[videoblogging] Re: new guy supplicates to the gods

2005-09-20 Thread Bill Streeter
Okay I think I see the problem. I've had this happen before. For some reason, unless you put a full url in for your media, the feed doesn't pick it up as an enclosure. I figured this out because I went from posting the entire URL to just linking to the sub directory where the media was located in

Re: [videoblogging] Science Vlogging

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Adam Quirk wrote: Hello vloggers, Kristian has just made the first posts on our new collaborative science vlog, Trans-Oceanic Monitoring. He's in Sweden, I'm in the U.S. hence the trans-oceanic part. Our first project is a study of flint stones found in a stone-age quarry I really

Re: [videoblogging] Science Vlogging

2005-09-20 Thread Devlon
This is a wicked idea. I'll be checking it out. On 9/19/05, Adam Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello vloggers, Kristian has just made the first posts on our new collaborative science vlog, Trans-Oceanic Monitoring. He's in Sweden, I'm in the U.S. hence the trans-oceanic part.

[videoblogging] Re: torrents

2005-09-20 Thread ecomputerd
The problem I think has two parts. Both take time for developers to determine the individual advantage. Servers will improve (or create) support for BitTorrent when their direct downloads exceed their pain threshhold. The number of clients that support BitTorrent will increase as the number of

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jay dedman wrote: Im always curious about when torrents will get popular. this way no one has to worry about bandwidth. its always this full of potential idea. gary at torrentacracy has come up with this: http://www.torrentocracy.com/blog/archives/2005/09/pep_is_deliciou_1.shtml it

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Nathanial Freitas
I think BitTorrent holds a lot of promise, as well, but as the name implies, its really only useful when many people download the same clip at the same time. If any videoblog should benefit from torrents, it would be Rocketboom, since it has a regular release schedule and a large, loyal

[videoblogging] GP2X

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Oh if only I had the money... I'd get one of these GP2X things and try to make a portable videoblogging consumption device: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/20/linuxbased_handheld_.html Anyone want to donate one to me? ;) Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future...

Re: [videoblogging] Setting up a commuinty web site.

2005-09-20 Thread James Helliwell
Adam Quirk wrote: n 9/20/05, *James* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Im James Hello James. Forum no probelm, just the database to hold the videos and the funtionality of people uploading the video and for the mob bolg site taking the videos

Re: [videoblogging] Setting up a commuinty web site.

2005-09-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
many sites exist, but i haven't seen one that is a *very* successful active community except for the decentralized ones, which include an ecology of mailing lists, blogs, web services, software and meet-ups. even ourmedia has relatively low activity on forums and groups. james, you should

[videoblogging] Re: GP2X

2005-09-20 Thread ecomputerd
We need more portable videoblog/videocast consumption devices, I agree! We do have the Pocket PC today. for US$300 you can get a dell x50 with BlueTooth and use your cell phone (with data connection) to get podcasts directly using FeederReader. Add $100 to get WiFi, and another $100 to add a

Re: [videoblogging] Setting up a commuinty web site.

2005-09-20 Thread James Helliwell
Michael Sullivan wrote: many sites exist, but i haven't seen one that is a *very* successful active community except for the decentralized ones, which include an ecology of mailing lists, blogs, web services, software and meet-ups. even ourmedia has relatively low activity on forums and

[videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Jack Olmsted
you guys got a feed that works in FireAnt? Try feedburner - see freevlog step 6 (i think it's been updated). I don't understand? On the sidebar of the NORML Video Blog There is an RSS link: NORML Video Blog RSS Feed And a feedburner gif banner (the blog has been listed on feedburner for over

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread andrew michael baron
On Sep 20, 2005, at 10:12 AM, Nathanial Freitas wrote: I think BitTorrent holds a lot of promise, as well, but as the name implies, its really only useful when many people download the same clip at the same time. If any videoblog should benefit from torrents, it would be Rocketboom,

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Nathanial Freitas wrote: I think BitTorrent holds a lot of promise, as well, but as the name implies, its really only useful when many people download the same clip at the same time. If any videoblog should benefit from torrents, it would be Rocketboom, since it has a regular release

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Joshua Kinberg
I think Coral is a cool idea, but I am not sure I've seen any metrics proving the fact that it actually does help distribute the bandwidth load. Can you point to any statistics? -Josh On 9/20/05, Nathanial Freitas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think BitTorrent holds a lot of promise, as well,

