[videoblogging] possible work fro Dutch TV
Monique from VPRO sent me this message. This is like PBS and NPR combined in the US, but much better funded by the Dutch government. Jay VPRO Television (based in The Netherlands) is currently recruiting innovative videojournalists and filmmakers from all over the world for a new GLOBAL network of correspondents. The network aims to provide strong LOCAL news and background stories, video diaries, clips and creative short films based on weekly themes and with a personal touch. We're looking for skilled young journalist and filmmakers, who can contribute 1 - 4 short stories monthly. The videojournalists need to have filming/editing skills and access to equipment in their countries, and will be paid accordingly. The stories will be featured on a 24/7 website in Dutch and English and a selection will be shown in a weekly broadcast on national Dutch TV. VPRO Television (based in The Netherlands) is currently recruiting innovative videojournalists and filmmakers from all over the world for a new GLOBAL network of correspondents. The network aims to provide strong LOCAL news and background stories, video diaries, clips and creative short films based on weekly themes and with a personal touch. We're looking for skilled young journalist and filmmakers, who can contribute 1 - 4 short stories monthly. The videojournalists need to have filming/editing skills and access to equipment in their countries, and will be paid accordingly. The stories will be featured on a 24/7 website in Dutch and English and a selection will be shown in a weekly broadcast on national Dutch TV. Please contact the editors of this program at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you fit the profile or know of anyone else who does! Thank you in advance. Best, on behalf of the editorial staff Monique Doppert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[videoblogging] Re: Blip.tv and 1.33 aspect ratio
I don't know the answer for the PC. For the Mac, you build out a high-resolution format video and drag it into Compressor (or use export using Compressor from Final Cut Pro). From there, you drag your presets to that video [apple tv, ipod, wmv, 3gp, ogg] and click submit and it makes all the formats for you. So, basically, any program that allows you to select multiple output formats and run a batch process will involve the least personal attention. Some hosts do conversions for you, like how blip will make a flash version for you or Veoh will post to youtube for you (at least it did the last time I used Veoh, ages ago). Bill BillCammack.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bob Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By way of brief introduction, I am a long time lurker, first time poster and trying to find time for a videoblog. I have been looking for a workflow which will allow me to move quickly from my HDV video (Sony FX1) from the non square format to square format for the web, Blip etc. I use Vegas pro 8 for NLE and I wish to end up with video encoded to various web flavored formats. I realize I can convert the video in the editor. I'm looking to find an optimal work flow that involves the least personal attention after editing (while encoding) because it seems to be very compute intensive. A semi random search for Nirvana in the encoding world looks like it will be very time consuming. I have high hopes of finding some sage advice here. Bob... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jake Ludington jake@ wrote: Good arguments, however, neither 1440x1080 nor 720x480 Anamorphic are meant to be viewed (as you stated in your other post, so I'm not telling you anything new) in those dimensions in square pixels. Since blip delivers video to computers, which use square pixels, IMO, there's no reason they should cater to anything other than 16x9 or 4x3 formats. One more time, with feeling: I'm not asking them to present non square pixels. I'm asking them to convert non-square pixels for the Web. As you say below: How come videos are expected to be formatted at television sizes (4:3 and 16:9)? I'm expecting them not to be and you're telling me I shouldn't. ;) And because I'm feeling snarky, from the Blip site: We're sending our top shows directly to the television set with Internet video on demand. And that's just the start. We believe that your show should be indistinguishable from a show on a broadcast network in terms of how people find and watch it. We're working hard to make this happen. More snark quoting Blip on the issue of formats: You shouldn't have to choose between great quality Flash video and compatibility with iTunes. Your videos should work everywhere, no question. That's why blip.tv supports every video format under the sun, from Flash 8 (much higher quality than most Flash video) to Quicktime (for the all-important iTunes) to DivX and 3gp (we think cell phones are cool, too). That sounds like a utility knife to me. ;) I think you bring up an interesting discussion. How come videos are expected to be formatted at television sizes (4:3 and 16:9)? other question is What is the benefit to a company to accommodate people that choose not to conform? If I'm an average video guy who just wants to make video, how would I know whether I'm conforming or not? I have a vision, my camera shoots at this resolution, I can output files in the same resolution from my video editor, so how am I *not* conforming? Jake Ludington http://www.jakeludington.com
Re: [videoblogging] Where is the Sanyo HD Waterproof Camera?
