Re: [videoblogging] What happened to vloggercon site?

2010-06-03 Thread Michael Verdi
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like the site wont be up tonight just because of time crunch. Soon. It's working now (thanks Ryanne!) - http://www.vloggercon.com - Verdi -- Training for a triathlon and raising money for The Leukemia Lymphoma

Re: [videoblogging] Re: WebM Project

2010-05-21 Thread Michael Verdi
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote: Meanwhile apparently someone that knows a bit about the tech of video codecs had an initial look at VP8 and was quite concerned about some similarities in certain functions to h.264. This leaves the door open for

Re: [videoblogging] Re: WebM Project

2010-05-21 Thread Michael Verdi
Oh and I forgot to post the link to the WebM discussion group: https://groups.google.com/a/webmproject.org/group/webm-discuss/topics On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Michael Verdi mich...@michaelverdi.com wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote

Re: [videoblogging] Re: WebM Project

2010-05-19 Thread Michael Verdi
You can go see WebM in action: Get a Firefox nightly at http://bit.ly/d2xhKm opt in to the YouTube HTML5 beta at http://bit.ly/NkgJd watch WebM video at http://bit.ly/cG7zlU - Verdi On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Here is the project website:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Comments On Celtx

2010-05-06 Thread Michael Verdi
I use it along with dropbox for collaborative writing. http://talkbot.tv/2009/08/the-making-of-talkbot/ - Verdi On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Brook Hinton bhin...@gmail.com wrote: LIke many freebies Cetlx can be a little buggy but basically its really great. The kind of thing that makes

Re: [videoblogging] Re: ReelDirector?

2010-05-05 Thread Michael Verdi
I've been using reeldirector exclusively for a blog about my triathlon training. I try to shoot, edit and post things as fast as possible right after practice. With reeldirector, youtube and the wordpress app I do it all from my iphone. Check it out - http://training.michaelverdi.com - Verdi On

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Google to open source VP8

2010-05-02 Thread Michael Verdi
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Joly MacFie j...@punkcast.com wrote: Isn't this where we started on this thread? j Yes. - verdi -- Training for a triathlon and raising money for The Leukemia Lymphoma Society. http://training.michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Google to open source VP8

2010-05-02 Thread Michael Verdi
that a significant development. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi mich...@... wrote: On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Joly MacFie j...@... wrote: Isn't this where we started on this thread? j Yes. - verdi -- Training

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Google to open source VP8

2010-05-01 Thread Michael Verdi
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Joly MacFie j...@punkcast.com wrote: I also noted Jobs recent statement that Theora is not free of potential encumbrance. I wouldn't put much stock in that FUD. Also, all of these arguments don't (and can't really) take into account VP8 that Google is

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Google to open source VP8

2010-04-15 Thread Michael Verdi
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:27 PM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote: Their other main focus beyond supporting standards was on hardware-accelerating lots of stuff, be it svg or css3 or video. BTW, that kind of stuff is coming to Firefox too. One of the things I've learned since going to

Re: [videoblogging] Google to open source VP8

2010-04-13 Thread Michael Verdi
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: I love Apple and use all they have...but I dont like the idea that I depend on their benevolence. Jobs will die...and instead of a hippie entrepreneur, we'll get the ex-President of Pepsi leading the company again. So

[videoblogging] Google to open source VP8

2010-04-12 Thread Michael Verdi
This is pretty awesome: http://newteevee.com/2010/04/12/google-to-open-source-vp8-for-html5-video/ That could seriously change the codec equation for the better. - Verdi -- Training for a triathlon and raising money for The Leukemia Lymphoma Society. http://training.michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Google to open source VP8

2010-04-12 Thread Michael Verdi
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Michael Sullivan sullele...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think Ogg would be a container for VP8? I don't know any of the technical details that go into that but it would seem to be what you'd want to do if it were possible. - Verdi -- Training for a triathlon and

Re: [videoblogging] Blatant copying of my Blog!

