[videoblogging] Re: Blip Down?

Guys, sorry about that! We had a problem in the overnight hours. I've posted about it to the blog: http://blog.blip.tv/blog/2007/03/04/a-service-blip/ Basically, we had a problem with DNS. It was an inconsistent problem, and started becoming a problem in the middle of the night. We've fixed i

[videoblogging] Re: Trying to get back in the saddle

s one really gets your goat, please e-mail me directly and we'll work to make sure you're happy.  You can also IM me on the AOL instant messenger network as "mikehudack" if you get stuck or anything or even just want to chat. Yours, Mike blip.tv (beta) ;-) --- In vide

[videoblogging] Re: Compression

Hey Bev, It's mike from blip.tv... I'm not sure what you mean regarding preferred format, or if you're talking about blip, but we don't "prefer" any particular format.  If anything, we like Quicktime more than WMV... but we support both. Yours, Mike --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Be

[videoblogging] Re: iTunes Problems

Hey guys, Thought I'd chime in here. A couple things: * You're going to have the best experience using blip to get to iTunes if you use your blip iTunes feed to do it. Your blip iTunes feed is http://yourname.blip.tv/rss/itunes/ * If you use FeedBurner in this fashion it'll still work, but you

[videoblogging] Re: Why i must leave Blip

Hey guys, Loiez and I have been talking on Facebook of all places. I've been doing some research and it looks like the problem is with French Telecom and our main ISP talking to each other. It's a pain in the ass. The good news is that as Loiez and I have been talking we've been moving behi

[videoblogging] Re: Why i must leave Blip

Thanks Paul :) Merry Christmas to you and everyone else who celebrates! Cheers! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike Huddack should have been Time Magazine's Person of the Year!!! > > Mike Huddack should also be nominated for next years Nobel pe

[videoblogging] Re: Why i must leave Blip

> Loiez > > Le 24 déc. 07 à 15:10, mikehudack a écrit : > > > Hey guys, > > > > Loiez and I have been talking on Facebook of all places. I've been > > doing some research > > and it looks like the problem is with French Telecom and our main > >

[videoblogging] Re: Why i must leave Blip

For what it's worth, we've moved Loiez over to the new bandwidth (along with another person or two who e-mailed us) and all should be good in France now. Please drop me a line ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you'd like to have your bandwidth upgraded in advance of the overall switch, which will be a

[videoblogging] Re: New BlipTV show page preview

This is a screenshot of our new episode page, which is coming out soon. Do you like it? Not like it? I have to say I'm a bit puzzled by the comparison to YouTube, but hey... Yours, Mike blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.f

[videoblogging] Re: blip down?

switched to backup servers quickly, but there were some hiccups along the way. As always, please don't hesitate to IM me if you have problems with blip. I'm on AOL instant messenger as "mikehudack" practically all day every day. Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblog

[videoblogging] Re: blip down?

Not that I know, David... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "taoofdavid65" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > O crap. Did Blip just take another nose dive? > > David > http://www.taoofdavid.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mikehudack&qu

[videoblogging] Re: SXSW Interactive

I'll be there, too, for the "DIY Now More Than Ever" panel. A get-together would be great... and if anyone is looking to share a hotel room, that'd be great too :) Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, JD Lasica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm moderating a pan

[videoblogging] Re: blip down?

ame back pretty soon afterwards > > mikehudack wrote: > > >Not that I know, David... > > > >--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "taoofdavid65" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > > >>O crap. Did Blip just take another nose dive?

[videoblogging] Re: Blip and Sprint

Hey guys, First of all, let me say that we're aware of bliptv.com. I don't think I should say very much about the issue at the moment, but we're doing what we can (in regular consultation with our lawyers) to deal with the situation. I don't think anyone was out to hurt anyone or otherwise do an

[videoblogging] Re: Blip and Sprint

Hey guys, Yes, we do allow people to upload video from cell phones. Both companies have trademarks pending. We're going to work on it, and that's about the best I can say right now. Yours, Mike --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it enough s

[videoblogging] Re: Help with ActiveX

Hey guys, We're paying attention to this latest update over at blip, and we're working to release new code that will hopefully avoid these security pop-ups.  We're a little swamped with ongoing business right now, but we'll release something asap. Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In video

[videoblogging] Re: blip down??!!