I've got the Sanyo Waterproof Camera, the fully submersible one.. Man do I love that camera, but I'm anxiously awaiting the HD Version. (no announcement or rumors I just want them to develop it because it would ROCK) I've been surprised how much having a waterproof camera helps. Aside from the regular playing in the water I had my previous camera die in a lite rain! agreed. a water proof camera is also dust proof, etc. I didnt like the Xacti HD camera. seemed bad quality. bad in low light. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blip.tv and 1.33 aspect ratio
I have been looking for a workflow which will allow me to move quickly from my HDV video (Sony FX1) from the non square format to square format for the web, Blip etc. Visual Hub is a compression app (not free) that will do batch compression. Just create your different settings...and it goes to town. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
[videoblogging] Video Comments for wordpress (part 2)
Better example of Video Comments on Semanal: http://semanal.org/2008/01/27/week-5-2008-video-commenting-is-live/ Here's how Michael A. and Ze Nuno did it: http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/Adding-video-commenting-to-WordPress (you can add it to your blog to) Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
oh the fix is easy just take the hard drive look it over once or twice, then start shaking it and yelling at it(it wakes up the nomes) then pore some coffee on it(they are gruchy when they wake up it also motervates them) i hope this helps randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
Im not entirely convinced its your graphics card. Maybe try the advice on discussions such as the following to make sure it isnt a codec quicktime/fcp/OS X isue? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6413218 Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jose, FCP runs ok. It's just it wonks out with HD files and is saying codec not found. You may be using a compression type with out the corresponding hardware. I think I may need to replace my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card with AGP Quartz Extreme video card. JC --- Jose Nuno Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, I am using a Macbook Core2Duo 2GHz the older GPU version, with Tiger and 2GB of memory and it works great on FCP (FCS2 and also tried the older one before). I have the last QT/iTunes installed. Maybe you could try to reinstall the FCP. I also worked with FCP 5.x on a PPC G4 Mac mini 1GB ram, so your configuration has to be more than enough. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 15:43, John Coffey wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: [videoblogging] Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
Hi again John, I am using my HDV 1080i50 sony C1E (europe), and when i capture i capture native HDV, because you can also capture differently. I forgot to tell you this part. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 19:12, John Coffey wrote: Thanks Jose, FCP runs ok. It's just it wonks out with HD files and is saying codec not found. You may be using a compression type with out the corresponding hardware. I think I may need to replace my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card with AGP Quartz Extreme video card. JC --- Jose Nuno Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, I am using a Macbook Core2Duo 2GHz the older GPU version, with Tiger and 2GB of memory and it works great on FCP (FCS2 and also tried the older one before). I have the last QT/iTunes installed. Maybe you could try to reinstall the FCP. I also worked with FCP 5.x on a PPC G4 Mac mini 1GB ram, so your configuration has to be more than enough. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 15:43, John Coffey wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] Re:Where is the Sanyo HD Waterproof Camera?
I own the CG65, the non waterproof version of the camera you have. I wanted to upgrade to HD, so I purchased both the HD1000 and the 720 and wound up returning both. Neither has the beautiful color saturation nor the ability to work in low light as the CG65. Don't really understand why, but at the end of the day the cheaper Sanyo's provide a much better, although lower pixel count, picture than their upscale brothers. well put Neil. the Sanyo HD was muddy as hell...almost black if there wasnt bright light. the Sanyo E1 isnt HD, but gives a much better picture. the Canon Powershot is a tough one to beat. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
[videoblogging] Re:Where is the Sanyo HD Waterproof Camera?
