> Do you have info on this bill?

S.2505, introduced by Sen McCain:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.02505:

In addition to prometheusradio.org for info take a look at Free Press, a
more wonky media reform site.

http://freepress.net/lpfm/

Jay mentioned a host of media activist issues, Free Press does a good
concise job of covering a wide spectrum of those issues for those
interested in those type of wider policy discussions.

alan

http://demandmedia.net/

> off top of my head. QT has a text track type. This is just plain old
> text. Could be an xml file, for example. Wouldn't it be cool if your
> vog application extracted links automagically into a text track,
> wrapped it up as XML, and then then made this available.

That's a thing I would like very much. With HTML documents it's very easy
to find links - just look for <a> elements that have an href-attribute.
With QT it's as far as I know not possible to automatically extract links
  from the movie.

As far as displaying links inside a QT movie I'm using SMIL right now.

> What you and Lucas are discussing are way past my technical
> competencies, but the sort of movies that David Wolf has been making
> are potentially interesting. They read XML and display content
> accordingly. So you could have a QT movie that reads a RSS feed (or any
> other XML file) and that could display the other QT movies (or jpegs or
> mpeg 4's, not windows media though) that are trackbacks, or pings. HTML
> pages could just be text links since they'd be turned into text tracks
> inside this QT movie.

That's sortof what I'm doing with a SMIL playlist right now. Movies and
audio are played directly in QT, and to the right of the movie there are
links to HTML comments because HTML comments shouldn't/can't be played in
QT.

I must admit I'm a bit confused about the use for David Wolf's flickr QT
movie. I can't see the use for using QT for a service that HTML is much
better suited to handle. QT is better left to just handling audio/video
content. Images and hypertext are best handled by browsers - after all
that's what they're made to handle. :o)

But I guess I would be less confused if the flickr viewer fetched movies
instead of photos. :o)

> Not sure if that makes sense, sort of day dreaming through these ideas,
> and the possibilities. But yes, i want pings in my video that are
> automatically extracted.

Yeah, a couple of weeks ago I was browsing around Apple's Quicktime
section, but I can't seem to figure this out. You would need to somehow
write an application that opens and parses a QT movies and looks for any
outgoing links. I would love to do this because then we could get this
videoblogging started for real. Right now all outgoing links has to be in
some HTML container document (that serves as the permalink). It's not
ideal. The ideal would be to have the permalink assigned directly to the
QT file.

> Do you mean in the metadata for an entry? Where, how would i put this?
> In MT would it go within the rdf that is attached to each post?

Ideally it would go directly in the QT file, but that's not possible right
now? For now normal links in the entry body in MT will suffice.

- Andreas
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I usually dont do this, but check out this video.....
http://home.earthlink.net/~houval/gopconstrm.mov

i dont know who made it.

>I usually dont do this, but check out this video.....
>http://home.earthlink.net/~houval/gopconstrm.mov
>
>i dont know who made it.

I think we should avoid getting dragged into discussing actual politics on this
list, but there are some very interesting uses of net video going on right now
around the election.

Dan Gillmor points to a Bush "Faces of Frustration" remix done by the DNC:
http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/010847.shtml

I while back I sent a link to the Republican "Kerry Iraq Documentary" that is
here:
http://www.kerryoniraq.com/
I also found two debating dolphins named "Flipper" and "Flopper" here:
http://www.flippercam.com/

One humorous, but telling, observation is that, at least today, both the RNC and
DNC web sites feature more prominent images of their opponent then their own
candidate.
http://www.democrats.org
http://www.rnc.org

It seems that video *editing* can be a very effective means of satire, and is
being featured on the websites of each party.  I would have expected to see more
of this happening at the grass roots level, and less on the DNC/RNC web sites.

In my opinion, the best video satire of the year, isn't truly video, but was the
JibJab Flash animation.  It was observant, hilarious, "fair and balanced",
cynical, and yet somehow (at least to me) managed to seem upbeat.

-- Sean

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hey kids-

ok, after messing around with greymatter, i decided to move over to
wordpress since its still being supported.

i'm not happy with my template at all, but will worry about that
later.

in GM, i was able to link an image to a javascript:

<a onclick="javascript:window.open
('http://origin.demo.eyeblaster.com/Corey/video/t1.htm',
'newwinname','width=400,height=335,');" href="#">
<span style="font-family:monotype;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">
<strong>Click To Watch</strong></span>

which was opening a new window and importing the video from
the "origin" server.

