlogEurope 2007 is the first weekend in September. It would be... unfortunate to have the two events so close to each other. - Andreas -- Andreas Haugstrup

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
camping - YES! workshops and meetups chime better with me than panels. the barcamp principle that 'everyone has to present' scares me, but anything that makes it easy for the max no of voices to be heard and destruction of heirarchy is great IMO. i love the idea of a week-long thing -

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Deirdre Straughan
My thoughts/votes: - 2-3 days over a weekend in NYC - for me, and I suspect for many, a week camping is not likely to be possible (I have family vacations and other factors to consider) - try to get funding to bring in worthy vloggers from other parts of the world who otherwise

[videoblogging] Eric Rice / Spin Martin on CBS with David Pogue

2007-02-23 Thread Jan McLaughlin
http://dagnyhemingway.blogspot.com/2007/02/sl-on-cbs-sunday-morning-with-david.html The Faux Press resports on Second Life, too. A nice segment on Second Life featuring our very own Eric Rice (known as Spin Martin in Second Life) was aired on CBS recently. Eric's talking and doing a lot for

[videoblogging] DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
I feel a bit of a fool. I was talking to somebody about vlogging and they were raving to me about the quality and compression of DivX. I don't know anything about DivX. I don't feel that much wiser after reading up about it on Wikipedia, DivX.com etc I don't know any vloggers who use it,

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
On 23 Feb 2007, at 10:11, Deirdre Straughan wrote: try to get funding to bring in worthy vloggers from other parts of the world Brilliant idea IMO. But, as you say, finding the funding, finding the vloggers (what is worthy?) and dealing with US Immigration would be a Herculean task in

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I'm sorry you slept through vlogEurope ; ) - it would have been fun to meet you there. I've been to one barCamp, which, being mostly Italians, was chaos - but lots of fun and very informative. So I do think the barCamp model can work well with just a touch more organization, it's much the same as

Re: [videoblogging] Open Source Dr DivX for Mac

2007-02-23 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Great news, Jim. Relative to the other thread nearby on DivX that asks why vloggers don't use this excellent compression tool (a big-time anime fan turned me on to DivX years ago) I've a question for ya: Do end users still have to install the DivX codec on their computers to be able to see

[videoblogging] Steve Chen from YouTube

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
I remembered Steve Chen, co-founder and CTO at YouTube, posting on this group in 2005. It was the last post I read before my daughter was born on August 11th, and before I dropped out of vlogging and off this list for a while. I thought I'd look it up. He first posted in May 2005, talking

Re: [videoblogging] Open Source Dr DivX for Mac

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
Apparently, Windows Media Player comes ready to play DivX. So that's a big chunk right there. So - again - if it's so amazing and popular as a compression format, why aren't more of us using it and having DivX feeds/links? I agree, Jan, I'm also too lazy to convert to wmv and it bothers

Re: [videoblogging] DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Paul Knight
I've bought it and love it, clarity and very small file sizes, as well as the encoding is quick and you can play them on certain DVD Players. I use a quicktime jacket when uploading to blip.tv and I have had no complaints so far. Try it, why not. There is also a great community over at

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread David King
Just a minor thing - if you're REALLY thinking about camping, make sure (SURE) to find a campground with adequate ... ahem ... electricity and plugs! Don't want to short out the campground! David On 2/23/07, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry you slept through vlogEurope ;

[videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Heath
I like the idea of tracts of events, speaking as someone who does go to a lot of conventions (ok, they are comic, sci-fi and Pop culture cons but still a con's a con) a week is to longpeople have vacations, family, money considerations just to name a few. Most conventions are held over

[videoblogging] Re: Eric Rice / Spin Martin on CBS with David Pogue

2007-02-23 Thread Bill Cammack
That was a well-done piece. Congrats. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://dagnyhemingway.blogspot.com/2007/02/sl-on-cbs-sunday-morning-with-david.html The Faux Press resports on Second Life, too. A nice segment on Second Life featuring

Re: [videoblogging] DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
Aha! So this is what I was after. Your MOV or MP4 files are actually compressed using the DivX codec? So all the mov or wmv files I watch could be DivX without me knowing, and that's why I never see mention of DivX? (I love risking looking stupid in public.) So I could create a DivX