2010-02-05 Thread Michael Verdi
Certainly it's surprising to find your whole site copied - especially in that way - but I don't think it's a complete disaster when stuff like that happens. For myself, I'm mostly interested in making things and having people watch/use/whatever. Someone copying my content doesn't hamper those

Re: [videoblogging] Remember when it was all 320x240?

2010-02-05 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: 2010 the year of the tablet?

2010-01-27 Thread Michael Verdi
www.HistoricHomeWorks.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Verdi
://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Join Me In My New Year's Resolution - 2 Per Month in 2010!

2010-01-17 Thread Michael Verdi
for the year yet? Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Join Me In My New Year's Resolution - 2 Per Month in 2010!

2010-01-17 Thread Michael Verdi
EST robdparrish wrote: Thanks Jay and Michael for the work on videobloggers.org!  I will certainly start sending the new hopper video videos over there.  Looking forward to seeing more videos from the two of you, and hopefully others this year! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi

Re: [videoblogging] Editing iPhone 3Gs Video w. FCP

2009-12-28 Thread Michael Verdi
/ Cheers! Amani Channel www.myurbanreport.com www.visualeyemedia.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggercon - why only two times?

2009-12-05 Thread Michael Verdi
there to meet people for lunch and dinner. The Open Video Conference was cool this last summer - a good sized group of us hung out there. -Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Wordpress plugins

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Verdi
-- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Day 30: 30 Day 30 People 30 Videos

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Verdi
and then to easily page through them in order. I think that's probably best given the flexibility of the game. Then in the future I can customize the way new games work on the site depending on what we're trying to achieve. - Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] getting better quality out of Blip.TV

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Verdi
upload that so we can be assured of the quality. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: It's Done!

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Verdi
/2009/11/30/0130-north-carolina-memories/ How did you do? Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright Music?

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Verdi
or dislike it... I don't freakin think so Heath http://heathparks.com/blog I do agree you should alwasy give attribution though, something I need to be better at and I wouldn't ever use copyrighted music for a clientor for profit. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Navlopomo day 24 now available

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright Music?

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Verdi
I just watched the William Patry talk. Very interesting. I'll have to watch the other one tomorrow. Thanks for posting those. - Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Copyright Music?

2009-11-23 Thread Michael Verdi
, cassettes mp3's cd's for over 40 years now. Is any ot this copyright music? John Coffey Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo Day 19

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Verdi
://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo + new EditAppForiPhone

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Verdi
on their iPhone? Jay -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo + new EditAppForiPhone

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo + new EditAppForiPhone

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Verdi
It doesn't appear to be able to do that. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Julian Seery Gude jul...@exceler8.com wrote: Hi Michael, I have a question about the iPhone 3GS video compression and time limits. I'm wondering if the iPhone photo hack works with videos? The photo hack is the one

Re: [videoblogging] SMIL in QT10

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo + new EditAppForiPhone

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Verdi
seamless. FCP and Quicktime should just know what iPhone video is, right? Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http

Re: [videoblogging] Has a wheel fallen off the VloMo cart?

2009-11-13 Thread Michael Verdi
hum. Rupert On 13-Nov-09, at 2:42 PM, mgmoon wrote: I didn't see a video for November 12th? Should Sean carry on? Eek [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Consequences

2009-11-05 Thread Michael Verdi
, who will publish his response some time today, and pass it on to Heath... Rupert Howe http://twittervlog.tv Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Slow HD editing

2009-11-03 Thread Michael Verdi
Here's the big thing with HD video that people forget after all those years with DV. The DV video codec is great for both shooting and editing. The only HD video codec that I've seen that works for both shooting and editing is Panasonic's DVCHD Pro. For everything else you need to convert the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Slow HD editing

2009-11-03 Thread Michael Verdi
It's not always a question of your computer being able to handle the HD video (especially if you've bought it in the last 3 years or so). It's more a question of the codec not being designed to be edited. - Verdi

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NatVlogMonth

2009-11-02 Thread Michael Verdi
misunderstood. Cheryl --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi michaelve...@... wrote: Ha! The videos all have to be moderated. There were 5 or so versions waiting - it's up there now. - Verdi On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 2:05 PM, compumavengal compumaven...@... wrote: Oh my, I