According to all our diagnostic systems and reports, we were up last night, and haven't had downtime in some time. It looks like there were Internet networking issues that may have caused blip to be unavailable for some people for some period of time. The best example of this is blip working for

[videoblogging] Re: blip down??!!

I hate it when that happens, too! I'll get out there and try to find Chicago... :-) Looks like this was indeed a networking issue outside our control. But, as I said in my reply to Josh, we're looking into it. Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howel

[videoblogging] Re: blip down??!!

Hey David, We can suppport quite a few concurrent viewers for a 20mb viewer :) Our infrastructure includes two collocation facilities in New York City (we'll soon be adding a third in California) with excellent, burstable bandwidth. In terms of servers, we have about a dozen of them, including a

[videoblogging] Re: Just a Blip in the dark? - Affirmative...

ed a great (and relatively unanticipated) surge in usage this week. We're growing very quickly, and it's hard to keep up with the demand while we're self-funded, but we're doing it... and we'll keep doing it. If you have trouble, please IM me on AIM as "mikehudack

[videoblogging] blip.tv infrastructure

ms, feedback, whatever, please feel free to call me on my personal cell phone. My number is 646-827-9773. You can also IM me on AOL Instant Messenger -- I'm on as "mikehudack". Please don't hesitate to call or IM. You guys are our business, and it pains me to have any problem

[videoblogging] Re: blip.tv infrastructure

ats on the investment money and on you going full-time with this. > > Keep up the great work you guys have done thus far! > > David > http://www.taoofdavid.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mikehudack" wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > >

[videoblogging] Re: Can't get cross-posting on blip to work.

Hey Brett, Do me a favor and drop us an e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We'll take a look at your blogging setup and help you out. Also please feel free to IM me on AOL instant messenger -- I'm on as "mikehudack". Generally speaking, problems like this are caused either by bad

[videoblogging] Re: blip.tv infrastructure

could this be possible? > > Susan > http://vlog.kitykity.com > > PS - notice I was nice and didn't mention EE support hehe! ;) > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mikehudack" wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I'

[videoblogging] Re: blip.tv infrastructure

Hey Andreas, We're going to add EE support as soon as we can, but they do weird things in their actual implementation of the Blogger API. Susan and I have spent a bunch of time on IM working on it, and we're still tracking down some of the oddities. So stay tuned. Thanks for the recommendations

[videoblogging] Re: blip.tv infrastructure

he great work you guys have done thus far! > > > > David > > http://www.taoofdavid.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mikehudack" wrote: > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > I'm Mike Hudack, one of the fou

[videoblogging] Re: blip.tv infrastructure

are getting proper respect out there in that > dollar bill jungle. > > Any updates on if/when you will be offering premium accounts? > And can you reveal the data throughputs being offered now and later? > > Cheers, > > sull > > On 2/23/06, mikehudack <[EMAIL P

[videoblogging] Re: Blip and Flash

Hey guys, We're now using Flash as a default playback mechanism on blip.tv itself. This is so that our users -- your users -- who don't have the latest Quicktime or Windows Media installed can still watch the video. We are NOT sending the Flash format through as a preferred format in the RSS, an

[videoblogging] Re: Blip

Hey guys, We're working on this and should have everything resolved really soon now. We've changed some of our distribution systems to handle the demand better, and we're waiting on an Internet Service Provider to get us new lines. We'll keep everyone posted here on the vlogging list and on blip

[videoblogging] Re: Blip

Hey David, Thanks for joining the group, and everyone else is welcome, too! http://groups.yahoo.com/blip-users/ As I mentioned in my previous reply, we're adding new capacity again. We're also working to improve our video distribution system (which allows us to serve videos from multiple server

[videoblogging] Re: Blip

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, they may not even be aware of a problem. I think Mike is > sleeping in the server room these days to keep things up. The thought has certainly occurred to me! The other day I spent four or five hours in the server r

[videoblogging] Re: Blip

Sorry, Bekah! We're working on it! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "missbhavens1969" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, I've experienced PBS (painful blip slowness) these last two > days as well. Unusually, painfully slow. Oddly so. > > Bekah > -- > http://www.missbhavens.com > >

[videoblogging] Re: What's Going on With Blip.tv? Nothing is loading!