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread andrew michael baron
On Sep 20, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Pete Prodoehl wrote: Nathanial Freitas wrote: I think BitTorrent holds a lot of promise, as well, but as the name implies, its really only useful when many people download the same clip at the same time. If any videoblog should benefit from torrents, it

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/archives/001538.php#comments On 9/20/05, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im always curious about when torrents will get popular.this way no one has to worry about bandwidth.its always this full of potential idea.gary at torrentacracy has come up with this:

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread nathan.freitas
Anyone remember the old days of BBS file trading where you had to upload in order to download? There was a proper ratio to maintain that required participation. Maybe this could be used in as some sort of barter system that allowed prioritized access to content if you are willing to

[videoblogging] Re: Science Vlogging

2005-09-20 Thread Kristian Nilsson
Well, let's see how it develops. We are experimenting with the idea of citizen researcher. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a wicked idea. I'll be checking it out. On 9/19/05, Adam Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello vloggers, Kristian

Re: [videoblogging] Internet Archive Upload Broken?

2005-09-20 Thread Jay dedman
maybe their should be an alerts @ ourmedia.org account that goes to a group of people who can react. good idea. we just need to get organized. the main energy is bneing spent getting rid of the problem. its a simple problem of money. but OM is now an officially 501c3...so they can now

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Markus Sandy
Jack Olmsted wrote: I don't understand? On the sidebar of the NORML Video Blog There is an RSS link: NORML Video Blog RSS Feed And a feedburner gif banner (the blog has been listed on feedburner for over a week) Is the XML feedburner bug necessary to work with FireAnt? How does FireAnt compare

[videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread naschmult
So I'm back from my vacation.. So I don't have to read millions of e mails... and posts.. like Josh leo had to do.. Can someone tell me what has been going on ?? To see how my vacation was and etc.. Check out my vlog sometime this week. Nick www.lastlapnick.blogspot.com

[videoblogging] chicago apple store

2005-09-20 Thread naschmult
is the chicago apple store still going down? nick Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread nathan.freitas
Anyone remember the old days of BBS file trading where you had to upload in order to download? There was a proper ratio to maintain that required participation. Maybe this could be used in as some sort of barter system that allowed prioritized access to content if you are willing to

[videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Jack Olmsted
Markus, Thanks for the feedback. As per your comments, I just added a clicklet farm on the NORML Video Blog sidebar. Now, people can subcribe to the feed on a variety of RSS reader sites. BTW: I guessed at the code for MSN. Do you know what works? Thanks again... -Jack

Re: [videoblogging] chicago apple store

2005-09-20 Thread Bohus Blahut
naschmult wrote: is the chicago apple store still going down? Interesting. I hadn't heard that there was going to be an event here in Chicago. Even though I don't have a Mac, I'd consider going just to say hi to some folks. Any details? -- Bohus Blahut (BOH-hoosh BLAH-hoot)

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Markus Sandy wrote: Jack Olmsted wrote: I don't understand? On the sidebar of the NORML Video Blog There is an RSS link: NORML Video Blog RSS Feed And a feedburner gif banner (the blog has been listed on feedburner for over a week) Is the XML feedburner bug necessary to work with FireAnt?

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Nathanial Freitas
There are some metrics in this presentation: http://coralcdn.org/docs/coral-nsdi04-slides.pdf We used Coral on our http://openvision.tv/pff site, and it seems a variety of nodes did access us to cache content, and that we also received messages at certain times that we had gone over a node

[videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Jack Olmsted
Pete, This feed: URL:http://feeds.feedburner.com/NormlVideoBlog is invalid: URL:http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F% 2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FNormlVideoBlog There also appears to be no enclosures in the feed... Hmmm. I just click on

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread James Helliwell
Hi all Its ok.. but do I have to recieve all these emails? Doesnt matter if I do but somtimes I would like to 'turn it off for a bit' James -- James Helliwell Firespin Design w. www.firespin.co.uk West Sussex Company specializing in Web, Print Design, Illustration, Hosting services and

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Nathanial Freitas
Michael Sullivan wrote: What do you think about dijjer.org http://dijjer.org? Its like a fusion of Coral and BitTorrent. Seems interesting, a bit like OMN.org/Kontiki Grid, as well. Seems like they have also solved the firewall configuration issue. However, I like the idea of Coral because