I can't seem to get it to work in WordPress.

Any suggestions?

I'm able to easily add images to my posts, much easier than with
Blogger, but can't make it run a simple script.

please help!!!

www.theviewfromysofa.com

what am I doing wrong?

I'm trying to use IE's built in mediaplayer to play video off of my
site.

I've got 2 implementations - one is using an adserver (my company)
to stream video from, and that seems to be working ok (jazzguitar
guy on my site)

just following the code from other sites, i tried to link an image
to video on my  own server, which is giving me an error. when you
click on the image that is linked to the video, it  opens the
mediaplayer, but wont play the conent.

my blog: http://www.theviewfrommysofa.com/wordpress/

the top post is linked to video on my server.
the jazzguitar guy in the other post launches a new window that
plays the video.

any thoughts?

On 04/10/2004, at 8:59 AM, Corey Kronengold wrote:

>
> just following the code from other sites, i tried to link an image
> to video on my  own server, which is giving me an error. when you
> click on the image that is linked to the video, it  opens the
> mediaplayer, but wont play the conent.
>
> my blog: http://www.theviewfrommysofa.com/wordpress/
>
> the top post is linked to video on my server.
> the jazzguitar guy in the other post launches a new window that
> plays the video.
>
> any thoughts?

.wmv is something I know zero about, but i would make the popup link to
a html page which has the wmv embedded in it, rather than asking the
browser to target wmv all by itself.

I'd also change "roll over image" to "click image" :-)

cheers
Adrian Miles

+++++++++++++++++++++
http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/

Some of you may be aware of this, but I found this FREE collection of
Applescripts for Quicktime pretty useful:
http://www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/

Includes scripts for creating SMIL movies, adding text tracks,
embedding HTML links, etc...
Plus could provide insight into how to better automate such things.
----------------------------
Joshua Kinberg
jkinberg@...
(201) 328-4547
---------------------------

I wasn't very happy with the quality or results from using the
simmple 'embed' command. It wasnt' playing well at all.



--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adrian Miles
<adrian.miles@r...> wrote:
>

>
> .wmv is something I know zero about, but i would make the popup
link to
> a html page which has the wmv embedded in it, rather than asking
the
> browser to target wmv all by itself.
>
> I'd also change "roll over image" to "click image" :-)
>
> cheers
> Adrian Miles
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++
> http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/

I created a new one:

http://x.nnon.tv/blog/_archives/2004/10/4/153800.html

If you didn't catch it, the latest show on Unmediated.org with Jay and Jeff
Galusha was quite good. It was very interesting to experience the stream
from the interview and deal with the text chat window at the same time.

.shannon


--This is Vlog: http://x.nnon.tv/

--This is Vlog: http://x.nnon.tv/

Well, after messing around with GreyMatter and finally settling in
with WordPress, I got down to business in getting my video streaming
solution to work.

As it turns out, I was misunderstanding the javascript that I had
put on my page (within the post) which was only opening a new
window. I had though that I was going to serve the video into that
window, but hadn't changed the scripts on the new window page to
call the video from my streaming server.

so, after much fiddling, bouncing back and forth from greymatter to
wordpress (and ultimately realizing that it probably didn't matter
which one I used) and getting a little bit more understanding of PHP
(which wordpress uses), I'm good to go.

so, be on the lookout for some fresh video content and commentary.

until I get the layout and look right, i'm leaving the site at
http://www.theviewfrommysofa.com//wordpress/

when I finally get the look right, i'll move it straight to the main
domain.

In the meantime, there's two test posts up there, each with an
image. when you click on the image it will call video content.

time to get editing.

thanks to everyone on this list who provided info, insight and
encouragement.

Hey Dave-

Great post. I also suffer from self-induldgent need to gab, and very
similarly was exploring flash video for the same purpose.

I've been desperately trying to find a good solution for
videoblogging, and finally found one that works for me. Luckily, I
work for a company that has a lot of flash tools and flash video
tools and was able to adapt our system to suit my needs.

I'm using an in-stream adserver to manage and deliver my video. The
Eyeblaster VideoClip Module was designed to serve TV style ads into
user requested content, like when you click to play a movie trailer
or a behind the scenes of some hollywood premere that you'd find on
entertainment tonight's website or the like.

after much fiddling, I finally got it to work. so no i'm getting
down to business. vblogging.


