Re: [videoblogging] Which Xacti?
I'm looking into this now as well. I lost my canon powershot elph over the summer so this would be my replacement everyday camera. Anyone use the HD version? On Nov 22, 2007 11:40 AM, David Lee King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the hd1a - but it does NOT do a great job at low light. The sound and normal light video is great! David Sent from my iPhone On Nov 22, 2007, at 8:58 AM, Clintus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone. I'm ready to purchase one of these bad boys and when i went to the website I found that there are 12 versions of the camera. So I'm looking for your input on what you're using and what you like. My first choice would be great low light capture. Any info you can give would be great, thanks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re:Which Xacti?
Thanks everyone for their help on this. I went with the VPC-CA65 or E1. Ultimately it was the low light shooting that made the decision for me. The HD700 had a lux of 13 where as the E1 is 7. That's a big difference. Plus it's waterproof, so that will be fun in the summer time. Can't wait to get my hands on it, just in time for the winnies :) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Len Edgerly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the HD2 and like the video quality a lot, but I have trouble with the audio. If I'm too close to mic, there is a rattling sound. Often I record separately with my Edirol and add the sound in with iMovie. Other times the sound is fine, so its unpredictable. I haven't been able to find a way to connect an exterior mic to it, even though there is a port. The size of the camera is its best feature, and it also takes very good still photos. --- www.LenEdgerly.com Skype Twitter: LenEdgerly cell: 303-919-7187
[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Blip
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! As far as Joomla and Blip, you should probably ask my site designer about that because I'm clueless. I first put Get Exercised up on Blip after hearing about it on Freevlog.org because it seemed to be clueless friendly. After getting a site designer and explaining that I wanted to continue using Blip, he wasn't sure it would work with Joomla, but I guess it seems to be working fine. All I do on my end is upload new episodes to Blip. This is all very new to me! Hoping to learn a lot from everyone here. ~Dina Dina Prioste By the way, you can Get Exercised with me at: http://getexercised.com/ - Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Disgusting article about viral video marketing
You've got to give props to someone who can get his client's video to be most viewed on one of the most visited sites on the internet. I imagine from his methods that he makes a pretty hefty margin on it too. It's Marketing 2.0. Unfortunately, if everyone did this, youtube wouldn't be much fun anymore. As more people are using these methods you can see the content on the most viewed page going downhill especially in the last few months. He was pretty good at getting himself this far, i'm sure he'll learn to adapt and move on to something no one else is yet trying. Don't discount him yet. On Nov 23, 2007 12:00 PM, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hesitant to give this guy more attention than he already has, but thought it would be very relevant to see what is happening out there: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind-many-viral-videos/ Many of us knew that the Top Viewed Videos on YouTube was 90% crap already honestly, i wasn't at all surprised - except that this guy is a TA at Stanford! Is this what our Nation's Best are being taught nowadays? Why doesn't Mefeedia have a Videos tab with Most Viewed Videos? It is not a popularity contest - we want it to be about REAL people having REAL conversations. This reinforces that belief. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web
[videoblogging] PLEASE
let me know if you are coming on the website by RSVP button here so i can assign awards! thanks i cant wait! if you have RSVP'd that you are coming but you are NOT, pls make sure to change the information so i dont assign an award to you. thanks again! -- http://geekentertainment.tv
[videoblogging] Re: Disgusting article about viral video marketing
Secret #1 - No reasonably intelligent person needs this guy's 'secrets' because they're self evident if you spend a moment thinking about how you could game the system. I mean, multiple accounts, who ever would have come up with that? Secret #2 - The message in this piece is ultimately depressing and underpinned by a real nihilism. People who thoughtlessly follow the premises embeded in it would gladly feed paper pulp to children as a profitable replacement for mother's milk. Don't drink the Kool-aid. Secret #3 - As more and more companies use these techniques it will effect the user experience and people will grow bored and tired and tune out. Secret #4 - The viral videos of today will turn up as kitsch in the future just like Soviet era posters do now. Secret #5 - This guy has no ability to predict the future, that's why he's taking pay for real bottom feeder work -- hustling comments and tags on multiple accounts to try and get his client's videos to go viral. Horrid work, that. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton frank@ wrote: I was hesitant to give this guy more attention than he already has, but thought it would be very relevant to see what is happening out there: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind- many-viral-videos/ Many of us knew that the Top Viewed Videos on YouTube was 90% crap already honestly, i wasn't at all surprised - except that this guy is a TA at Stanford! Is this what our Nation's Best are being taught nowadays? Why doesn't Mefeedia have a Videos tab with Most Viewed Videos? It is not a popularity contest - we want it to be about REAL people having REAL conversations. This reinforces that belief. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web Interesting article. There are lots of people that use youtube as a means as opposed to an end. They put the videos on strictly for marketing purposes as opposed to giving a damn AT ALL about making a good video or something interesting or educational or that they feel good or proud about. The entire goal is getting clicks back to our site, like the poster mentioned. There's a major difference between the questions How do I get paid FOR putting video on the internet? and How do I get paid BY putting video on the internet? For a lot of people, the craft artistry is lost on them completely, and all they know is that this is a medium where they could possibly make money. Those same people will be raising pigs when that comes in style. :/ Flying kites for profit. Engineering milk-substitutes... ANYTHING they can do to try to make a dollar. Gaming the youtube system has been part of the game for a long time, already. They have videos ON youtube about how to GAME youtube. :D I think the situation's only going to get worse now that the studios are throwing their hats in the ring and releasing a lot more broadcast-quality content onto the internet. -- Bill Cammack http://BillCammack.com
[videoblogging] Re:Which Xacti?
