Re: [videoblogging] converting .m4v files to .mp4

2008-04-15 Thread Peter Leppik
Not an expert opinion, but here's what I'd do: Step 1: Change the suffix to .mp4 Step 2: See if it worked Step 3: If if didn't work, change the suffix back and try something else. Changing the file suffix should be harmless and easily reversible, so go ahead and experiment a little.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vote Different Editting

2007-03-20 Thread Peter Leppik
There's lots of ways you can criticize the vote different video, but I'm surprised you'd go after the technical prowess of the creator. Yes, it's true that they used a very expensive professional advertisement as source material. So what? The real measure of success is whether it gets the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Leppik
You could, at least in theory, buy an ASCAP license. ASCAP is the organization which grants blanket music licenses to radio stations, night clubs, etc. This would allow you to legally use just about any recording in your podcast or vlog. The only problem is that ASCAP is really intended

Re: [videoblogging] Recommendations for lav mic and lights?

2007-01-12 Thread Peter Leppik
Go to Home Depot or Target and look for halogen work lights. Get a set of two mounted on a tripod. It'll cost something like $40 for the whole kit with 1000W total (two 500-W lights). The halogens are too stark to aim directly at your subject, so aim them up at the ceiling for a very

Re: [videoblogging] Re: First John Edwards. What Happens Next?/video regulation

2006-12-29 Thread Peter Leppik
Traditionally, the legal rationale behind regulating broadcast TV is that broadcast spectrum is a finite and very limited resource which can only accommodate a relatively small number of channels (or radio stations, for that matter). Hence the government has to step in and make sure the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: First John Edwards. What Happens Next?/video regulation

2006-12-29 Thread Peter Leppik
buy into it, don't inform themselves or just give upWe need leaders and people with vision and convection in all areas in politics and until that happens...SSDD. Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Peter Leppik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [videoblogging] Amanda on ABC is not a vlog

2006-12-22 Thread Peter Leppik
With any new medium it takes time for people to figure out what works. The first instinct (for those with experience in another medium) is to just copy what worked in the old medium to the new. Early television shows featured guys standing around mics doing radio drama. So I'm not terribly

Re: [videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!

2006-12-13 Thread Peter Leppik
No RSS feed? No iTunes version? Flash video only, and the player doesn't want to play in my browser. Gosh, this video blogging stuff must really be scaring ABC, because someone REALLY wants to keep me from watching it. On Dec 13, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Amanda Congdon wrote: That IS

Re: [videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!

2006-12-13 Thread Peter Leppik
Deirdre: Since it is ABC, I think the expectation is that the standards will be higher. But I can't comment on the video itself, since I can't watch it. ^*@ broken flash player. -Peter On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Deirdre Straughan wrote: Y'know, if anyone else in the world

Re: [videoblogging] Re: The other videoblogging community

2006-11-19 Thread Peter Leppik
Sull: I think the source of your problem is that you don't understand the meaning of the words videoblogger, videoblogging, and videoblog. Let me clarify these terms for you, based on what I've learned from reading this list: VIDEOBLOGGER: One who belongs to the videoblogging group hosted

Re: [videoblogging] Re: The other videoblogging community

2006-11-19 Thread Peter Leppik
Of course I'm kidding, but a martian reading this group for the first time would think that we're inordinately concerned about what videoblogging is, who qualifies as a videoblogger (as opposed to, say, mainstream media posted online), and what it all means in the grand scheme of things.