Skype Coupons + Skype 4.0 Beta Released (1)
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Skype rolled out Beta 2 of version 4.0 for Windows yesterday. In response to negative feedback about the previous beta’s use of screen real estate, the new beta allows you to resize more parts of a window and display the list and messages in separate windows. They’ve also added compact view, which looks almost exactly like the current production version of Skype. The new design makes it easier to create new categories and drag contacts ...
Make Screencast Videos In Firefox with Capture Fox (16)
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Capture Fox is a nice little add-on that turns your Firefox browser into a one-click screen video recorder. The extension is available for Windows XP as well Vista. Capture Fox can record all your activity inside a Firefox window or even the entire desktop screen and will save it as a video file. The program can also capture audio from your microphone. Record Firefox Screen as a Video file After installing Capture Fox, you’ll find ...
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Klessblog said:
Haven't tried this yet but it sounds pretty cool. I'll be testing it our in the next few days.
My ooVoo Day Politcal and National Conventions (1)
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We recently completed another successful “My ooVoo Day” event this one focusing on discussions about the political landscape in the U.S. ahead of the election of a new president later this year. The conversations were fun and meaningful, providing the political hosts and bloggers a platform to express their opinions about the forthcoming elections but also an opportunity to see and hear from other individuals. Several of the participating bloggers continued to use ooVoo to ...
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Eileen Smith, a host during My ooVooDay Political and editor of Texas Monthly is using ooVoo to do ooVoocasts.
The future of online video (28)
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The Internet has had an enormous impact on people's lives around the world in the ten years since Google's founding. It has changed politics, entertainment, culture, business, health care, the environment and just about every other topic you can think of. Which got us to thinking, what's going to happen in the next ten years? How will this phenomenal technology evolve, how will we adapt, and (more importantly) how will it adapt to us? We ...
Producing H.264 Video for On-Demand Delivery (1)
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This webcast starts with an overview of the H.264 standard, and then discusses the significance of common encoding parameters like Profile, Level and B-frames.
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Klessblog said:
This is a vendor webcast sponsor by Inlet technologies. Haven't watched it yet but I plan to since H.264 is where things are headed.
Prepare for a Multicam Shoot: 5 Essential Tips (1)
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If you're about to undertake your first multicam shoot, read this. We've made a list of the five essentials you need to know to make sure your recording goes smoothly and that you get usable footage for the editing room.
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Klessblog said:
Here's some helpful tips for shooting live multi-cam video events. They're short and to the point and could be greatly expanded upon. I produce a lot of multi-cam events so may do that at some point.
Larry Jordan says Don’t Let That Hard Drive Sit! (1)
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Are you using hard disks to backup your fancy new solid-state camcorder? Are you letting the archives sit on the shelf? FCP guru Larry Jordan says that new info suggests you shouldn’t let the drives sit too long, lest your data evaporate. Scott Simmons has the scoop.
Adobe Presenter 7 for Microsoft PowerPoint - Review (17)
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Adobe Presenter inside Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Adobe Presenter 7 is a Microsoft PowerPoint add-in that transforms your boring presentations into interactive and very engaging Flash movies that can be easily shared as regular web pages, PDF documents or you can even distribute them on mobile phones that support Flash like Nokia or Windows Mobile. Adobe Presenter, that was earlier known as Macromedia Breeze until Adobe acquired Macromedia, is available for the PowerPoint on Windows ...
Hard Disk Warning! (3)
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It is a long-known, but little-discussed secret that hard disks slowly lose their magnetic signal. If you archive your projects on hard disks, you need to read this article before all your carefully stored files... are gone!
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Klessblog said:
Here's Larry Jordan's article from earlier this month.
QuickTime H.264 movies from FCP for the Web (1)
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By Ken Stone We’ve all seen Flash videos at YouTube. The Flash codec does an excellent job of reducing long videos into very small files, but there is a price to be paid, the quality of these videos can be very poor indeed. Even with the new ‘higher quality’ YouTube videos, the quality is not representational [...]
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Klessblog said:
Great in depth article by Ken Stone with lots of screen prints. Highly recommended video compression tips.
Films and TV Shows Being Screened Via Online Video (1)
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Remember our post on January 1st of this year, titled, “10 Online Video Predictions for 2008?” If you do, you will recall that # 7 in our list was - Exclusive Online TV: “I expect to see TV networks test and pilot new TV shows and episodes online in 2008.” Well, that prediction is ringing true (somewhat - I know, I said “pilot”) with some recent news from both Youtube and its rival, Hulu. First, ...
