[videoblogging] Downloading from YouTube.
Josh mentions that there are geeky (or hacker) ways to download videos from YouTube. I use a very simple one. I set my digital video camera on a tripod in front of my LCD screen (resolution 1800 by 1200) and videotape the few rare gems I find there. I learned to do that when I tried to revisit some vlogs I thought were interesting and found they had been removed by YouTube or the person who posted them. The "positive" attraction YouTube offers is the size of the viewing audience. I only post vlogs there that I don't worry about maintaining exclusive ownership of. One of my vlogs entitled "Transsexuals in Action", posted on February 3rd of this year has gotten a total of 65 views on Blip and 2,978 views on YouTube (forty-five times more views). That vlog, which is footage from the first rally and march for transgendered rights in Greenwich Village last summer, has also generated a number of hate comments but has received a 3 1/2-star rating from viewers who voted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqfH_1tyJc I have only posted a few vlogs on YouTube. Most of them are serious and haven't gotten such excessiveviews as has the above. Yes, the title was crafted to be salaciously inviting and on YouTube it has obviously worked. I only wonder what those who posted hateful comments were looking for when they clicked the link. Quality always finds its market and Blip TV is much better in that regard. A vlog I did on both Blip and YouTube, "Women's Rights: A Worldwide Horror Story!", has received only 2 views on YouTube in the fifteen hours since I posted it but has gotten 92 hits on Blip and is near the top of Blip's "most watched" list. http://www.blip.tv/file/30495 You really have to be "immune" to the number of viewers and focus on producing the best product you can. Some of my best vlogs have gotten fewer viewers than some of my worse. I'd be interested in hearing about other experiences people have had with different hosting sites. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality Institutehttp://www.blip.tv/posts/?user=Randolfe%20WickerHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280 SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] Downloading from YouTube.
The thing you may be overlooking here with the viewer counts on YouTube is the fact that you titled that vlog entry, transsexuals in action.Sex sells, and on YouTube, that is certainly your best bet... whether or not that video has anything to do really with transsexuals in action (i didn't watch it), the title seems to imply that I would see transsexuals performing sexual acts. -JoshOn 5/6/06, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh mentions that there are geeky (or hacker) ways to download videos from YouTube. I use a very simple one. I set my digital video camera on a tripod in front of my LCD screen (resolution 1800 by 1200) and videotape the few rare gems I find there. I learned to do that when I tried to revisit some vlogs I thought were interesting and found they had been removed by YouTube or the person who posted them. The positive attraction YouTube offers is the size of the viewing audience. I only post vlogs there that I don't worry about maintaining exclusive ownership of. One of my vlogs entitled Transsexuals in Action, posted on February 3rd of this year has gotten a total of 65 views on Blip and 2,978 views on YouTube (forty-five times more views). That vlog, which is footage from the first rally and march for transgendered rights in Greenwich Village last summer, has also generated a number of hate comments but has received a 3 1/2-star rating from viewers who voted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqfH_1tyJc I have only posted a few vlogs on YouTube. Most of them are serious and haven't gotten such excessiveviews as has the above. Yes, the title was crafted to be salaciously inviting and on YouTube it has obviously worked. I only wonder what those who posted hateful comments were looking for when they clicked the link. Quality always finds its market and Blip TV is much better in that regard. A vlog I did on both Blip and YouTube, Women's Rights: A Worldwide Horror Story!, has received only 2 views on YouTube in the fifteen hours since I posted it but has gotten 92 hits on Blip and is near the top of Blip's most watched list. http://www.blip.tv/file/30495 You really have to be immune to the number of viewers and focus on producing the best product you can. Some of my best vlogs have gotten fewer viewers than some of my worse. I'd be interested in hearing about other experiences people have had with different hosting sites. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality Institutehttp://www.blip.tv/posts/?user=Randolfe%20WickerHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280 SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group videoblogging on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] Downloading from YouTube.
I use the VideoDownloader extension for Firefox to grab the .flv file off of YouTube, then use iSquint to encode the video to an .mp4 file so I can watch it in Quicktime. This process usually takes under five minutes. The quality is usually decent -- but that of course depends on the quality of the video that was uploaded. /Kelly-- http://kellybelly.net On May 6, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote:Josh mentions that there are geeky (or hacker) ways to download videos from YouTube. I use a very simple one. I set my digital video camera on a tripod in front of my LCD screen (resolution 1800 by 1200) and videotape the few rare gems I find there. I learned to do that when I tried to revisit some vlogs I thought were interesting and found they had been removed by YouTube or the person who posted them. SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] Downloading from YouTube.
Quite right. I'm sure that most of the viewers were expecting some C with D porno. I wonder how many stayed through to the end of the video. Joshua Kinberg wrote: The thing you may be overlooking here with the viewer counts on YouTube is the fact that you titled that vlog entry, "transsexuals in action." Sex sells, and on YouTube, that is certainly your best bet... whether or not that video has anything to do really with "transsexuals in action" (i didn't watch it), the title seems to imply that I would see transsexuals performing sexual acts. -Josh On 5/6/06, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh mentions that there are geeky (or hacker) ways to download videos from YouTube. I use a very simple one. I set my digital video camera on a tripod in front of my LCD screen (resolution 1800 by 1200) and videotape the few rare gems I find there. I learned to do that when I tried to revisit some vlogs I thought were interesting and found they had been removed by YouTube or the person who posted them. The "positive" attraction YouTube offers is the size of the viewing audience. I only post vlogs there that I don't worry about maintaining exclusive ownership of. One of my vlogs entitled "Transsexuals in Action", posted on February 3rd of this year has gotten a total of 65 views on Blip and 2,978 views on YouTube (forty-five times more views). That vlog, which is footage from the first rally and march for transgendered rights in Greenwich Village last summer, has also generated a number of hate comments but has received a 3 1/2-star rating from viewers who voted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqfH_1tyJc I have only posted a few vlogs on YouTube. Most of them are serious and haven't gotten such excessiveviews as has the above. Yes, the title was crafted to be salaciously inviting and on YouTube it has obviously worked. I only wonder what those who posted hateful comments were looking for when they clicked the link. Quality always finds its market and Blip TV is much better in that regard. A vlog I did on both Blip and YouTube, "Women's Rights: A Worldwide Horror Story!", has received only 2 views on YouTube in the fifteen hours since I posted it but has gotten 92 hits on Blip and is near the top of Blip's "most watched" list. http://www.blip.tv/file/30495 You really have to be "immune" to the number of viewers and focus on producing the best product you can. Some of my best vlogs have gotten fewer viewers than some of my worse. I'd be interested in hearing about other experiences people have had with different hosting sites. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute http://www.blip.tv/posts/?user=Randolfe%20Wicker Hoboken, NJ http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280 SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