I use the HD2 and like the video quality a lot, but I have trouble with the audio. If I'm too close to mic, there is a rattling sound. Often I record separately with my Edirol and add the sound in with iMovie. Other times the sound is fine, so its unpredictable. I haven't been able to find a way to connect an exterior mic to it, even though there is a port. The size of the camera is its best feature, and it also takes very good still photos. --- www.LenEdgerly.com Skype Twitter: LenEdgerly cell: 303-919-7187
Re: [videoblogging] Re: New Member Intro
Hi Markus, I use Joomla on www.kenyamoto.com, but since we customized the templates so much, we are expecting to have problems changing the templates/layout, which I would like to do soon. Otherwise, everything else works really well with Joomla. vincent On Nov 22, 2007 9:28 PM, Ron Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do a lot of work on Joomla, but am not using it for a vlogging platform. http://k9disc.com / http://pawsitivevybe.com I have some embedded video and such, but it's more of a magazine kind of concept. Stan, I've not been to the site in some time, but I'll be checking it out. I'll have to hit you up privately to check in and see what's up. Welcome to the group, Dina. I'll be checking out your site. Good luck! Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://blogtalkradio.com/k9disc http://pawsitivevybe.com On Nov 22, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Stan Hirson, Sarah Jones wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like you are using Joomla and blip.tv to power your site. How do you like using that combo for a vlog? Anyone else using Joomla? I have been using Joomla for about a year now to run my website http://hestakaup.com. I wanted to have a coffee table kind of video blog rather than a chronologically linear one that I felt forced into with blogging software. Joomla allows me to have a menu driven platform in which the visitor can make selections without going into archives. Everything is right there on a menu tree. Also, I wanted to intermix video with text. I use vPIP to embed my Flash videos so they appear without any promotional materials or prompts, particularly at the end of the video. That was a problem with blip and vimeo. Some of videos run for more than 20 minutes and others for less than 20 seconds. I needed to be able have have them start right up and stream at 500 kbs. Http://hestakaup.com http://hestakaup.com/ is definitely not a show. I think of it as a video book or magazine. Maybe it's actually a vlog... It has a very narrow niche which allows me to explore some issues at some depth. Joomla has a learning curve, but it works well as a CMS. Stan Hirson http://hestakaup.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- regards, vincent.njoroge.ndonye [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Podcasting While In Hospital
Hi everyone: A thought just occured to me a couple of hours ago (I know...Such a thing IS scary, isn't it?). Anyhow, what I thought of doing is (Assuming I get a private enough room in which to do it) taking my Mustek DV5300SE along with the $10 tripod I just bought from Radio Shack, my iRiver with my cliptie mic (The latter for better audio quality and the iRiver alone to capture PT sessions and because I'll no doubt need it for other things related to my surgery anyway), and a decent supply of batteries to last me the entire time I'm in the hospital (Which they're talking would be overnight, but you know how overly-optimistic doctors like to make things sound). Question is has ANYONE ever tried this AS A PATIENT? Now mind you, I'm NOT talking about violating someone else's right to privacy here. I mean it's not like I'm gonna be recording while someone is talking to their doctor or nurse or whatever as that would CERTAINLY be a privacy issue. But WHAT IF I'm put in MY OWN room where the bed I'll be in IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM? If need be, I'll forego the tripod and hold the cam in my hand. Of course, I won't be able to edit and upload till I get home, but at least it'll give me something to do after I catch up with all the email you guys post to the list. :) BTWAs things stand now - Pre-Op for my lap band now appears to be set for Dec. 6th with the surgery itself a week later. Thoughts comments anyone? Cheers :D -- Pat Cook Denver, Colorado PODCASTS - AS MY WORLD TURNS - Blogger Page - http://asmyworldturnstv.blogspot.com/ BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/20453 PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ PAT'S HEALTH MEDICAL WONDERS VIDEOCAST - http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepcshow THE PAT COOK SHOW (Video Podcast) - Blogger Page - http://thepctvshow.blogspot.com/ - BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/19924
Re: [videoblogging] Which Xacti?
