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Misheard lyrics

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:59:00 +0000

It looks like misheard lyrics are bigger on Gootube than all the shows combined (like Ask a Ninja). Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the humor – especially when it comes at the expense of Scandinavian metal bands!

Monty Python embraces Youtube

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:11:04 +0000

If you’ve never seen the Argument Clinic sketch, brace yourself. Monty Python have decided to wage war on low-quality versions of their sketches and they are creating a whole new channel with high-quality versions!

Video killed the blog star

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:46:24 +0000

Yes, the original song title is “Radio killed the radio star”. Without going into a deep philosophical discussion, here’s the video.

It’s certainly ironic that MTV launches their music video site sooo late. Anyway, enjoy the song.

Ask a Ninja: Writer’s Strike

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:28:11 +0000

Another special delivery from Ask a Ninja:

Great video with Youtube

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:54:55 +0000

Here’s a few tips from Cinetech on how to get better results from Youtube’s encoder.

1. Learn to shoot better quality videos for the Web.

2. Your source video needs to be ideally high resolution. For instance: MOV or AVI file, NTSC 720×480 or VGA 640×480.

3. You need to get a high quality video encoder. Keep in mind that most video editing programs such as Apple Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Windows Movie Maker or Sony Vegas, come with an encoding engine so you can export your videos directly from the timeline.

4. YouTube resizes your videos to 320×240 pixels, encodes them to Flash 7 at a data rate of approximately 250 kbps and compresses audio to mp3 (22.050 KHz, monophonic).

5. It’s very important that you keep an aspect ratio of 4:3, otherwise the quality of your video will be severely impaired.

6. YouTube recommended settings are:

* MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
* 320×240 resolution
* MP3 audio
* 30 frames per second

Youtube should probably improve their side of the “equation” as well. They do have director accounts so maybe they could test the water by providing more encoding options for them and see what happens

YouTube advertising ignores UGC

admin — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:30:20 +0000

When Google introduced its ad model for YouTube, one could’ve expected that ads will show up in ALL cat-and-dog fighting videos (a.k.a. user-generated content or UGC). Instead, it appears that Google’s video ads will only show on videos supplied by the 3,000 professional content providers and 70 independent partner channels.

This quote from TVWeek:

Considering that giant Google spent $1.6 billion for YouTube primarily for its user-generated content, that might come as a bit of a shock. But given that even smaller sites such as ManiaTV have begun to eschew free-for-all user-generated video, it seems to add up to an admission that, while your cousin Joe’s video may draw a lot of eyeballs, it will never draw a lot of paying advertisers.

“There’s a huge audience built around user-generated content but no evidence that it is a profitable business,” said Peter Hoskins, who recently succeeded ManiaTV’s founder, Drew Massey, as CEO.

Hmm, I’ve seen plenty of advertising in shows like the “Funniest Animals” which rely SOLELY on user-generated content. So there HAS to be some money in cat-and-dog fighting videos…

Tags: ads, google, journalism, user generated content, video, web 2.0, youtube

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Alan Johnston release video

admin — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:38:51 +0000

Finally, Alan Johnston has been released after 114 day of captivity.

Tags: BBC, correspondent, free speech, Gaza, journalism, youtube

BBC, correspondent, free speech, Gaza, journalism, youtube

Alan Johnston video

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:54:01 +0000

BBC has aired a video sent by Alan Johnston’s kidnappers. The original BBC one is not share-able, so I got this one:

The BBC came out with a statement as well:

We are studying the video very carefully. We have been working very closely with Alan’s family for the past 81 days. This is a highly distressing time for them and for his friends and his colleagues. We repeat our call for his immediate release.

Tags: BBC, correspondent, free speech, Gaza, journalism, youtube

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AdSesne video-in-video ads

admin — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:05:13 +0000

Google has just announced at the AdSense blog that they have started a closed beta of AdSense for video.

Previously, it was possible to get a video ad instead of an image ad (granted you have opted in for video). This one is different and is probably tied to Google’s acquisition of Youtube.

It will now be possible to put AdSense ads INSIDE streaming videos. So you could host your own video and put an AdSense pre-roll and then another one at the end.

I still haven’t seen it in action but if Google is successful in monetizing video, it could be huge. The economics of video, however, are much different than text so it remains to be seen if the results will actually be worth it.

Tags: ads, adsense, google, user generated content, video, web 2.0, youtube

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PlayStation Eye Camera

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:03:50 +0000

I already have a web cam (a Logitech Communicate STX) but I’m shopping around for a good USB 2 web cam. I have tested Apple’s iSight and I was pleased with the results but I’m not ready to commit to Apple any time soon.

I’ve been a long time Sony fan, when it comes to camcorders (especially HD ones). So I’m pretty excited about this news bit from Sony!

David Reeves, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said, “PLAYSTATION Eye is a great example of how we have moved forward so significantly with our technology. PLAYSTATION Eye has four times the resolution, twice the framerate and double the sensitivity of its predecessor EyeToy USB Camera. With the technology that we now have at our disposal we will be able to dramatically improve the communications experience enjoyed on PS3”.

Here’s the tech specs!

4 channel audio input:16 bits/channel, 48kHz, SNR 90db
56º to 75º Field of View zoom lens
2.1 F-stop, <1% distortion, fixed focus (25cm to 8 at 75º FOV)
640 x 480 at 60 frames/second
320 x 240 at 120 frames/second
USB2 high-speed data transfer
Uncompressed video or optional JPEG compression

The resolution and the frame rate are nothing short of groundbreaking. I’m not sure it will only work with PS3 though, USB 2 makes it PC-ready as well.

Tags: bandwidth, FMS, google video, logitech, media, video, webcam, youtube

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