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This was prediction #7 from ReelSEO's Jan. 1st post, “10 Online Video Predictions for 2008?” - Exclusive Online TV. Hulu's offerings trump network TV.
Goodnight Skypecasts - Skype Blogs (5)
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At Skype, our aim is to offer products that delight people and enable the world's conversations. Part of our vision means coming up with new ways for our community of more than 338 million registered users to stay in touch. Skypecasts is one of the many features that we've developed to enable these conversations. What we've learned by watching how the product is used and through user feedback is that Skypecasts is not quite measuring ...
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Klessblog said:
This was only recently reported by GigaOm and NewTeeVee as the service was retired on September 1st.
Make Your YouTube Videos Look Better - Through Compression (2)
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I’ve written many times about compressing videos for YouTube, but it continues to be the most-frequently asked question. Many of the previous articles on this subject assume you can’t upload more than 100 MB files, but YouTube now permits files to be 1 GB (1000 MB). If you’re still uploading 10 MB files (as I used to advise via my iMovie “save as CD-ROM”), then your videos are only 1/100th of the quality they could ...
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Klessblog said:
I've been working on a series of blog posts on video compression and found this one from the viral video master Nalts.
Hulu Beating CNN, Turner, Still A Fraction Of YouTube (3)
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Hulu, which didn't formally open for business until March, is now the 8th-largest video site in the U.S. That's according to new stats from Nielsen, which reports that the JV between Fox and NBC racked racked up some 105 million video streams in July, up from 80 million streams in May. Hulu's gains put them ahead of two Time Warner (TWX)properties: CNN and Turner Networks, and a whisper behind Disney's ESPN (DIS) Two key takeaways: ...
Online Video Usage in Europe Doubles - Now Most Popular Online Activity (2)
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28 percent of Europeans now regularly watch online video, more than double the rate in 2006, according to a new report from JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business. The report, ‘Online Video in Europe: Managing TV Audience Fragmentation’ finds that online video is now the most popular online media activity. Though time spent consuming online video in Europe has grown by 50 percent in the ...
Best Live Video Streaming Services Compared (9)
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Live video streaming services are a specific category of video publishing tools that anyone can use to stream live video from their computer, just using a fast Internet connection and a web camera. In this Sharewood Guide, Robin and I have picked for you the best live video streaming tools out there. Photo credit: Digital Lifestyles Here is a list of typical live video streaming features to help you determine which of these free video ...
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Live video streaming services are a specific category of video publishing tools that anyone can use to stream live video from their computer, just using a fast Internet connection and a web camera. In this Sharewood Guide, Nico Canali De Rossi and Robin Goo have picked for you the best live video streaming tools out there.
How to Use Qik to Video Record With Your iPhone (15)
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Earlier this week we announced that popular livestreaming services Qik and Flixwagon were now available for the iPhone. Unfortunately, the only way to get these apps was to have a jailbroken iPhone. Jailbreaking your iPhone is against Apple's terms and conditions and voids your warranty. For those brave few that have jailbroken their iPhone, here's a way to video record from your iPhone using Qik without broadcasting those hilarious but embarrassing moments to the world. ...
How to Use Qik to Video Record With Your iPhone - ReadWriteWeb (5)
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Earlier this week we announced that popular livestreaming services Qik and Flixwagon were now available for the iPhone. Unfortunately, the only way to get these apps was to have a jailbroken iPhone. Jailbreaking your iPhone is against Apple's terms and conditions and voids your warranty. For those brave few that have jailbroken their iPhone, here's a way to video record from your iPhone using Qik without broadcasting those hilarious but embarrassing moments to the world. ...
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No doubt there are good number of online converters available, like Movavi and Zamzar, however Filsh.net is a site which is simple, easy to use and focuses solely on video conversion. It lets you convert online videos easily without the need of downloading them first and later uploading the files. You just need to get the video link and it will do the rest for you. It supports YouTube, ClipFish, Google Video, MySpace, Metacafe and ...Loic Le Meur Blog (37) permalink
We have just launched Search from Seesmic.com, now you can type any word below the public timeline and it will search all the public videos that have that word in the title or the description. example you can search for "Nike" and see what is said about the brand: You can also use the OR parameter and type for example "Nike OR running" it brings you all the corresponding videos: It is a first version ...Shared by Klessblog (11)Contribute comment