Be Wary of Sanyo HD cameras I own the CG65, the non waterproof version of the camera you have. I wanted to upgrade to HD, so I purchased both the HD1000 and the 720 and wound up returning both. Neither has the beautiful color saturation nor the ability to work in low light as the CG65. Don't really understand why, but at the end of the day the cheaper Sanyo's provide a much better, although lower pixel count, picture than their upscale brothers. Best of luck. Neil Katz Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
Re: [videoblogging] Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
Hi John, I am using a Macbook Core2Duo 2GHz the older GPU version, with Tiger and 2GB of memory and it works great on FCP (FCS2 and also tried the older one before). I have the last QT/iTunes installed. Maybe you could try to reinstall the FCP. I also worked with FCP 5.x on a PPC G4 Mac mini 1GB ram, so your configuration has to be more than enough. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 15:43, John Coffey wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links
[videoblogging] Re: Cloverfield hand held major movie
It could be a cinematic atrocity of biblical proportions, and I'd STILL want it to do better box office than Meet The Spartans, Rambo and 27 Dresses. But alas crap, like cream, always rises to the top... Chris --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, influxxmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, Wil Wheaton has a good review of CLOVERFIELD on his blog. Gives it an enthusiastic thumbs up. If i can ever secure some babysitting i really want to see it in the theatre before its gone, experience the full effect vomit-cam. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2008/01/cloverfield.html adam
[videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
Or maybe this sort of issue could be caused by graphics card, but when I look on the net I find sites telling me that the Radeon 9800 Pro is a Quartz Extreme capable card. Is OS X reporting that the card has that capability? (I guess system profiler will tell you) Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im not entirely convinced its your graphics card. Maybe try the advice on discussions such as the following to make sure it isnt a codec quicktime/fcp/OS X isue? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6413218 Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey jimmycrackhead2000@ wrote: Thanks Jose, FCP runs ok. It's just it wonks out with HD files and is saying codec not found. You may be using a compression type with out the corresponding hardware. I think I may need to replace my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card with AGP Quartz Extreme video card. JC --- Jose Nuno Pereira zenuno@ wrote: Hi John, I am using a Macbook Core2Duo 2GHz the older GPU version, with Tiger and 2GB of memory and it works great on FCP (FCS2 and also tried the older one before). I have the last QT/iTunes installed. Maybe you could try to reinstall the FCP. I also worked with FCP 5.x on a PPC G4 Mac mini 1GB ram, so your configuration has to be more than enough. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 15:43, John Coffey wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[videoblogging] Re: Cloverfield hand held major movie
That said, I am curious about CLOVERFIELD and do hope that it's good. If only because I've always loved giant monster movies but have always secretly wished for one that had some legitimate scares... FWIW, Wil Wheaton has a good review of CLOVERFIELD on his blog. Gives it an enthusiastic thumbs up. If i can ever secure some babysitting i really want to see it in the theatre before its gone, experience the full effect vomit-cam. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2008/01/cloverfield.html adam
Re: [videoblogging] Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
Thanks Jose, FCP runs ok. It's just it wonks out with HD files and is saying codec not found. You may be using a compression type with out the corresponding hardware. I think I may need to replace my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card with AGP Quartz Extreme video card. JC --- Jose Nuno Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, I am using a Macbook Core2Duo 2GHz the older GPU version, with Tiger and 2GB of memory and it works great on FCP (FCS2 and also tried the older one before). I have the last QT/iTunes installed. Maybe you could try to reinstall the FCP. I also worked with FCP 5.x on a PPC G4 Mac mini 1GB ram, so your configuration has to be more than enough. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 15:43, John Coffey wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[videoblogging] Re: Which video do you Embed to your site?
