Thanks to all who have taken the time to respond on this thread or to leave a comment on the Tokyo Calling blog. This first week of vlogging has been an amazing experience. I feel hooked!
Harold, yes this is the same Tokyo Calling podcast that you would have been listening to two years ago. I remember discovering Something Happened on another blog that reviewed both of our early podcasts favorably. Just a bit of follow-up on the first week. Thanks to recommendations from group members and Ryanne's H.264 for iPod screencast on FreeVlog.org, I've finally been able to get a video that looks better on something bigger than an iPod. I followed Ryanne's steps on Episode 4<http://blip.tv/file/get/Tokyocalling-tc_vlog_004516.mp4>and am generally pleased with the results. I wonder if the 80-90 minutes it took to compress the video on an MacBook Pro (2GHz with 2GB or RAM) is normal for an 11 minute piece. The original dimensions were 640x480 as shot on the Sanyo HD1A and were shrunk down to 320x240. Would I save time in compressing the final video in iMovie if I shoot in 320x240 instead of 640x480? Any thoughts appreciated. Best regards, Scott Lockman http://tokyocalling.org On 1/16/07, Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott, > > About two years ago (man, time flies) I really enjoyed listening to a > podcast called Tokyo Calling, about a fellow from the U.S. who moved to > Japan with his wife. I recall one podcast episode in which he recorded a > soundscape of his journey to work via train or subway, including a > visitation to a giant electronics store in Tokyo; was that yours? If so, > it's good to hear from you again. Regardless, welcome to world of > videoblogging! > > Harold > Something That Happened > http://somethingthathappened.com > > On 1/13/07, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <scott.lockman%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > Hello videobloggers, > > > > My name is Scott. I have been lurking in this group for the past few > > months. > > > > As a podcaster and not an actual vlogger, I've felt reluctant or too > > ignorant to contribute much to this group. Yesterday all that changed. > > > > I am now delighted to be able to call myself a vlogger. The first > > episode of the tokyo_calling_vlog was released yesterday. > > > > I'd like to the many kind, thoughtful, and knowledgable folks out > > there who have provided inspiration and encouragement - even to silent > > lurkers like myself. This group is valuable resource. > > > > Respectfully, > > Scott Lockman > > > > http://tokyocalling.org > > http://tokyocalling.org/video.xml > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