Re: [videoblogging] 1and1 to go Unlimited web traffic on all acounts

2009-11-02 Thread Michael Verdi
videos. But I hadnt heard of this new unlimited bandwidth feature. You have a link? Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NatVlogMonth

2009-11-01 Thread Michael Verdi
, but there isn't really any embed code on his site, so I put the video URL there again. Cheryl --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi michaelverdi@ wrote: I just set up http://videobloggers.mirocommunity.org/ We can collect the videos here is you wish. Just click submit a video

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NatVlogMonth

2009-11-01 Thread Michael Verdi
) but I don't know if it worked. The form expanded like you said, but there isn't really any embed code on his site, so I put the video URL there again. Cheryl --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi michaelverdi@ wrote: I just set up http://videobloggers.mirocommunity.org

Re: [videoblogging] NatVlogMonth

2009-10-30 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] The power of the video blog

2009-10-29 Thread Michael Verdi
Wow. That was pretty great. I bet it's even better if you speak engineer. - Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

Re: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo 2009

2009-10-19 Thread Michael Verdi
I'll take 11/05 - Verdi On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Rupert Howe rup...@twittervlog.tv wrote: OKAY!  name your dates! On 19-Oct-09, at 5:12 PM, sull wrote: 11:11 squat ;) -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

[videoblogging] iPhone Video Editing App

2009-10-16 Thread Michael Verdi
in the camera's folder and then was able to use it an editing project. I'll have to play around with it more this weekend. - Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://talkbot.tv

[videoblogging] Re: iPhone Video Editing App

2009-10-16 Thread Michael Verdi
Here's how I got clips into the iPhone's camera roll http://www.flickr.com/photos/verdi/4018251716/ On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Michael Verdi mich...@michaelverdi.com wrote: I used this app http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/ to access the folders on the phone and stuck a clip

Re: [videoblogging] Re: iPod Nano shoots video

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Verdi
multiple phones because of that. On the other hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going strong at almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a newer os and apps. - Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com

Re: Pixelpipe: cellphone video distributed to Blip.tv? [ was Re: [videoblogging] iPod Nano shoots video

2009-09-29 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] Keeping tapes

2009-09-27 Thread Michael Verdi
is abusive - Martin Luther King [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blip Show Player and Archive Pages

2009-09-19 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blip Show Player and Archive Pages

2009-09-16 Thread Michael Verdi
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Lomography's Ten Golden Rules

2009-09-14 Thread Michael Verdi
Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com

[videoblogging] Blip Show Player and Archive Pages

2009-09-12 Thread Michael Verdi
/. For a personal site you may not have stories like that but you could make playlists of a special group of related posts or maybe a playlist of your favorites and stick them anywhere that makes sense on your site - archive page, about page, etc. -Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http

[videoblogging] Wordpress Security

2009-09-06 Thread Michael Verdi
not a typical WordPress user operation so I’ve documented two ways to do it in this screencast. http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/09/06/remove-hidden-admin-users-in-wordpress/ - Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: QuickTime X

2009-09-01 Thread Michael Verdi
want high quality but have low bandwidth these sorts of solutions give me no options. cheers Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@... Program Director, Bachelor of Communication Honours vogmae.net.au Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http

Re: [videoblogging] Blip to YouTube X Posting

2009-08-26 Thread Michael Verdi
-- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 Yahoo! Groups Links -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Codec hell

2009-08-10 Thread Michael Verdi
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[videoblogging] Re: [Artists in the Cloud] Storytelling software

2009-07-31 Thread Michael Verdi
or visit http://artistsinthecloud.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com

[videoblogging] Good film on movie editing

2009-07-04 Thread Michael Verdi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428441/ If you have a Netflix account you can stream it from the site. Lots of good stuff in there including editors talking about why they cut certain scenes they way they did. - Verdi -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] iphone 3gs video testing so far