Does dislike of popup include things like lightbox? Cos I just stumbled upon this rather nice variant that supports quite a lot of video formats, and personally I find the dimming of the background helps nicely with removing distractions. Pls it works quite well for videos that are larger and so dont embed too well into existing page layouts. http://mjijackson.com/shadowbox/ Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting - I watch through iTunes, rather than on the site itself. So I don't even notice the embed thing. if you watch that way, it does make sense! David On Jan 26, 2008 5:43 PM, Ron Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a great point, Brook. I could totally do the same, and think that I might. My h.264 vids are so much more nice than the flash versions. I like embedding, but I find your 'old school' ideas to be valid as well. I think we might be all addicted to the embedding thing though. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 26, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: If I use flash at all I direct people to blip to see it. I prefer to encourage folks to get a current verson of quicktime so they can see one of the h.264 versions, which is all I host on my site and the only thing I embed. But I'm going to stop embedding. I know a lot of people prefer it, but I am more and more annoyed by it. I get a much deeper connection to something when it opens solo on its own distraction free page rather than playing in the post or in a pop up. I tried to like embedding. Honest I did. But I'm goin' back to the old skool way. Brook __ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- David King davidleeking.com - blog http://davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Lavalier mic recommendations
Hi everyone! Can anyone recommend good, inexpensive lavalier mics? Need to get my exercised butt out of the apartment and my first location will most likely be indoors at a yoga studio to interview a guest, but want to do outdoor shoots when the weather is warmer. I don't have a crew of any kind at this point, so something as uncomplicated as possible would be good. My camcorder has an external mic input. Thank you, Dina Dina Prioste Get Exercised with me at: http://getexercised.com/ Beginner Yoga workshop to benefit the MS Society on 2/24 at byoganyc.com - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Blip.tv and 1.33 aspect ratio
I am living in a Windows world with with a linux box or two for added flavor. So not having a Mac I am looking for Windows or Linux based encoders. Has anyone here tried TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress ? I found their site today That looks like a possible answer. http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html Bob --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been looking for a workflow which will allow me to move quickly from my HDV video (Sony FX1) from the non square format to square format for the web, Blip etc. Visual Hub is a compression app (not free) that will do batch compression. Just create your different settings...and it goes to town. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
[videoblogging] Re: Cloverfield hand held major movie
Kind of doesn't matter... but on the battery front... personally, when I'm not using the camera, when I'm done taping something, I instantly turn it off... and don't most cameras have an auto-off after a couple minutes? The battery wouldn't have to LAST seven hours, persay... Susan http://vlog.kitykity.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it never pays to over analyze a movie like this but i'll offer up a counter perspective. why did the the characters go into an electronics store and not consider grabbing a couple extra tapes and batteries? the electronics store scene came from one characters sole focus to get his phone working so he could try to communicate with another character. this relationship drove the story/path. the character had zero interest in getting equipped to document the devastation they were smothered in. the character who was filming everything was originally only supposed to film a going away party. as the events unfolded, this character did realize the importance of the footage but i am sure he also was not interested in getting more equipment that would allow him to document more than he could with what he had (within story, some unknown SSD camera) and would happily be rescued over further gallivanting around a city under attack by a monster. how they went 7 hours without having to change a battery. not sure when the film is supposedly taking place. was their a year mentioned? but a 7 hour batter is not too absurd. personally, i could ask alot of questions and potential inaccuracies... but screw that. i thought it was fantastic. their will undoubtedly be sequels and this was just an introduction to the monster. more details and plot would be added in future. On Jan 27, 2008 12:03 PM, David S Kessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i can't help thinking about these things. I know it's just supposed to be entertaining and it never pays to over analyze a movie like this but in this case wasn't the whole movie just a gimmick anyway? wasn't the whole thing just about how clever the filmmakers thought they were being? so if they were so clever, why did the the characters go into an electronics store and not consider grabbing a couple extra tapes and batteries? that's all they would have had to do to keep me from thinking about how this footage looks edited and how they went 7 hours without having to change a battery. but forget all of that. if they were so clever, how did they think they could get away with making a movie that supplants a plot for a gimmick. that's never a good idea! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