Hey guys, Everything should be loading great right now. Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/blip-users/ > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > --- In videoblogging@

[videoblogging] Re: What's Going on With Blip.tv? Nothing is loading!

Hey guys, I figured I should reply in more detail than simply "everything is up". We are indeed bringing new servers and bandwidth online today, and with this new installation we will have triple redundancy (three different sites and sets of servers serving blip video at any given time). W

[videoblogging] Blip support

Hey guys, If there's an issue with blip serving up your video please let us know immediately. E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 646-827-9773. We will answer and fix your problem, any time. If it's something less urgent, please feel free to bring it up on the blip-users group, too. The grou

[videoblogging] Re: Week of Vlogging Dangerously/VlogWeek2006

What do you mean by "go in and tag manually"? If you post a video with blip and tag it "videobloggingweek2005" you can make sure those tags get picked up by the other services by checking "Include tags in cross-post" in your cross post settings. That will send out the tags you choose in blip to

[videoblogging] Vloggers in Atlanta?

I saw that Andy was asking if there were any vloggers in Monterey, and it reminded me that I wanted to ask much the same thing. I'm heading to Atlanta this afternoon for a meeting, and will be there Monday evening and for much of Tuesday. Drop me a line if you'd like to get together in Atlanta :)

[videoblogging] Re: RSS feeds for videobloggingweek2006

I think it's likely that Technorati is just being slow... I've seen posts take days or even weeks to show up in Technorati, even when they're properly tagged and pinged. I'm starting to think that we should have blip use the ping-o-matic when we send a crosspost through. Yours, Mike Co-founder,

[videoblogging] Re: tags and wordpress

This is another perfect example of why we all need to share tags through RSS, the Technorati microformat and other methods. People should be able to tag in one place and have it propagate! Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Joshua Kinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[videoblogging] Re: Video Submission Service Idea

Hey guys, I'm following this thread with a smile on my face, because a lot of what you're talking about is what blip is all about. We actually already submit your video to a bunch of different places (Yahoo Video Search, Mefeedia, the Internet Archive, your own blog, Flickr, del.icio.us) and we'd

[videoblogging] Re: RSS feeds for videobloggingweek2006

agged it in blip too with videobloggingweek2006 ... shouldn't that have > showed up in Anne's feed? > > (by the way, when you list multiple tags in blip should you use commas to > separate them?) > > On 4/3/06, mikehudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > &g

[videoblogging] Re: tags and wordpress

EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > totaly agree! > > -Josh > > > On 4/3/06, mikehudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is another perfect example of why we all need to share tags > > through RSS, the Technorati microformat and other methods. People > >

[videoblogging] Re: If your content is on Veoh** was: Veoh transcoding feeds?

This sucks. I'd say more than that, but I don't want to get a reputation for boudmouthing competitors of any sort. I think there are a few things we can do from here. First of all, we can ban Veoh from blip. We would do this to keep them from scraping any more blip RSS feeds (which they're ob

[videoblogging] Re: Veoh transcoding feeds?

Hey guys, I just got off the phone with Dmitri Shapiro, the CEO of Veoh. I tracked him down (thanks to a few great people) to discuss this situation because it seems like much of the video Veoh has been collecting comes from blip.tv -- and a lot of our users have asked us to do something about it

[videoblogging] Re: Veoh transcoding feeds?

I'm sorry I missed that. As it happens, I don't think anyone subscribed them to it. They subscribed themselves. That's what they mean by "unclaimed RSS" - no one submitted it, they're just pulling in the videos and pretending they're their own. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, WWWhatsup <

[videoblogging] Re: Veoh transcoding feeds?