2009-06-23 Thread Michael Verdi
to its own pixelpipe server. As seen on their blog: http://blog.pixelpipe.com/2009/06/19/publishing-video-directly-from-the-iphone-3g-s-and-pixelpipe-1-4-1/ -- Michael Verdi http://milkweedmediadesign.com http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Forget politics, check out the tech

2009-06-05 Thread Michael Verdi
I could be wrong but this kind of thing seems like what will be able to be done with the new canvas and video elements in HTML5. And instead of the whole thing locked into one giant opaque, proprietary Flash movie, it'll be there in the source code of the page - open to be searched, remixed,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Interested in a critique group

2009-06-04 Thread Michael Verdi
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@rmit.edu.au wrote: thanks for sharing this Verdi useful for some our teaching practices in our media program You're welcome. We've used this in our theater for at least 15 years, maybe longer. We use it internally with just company

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Interested in a critique group

2009-06-04 Thread Michael Verdi
I found the link to the flash meeting we did about 2 years ago: http://fm-openlearn.open.ac.uk/fm/fmm.php?pwd=3d579e-615 - Verdi -- http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] first video project - imovie advice

2009-06-03 Thread Michael Verdi
Check out Ryanne's tutorial http://freevlog.org/content/imovie-basic-editing - Verdi On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Roshani Kothari roshanikoth...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello everyone, I finally created a film using imovie!  http://blip. tv/file/2192490 It was fairly easy to use, but I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Interested in a critique group

2009-06-03 Thread Michael Verdi
Here's the process we used http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2003/10/toward_a_proces.php Actually it was only steps 1 - 4. We use this at my theater in the process of creating a work but it can also be used on completed works if you think of the feedback as stuff to consider

Re: [videoblogging] Open Video Ideas

2009-06-01 Thread Michael Verdi
Thanks Chris. That's a good focus. My plan for the conference is to have much of the presentation focus on examples - kind of like these imagined future web browsers http://www.vimeo.com/1450211?pg=embedsec=1450211 I'm forever encouraging people to get a Mac but that's unrealistic and also not the

[videoblogging] Open Video Ideas

2009-05-29 Thread Michael Verdi
I've been working on some ideas for the Open Video Confrence (NYC June 19 - 20) and could use some feedback. http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/ Thanks, Verdi -- http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June

2009-05-15 Thread Michael Verdi
I'm going! - Verdi On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: Who's going? On 10-May-09, at 6:34 PM, Jay dedman wrote: If you've been trying to find an excuse to visit NYC this June, don't forget about the Open Video Conference. Be a very cool group of folks

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Student work screening online

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Verdi
If you install the Ad Block Plus plugin for Firefox it will strip out those ads on Mogulus (and others) videos. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 - Verdi On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Brook Hinton bhin...@gmail.com wrote: Jen - how'd you get an ad-free mogulus feed? Did

Re: [videoblogging] Fun with YouTube's Audio Content ID System

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Verdi
That's a pretty amazing (and thorough) write up. I just uploaded 3 videos to youtube with music on them and they passed. The first two use a track that's a mashup of Radiohead and Jay-Z called Dirt off your andrioid. The 3rd video uses some unmodified pieces of Robot Rock by Daft Punk and even

Re: [videoblogging] work around for no fire wire?

2009-04-16 Thread Michael Verdi
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Michael Sullivan sullele...@gmail.com wrote: 2+ years experience using a macbookpro everyday... macs are way over-hyped/over-priced. but hey, you'll be hip like that.  ;) 9 years of making a living using Apple's pro laptop (15 years going back to my Mac SE)

Re: [videoblogging] Re: what is best plug in for posting flv's in your own WP Blog?

2009-04-13 Thread Michael Verdi
It's not all that sophisticated but here's a project that I did that uses actionscript and cue points embeded in the flv files to provide some interactivity. There is nothing installed on the site. Just a swf file played by your browser's flash plugin and loading flv files as necessary.