--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "db" <mrstuneman@y...> wrote:
> A howdy-do, to all of you! :-)
> It's Dave, aka the blog DJ - however, I may be the only DJ who does
> NOT post mp3's of songs on my blog. My life story, wrapped up in an
> easy-to-chew bite-sized chunk...
>
> I've been a DJ for almost 20 years, both on radio and for private
> functions. My passion has always been to be in front of a
microphone,
> however, I have become more involved in the marketing aspect of it
> over the last 6+ years, using my gift (or curse?) of gab as the
> vehicle.
>
> I have been using audio online to assist myself (and others) in
> marketing their products, and have been using instant flash audio
> online for the better part of 18 months. However, in the past few
> months, I've been increasingly interested in finding a way to get
the
> same instantaneous benefits from flash video. That is, a way where
> people can convey their messages using video. Hence, my discovery
of
> videoblogging.
>
> With that in mind, I searched and searched, and stumbled across
Jay's
> name online, as well as Sean Gilligan's. Tried to contact Sean via
> mail (did ya get it, Sean?), but may not have had the correct
address.
> Contacted Jay, and he said joining the group would be a wonderful
> thing, so here I am! :-)
>
> Indeed, my videos are more of an "infomercial" style, although I
can
> also include usable content in them as well. I'm not the type to
> videotape, say, the cat running around on the piano. However,
where I
> hope to contribute is to open up the videoblogging myth, and show
> people that anyone can do it. Alas, I've been talking into a mike
> since I was 12, but have been videoblogging for only 1 month.
>
> ** If anyone is interested in seeing an example of my blabby, gabby
> videoblogging, check at http://blogdj.blogspot.com -
>
> In this blog, I am currently promoting the Big Seminar, which I
also
> promote at http://www.bigseminar4.info - I use the blog as a
marketing
> vehicle AND an experiemental post. It is, indeed, my first
experiment
> in blogging, so it is, unfortunately, the only example I currently
> have.
>
> I discovered the Userplane beta, and have even talked to Michael
> there. However, I think he's underestimating the power of the
> application, and that's one of the reasons why I was trying to
contact
> Sean, as he may know another videoblogging tool to which I might be
> able to open the potential marketing eyes' of others.
>
> Yep, this was going to be a short intro, but - alas - remember the
> (curse) of gab, huh? :-)
>
> So, I'll leave it to everyone else.....what are you currently using
> your blogs for (personal, biz, etc.), what easy tools do you use,
and
> what future interests for vblogging do either YOU have, or see for
the
> format?
>
> Let the discussions begin! Thanks, and God Bless, Dave

I whipped up a script this week based on Adam Curry's iPodder
(http://www.ipodder.org) for aggregating videoblogs from RSS 2.0 feeds
with enclosure tags. It should download the videos (or any files,
really), and organize them into a ViPodder directory on your desktop.
It will then import the videos to playlists in Cellulo
(http://www.cellulo.info), much like iPodder does for iTunes.

ViPodder is written in Applescript, and sure to be rather buggy. It
requires Mac OSX, Cellulo 2.0.0 Beta, and XML Tools 2
(http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/XMLTools2/index.html).

ViPodder is licensed under GNU GPL, so please take it, modify, and
build better things.

Download at http://www.vipodder.org

suggestions and assistance on future development is much appreciated.
----------------------------
Joshua Kinberg
jkinberg@...
(201) 328-4547
---------------------------

someone's talking about me:
http://listopad.blogspot.com/2004/10/video-blogging.html

but its in Czech or something.

just wanted to keep y'all in the loop.

The View From My Sofa is up and running as planned.

I've got a slight out of sync problem on the videoclips, which I
suspect is coming from the re-encoding when i'm shrinking the file
sizes.

I'm trying a couple of different video editors, and will keep you
posted on what I find.

By the way, I was trying to use Premiere Pro 1.5, but it was
resizing my video to very awkward frame sizes. Does anyone know how
to controll the size of the exported frames when you go from
a "project" to "exporting to WMV"??

thanks

http://www.theviewfrommysofa.com//wordpress/index.php

corey-
your site tells me that i can only see your videos if i am on a PC,  mac not
supported!?
is that for real or do i just need to download something?
I am always intereested to see what others are doins with the videoblog format.

just wanted to let you know that Im posting video everyday for the next 90 days.
we're doing a little workout here.
http://momentshowing.typepad.com
check out the latest.

i know there are some new people on the list, so i invite you to join me.
posting video is the only way to get what we're doing.
and to show other people what's up as well.

