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 [email protected], "BevSykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had actually checked out that tutorial and have done some
compression in WindowsMedia (cumbersome because I have to convert from
.mov, which comes from my camera, to .avi so that it can be read in
Windows Media. That compression works but the files are then .wmv
files and I note that, at least Our Media, seems to prever Quicktime
(.mov). (Though I've just checked blip.tv and see that the preferred
format seems to be .wmv)
>
> -Bev
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Verdi
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Compression
>
>
> Hi Bev,
> Check out the tutorials at: http://freevlog.org/#compress
> Sounds like you want the one for iMovie (even if you're not using
> iMovie - the QuickTime part will be the same).
>
> --
> Verdi
> http://michaelverdi.com
> http://freevlog.org
> http://graymattergravy.com
>
>
> On Aug 17, 2005, at 11:24 AM, BevSykes wrote:
>
> > Hi there. I'm new to the group, new to vlogging, and am trying to
> > figure out what I'm doing. My most pressing question is about
file
> > size. I just downloaded one of the reports from Rocketboom, which
> > is 4+ minutes long and 20 MB in size in Quicktime. I recorded
> > something not quite as long yesterday, in Quicktime and it was 120
> > MB in size.
> >
> > I recently upgraded to Quicktime7 Pro and tried its video
> > compression utility where it efficiently converted a 20 MB file to
> > a 46 MB file--isn't the compression supposed to go in the OTHER
> > direction????
> >
> > I know that I don't have 1/1000th the expertise you guys do and
> > don't expect to actually contribute much to the discussion, but
I'm
> > hoping to learn from you, and if I can just get the file size to
be
> > reasonable, I'll be a happy camper. At present I'm uploading
> > things to OurMedia and so far haven't had enough problem to think
> > about moving to a pay site (and until I actually produce something
> > that's worth seeing, OurMedia seems to suit my practice videos
just
> > fine).
> >
> > I'm one of those senior citizens, like Steve Garfield's mom
(though
> > not quite that old), who is trying to figure out the new technology.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Bev Sykes
> >
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