Re: [videoblogging] MP4/MOV Converter To FLV

2009-04-09 Thread Michael Verdi
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Michael Sullivan sullele...@gmail.com wrote: really?  interesting. for mac,  i thought all you needed was Perian? http://perian.org/ @sull Oh maybe you are right. I thought that just let you watch flv files in qt. I have them both installed so I guess I'm

Re: [videoblogging] MP4/MOV Converter To FLV

2009-04-08 Thread Michael Verdi
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Adrian Miles adrian.mi...@rmit.edu.au wrote: doesn't QT pro transcode to flv? It only does when you have the Flash Video Encoder (that comes with Flash) installed on your system. - Verdi -- http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video blogging history/evolution

2009-04-01 Thread Michael Verdi
Here's some more info: http://vlogumentary.pbwiki.com/ On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Jan McLaughlin jannie@gmail.com wrote: Here are the community's collected links to articles (some of them mainstream) about videoblogging and videobloggers.

[videoblogging] JW Flash Player - auto HD/SD

2009-04-01 Thread Michael Verdi
I haven't played with it yet but a new JW Flash Player is out that supports automatic switching between HD and SD depending on a viewer's connection. http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/ - Verdi -- http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: REPLY: Promoting the .mov option online

2009-03-31 Thread Michael Verdi
I haven't done this in a while: http://michaelverdi.com/h264/ Here's one video encoded at 4 different sizes bit-rate combinations. The point is that you can make videos any size you want by limiting the bit-rate and other parameters. H.264 is particularly nice in that it's really efficient, i.e.

[videoblogging] iMovie Interlacing bug fixed

2009-03-29 Thread Michael Verdi
http://db.tidbits.com/article/10173 -- http://michaelverdi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: This cam will change everything!

2009-03-24 Thread Michael Verdi
If you read the JVC tech stuff (it's buried in there) you find that it records MPEG2 Long GOP at up to 35Mbps (this is basically HDV at a higher bit rate) and then sticks it in a .mov wrapper. So it sounds cool but if it's anything like editing the HDV from my Canon, it's possible but not very

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Promoting the .mov option online

2009-03-16 Thread Michael Verdi
Yes, the quality of H.264 is better (especially dual-pass) at the same bitrate as a VP6 .flv. Also, most encoding applications will let you limit the bitrate to whatever you want. Want 512kbps? Just set it to 512. Here's a recent video I did encoded at 732kbps (including 128kbps audio). It's

Re: [videoblogging] Re: breakthrough for open video on the web

2009-03-16 Thread Michael Verdi
I had a chance to grab the new firefox beta today and play with ogg video. I made a screencast about it here: http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/03/16/html-5-ogg/ - Verdi On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Steve Watkins st...@dvmachine.com wrote: Good. If at least one major browser support

Re: [videoblogging] Real Media captioned files

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Verdi
I think MAGpie might be able to do that http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/ - Verdi On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:46 PM, RICHARD r...@tazz.us wrote: I have a client that has some archival Real Media files with captions that appear below the video in Real Player. They now want to re-encode the

Re: [videoblogging] Firefox ad-blocking extension blocks ad pop-ups in videos

2009-02-05 Thread Michael Verdi
Oh very cool. That did the trick! - Verdi On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Brook Hinton bhin...@gmail.com wrote: http://adblockplus.org Use the easylist subscription after installing to block popups in flash video windows, including those from live streaming sites. --

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Backing up your media

2009-02-01 Thread Michael Verdi
I do multiple backups - I have a mirrored raid for video stuff + a time machine backup of that and my system. I've also been using dropbox as a web based backup for all my files that aren't music and video. I also have a couple of stacks of DVDs of even older stuff. I've lost hundreds of GB of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: SHVH - Ojai, CA

2009-01-28 Thread Michael Verdi
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:27 PM, jimmyjay24 onarol...@mac.com wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 onarol...@... wrote: why does Markus call it a dojo--is he a ninja... Makus calls it a dojo because it really is a dojo. Also Markus is a (code)ninja. :-) - Verdi --