Hi again, that is strange because my mac mini, one of the first ones, i remember that don't have that quartz extreme stuff, at list it doesn't ripple like water on the dashboard... and it always worked with HDV, nowadays i use my macbook (non pro), but at the time it worked without any apparent problem. for me it seems more like some mismatch on the software. if you have a spare external firewire disk you could install clean and try out on a fresh and updated install. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 19:56, Steve Watkins wrote: Or maybe this sort of issue could be caused by graphics card, but when I look on the net I find sites telling me that the Radeon 9800 Pro is a Quartz Extreme capable card. Is OS X reporting that the card has that capability? (I guess system profiler will tell you) Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im not entirely convinced its your graphics card. Maybe try the advice on discussions such as the following to make sure it isnt a codec quicktime/fcp/OS X isue? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6413218 Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey jimmycrackhead2000@ wrote: Thanks Jose, FCP runs ok. It's just it wonks out with HD files and is saying codec not found. You may be using a compression type with out the corresponding hardware. I think I may need to replace my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card with AGP Quartz Extreme video card. JC --- Jose Nuno Pereira zenuno@ wrote: Hi John, I am using a Macbook Core2Duo 2GHz the older GPU version, with Tiger and 2GB of memory and it works great on FCP (FCS2 and also tried the older one before). I have the last QT/iTunes installed. Maybe you could try to reinstall the FCP. I also worked with FCP 5.x on a PPC G4 Mac mini 1GB ram, so your configuration has to be more than enough. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 15:43, John Coffey wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links _ ___ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [videoblogging] Re: Blip.tv and 1.33 aspect ratio
Hey guys, Just to follow up: We've been running after this anamorphic video issue for a couple weeks now at blip HQ. Today I escalated to Adobe to ask them how to deal with it. Their answer: Tell your users not to do anamorphic video! I realize this isn't a good answer, and I told them so. They're trying to figure out a real answer now. In the meantime please upload square pixels! :) -Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Fish Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 3:35 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Blip.tv and 1.33 aspect ratio By way of brief introduction, I am a long time lurker, first time poster and trying to find time for a videoblog. I have been looking for a workflow which will allow me to move quickly from my HDV video (Sony FX1) from the non square format to square format for the web, Blip etc. I use Vegas pro 8 for NLE and I wish to end up with video encoded to various web flavored formats. I realize I can convert the video in the editor. I'm looking to find an optimal work flow that involves the least personal attention after editing (while encoding) because it seems to be very compute intensive. A semi random search for Nirvana in the encoding world looks like it will be very time consuming. I have high hopes of finding some sage advice here. Bob... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jake Ludington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good arguments, however, neither 1440x1080 nor 720x480 Anamorphic are meant to be viewed (as you stated in your other post, so I'm not telling you anything new) in those dimensions in square pixels. Since blip delivers video to computers, which use square pixels, IMO, there's no reason they should cater to anything other than 16x9 or 4x3 formats. One more time, with feeling: I'm not asking them to present non square pixels. I'm asking them to convert non-square pixels for the Web. As you say below: How come videos are expected to be formatted at television sizes (4:3 and 16:9)? I'm expecting them not to be and you're telling me I shouldn't. ;) And because I'm feeling snarky, from the Blip site: We're sending our top shows directly to the television set with Internet video on demand. And that's just the start. We believe that your show should be indistinguishable from a show on a broadcast network in terms of how people find and watch it. We're working hard to make this happen. More snark quoting Blip on the issue of formats: You shouldn't have to choose between great quality Flash video and compatibility with iTunes. Your videos should work everywhere, no question. That's why blip.tv supports every video format under the sun, from Flash 8 (much higher quality than most Flash video) to Quicktime (for the all-important iTunes) to DivX and 3gp (we think cell phones are cool, too). That sounds like a utility knife to me. ;) I think you bring up an interesting discussion. How come videos are expected to be formatted at television sizes (4:3 and 16:9)? other question is What is the benefit to a company to accommodate people that choose not to conform? If I'm an average video guy who just wants to make video, how would I know whether I'm conforming or not? I have a vision, my camera shoots at this resolution, I can output files in the same resolution from my video editor, so how am I *not* conforming? Jake Ludington http://www.jakeludington.com Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] Lavalier mic recommendations
Sennheiser Wireless is da bomb ($500 range) however audio technica ($150 range) makes one also that will probably work fine for you. You can look on Amazon for each of these or we have a gear page on site with links! Post back so we can do some yoga with you. This group has a lot of butt sitters and I say this as a way of acknowledging how hard we all work at our computers! Aloha, Rox On Jan 28, 2008 9:41 AM, Dina P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone! Can anyone recommend good, inexpensive lavalier mics? Need to get my exercised butt out of the apartment and my first location will most likely be indoors at a yoga studio to interview a guest, but want to do outdoor shoots when the weather is warmer. I don't have a crew of any kind at this point, so something as uncomplicated as possible would be good. My camcorder has an external mic input. Thank you, Dina Dina Prioste Get Exercised with me at: http://getexercised.com/ Beginner Yoga workshop to benefit the MS Society on 2/24 at byoganyc.com - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Mr.Thyself Show LIVE!!!