Jay

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman <jay.dedman@g...> wrote:
> just wanted to let you know that Im posting video everyday for the
next 90 days.


sounds great, Jay; good luck.  I'll be watching.

You are correct. the one drawback of the system i'm using is that it
isn't mac supported.



--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "contactmica"
<contactmica@y...> wrote:
>
> corey-
> your site tells me that i can only see your videos if i am on a
PC,  mac not supported!?
> is that for real or do i just need to download something?
> I am always intereested to see what others are doins with the
videoblog format.

pardon the general lack of order. I'd been sitting on a lot of
content that I wanted to get up, and didn't do it chronologically.

But I added about 10 posts, all with video.

http://www.theviewfrommysofa.com//wordpress/

Hi everyone:

Like a lot of other people, I'm not new to blogging or producing video -
but I'm new to videoblogging. I have a question regarding music clips in
videoblogs. Is it covered under Fair Use? Is it illegal? I include music
in my own personal home movies, but I've never distributed content like
this over the web -- so I'd like to hear your thoughts. Thanks,

-Rick

Copyright law is vague, and I'm not highly educated in the field, but
here's the law:

http://www.freespeeches.net/fairuse.html

So, say your movie pertained to the instruction of how to play that
particular song, or an educational analysis of it, you would have a,
in my opinion, sound legal backing for that use.

Also, if you are "critizing" or "critical" of the piece of music, that
would be fine as well.  If you are explicitly or implicitly comparing
that piece of music with other pieces of music, that might fly as well.

Simply adding a copyrighted piece of music that goes well with your
video, however, is typically a violation of U.S. Copyright law.  If
you really want to use it, contact the artist save the e-mail that
says you can use it if they let you.

Hi everybody,
I just started my videoblog a few days ago.  The address is

http://www.freespeeches.net

I plan on posting at least 5 clips per week up there, if not more.
All will be available in .avi, .rm formats for windows users, and .mov
format for macintosh users.



This past Saturday the idea occured to me that it would be great to
start a blog where I'd put up clips from people's speeches /
discussions.  I watch a lot of CSPAN, and there are is some great
discussion on that channel, yet it is time consuming for the average
working American to watch straight unedited CSPAN as your news source.

In addition, there are many things that are lacking in our current
system of mass media, and I hope to be one resource that can help
redefine what mainstream media is.

Now for the technical details:
My TV Cable is plugged into my VCR, which is RCAed to DataVideo's <A
HREF="http://www.datavideo-tek.com/products/dac_100_main_page.htm">DAC-100</A>.
You plug in RCA cables in one end, and it translates that signal into
Firewire for your computer.
I capture that incoming firewire signal with a free program:  WinDV
(version 1.2.3).  I then edit it mainly with VirtualDub (free as well)
and use Camtasia (unfree) Studio to convert to .mov .rm or whatever I
need at whatever size I need.

I've found ipowerweb.com to be amazing for hosting.  They have a blog
you can use (b2) if you sign up.  They also have stuff to setup an
online store for free.
I'm paying $10/month for 1 gb storage with 40 gb transfer
bandwidth/month.
Watch out if you sign up, I got surprised with a 30 dollar setup fee.
  Its worth it though... their servers appear to be very fast; not to
mention the huge storage limit.

-Eric

Jon Udell's experiments using Flash to post movies:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2004/10/11.html#a1092

uh oh.
this questions has been a can of worms.
yes, it is illegal to use something you have not created if it is copyrighted.
that is why so mnay of us are for "Creatice Commons" licenses...that
let people use the work as long as no one profits from it.

however, my personal opinion is that if you are not profiting from
your videoblog...use what you want.
if someone doesnt like it, theyll let you know.
Fair Use does speak of putting things in different context.


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:43:15 -0000, Eric Botticelli <eric9897@...> wrote:
>
>
> Copyright law is vague, and I'm not highly educated in the field, but
> here's the law:
>
> http://www.freespeeches.net/fairuse.html
>
> So, say your movie pertained to the instruction of how to play that
> particular song, or an educational analysis of it, you would have a,
> in my opinion, sound legal backing for that use.
>
> Also, if you are "critizing" or "critical" of the piece of music, that
> would be fine as well.  If you are explicitly or implicitly comparing
> that piece of music with other pieces of music, that might fly as well.
>
> Simply adding a copyrighted piece of music that goes well with your
> video, however, is typically a violation of U.S. Copyright law.  If
> you really want to use it, contact the artist save the e-mail that
> says you can use it if they let you.
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

do you use Tivo(or some kind of Persoanl Recorder) to tape CSPAN?
or is everything you tape done on the fly?

and posting regulalrly is the way to go.


