[videoblogging] Re: YouTube link to blog to be retired
Okay, yeah, thanks. I was thinking you meant a hot link earlier, as opposed to just a printed url. I knew about YouTube's domain-restricted hot links and was foolishly hoping for some hidden workaround allowing viewers to click to non-YouTube destinations... Chris --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: You just add an overlay title using your video edit software. Most people put it in the intro or ending credits etc. If you want to do it the low-tech way, stick a sign in the background when you shoot your video! Exactly. Youtube also lets you create hot links that click through to other Youtube URL's which is cool. Unfortunately, you cant add links outside Youtube (assume its to avoid spam). There's ways to add this hotlinks with other software but it hasnt ever caught on. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Docu-promo Or Documentary?
Hi Group: Bear with me while I run down a situation..? I'm considering shooting either a docu-promo of sorts, essentially a documentary with strong promotional overtones (an explicit theme of come see us here sort of thing). Or given our subject matter and overt purpose behind TailTrex.tv (TTTV), shoot a short (30 to 60 minute) stand alone hybrid documentary. Hybrid meaning; it would promote our nonprofit aims very subtly, by way of a TTTV logo watermark and invitation (call to action) just before end credits. Stand alone meaning; the piece would have its own website and identity, available to the public free of charge (via Blip.tv and related ads). The TTTV purpose is to provide educational resources through visual media to the dog owning public, regarding proper dog handling on public lands. That is, in part, because the vast majority of dog owners are clueless to the facts. Thus the aim behind either course, docu-promo or documentary, would be to detail the need for education. Even so the dog on public lands is a controversial subject to some on both sides of the equation -- for and against -- while others are clueless without opinion. The TTTV effort is a revenue center, which means the more traffic the more we can serve our ultimate aims of facilitating disabled access, into wild places. So frankly; a little controversy and related web-buzz is fine by me (especially with 50 million US dog owners as the target market). Hence; my gut is saying go for a harder hitting documentary style of presenting the issues. Yet being a new-be to Vlogging I'm uncertain. Here's my question... Would you agree or disagree with my hunch to play toward the natural controversial subject matter aspects, by a more formal documentary style? Or would you suggest approaching it softer through a milder docu-promo angle? Thanks in advance for all constructive comments. Mark Villaseñor, www.TailTrex.tv Canine Adventures For Charity - sm www.SOAR508.org
[videoblogging] how to videoblog worksheets
Hey all A friend is going to be leading a small workshop and I remember there used to be some one-sheets to help new teachers teach videoblogging. I looked around the wiki, but couldn't find them. Anyone know where they went? thanks! Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] SDHC recording time
Hey folks, thinking about purchasing the Kodak Zi8 and get back on the vlogging horse. It can apparently take a SDHC card of up to 32GB. My question is, how much recording time do I get out of that at: - 1080p, 30fps? - 720p, 60fps? - 720p, 30fps? - WVGA, 30fps? CNET says We calculated that when you record video at the highest level (1080p), you eat up anywhere from around 110 to 150MB per minute, depending upon video content, or about 14 to 18 minutes of video on a typical 2GB card. (Kodak quotes 20 minutes per gigabyte, but that's for 720p.) Similar to most competitors, videos are encoded as generally compatible QuickTime MPEG-4 MOV files, using H.264 compression. However, my googling gave me wildly varying estimates. What gives? I also looked at the material at www.kodak.com/go/zi8support but could not find anything of value. Thanks, Ike http://www.youtube.com/MyFirstMemoryDotOrg
Re: [videoblogging] Docu-promo Or Documentary?