Dear friendz and enemiez of Mr.Thyself around this wet planet, You are cordially invited to a LIVE Mr.Thyself Show!!! What: Mr.Thyself Show LIVE!!! Where: www.blogtv.com When: Wednesday, January 30, 9PM EST You need to preregister at the BlogTV.com site to be able to interact or to watch the show. It will be a blast from the red planet!!! So share the news with your friendz and enemiez and enjoy the spontaneity in its bloom. We will see you there! Renato with Mr.Thyself, - Improving Martian tourism since 2004!
Re: [videoblogging] Lavalier mic recommendations
- Original Message - From: Dina P. Can anyone recommend good, inexpensive lavalier mics? Need to get my exercised butt out of the apartment and my first location will most likely be indoors at a yoga studio to interview a guest, but want to do outdoor shoots when the weather is warmer. I don't have a crew of any kind at this point, so something as uncomplicated as possible would be good. My camcorder has an external mic input. Just so we know what you are looking for ... you want a *wired* (not wireless) lavalier .. (and here's the hard part) ..define inexpensive for us. How much of a cable run do you expect to use? 5 ft, 10 ft, 25 ft?? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
[videoblogging] Re: Cloverfield hand held major movie
Challenge for 2008: To have a thread this long about a videoblog ;) Did see a mainstream media article about the film causing vertigo in some people, and that cinemas are putting up warning signs. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, influxxmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That said, I am curious about CLOVERFIELD and do hope that it's good. If only because I've always loved giant monster movies but have always secretly wished for one that had some legitimate scares... FWIW, Wil Wheaton has a good review of CLOVERFIELD on his blog. Gives it an enthusiastic thumbs up. If i can ever secure some babysitting i really want to see it in the theatre before its gone, experience the full effect vomit-cam. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2008/01/cloverfield.html adam
Re: [videoblogging] corporate videoblogs?
Don't know how corporate you want but Whole Foods has one (See separate thread on this list) and also check out this nonprofit that has a great show:MarylandZoo.tv Roxanne On Jan 23, 2008 6:13 AM, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of 3950 blogs at Sun, I'm aware of (so far): http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/ - our CEO occasionally uses video, notably this week http://blogs.sun.com/stern/ - does video from time to time and the blog I'm in charge of which, while not exactly videoblogging (depending whether you want to split hairs over definitions), does feature video roughly weekly: http://blogs.sun.com/storage/ On Jan 23, 2008 3:51 PM, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED]davidleeking%40gmail.com wrote: Anyone have some good examples of companies with videoblogs? I'm not looking for big-name videoshows like Rocketboom or the ScobleShow. An example would be if Toyota had a regular videoblog... posting video to some sort of RSS feed... I have one example of a weekly video show from a library (what's going on at the library this week type of video). Any suggestions? -- David King davidleeking.com - blog http://davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Tokyo Video People 2008 - a great event
Hey all I just finished being a part of the first videoblogging conference/meetup here in Tokyo, Japan-- what an amazing group of videobloggers here!! What was good about it is that the first day consisted of talks around how to easily videoblog (not just youtube, but a variety of services), as well as some of the more popular Japanese videobloggers talked about their workflow. Some work in groups, others work solo. Some are richly edited pieces, others are talking heads... just like the rest of us. A couple of the presenters: Megwin, one of the most popular vloggers here, does so well that MTV Japan signed him up to do one video a day for 365 days. What I love about his stuff is that his comedy transcends language so non-japanese folks can understand him. Check him out: http://megwin.com Another is Tokyo Drift, which is a group travelouge type site. They all work remotely and use Senduit to exchange files and rough edits, then use a private youtube account to show the final edit so they can all approve it, then it goes live. They came to SF for MacWorld; I wish I knew that so I could have shown them SF as they have shown me Tokyo. They are here: http://tokyodrift.jp/ And that is just two. Video People 2008 had about 200 people in attendance! Much larger than they even expected; and the group was really into learning about videoblogging; many of them already have fledgling sites started. The next day, a bunch of us met up to do this Tokyo Hunt http://dougajin.com/tokyo_hunt/, which was just a reason to go run around the city and videotape whatever. (My group went to eat Fugu-- which I've always wanted to do). Now we are all editing the footage to put up onto the site. Stickam.jp livecasted us. Pretty interesting. Anyway, I just want to shout out to Tajee for putting on an amazing event!! (her videoblog is here: http://amino-tajee.com/) She should be really proud. I'm coming back for next year, definitely. You can see some of my quick reports from here in Tokyo on my blog. My edited footage is coming up-- havent had time to sit and edit out here; too busy seeing the city! -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