I have the HD1A, and am not really all that in love with it. Its horrible in low light and the audio is even worse. It takes some nice shots, but its not going to be great in many conditions. Check out my site for examples. I really do like its form factor though and do recommend getting a different model. They do make an updated HD version that should probably be better. The newer models have much better audio. On Nov 23, 2007 7:51 AM, Sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone use the HD version? -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat
[videoblogging] Disgusting article about viral video marketing
I was hesitant to give this guy more attention than he already has, but thought it would be very relevant to see what is happening out there: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind-many-viral-videos/ Many of us knew that the Top Viewed Videos on YouTube was 90% crap already honestly, i wasn't at all surprised - except that this guy is a TA at Stanford! Is this what our Nation's Best are being taught nowadays? Why doesn't Mefeedia have a Videos tab with Most Viewed Videos? It is not a popularity contest - we want it to be about REAL people having REAL conversations. This reinforces that belief. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web
[videoblogging] Re: Which Xacti?
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone use the HD version? I decided against the HD version because I wanted a walk-around camera for my vlogs (which I compress at 500 kbs for streaming in Flash so I could not see how HD would work) that would be good in the snow and rain. I picked the E1 waterproof model. At first I hated it. The body was so light I could not hold it steady and the viewfinder, which has a glossy coating as part of the waterproofing, had way too much glare to be usable outdoors. I rigged up a weight that screws into the tripod socket to lower the center of gravity and now it is very steady and a pleasure to use. I apply dulling spray to the viewfinder for exteriors. No more problems there. As a general purpose camera, however, it has the limitation that it is just about impossible to zoom during a shot and keep the camera steady. The image quality is amazingly good and I LOVE being able to carry a camera in my pocket to have all the time. It is very unobtrusive to subjects, too. The best testimony is that I use it all the time and keep my other cameras for shoots. Stan Hirson http://hestakaup.com
[videoblogging] Re: Which Xacti?
Thanks everyone for their feedback thus far. I do want HD but if its at the cost of low light shooting and audio then maybe its not the best choice. Does anyone have either the VPC-HD2 or the HD700 that can give me their take on it? Should I just go with the E1 waterproof since I know its a great camera? Thanks again. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Clintus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, in addition HD is preferred. Looking right now between the HD2 and HD700. Trying to figure out the differences at the moment. Thanks again. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Clintus clintcomer@ wrote: Hey everyone. I'm ready to purchase one of these bad boys and when i went to the website I found that there are 12 versions of the camera. So I'm looking for your input on what you're using and what you like. My first choice would be great low light capture. Any info you can give would be great, thanks.
[videoblogging] Re: Disgusting article about viral video marketing
Imagine that. Posting comments to your own videos or using lists to generate false/fake debate and/or to direct traffic to a video. Hate the game, so impressed with the player. What bugs me ... he gamed it in a direction that is counter to what I THINK is THE WAY people should conduct their lives/business. Oh and that he pulled it off, gets paid ... yeah ... that bugs me too. Right place, Wrong time. If you look into other things he and his partner are involved in you may not think so harshly of him. Redeeming qualities ... I think this guy would make a great addition to the Videoblogging community. Then again, maybe he, or someone on the payroll, is already a member. In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: except that this guy is a TA at Stanford! Is this what our Nation's Best are being taught nowadays?
Re: [videoblogging] Podcasting While In Hospital
let me know hohw this goes! irina On Nov 23, 2007 9:08 AM, Patrick Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone: A thought just occured to me a couple of hours ago (I know...Such a thing IS scary, isn't it?). Anyhow, what I thought of doing is (Assuming I get a private enough room in which to do it) taking my Mustek DV5300SE along with the $10 tripod I just bought from Radio Shack, my iRiver with my cliptie mic (The latter for better audio quality and the iRiver alone to capture PT sessions and because I'll no doubt need it for other things related to my surgery anyway), and a decent supply of batteries to last me the entire time I'm in the hospital (Which they're talking would be overnight, but you know how overly-optimistic doctors like to make things sound). Question is has ANYONE ever tried this AS A PATIENT? Now mind you, I'm NOT talking about violating someone else's right to privacy here. I mean it's not like I'm gonna be recording while someone is talking to their doctor or nurse or whatever as that would CERTAINLY be a privacy issue. But WHAT IF I'm put in MY OWN room where the bed I'll be in IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM? If need be, I'll forego the tripod and hold the cam in my hand. Of course, I won't be able to edit and upload till I get home, but at least it'll give me something to do after I catch up with all the email you guys post to the list. :) BTWAs things stand now - Pre-Op for my lap band now appears to be set for Dec. 6th with the surgery itself a week later. Thoughts comments anyone? Cheers :D -- Pat Cook Denver, Colorado PODCASTS - AS MY WORLD TURNS - Blogger Page - http://asmyworldturnstv.blogspot.com/ BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/20453 PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ PAT'S HEALTH MEDICAL WONDERS VIDEOCAST - http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepcshow THE PAT COOK SHOW (Video Podcast) - Blogger Page - http://thepctvshow.blogspot.com/ - BlogTV Page - http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/19924 -- http://geekentertainment.tv