Re: [videoblogging] Steve Chen from YouTube

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Rhodes
He will be on a panel at the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org/2007/films-events/panel-discussions/filmmakers-meet-web-20/ if that link is broken, here is the description (with a few added links)

Re: [videoblogging] Need an idea for a mobile video contest

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
Hi BikingBill, The YouTube of Ringtones, Wallpapers Videos. OK. And monetised? I don't know anything about anything, but I thought I'd reply because your question got lost in the slew of posts about Vloggercon. You asked for contest ideas for your site. There was a semi-heated

Re: [videoblogging] Open Source Dr DivX for Mac

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Garfield
What's Dr DivX? On Feb 22, 2007, at 8:53 PM, JV wrote: I leterally have tears in my eyes (maybe it is just lack of sleep). Either way, I am relieved, excited, proud, whtever that we have the first version of this out - http://labs.divx.com/LatestOSXDrDivX Other than the labs link above,

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Garfield
Hi, Here's a list of upcoming PodCamps that anyone can attend and present at: PodCamp http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/ Upcoming PodCamps: * Podcamp Toronto - February 24-25, 2007 @ Ryerson University * Podcamp Atlanta - March 16-18, 2007 at Emory University * Podcamp NYC at The New

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
1) As to why have a vloggercon again in June, I think the length of this thread and the excitement the idea generates answers that question. (by vloggercon I just mean an excuse for all of use to get together again, so I'm not implying any certain format). 2) As to the format, I love the idea of

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread RANDY MANN
vlogstock...i like On 2/23/07, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Here's a list of upcoming PodCamps that anyone can attend and present at: PodCamp http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/ Upcoming PodCamps: * Podcamp Toronto - February 24-25, 2007 @

RE: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Charles Hope
-Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard (Show) Hall Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:28 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday 5) What is video vertigo?

RE: [videoblogging] DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Robyn Tippins
Slightly on the subject, I use Adobe Premier 1.5 and I don't see H.264 as an option. I see H.262 and H.263, but no H.264. I have considered upgrading to 2.0, will that give me H.264 as an option? Robyn Tippins Sleepyblogger.com | Gamingandtech.com | Intel.com/software _

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Paul Knight
here's how I feel about vloggercon '07. it should be more like a film festival, than the how to thingy that last years was, there was too much time spent on the subjects of how I do it, net neutrality, copyright etc. Sod That!! Yawn Boring! I spent most of the Sunday session outside

[videoblogging] Re: Introduction. I'm new here. Grace Piper of Fearless Cooking

2007-02-23 Thread Grace Piper
Thanks Bill. Grace --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Grace Piper suzannegracepiper@ wrote: Hi, I just joined your group and thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Grace, host of Fearless Cooking, a video

Re: [videoblogging] www.barcampusa.org

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
Talk of vlogstock reminded me of this post a couple of weeks ago - 'The Woodstock of our Generation' (blah blah). www.barcampusa.org Big event for 5000+ people, August 23-26 2007, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA (capacity 20,000 people). Dean Collins, who posted it,

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Markus Sandy
Charles Hope wrote: 5) What is video vertigo? video vertigo is the ultra-geek wing of the party. After vloggercon we all got together for an afternoon and spoke acronyms and numbers at each other. It looked like this http://flickr. com/photos/ jdlasica/ 167980384/ in/photostream/

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread JV
I don''t want to get into a commercial here, but just trow out some details. DivX is based on the h.263 standard. The ipod can decode h.263, but requires it to comply to the Apple standards. On the other hand, DivX is integrated into a lot of devices as a feature on products (phillips, Sony,

[videoblogging] Call for Films: The Second Annual TucsonFilm.com ShortFest

2007-02-23 Thread Bill Shackelford
Here is a Festival looking for short films/videos: The Second Annual TucsonFilm.com ShortFest Saturday, April 14, 2007 at The Gallagher Theater in the University of Arizona Student Union The SUBMISSION PROCESS FOR THE 2007 TucsonFilm.com ShortFest is now OPEN! Remember, there is NO SUBMISSION

RE: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Charles Hope
Just to be clear for those who weren't there: it wasn't that we didn't want evidence, but that we didn't want the distraction of snapping cameras and flashes as we were talking. Juan Carlos's pictures are somewhere out there on Flickr. -Original Message- From:

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread heytobey
Can someone provide a simpler answer to why we would want to use the DivX codec instead of mpg4 or any other? I'm just not understanding this DivX thing but I'm constanting hearing some buzz about it. Thanks for the help, Tobey --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, JV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[videoblogging] Fwd: [melnitz] FOUR EYED MONSTERS @ Melnitz Movies on Friday!