Thanks Jose and Steve, I bought the G5 with FCP 5 installed. The original disks were traded in by previous owner for universal version. It worked fine till I erased and installled Leopard then used drag and drop to reinstall FCP 5. I'm able to log and capture DV but very buggy now and no time line showing up. Gonna probably just buy new copy of FC Express. Thanks for help. JC --- Jose Nuno Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again, that is strange because my mac mini, one of the first ones, i remember that don't have that quartz extreme stuff, at list it doesn't ripple like water on the dashboard... and it always worked with HDV, nowadays i use my macbook (non pro), but at the time it worked without any apparent problem. for me it seems more like some mismatch on the software. if you have a spare external firewire disk you could install clean and try out on a fresh and updated install. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 19:56, Steve Watkins wrote: Or maybe this sort of issue could be caused by graphics card, but when I look on the net I find sites telling me that the Radeon 9800 Pro is a Quartz Extreme capable card. Is OS X reporting that the card has that capability? (I guess system profiler will tell you) Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im not entirely convinced its your graphics card. Maybe try the advice on discussions such as the following to make sure it isnt a codec quicktime/fcp/OS X isue? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6413218 Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey jimmycrackhead2000@ wrote: Thanks Jose, FCP runs ok. It's just it wonks out with HD files and is saying codec not found. You may be using a compression type with out the corresponding hardware. I think I may need to replace my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card with AGP Quartz Extreme video card. JC --- Jose Nuno Pereira zenuno@ wrote: Hi John, I am using a Macbook Core2Duo 2GHz the older GPU version, with Tiger and 2GB of memory and it works great on FCP (FCS2 and also tried the older one before). I have the last QT/iTunes installed. Maybe you could try to reinstall the FCP. I also worked with FCP 5.x on a PPC G4 Mac mini 1GB ram, so your configuration has to be more than enough. Rgds, ZN On 2008/01/28, at 15:43, John Coffey wrote: I'm stumped on getting HD footage shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 into either FCP 5 or iMovie HD. The Brian Maffit tutorial states that I need AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card to work with their files. Odd because my system worked these HD files before, albeit on another hard drive but same computer. That hard drive has been reformatted to Leopard but the other hardrive (Tiger) won't display HD either. Raw HD footage I shot on FX1 won't import into iMovie either. My Specs G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4 g Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and Lacie FW 800 external scratch disk. Do I need a new video card or easier work around. Thanks John __ __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links _ ___ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Yahoo! Groups Links Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie
On Jan 28, 2008 3:26 PM, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jose and Steve, I bought the G5 with FCP 5 installed. The original disks were traded in by previous owner for universal version. It worked fine till I erased and installled Leopard then used drag and drop to reinstall FCP 5. I'm able to log and capture DV but very buggy now and no time line showing up. Gonna probably just buy new copy of FC Express. Thanks for help. JC There's your problem John. You can't drag and drop instal FCP. When the previous owner traded in the discs for the universal version they sent him a new instal disc (I did that same thing) that he used to install everything including presets and codec and stuff. That's probably what you are missing now. -Verdi
[videoblogging] Fwd: Kenyan electoral fraud analysis team
anyone wanna help one of my columbia jschoolers? -- Forwarded message -- From: Julian Assange. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am an investigative journalist and the investigative editor of Wikileaks. I have funding to pull together an international team to write an unimpeachable out-of-country forensic analysis of the Kenyan electoral process. In Sept 2007 we wrote a report which led to a 10% swing in the Kenyan vote http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi Subsequently, from sources in Kenya and walk ins, we've released a number of other documents http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Kenya The Kenyan political and economic situation is dire and will stay that way until there is clarity on the legitimacy or otherwise of the Kibaki government. Analysis by Kenyan civil society groups show the election to have been stolen by the Kibaki regime at the electorial commission level. However the message of these groups has been compromised due to the inevitable presense within them of ethnicities other than the ruling ethinic group, the Kikuyu, which makes up only 22% of the population. Authors should be seen as beyond reproach -- non-Kenyan investigative journalists, academics, transparency specialists or other notables. The time frame is two weeks. I'm looking for around 12 people. Please get in touch with me if you are aware of someone suitable. Julian. -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Japan Videobloggers List