Re: [videoblogging] More than 10 minutes

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Verdi
I have an old director's account and I tried uploading a 30 min video yesterday. It started to get converted and even had a url for a few minutes but was then rejected for TOS violation and deleted. - Verdi On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Matthew Milam mmila...@gmail.com wrote: I think the

[videoblogging] New Xacti cameras coming in February

2009-01-22 Thread Michael Verdi
The HD2000 has a cold shoe, mic input and headphone jack. Shoots 1920x1080 60P at 24Mbps. Takes 8 megapixel stills. Will go for $600. Announcement: http://www.sanyo.com/news/2009/01/21-1en.html Hands on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEbdl4gmHkE Sanyo specs PDF

Re: [videoblogging] Screen capture software?

2009-01-13 Thread Michael Verdi
If you are using windows, then camstudio.org is great and free. If you are on a mac, I love iShowU from shinywhitebox.com ($20). - Verdi On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Susan kityk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there! I wanted to ask the videoblogging collective what your favorite (and perferably

Re: [videoblogging] Interest in a mailing list re online cinema of the experimental/video art/etc. persuasion?

2009-01-09 Thread Michael Verdi
After having done the 24 hour 24 artists project this idea makes a lot more sense to me :-) Subscribed. - Verdi On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:57 AM, @sull sullele...@gmail.com wrote: I created a new mailing list today: Artists in the Cloud http://groups.google.com/group/artists-in-the-cloud I

Re: [videoblogging] MP4 video track missing

2009-01-08 Thread Michael Verdi
Talk about the devil... The first two times I tried to just download that video it crashed FF on Mac, finally got it to download with Safari. Then I had the same results as you except when exporting to whatever the default AVI setting is out of QuickTime Pro. That seemed to work but made the file

Re: [videoblogging] Making the most of h.264

2008-12-21 Thread Michael Verdi
You don't want to render your file twice if possible. When you edit in Sony Vegas you want to edit in the codec you shot, i.e. DV. Then export it from Vegas in that same codec (effectively making an exact copy) and then compress it using H.264. If you are working with HD footage you probably have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-17 Thread Michael Verdi
Yeah, hard drives. Over the years I've lost a pretty good amount of things. A couple of weeks ago I had FCP just randomly freeze while capturing video and it messed my drive up. I had to use the special scavenge mode in Disk Warrior to fix it. So now I have a NewerTech mirrored raid so everything

Re: [videoblogging] Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-16 Thread Michael Verdi
A MacBook Pro can handle FCP and HD without a problem. I've been editing with some version of FCP and Mac laptop since the G3 Pismo came out in 2000. - Verdi On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Irene Duma ir...@strangeduck.com wrote: Just checking to see if the Macbook pro can handle pro video

Re: [videoblogging] No blogging: different visual creations

2008-12-11 Thread Michael Verdi
I set this up http://graymattergravy.com It's the JW flash player running a playlist of my favorite videos. - Verdi On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: One of the options I'm

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube adds search to embedded videos

2008-12-11 Thread Michael Verdi
Actually, since Google bought them I think Search has been added to the top of that list, pushing creators down to number 4. - Verdi On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: YouTube's focus has always been firstly on building themselves as a network, then on the

Re: [videoblogging] Dropping frames, long firewire?

2008-12-06 Thread Michael Verdi
I don't remember where I've heard this from but I've always thought you couldn't go more than 15' with firewire without some kind of special setup. I'd try a shorter cable like Jan suggests to troubleshoot. On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Troubleshoot:

Re: [videoblogging] tripod advice

2008-11-25 Thread Michael Verdi
Not cheap as in $50 but cheap in good tripod terms (about $175) I have a Manfrotto set - head 701RC2 and legs 190XDB. I bought them from BH about a year and a half ago. I like them a lot. On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jeffrey P. Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bitterness of poor

Re: [videoblogging] Defending Videographer's Rights in Court

2008-11-09 Thread Michael Verdi
I've done lots of work for free over the years and some that wasn't supposed to be free but ended up being free. My rule is kind of like the lending money to friends and family - don't do it unless you are completely ok with not being paid back. If I'm going to do some work for free I try to make

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