Also, another note... there seems to be some confusion here when talking about aggregators... Michael's original message was referring to FireAnt.tv, which is our website. He was not referring to FireAnt the desktop-based aggregator, which gives the user much more control over the viewing size of the video (which is one of the nice things about viewing video on your desktop).
On the web, viewing options are more limited for most video formats as the browser doesn't really control the video but rather it is controlled by a media plugin. You can alter the size of the video by refreshing the webpage or perhaps with aome AJAXy tricks, but we've found that the exerience of doing this isn't really all that satisfying as it doesn't work the way it would on your desktop. Flash is an exception here of course, and this is one reason why the "upload our video here" sites like to convert to Flash. -Josh On 2/27/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a note, scaling does not mean that the aspect ratio changes. > Widescreen is still widescreen. > > -Josh > > > On 2/27/06, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I vote for no scaling. > > > > If I wanted a larger video, I would have made a larger video to begin > > with. > > > > David > > http://www.taoofdavid.com > > > > --- In [email protected], "Michael Sullivan" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Quick question to those who have an opinion to offer..... > > > > > > How do you feel about aggregators or video hosting sites where you > > can play > > > videos.... increasing the dimensions from 320x240 to a larger scale? > > > > > > + mefeedia.com was doing this for a while but not currently..... > > > + fireant.tv is now doing this.... > > > + vlogdir.com provides it as an option to the viewer but defaults to > > > 320x240.... > > > + blip doesnt do this..... > > > + various other services are mixed. > > > > > > Do you care? Is bigger better? Some videos dont look good scaled > > up, others > > > look fine. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > - - - - > > > Sull > > > http://vlogdir.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