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread Adam Quirk
On 9/20/05, naschmult [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I'm back from my vacation.. So I don't have to read millions of e mails... and posts.. like Josh leo had to do.. Can someone tell me what has been going on ?? Jesus and Buddha came back (married) and pronounce George Bush King of Earth,

[videoblogging] Re: torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Steve Watkins
I agree with Nathan. p2p technology is pretty certain to feature in the future, in all sorts of different software and services, but that doesnt necessarily mean bittorrent will. In an era where, to generalise, videoblogging is still searching for viewers, to connect with a larger mass of

Re: [videoblogging] torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Another of these things to add to the mix: http://swarmcast.net/ I've talked with these guys. Seems somewhere between Coral and Dijjer. As a content publisher, you can append a simple extension to your URL (like Coral). There is also a plugin that can be downloaded and installed (like Dijjer)

[videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Jack Olmsted
James, You can adjust the group emails to your inbox through Edit Membership (left/center of page). There is also an RSS message feed, too. -Jack Its ok.. but do I have to recieve all these emails? Doesnt matter if I do but somtimes I would like to 'turn it off for a bit' James --

Re: [videoblogging] chicago apple store

2005-09-20 Thread Richard
Nick, We had some communication problems, but I am in the process of putting it back together though it looks like it's going to be in November. I will keep you posted. ... RichardOn 9/20/05, naschmult [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is the chicago apple store still going

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Adam Quirk wrote: On 9/20/05, naschmult [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I'm back from my vacation.. So I don't have to read millions of e mails... and posts.. like Josh leo had to do.. Can someone tell me what has been going on ?? Jesus and Buddha came back (married) and pronounce George

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread Richard
Don't forget also that Adam Quirk took over Bush's old job as president of the U.S. (which is now a state), but was impeached relatively quickly when it came to light that he was the notorious Bullumhead who convorted with the likes of those who post regularly to the Yahoo video blog list - a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Markus Sandy
Jack Olmsted wrote: Markus, Thanks for the feedback. As per your comments, I just added a clicklet farm on the NORML Video Blog sidebar. Now, people can subcribe to the feed on a variety of RSS reader sites. thanks jack! the feed is accepted by ant now however, no media is downloaded yet

[videoblogging] Re: chicago apple store

2005-09-20 Thread Bill Streeter
I was wondering about these things, what do these events entail? Is it a formal arrangement with the Apple store? Or is it just a informal meet up? I don't live in a city that has had one of these events so I've never attended one, but I wouldn't mind trying to put one together here at one of

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread R. Kristiansen
On 9/20/05, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget also that Adam Quirk took over Bush's old job as president of the U.S. (which is now a state), but was impeached relatively quickly when it came to light that he was the notorious Bullumhead who convorted with the likes of those who

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread Beth Agnew
Absolutely nothing happened. We all sat quietly with our hands folded, waiting for you to come back. You didn't miss a thing. naschmult wrote: Can someone tell me what has been going on ?? -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u

[videoblogging] Re: chicago apple store

2005-09-20 Thread Kevin
I'm going to try to put all the information about the Chicago Apple store event and any other Chicago related things in one place. So, as soon as I hear something, I will post it at this page. http://www.lgt2.com/limeblogbeta/chicagovideobloggers/ Just trying to keep things organized for

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Kunga
This feed is not working with the iTunes client. A manual subscription attempt yields nothing on the Podcast page. You need to go back into feedburner to make it iTunes compatible. There is an iTunes compatibility section in feedburner you can tweak to make it work with iTunes, even if it

Re: [videoblogging] Re: chicago apple store

2005-09-20 Thread Josh Leo
It is going to happen...they are really eager to host us, and I am planning on attending and presenting...On 9/20/05, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I'm going to try to put all the information about the Chicago Apple store event -- Josh

[videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/20/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-20 Thread videoblogging
My Groups | videoblogging Main Page Reminder from the Calendar of videoblogging

Re: [videoblogging] Re: torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
On 9/20/05, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Users having to download extra software and even run extra applications is not going to help bittorrent to work for the masses.it's true, unless that app gets good reputation and proves tilt heavily in benefit verses lack of. but its still