Hey Mark, Seems like you've got a good subject and after reading the enclosed letter my initial reaction is that you may be complicating it, unnecessarily. Don't be too clever with the approach. Lay out the issues visually, offer the audience some solutions, then refer them to your organization for further info, training, resources, etc. Be straightforward honest upfront. A conflict exists, an issue to be dealt with or whatever. An observation I've made is some people reject criticism of both their kids and their pets. I say that to assure you that some in the audience will be disapprove, so what, but you'll also make friends, and so there you are. Either way doesn't deny the need for a compromise/resolution/solution. Good Luck. Tom Dolan On Apr 6, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Mark Villaseñor wrote: Hi Group: Bear with me while I run down a situation..? I'm considering shooting either a docu-promo of sorts, essentially a documentary with strong promotional overtones (an explicit theme of come see us here sort of thing). Or given our subject matter and overt purpose behind TailTrex.tv (TTTV), shoot a short (30 to 60 minute) stand alone hybrid documentary. Hybrid meaning; it would promote our nonprofit aims very subtly, by way of a TTTV logo watermark and invitation (call to action) just before end credits. Stand alone meaning; the piece would have its own website and identity, available to the public free of charge (via Blip.tv and related ads). The TTTV purpose is to provide educational resources through visual media to the dog owning public, regarding proper dog handling on public lands. That is, in part, because the vast majority of dog owners are clueless to the facts. Thus the aim behind either course, docu-promo or documentary, would be to detail the need for education. Even so the dog on public lands is a controversial subject to some on both sides of the equation -- for and against -- while others are clueless without opinion. The TTTV effort is a revenue center, which means the more traffic the more we can serve our ultimate aims of facilitating disabled access, into wild places. So frankly; a little controversy and related web-buzz is fine by me (especially with 50 million US dog owners as the target market). Hence; my gut is saying go for a harder hitting documentary style of presenting the issues. Yet being a new-be to Vlogging I'm uncertain. Here's my question... Would you agree or disagree with my hunch to play toward the natural controversial subject matter aspects, by a more formal documentary style? Or would you suggest approaching it softer through a milder docu-promo angle? Thanks in advance for all constructive comments. Mark Villaseñor, www.TailTrex.tv Canine Adventures For Charity - sm www.SOAR508.org Tom Dolan tomjdolan.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] An Introduction
Hi Mark, welcome. Your site is simple and visually interesting, the topography integrated with the embedded video is clever and works really well. I'd suggest putting some kind of call to action on the site for people who are interested. Could be as simple as an email signup form for people to get on an announcement list for new TailTrex videos. If not, chances are people will forget about the site by 2011, no matter how interested they are. You can use Google docs to make a simple form to collect names and emails: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=87809 http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=87809Good job, and good luck. -- Adam Quirk http://wreckandsalvage.com On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Mark Villaseñor videoblogyahoogr...@tailtrex.tv wrote: Jay Dedman: Welcome Mark. I know we have at least one other member who works with dogs and videoblogs. Ron Watson... Greetings, Jay, and thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to getting to know Ron (and others here too) because as it happens we're planning on a dog-disking field trip (location) episode, so Ron appears a prime interview candidate. (Hope he's open for that.) Jay Dedman: Do you have any videos of dogs pulling wheelchairs in the forest? (didnt see that footage on your site). I'd love to see what that looks like. Not anything just yet other than training clips we capture with a VIO or ContourHD, while the dogs pull their weight cart. Although the great folks at Colours In Motion (one of our sponsors) are building a new wheelchair specially tasked for our purposes, so by this summer I'm certain there will be plenty of broadcast quality footage of the boys I towing that chair. At present we work two (2) Alaskan Malamute (those seen toward the end of our promo piece online -- as of this date), and I assure you they can be an impressive sight while pulling. ...Ahem... That is, when they aren't in a lazy mood! :D Again thanks for the welcome; I look forward to interacting with and contributing to this group often. Mark Villaseñor, www.TailTrex.tv Canine Adventures For Charity - sm www.SOAR508.org Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] SDHC recording time
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:34 AM, MyFirstMemoryDotOrg myfirstmemory@gmail.com wrote: Hey folks, thinking about purchasing the Kodak Zi8 and get back on the vlogging horse. It can apparently take a SDHC card of up to 32GB. My question is, how much recording time do I get out of that at: - 1080p, 30fps? - 720p, 60fps? - 720p, 30fps? - WVGA, 30fps? CNET says We calculated that when you record video at the highest level (1080p), you eat up anywhere from around 110 to 150MB per minute, depending upon video content, or about 14 to 18 minutes of video on a typical 2GB card. (Kodak quotes 20 minutes per gigabyte, but that's for 720p.) Similar to most competitors, videos are encoded as generally compatible QuickTime MPEG-4 MOV files, using H.264 compression. However, my googling gave me wildly varying estimates. What gives? That's because it's not the same for all devices. Some use variable bit rate while others may use a constant bit rate. And if it's using VBR, then the capacity depends upon the actual image you are shooting (e.g. fast moving sports action would use a lot more than a talking head vlog). My Xacti HD1010 is speced to encode at: 9Mbps for 1280x720 30fps (4GB/hour) 12Mbps for 1280x720 60fps (5.4GB/hour) 12Mbps for 1920x1280 30fps (5.4GB/hour) 14Mbps for 1920x1280 60fps (6.3GB/hour) That should give you a reasonable ballpark estimate for the Zi8. Dave.