This is exactly what I asked of Dmitry when I spoke with him on the phone yesterday. I told him that I felt his best move was to immediately remove all of this content and start from a clean, opt-in only slate. I also asked him to remove all blip video from Veoh. Apparently he misunderstood, bec

[videoblogging] Re: Veoh transcoding feeds?

oh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e35579&feature=1&numResults=20&query=dabble > http://tinyurl.com/s2wqk > > -- Enric > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mikehudack" wrote: > > > > This is exactly what I asked of Dmitry when I spoke with him on th

[videoblogging] Re: Veoh's next step

There are numerous feeds in Veoh with no subscribers. How did they get there? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No I don't think it works that way. > > If you look, f'rinstance, at Ryanne's thing on http://veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e55696wg9YwjDy >

[videoblogging] Re: WTF - Sound Doesn't Play on my Blip.tv Videos?

Hey Monique, It sounds like you're having difficulty with the Flash versions of your videos. You can turn off Flash playback here: and everything should go back to normal. (The reason why this happens is that the Flash transcoding software we and everyone else u

[videoblogging] Re: WTF - Sound Doesn't Play on my Blip.tv Videos?

Hey Monique, It's my pleasure to help! :) You can turn off Flash by unchecking "Use Flash Playback" in your Playback Preferences, which are available at: http://www.blip.tv/prefs/flash/ Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv PS - You may be interested in joining the blip-users group at http://group

[videoblogging] Re: WTF - Sound Doesn't Play on my Blip.tv Videos?

Hey Monique, You can e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your question any time, post it to the blip-users group, IM me on AOL instant messenger (I'm on as "mikehudack") or call me at 646-827-9773 (I'm in the eastern time zone). We've got lots of support! :-D Yours, Mike Co

[videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

Hey, This is very strange. What's wrong with a video/mp4 mime type for a .m4v file exactly? As I understand it "video/mp4" and "video/x-m4v" are both acceptable mime types for a .m4v file. I think this is just FeedBurner being wacky. Do you have any special settings on your SmartCast that woul

[videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

re). If you keep having trouble with this drop me an IM on AOL Instant Messenger. I'm on as "mikehudack". Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's the video-blog: > > http://sebastien

[videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

gt; > > > "Create podcast enclosures from links to "any rich media file" " > > "include Media RSS information & add podcast to Yahoo! Search" > > > > I'm thinking of changing the 1st one to "video only" > > > > I could

[videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

the > above message. I'm just uploading to my server, setting the MIME > type to "video/mpeg", extension "m4v". It works. > > I don't get the "hit & miss" thing using blip.tv uploaded videos. Is > it Feedburner.com or Blip.tv, or a

[videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

downloading progressively (with an m4v you have to wait for the whole thing to download before it will play). Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mikehudack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose we could try changing the MIME type we repo

[videoblogging] Re: issues with Blip.tv & Ourmedia.org uploads, MIME types not being returned

Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 10, 2006, at 4:38 PM, mikehudack wrote: > > > I suppose we could try changing the MIME type we report for these > > videos to video/mpeg, > >

[videoblogging] Re: Is it Fair Use to link directly to a vlog's video?

I've noticed this, too, and it's been driving me crazy. I'm going to bring this up with our Flash transcoding system vendor. Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jen Simmons wrote: > > post. The best / clearest way to

[videoblogging] Re: m4v problem resolved?

We're working on this. I just forwarded your e-mail to Eric Lunt, FeedBurner's CTO. Hopefully he'll be able to shed some light on the issue. Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A friend who was experimenting with vloggin

[videoblogging] Re: I have done another one.

I apologize for missing it, but how does one make a donation? Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was so moved and touched by Jay Dedman's donation of £20 towards my > flight to San Francisco, I thought

[videoblogging] Re: m4v problem resolved?