Re: [videoblogging] Re: torrents

2005-09-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
ibiblio.org has built Osprey: http://osprey.ibiblio.org/ ie. any media uploaded to videobloggers.org (an ibiblio site) can get torrents created and seeded on the server side, automatically. however, i have not yet built a UI nor a custom torrent tracker but the functionality is their. I do

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread Adam Quirk
On 9/20/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not completely true! Spatulacasting and Whisking took over the vlogosphere by storm, and every decided to speedvlog it. Speaking of...let's collect links to those posts somewhere. Where is a good place where we can collect links

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jack Olmsted wrote: This feed: URL:http://feeds.feedburner.com/NormlVideoBlog is invalid: URL:http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FNormlVideoBlog There also appears to be no enclosures in the feed... Hmmm. I just click on

[videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/20/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-20 Thread videoblogging
My Groups | videoblogging Main Page Reminder from the Calendar of videoblogging

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread Brett Gaylor
Here are three that I know of: http://tinkernet.org/2005/09/16/spatulacasting/ http://www.bullemhead.com/FiveFour/the_whisking.html http://www.etherworks.ca/2005_09_01_blogarchive.html Any others?http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/MOVIES/SPATULA1_2.htmlAlso hits upon the science

Re: [videoblogging] im back

2005-09-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Here are three that I know of: http://tinkernet.org/2005/09/16/spatulacasting/ http://www.bullemhead.com/FiveFour/the_whisking.html http://www.etherworks.ca/2005_09_01_blogarchive.html Any others? A spatula makes an appearance masquerading as a sword here:

[videoblogging] Re: NORML $5,000 Video Blogging Contest

2005-09-20 Thread Jack Olmsted
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Olmsted wrote: This feed: URL:http://feeds.feedburner.com/NormlVideoBlog is invalid: URL:http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F% 2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FNormlVideoBlog There also

Re: [videoblogging] new guy supplicates to the gods

2005-09-20 Thread Ross Judice
Pete, Bill, Jay, and Markus,Thank you so much for your help. Problem solved.RossOn Sep 20, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Pete Prodoehl wrote: I see a feed here:    http://www.rossjudice.com/water/?feed=rss2 Though it has no enclosures, and it uses 'embed' rather than 'a href' to the .mov files... Try

[videoblogging] Anybody know how to convert WMV to MPEG

2005-09-20 Thread aroundtheperimeter
I have found some programs that will do the conversion, but they all cost $$. I'm looking for a free one. I'm trying to convert wmv to mpeg because I want vimeo.com to put a thumbnail of my video in the preview clip. When I use an mpeg there is no preview clip. Any help would be great. Paul

[videoblogging] Videoblogging for Beginners

2005-09-20 Thread BevSykes
 I've been chatting with a couple of rank beginners, like myself, who, while we find this group interesting, also find that most of the time we are in wy over our heads. I know that I've suggested before a spin-off group for beginners like us, so I've just started one. If there are

Re: [videoblogging] spatula's back

2005-09-20 Thread Brett Gaylor
REMIX!http://www.etherworks.ca/2005_09_01_blogarchive.htmlOn 20-Sep-05, at 6:45 PM, Adam Quirk wrote: On 9/20/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not completely true! Spatulacasting and Whisking took over the vlogosphere by storm, and every decided to speedvlog it. Speaking

Re: [videoblogging] Videoblogging for Beginners

2005-09-20 Thread Verdi
On Sep 20, 2005, at 8:31 PM, BevSykes wrote: There is an excellent discussion group for videoblogging. But it's designed for people who know what they're doing. This group is for those of us who are just starting out, who are still struggling with what exactly IS an RSS feed anyway?

[videoblogging] Any Vloggers based in Las Vegas

2005-09-20 Thread Johnie Tidwell
Just wondering if there are any vloggers in this group based here in Las Vegas? Johnie Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today!

[videoblogging] Working towards cool blog for girls

2005-09-20 Thread Alison
So... been working on a video blog (I posted some examples some time ago and they sucked, so we took them down) Anyways, the idea is to have a blog which has cool projects for girls to make which require them to interact with electronics for example: a purse that lights up when your cell

Re: [videoblogging] Setting up a commuinty web site.

2005-09-20 Thread cassandra hawkins
Hi James how old are youJames Helliwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Quirk wrote: n 9/20/05, *James* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Im James Hello James. Forum no probelm, just the database to hold the videos and the funtionality of people uploading the video and