Well, I wouldn't say "I just can't get enough of large files", I just don't really mind longer videos.
Some people just make long videos, and if I enjoy them, I watch em! (yes, I'm looking at you, Mr. Richard Show.) After watching the Pan, I can see being on the train and enjoying the 15min...chapter markers would be nice on a portable device, but I also don't feel a need to have their Pan videos sent to me separately. There is something to be said for a curated show-- much like Liquid Television that used to be on MTV. (a compliation show of various animators) As time goes on, and Adam and Mica amass a large collection of original stuff, this could be a very fast-paced, entertaining 15min. You would just have to keep up with the shows before it ate your harddrive away. But that goes for my feeds in general...they always pile up. schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://bayarea.node101.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, so now i'm wondering if those of us, like me, who prefer shorter > videos are simply more vocal than others. Come on, there's got to be > some people out there who love the longer videos and just can't get > enough of the large files. > > -Josh > > > On 1/16/06, Philip Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3 minutes doesn't seem like a long time for a video. until you've got 20 of > > them to watch. > > > > i'll take a 30-second video that's so rockin' i have to watch it three times > > in a row, over a three-minute one where i'm fast-forwarding going "ok ok... > > i get it." > > > > disclaimer-- i am far from your typical vlog viewer. i'm on dialup and don't > > subscribe to any feeds. > > > > instead i visit sites individually and make download decisions based on the > > criteria of text description, file size, intriguing screenshot, and easy > > access to the .mov file (a few of you make this last one kind of difficult). > > > > anything over, say 15MB and i'll have to get back to you tomorrow... > > assuming i leave my modem on all night... and i remember it in the morning. > > even with my finite download capability i somehow still wind up with a > > backlog of unwatched vids. > > > > xo philip > > http://swordfight.org > > http://destroyhotaction.com > > > > > > On 16-Jan-06, at 5:00 AM, Markus Sandy wrote: > > > > i regularly download files in the 80-100Mb via fireant, although most > > are smaller. > > > > i tend to be less patient in the browser. if there is a feed, i'll use > > that instead if it makes sense. if not, i'll download it in the > > background. i generally multi-task and so rarely care how long the > > download takes. i prefer not to view vids in the browser, i prefer a > > sizable player like fireant. > > > > in general, i don't really care how big or how long a video is as long > > as the content is worth it (there is a limit of course, I'm not looking > > to download gigabyte files just yet). very few pieces of media can hold > > my full attention for 40 minutes anymore (especially movies and TV). > > > > i don't generally stop watching when it gets long, i usually just fast > > forward. > > > > if i do stop, i generally stop watching a video within the first 30 > > seconds. If it has not captured me by then (or if it's not from a friend > > perhaps), I delete it and move on to the next. again, size is not much > > of a factor here. > > > > while i constantly find great stuff, most videos fail to capture my > > attention these days (this is more of a statement about the increase in > > the number of videos, not a decrease in quality - there's just a lot > > more stuff out there these days) > > > > the main reason for stopping a download: i found something else I want > > sooner > > > > my download speed is usually in the 512Kb-1Mb range with no other limits > > (e.g., total downloads not limited). while this is not super fast, i > > would probably feel different (i.e., more selective) if I had slower > > access. > > > > i like streaming for the video conferences, but it does not seem to make > > much sense to me for vlogs (from a viewer standpoint, it stops and > > starts too much and it's usually hard to fast forward). > > > > hope that helps > > > > Stephanie Bryant wrote: > > > > >I find myself revisiting this question every time I post a large file > > >to my vlog. > > > > > >How much is too much? At what point will you (personally, yourself, as > > >a vlog watcher): > > >1) Stop downloading the file. > > >2) Stop watching the movie (how many minutes, assuming it's not too > > boring). > > > > > >Just curious about the answers-- someone recently said they wanted > > >longer than 10-minute vlogs, because they wanted to really sit down > > >and watch stuff, but I wonder about that. A 10 minute vlog is 30 MB, > > >easily. A 40 minute vlog would be almost 100 MB? Is that worth your > > >time, bandwidth, and download speed? Would it make more sense to > > >stream instead? > > > > > >--Stephanie > > > > > >-- > > >Stephanie Bryant > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Vlog: http://mortaine.blogspot.com > > >Audioblog: http://bookramble.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! 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