2007-02-23 Thread Harold Johnson
Hi all, Are Four Eyed Monsters following this list, by any chance? I'm not very familiar with your art but tonight you'll be screening you film across the street from me, and I'm considering overcoming my flu and attending. Should I? Thanks, Harold -- Forwarded message --

[videoblogging] Vloggercamp = barcampusa

2007-02-23 Thread schlomo rabinowitz
So part of what I'm hearing is Conference Fatigue and some people want to go camping instead. Well, that's exactly what some of us are doing with BarCampUSA http://barcampusa.org Why not just have it there? One thing to think about though is that many people on this list do not go to

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Markus Sandy
Charles Hope wrote: Just to be clear for those who weren't there: it wasn't that we didn't want evidence, but that we didn't want the distraction of snapping cameras and flashes as we were talking. Juan Carlos's pictures are somewhere out there on Flickr. cool! great photo. at full res,

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Watkins
If for some reason you werent happy with either the process or the results of your current choice of video encoding, or if you had viewers asking for a divx-compatible version of your videos to play on their divx certified devices, or if there was something you really liked about divzx video

Re: [videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
Jon, Thanks for that. I tell you one thing you could do which would help your cause a lot. Provide a simple explanation on your site of why people posting online video should use DivX. Specifically with regard to my concerns below: I must be stupid, but I spent hours today - HOURS -

Re: [videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Paul Knight
sometimes poeople talk shit in this group, some others who try to help you get ignored Paul On 23 Feb 2007, at 18:02, Rupert wrote: Jon, Thanks for that. I tell you one thing you could do which would help your cause a lot. Provide a simple explanation on your site of why people posting

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercamp = barcampusa

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
Yeah, I had just posted this exact thought a couple of hours ago, and ever since have been excited by it and trying to think up ways to convince my wife Kate to interrupt our Canadian holiday for a few days in Wisconsin! Seems like the perfect synthesis to me, and pretty exciting, too if

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Watkins
Historically when talking about divx files, they were .avi files and the actual compression was mpeg4 of their own blend. I believe the audio was mp3, dont know if they have changed that now, may be a problem for some hardware thats expecting AAC. Anyway in recent years they have promoted their

Re: [videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
Paul, Not sure I understand the context of your comment, but i'm hoping you don't think i was ignoring your help because we already corresponded on this - you were most helpful, I just haven't quite got to the bottom of the DivX conundrum, and was mystified that there was no comprehensible

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread JV
Rupert, This is precisely the type of email that helps us. As for complicated upgrades, If they are on Democracy, no. Fireant should be fine also. For other people, the complication varies depending on the implementation. FFMpeg, VLC playback DivX. Also, installs can be done with javascript, so

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercamp = barcampusa

2007-02-23 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
I looked up 'fatigue' for you. You're in the clear. I can't say that I suffer conference fatigue (my conference count for the past year is only 3 or 4), but I do have a patience problem when it comes to panels and speakers. I feel this is more a problem with how most panels are conducted

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Watkins
Oops I keep typo-ing the word DivX, their file format is .divx not the mangled .divzx I said in previous post. Here is more general waffle from me about file formats, where we are right now: h264 was the last great technical leap in video quality/encoding issues, and the last 2 years have been a

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Watkins
Interoperability is also not about downplaying the significance of incompatibility with popular devices that have not chosen to participate in your certification program. Despite all my waffle in the previous posts, Im reasonably confident that right now I could create an .mp4 with mpeg4 or h264

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Heath
I watch/listen to most of my vlogs and podcasts on my Creative Zen M.it converts almost all formats, although it does seem to have a problem with Paul's here lately. Anyway yes there are other devices that people use to watch video.I for one really like the Zen, it plays a number of

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Watkins
Bea with me whilst I attempt to use 3ivx to help explain the mpeg4 compatibility issues that are at the heart of my wafflings. 3ivx is software that can encode and decode mpeg4. Its encoder was considered to be quite a bit nicer than the Apple one that comes with quicktime, and so it was