One thing that was mentioned during my talk at Video People 2008 was this videoblogging list. I stressed the importance for them to talk to each other, since this is so new over here that they are the ones defining the medium here in Japan... so I told them to start a mailing list and start sharing information. Just like this one. So if you read Japanese (though there will be some English speaking folks on there as well.. heck, some of them are on this list lurking and learning!), feel free to join up: http://groups.google.com/group/videoblogjapan Tajee is the moderator, so I know the list is in great hands. Only good can come out of this. -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Unplugged
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Re: [videoblogging] Lavalier mic recommendations
Hi Roxanne: Radio Shack makes one that is very well-built in my opinion: (RadioShack Hands-Free Headset Microphone (model 33-3012 - about $20)). You may want to buy 2 just in case you have any problems. There are no integrated headphones, so you may instead want a Logitech that has the headset and mic. The cord is about 20 feet so that may be a plus for exercise. You will probably need to use the supplied battery-powered booster for the camera though. For $13 Radio Shack sells a wireless 900mhz transmitter. Not sure if that is reliable though. 900MHz 8-Channel Wireless Audio-Link Transmitter is the name I describe the product Hands-Free Headset Microphone here in a pretty long tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/24kyyu All the best, and please share your experiences. Andrew --- Andrew Darlow Editor, The Imaging Buffet http://www.imagingbuffet.com Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques: An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http:// www.inkjettips.com On Jan 28, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Roxanne Darling wrote: Sennheiser Wireless is da bomb ($500 range) however audio technica ($150 range) makes one also that will probably work fine for you. You can look on Amazon for each of these or we have a gear page on site with links! Post back so we can do some yoga with you. This group has a lot of butt sitters and I say this as a way of acknowledging how hard we all work at our computers! Aloha, Rox On Jan 28, 2008 9:41 AM, Dina P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone! Can anyone recommend good, inexpensive lavalier mics? Need to get my exercised butt out of the apartment and my first location will most likely be indoors at a yoga studio to interview a guest, but want to do outdoor shoots when the weather is warmer. I don't have a crew of any kind at this point, so something as uncomplicated as possible would be good. My camcorder has an external mic input. Thank you, Dina Dina Prioste Get Exercised with me at: http://getexercised.com/ Beginner Yoga workshop to benefit the MS Society on 2/24 at byoganyc.com - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] What's the best way to credit music from ccmixter
Hi guys, Found a great tune on ccmixter.org...(thank you videoblog wiki!). I put together a faux experimental video for semanal, a quick one because I am behind, but I can¹t figure out how to credit the music. It¹s one song that uses samples from another song on ccmixter. The artist uses one name on ccmixter, another on his myspace page. What name do I use? Do I put a link to the ccmixter page? Or to his myspace page? Do I need to credit the sample too? What should I say? Any ideas from the group? Here¹s the song very cool. http://ccmixter.org/media/files/jaspertine/13020 Geez you think you¹re done and there¹s still a ton of work to do. Thanks! Irene Duma Strange Duck Media ...a good egg [EMAIL PROTECTED] T 416-769-1879 C 416-535-0652 web design and creative marketing blogging easy computer tips http://www.strangeduck.com/blog and comedy at http://www.bittertonic.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Which video do you Embed to your site?
Perhaps I'm thrown by the fact that in the movie gallery demo one of the images stayed stuck on the screen after the box closed, but even so... It's ok. More versatile than other similar things. Still has too much of its own distracting look/feel. I just like as much nothing as possible with the video. I'm not even wild about having a controller. And its not just a thing about wanting MY videos to be seen a certain way - it bugs me MUCH more when it's other people's videos that I feel I'm not really SEEING unless I download'em and roll my own viewing options offline. Empty page with a movie, or black page with a movie, that's what still works best for me. Though the designer part of me finds this preference the rest of me has extremely frustrating. Brook _ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
