I guess it depends whether people are connecting with the iphone via edge, or using wifi or using itunes on a computer and syncing. Apple have the lower-res, lower bitrate iphone export option in Quicktime 7.2 because edge isnt very fast, the 500-700kbits/sec 320x240 mp4's and h264's that a lot of people are standardised on might be painfully slow to download on edge.
So will vloggers start to create the lower-bitrate versions for iphones? I guess it depends just how slow edge is in practice, and quite how many people end up using iphones for this purpose. Its times like these the idea of an offline aggregator, so people can download with wifi and watch later, becomes very attractive, but as apple have locked development on the iphone, they cant do that just with the iphone, have to use a computer with itunes or whatever. I suspect the most sucessful sites that cater for video on mobile devices, will be the ones that transcode footage to device-specific formats, thus ensuring every video will be watchable. Unfortunately they will also need to code their mobile portals to work differently for different devices, as theres so much variation in screen size, format support, bandwidth etc. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Frank Sinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just got an iPhone over the weekend. > > We've been talking about creating a m.mefeedia.com, mainly for the > iPhone but also for other devices. > > It is great that the iPhone supports these formats. Flash is a > problem, but since most of the vlogosphere is "standardized" on > Quicktime formats, I am happy. Supposedly, YouTube has support for > iPhone too. Has anyone tried this? > > From reading this conversation, it sounds like we should go with the > iPod RSS feeds that people are producing? > > If someone may be subscribed to the regular RSS for, say, > Galacticast, but if they are browsing their Mefeedia "Personal > Channel" via the iPhone, we would probably want to grab the files > from the Galacticast (iPod) feed. Or do we not even need to worry > about this? Is there a quality/speed issue with going with the .mov > files? > > OK, I will let everyone know as I begin testing later this week. > > Regards, > -Frank > > --- In [email protected], andrew michael baron > <andrew@> wrote: > > > > Without needing to use the export to iphone feature, the iphone > now > > plays most .mov files, including 3ivx, mpeg4 and h.264 [you can > surf > > rocketboom.com on the iphone without any problems]. > > > > However, a couple of weeks ago, we created special interface > just > > for the iphone: > > http://www.rocketboom.com/iphone/ > > > > If anyone would like one for their own videoblog, shoot me an > email, > > we are expecting to release a universal app this week that anyone > can > > use for their own show. > > > > Drew > > > > On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:42 AM, John Coffey wrote: > > > > > These work on the iPhone and all look great > > > hifistl,missbhavins. josh leo, Tiki bar, French Maid, > > > Freevlog, m verdi and the last 6 of mine DONT WORK. > > > Freevlog, you're getting a beatdown for that "Ryannes > > > Faveorite Compression" tutorial. > > > > > > --- Jay dedman <jay.dedman@> wrote: > > > > > > > has anyone tried to compress a video specifically > > > > for the iPhone? > > > > how do videos look on the phone? > > > > > > > > just fishing for experience. > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Here I am.... > > > > http://jaydedman.com > > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > > > Check out the latest project: > > > > http://politicalvideo.org > > > > 500 hours of George Bush speeches > > > > Search, download, use > > > > > > > > > > Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, > Cocktails > > > and other goodCraichttp://www.jchtv.com/ > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > > > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > > > http://games.yahoo.com/games/front > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