[videoblogging] Re: DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Watkins
Cheers, yeah thats the other way to handle the mess that I have presented in my wafflings, for enlightened device manufacturers to pack in a huge range of supported formats (not too practical in some cases though), or to bundle software that takes care of conversion. It didnt take Sony and Apple

Re: [videoblogging] DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Halcyon
I love DivX! It has become my preferred format. In fact, my current 3 step DivX/Veoh-related publishing flow for those that care: 1) I export a hi-res DivX version directly from iMovie (QT - expert settings -- DivX -- high quality) 2) I upload to Veoh where the full-res DivX version is

Re: [videoblogging] DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Rupert
:-)) I have come back from an evening out, quite drunk, to find all my questions answered, and then some. Paul, Steve, JV, you are my heros. my thee muskehounds. Halcyon, i guess that makes you Dogtanian. i am going to check out Veoh finally tomorrow. why did i waste all that time

[videoblogging] Need clarification on YouTube

2007-02-23 Thread Jonathan Bloom
Can some clarify if YouTube hs changed? One of my shows is getting popular and I'd like to put it on YouTube due to a lot of my friends saying it's good enough for YouTube. I'll host it on blip for the main site and use YouTube as another source of viewership. I'm really interested in knowing what

[videoblogging] Hotel and Bar roundup for SXSW

2007-02-23 Thread Grace Piper
So, I'm a little late coming to the party, but I'm choosing where I'll stay in Austin for the IA part of SXSW. Anyone want to share the names of decent hotels? I was just registering with SXSW and they asked what hotel I'd like to stay in. I have no clue. Anyone here go last year and think damn if

[videoblogging] Re: Need clarification on YouTube

2007-02-23 Thread Steve Watkins
As far as I understand it, you wont lose ownership, you will still be the copyright holder of the work. What you are doing is granting rights to youtube to be able to use your stuff in various ways, but this does not usually affect your rights to the work overall, or your ability to license your

[videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-23 Thread Gena
Hmmm, I don't care where it is so long as Southwest Airlines can get me there and I have enough time to save up for it. I do have some June black out dates so it would be helpful to pin it down date wise. I've been reading the threads and it strikes me that what we all want is connection and

[videoblogging] Podcamp Toronto

2007-02-23 Thread Mike Moon
I'm going to the Toronto podcamp tomorrow. I'll be hosting a session on Sunday ... Video Blogging for the average Joe. Should be a hoot. I know Casey and Rudy should be there, anyone else going? Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [videoblogging] Podcamp Toronto

2007-02-23 Thread Irene Duma
Yeah ­ I¹m planning on being there. Who else? Irene Duma Strange Duck Media ...a good egg [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.strangeduck.com http://www.bittertonic.com 416-535-0652 web design and creative marketing On 2/23/07 9:13 PM, Mike Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Need clarification on YouTube

2007-02-23 Thread Jonathan Bloom
Thanks Steve, I just reread the ToS too and your correct it seems to just be for using the content on YouTube in various forms. Exposure for what I'm doing is good for me so I've just begun the process of reuploading to YouTube. On 2/23/07, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I

[videoblogging] Saturday Videoblogging FlashMeeting

2007-02-23 Thread Enric
This coming Saturday, 2/24/06, FlashMeeting is set. The time for entry is 10am - noon PST USA, 1pm - 3pm EST USA, 18:00-20:00 GMT. Enter through this link: http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/fm/1a1014-7445 You may also check the Videoblogger Videoconferences page at voxmedia for future and past

Re: [videoblogging] DivX??

2007-02-23 Thread Paul Knight
I have to agree that veoh is a great distribution platform. But I found when I uploaded a divx file in one of my jackets the sound went on it, I'll try uploading in pure divx next time and see what happens. Paul (rupert) As for my last comment, although true should not have been aired in

Re: [videoblogging] Jarvis critiques McCain vids

2007-02-23 Thread Lan Bui
Great. Now will McCain answer comments on his videos? -Lan www.LanBui.com On Feb 19, 2007, at 8:07 AM, Dave Huth wrote: Jeff Jarvis tries to get through to McCain. http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/02/19/2514/ His main critique is that McCain is simply putting