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:08:47 -0000, Eric Botticelli <eric9897@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi everybody,
> I just started my videoblog a few days ago.  The address is
>
> http://www.freespeeches.net
>
> I plan on posting at least 5 clips per week up there, if not more.
> All will be available in .avi, .rm formats for windows users, and .mov
> format for macintosh users.
>
> This past Saturday the idea occured to me that it would be great to
> start a blog where I'd put up clips from people's speeches /
> discussions.  I watch a lot of CSPAN, and there are is some great
> discussion on that channel, yet it is time consuming for the average
> working American to watch straight unedited CSPAN as your news source.
>
> In addition, there are many things that are lacking in our current
> system of mass media, and I hope to be one resource that can help
> redefine what mainstream media is.
>
> Now for the technical details:
> My TV Cable is plugged into my VCR, which is RCAed to DataVideo's <A
>
HREF="http://www.datavideo-tek.com/products/dac_100_main_page.htm">DAC-100</A>.
> You plug in RCA cables in one end, and it translates that signal into
> Firewire for your computer.
> I capture that incoming firewire signal with a free program:  WinDV
> (version 1.2.3).  I then edit it mainly with VirtualDub (free as well)
> and use Camtasia (unfree) Studio to convert to .mov .rm or whatever I
> need at whatever size I need.
>
> I've found ipowerweb.com to be amazing for hosting.  They have a blog
> you can use (b2) if you sign up.  They also have stuff to setup an
> online store for free.
> I'm paying $10/month for 1 gb storage with 40 gb transfer
> bandwidth/month.
> Watch out if you sign up, I got surprised with a 30 dollar setup fee.
>  Its worth it though... their servers appear to be very fast; not to
> mention the huge storage limit.
>
> -Eric
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman <jay.dedman@g...> wrote:
> do you use Tivo(or some kind of Persoanl Recorder) to tape CSPAN?
> or is everything you tape done on the fly?
>
> and posting regulalrly is the way to go.
>


For now, I just turn on my VCR when I hear something interesting will
be on (and also at random intervals), and I'll let it play in the
backgroun untill I hear things getting interesting.
Once the technology for stand alone harddrive recorders become better
(i.e. no monthly fees; a bit cheaper) I'll be investing in one with a
nice size hard drive.

does anyone know of a standalone digital video recorder that will just
record like a vcr records?  without charging you for a monthly service
fee?)

> however, my personal opinion is that if you are not profiting from
> your videoblog...use what you want.
> if someone doesnt like it, theyll let you know.

The problem appears if the RIAA lets you know through a lawsuit. :o)

Through a videoblog I found a record label that had all their music
released under a CC license (all songs could be used non-commercially for
free). Of course I don't remember which videoblog or the name of the
record label...

The any Danes on the list: If you want to use music from any artist
registered with KODA (they all are) you need to pay the usual KODA/GRAMEX
fee that you have to pay whenever using music publicly. The rules are very
clear and it's best not to mess with KODA.

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On 12/10/2004, at 3:27 AM, Jay dedman wrote:

> however, my personal opinion is that if you are not profiting from
> your videoblog...use what you want.
> if someone doesnt like it, theyll let you know.
> Fair Use does speak of putting things in different context.

not in this country in the current climate. We have had uni students
prosecuted and the practice *traditionally* in film and tv (which we
teach) is that if your work is to be shown to a public (any public) you
must have clearances for all material. This is 100% non negotiable.
Profit or not for profit doesn't enter into it.

Also, like Andreas notes, there are rules for these things. Here if you
even want to play music in your shop you must purchase a licence to do
so, the cost is trivial, and the fees collected by the agency
responsible are distributed back to the copyright owners. These are
strongly legislated for, and is the environment we have to work in, so
bring on the CC work! pronto :-)

cheers
Adrian Miles

+++++++++++++++++++++
http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/

hey--

my friend kenyatta has put up adrian's vogroll on this great site:
http://www.unmediated.org/