FYI, I just spoke with Eric and he's forwarded this issue on to FeedBurner's development team. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mikehudack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're working on this. I just forwarded your e-mail to Eric Lunt, > FeedBurner

[videoblogging] Re: YouTube versus Blip.TV quality

Hey Chad, Blip does indeed collect statistics from both YouTube and Vimeo and display them in the Dashboard. We also bring comments and friend requests from both sites into the Dashboard. And there's much more coming! Yours, Mike Co-founder & CEO, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.co

[videoblogging] Re: Check week at blip.tv

Thought I'd chime in about this. Blip.tv's mission is to make independent shows sustainable. We do this by providing what we call services of scale: technology, workflow automation, distribution and business development and ad sales. The theory is that most independent shows are too small t

[videoblogging] Re: Blip.tv Questions For Mike Hudack (WAS: Check week at blip.tv)

Mark, replies are inline! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mark Villaseñor wrote: > > Mike Hudack: "Let me know if you guys have any questions about our services, > ad sales, payments, whatever." > > Well now that you mention it, Mike, I've a few... > > 1) If we were to "plug" our nonpro

[videoblogging] Re: Check week at blip.tv

Blip is fundamentally an open system. Anyone can check the box and get ads. That said, there are two types of ads we run. There are network ads -- generally low paying google ads, sometimes pre rolls --and there are ads that we sell to clients like GM. Shows cannot get the higher paying ads that

[videoblogging] Re: Home Movies on VLog Soup!

Hi Bohus, We haven't made any changes lately to how we display WMV video... Could you give me a URL to the video you're working with and I'll check it out? Thanks, Mike blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bohus Blahut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Steve for including me

[videoblogging] Re: Archive.org down?

There's a problem right now with two major Internet Service Providers that's wreaking a little havoc with some higher bandwidth Web sites. The best article I've been able to find on the subject is from Tech World: The upshot is basically

[videoblogging] Re: Here's the Problem with Archive.org Connections

I should mention that I don't know for sure that this problem is affecting the Internet Archive. I do know that the IA has multiple hosting arrangements with multiple networks, so they should be less affected than other providers who don't. In other words, I wouldn't want to say for sure that t

[videoblogging] Re: Archive.org down?

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I have not had more than the usual problems with archive.org lately, but > >>> OurMedia has really been having trouble. > >>> > >>> In the end, we used Blip.tv instead of ourmedia/archive. Worked like a > >>> cha

[videoblogging] Re: VIDEO IPOD!!!!!

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Starfire wrote: > > It's true! According to Engadget we now have a video iPod!!! > > Please deliver one to Phil Torrone at Make Magazine, and quick! Yup, it's landed. Video iPod, iTunes 6, some new media center so

[videoblogging] Re: iTunes feeds

You need to put the itunes namespace in your RSS feed and include the custom itunes tags. Here's a page on how to do it: http://phobos.apple.com/static/iTunesRSS.html We're doing it on blip right now for itunes:author and itunes:keywords, and I'm working on incorporating more of their custom tag

[videoblogging] Re: flash video formats

Our research has, so far, led us to the conclusion that only FLV or SWF movies play in the Flash player... I'd love to hear if there are alternatives, though, as we don't much like either format! Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv http://www.pokkari.com/blog/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, L

[videoblogging] Re: Mefeedia API

This is really cool, Peter! Thanks! -Mike --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "petertheman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You have to view source, it's an xml file. > > Peter > > > > Works for me... remove the 44 at the end: > > < > http://images.mefeedia.com/video/2005/07/05/07/RUN-13706/

[videoblogging] Re: YouTube - WTF?

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The only thing I like better about YouTube over Blip is the site design > & usability. I really think Blip could use an overhaul in this > department. Blip is great in all other respects, I just wish it looked

[videoblogging] Re: Richard and Bill Recaping Meet the Vloggers

Hey Bill, I'm not sure why FeedBurner wouldn't be picking up your videos as enclosures... Have you tried contacting FeedBurner support? Yours, Mike Co-founder, blip.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey thanks, that transcoding feature would