Comments for REPORTS FROM THE FUTURE http://reports.graymattergravy.com A Laboratory Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:19:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Open Video by richard http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/comment-page-1/#comment-324 richard Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:07:47 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=46#comment-324 Great Video Michael, I've been teaching this digital media class the last three semesters, and technology is a huge barrier to creativity. First, we only have PCs, so we can't go with FCP, so we go with Premiere Pro, which is functionally find, but has all sorts of issues dealing with different types of files/codecs. I had to teach stuff like, if you have an .mp4 file, you must first convert it to .mov with quicktime, and sometimes the audio won't import so you have to export separately - etc. This doesn't even cover the always pragmatic issue of compression, disc space, and problems with the university's secure network and new adobe programs not working etc. It's so frustrating, and it would be so cool if there was one "video engine" as you describe, because, at least there would, hypothetically, only be one set of issues to deal with. I look forward to continuing this conversation. ...peace...richard p.s. If I want to subscribe to all Verdi videos, how would I do that? Great Video Michael,

I’ve been teaching this digital media class the last three semesters, and technology is a huge barrier to creativity.

First, we only have PCs, so we can’t go with FCP, so we go with Premiere Pro, which is functionally find, but has all sorts of issues dealing with different types of files/codecs. I had to teach stuff like, if you have an .mp4 file, you must first convert it to .mov with quicktime, and sometimes the audio won’t import so you have to export separately - etc.

This doesn’t even cover the always pragmatic issue of compression, disc space, and problems with the university’s secure network and new adobe programs not working etc.

It’s so frustrating, and it would be so cool if there was one “video engine” as you describe, because, at least there would, hypothetically, only be one set of issues to deal with.

I look forward to continuing this conversation.

…peace…richard

p.s. If I want to subscribe to all Verdi videos, how would I do that?

]]> Comment on Open Video by Verdi http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Verdi Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:25:35 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=46#comment-318 Ha! There is actually an old school Bell touch-tone phone just out of frame. The TV I used a few years ago to do some cool old B&W crappy video effects. Ha! There is actually an old school Bell touch-tone phone just out of frame. The TV I used a few years ago to do some cool old B&W crappy video effects.

]]> Comment on Open Video by jay dedman http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/comment-page-1/#comment-317 jay dedman Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:14:34 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=46#comment-317 I love how you have a TV with "turn dials" behind you. Where's the rotary phone run on steam? I love how you have a TV with “turn dials” behind you. Where’s the rotary phone run on steam?

]]> Comment on Video Tag Embed With Fallbacks by jay dedman http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/06/02/video-tag-embed-with-fallbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-313 jay dedman Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:18:54 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=60#comment-313 If all browsers played .ogv files by default like Firefox 3.5 will do, doesn't this solve the debate here about fallback code? To me, this is the bigger challenge: convince browsers to play Ogg by default so we dont have this bullshit where things break in pages depending on where you view them. If all browsers played .ogv files by default like Firefox 3.5 will do, doesn’t this solve the debate here about fallback code?

To me, this is the bigger challenge: convince browsers to play Ogg by default so we dont have this bullshit where things break in pages depending on where you view them.

]]> Comment on Open Video by Jason Daniels http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Jason Daniels Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:51:22 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=46#comment-312 although.......I do like Miro's bittorrent client that is built in to their player. But the always on thing is not great for people with laptops only. Am I wrong? although…….I do like Miro’s bittorrent client that is built in to their player. But the always on thing is not great for people with laptops only. Am I wrong?

]]> Comment on Open Video by Jason Daniels http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Jason Daniels Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:33:48 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=46#comment-311 While I think the bittorrent idea is a great one, my experience has been that for the everyday user p2p might not work for them (Digitalbicycle project). To clarify, if I am working on a specific project and I want to 'up res' the final cut to HD - yeah - I'd be willing to let my machine sit open and do that. There would be a window open for that, but then I would want to close the window. In the long run, for older projects, for ongoing collaborations, I would want some access to these archives, and to the source material from years past. In this case, even the source material needs to have standardized metadata, but moreover I guess I am thinking that there should be some kind of archive (and obviously there are) that would be for source footage, specifically. Is that what Kaltura is up to? We all know how challenging it is to search the Internet Archive, so I'm not sure what the answer is. My main point is that bittorrent is only part of the answer. Working in a public school as I am, there is no way I can use any p2p, and the high school TV program never get to take advantage of this. While I think the bittorrent idea is a great one, my experience has been that for the everyday user p2p might not work for them (Digitalbicycle project). To clarify, if I am working on a specific project and I want to ‘up res’ the final cut to HD - yeah - I’d be willing to let my machine sit open and do that. There would be a window open for that, but then I would want to close the window.

In the long run, for older projects, for ongoing collaborations, I would want some access to these archives, and to the source material from years past.

In this case, even the source material needs to have standardized metadata, but moreover I guess I am thinking that there should be some kind of archive (and obviously there are) that would be for source footage, specifically. Is that what Kaltura is up to?

We all know how challenging it is to search the Internet Archive, so I’m not sure what the answer is.

My main point is that bittorrent is only part of the answer. Working in a public school as I am, there is no way I can use any p2p, and the high school TV program never get to take advantage of this.

]]> Comment on Video Tag Embed With Fallbacks by Verdi http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/06/02/video-tag-embed-with-fallbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Verdi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:48:31 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=60#comment-308 Hi Kroc, Thanks for the fix and thanks for the original. My idea in editing your solution was to simplify it. I know I've removed compatibility with some browsers in some cases (Opera 9 (works in Opera 10beta), Wii and IE without Flash) but I think worth the trade off - easier + works only 99% of the time. Hi Kroc,
Thanks for the fix and thanks for the original. My idea in editing your solution was to simplify it. I know I’ve removed compatibility with some browsers in some cases (Opera 9 (works in Opera 10beta), Wii and IE without Flash) but I think worth the trade off - easier + works only 99% of the time.

]]> Comment on Video Tag Embed With Fallbacks by Verdi http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/06/02/video-tag-embed-with-fallbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Verdi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:16:56 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=60#comment-307 John, One of my concerns is making this simple so I can teach people, which I do both in person and at <a href="http://freevlog.org" rel="nofollow">Freevlog</a>. You are right that I removed the fallback for the case where you can't do the video tag, Flash or Quicktime. I did that because I think if your running around the web without any of those you are not trying to watch videos. We get tens of thousands of visitors to Freevlog and as far as I can tell 100% of them at least have Flash installed and 98% have version 9.0r115 or higher. John,
One of my concerns is making this simple so I can teach people, which I do both in person and at Freevlog. You are right that I removed the fallback for the case where you can’t do the video tag, Flash or Quicktime. I did that because I think if your running around the web without any of those you are not trying to watch videos. We get tens of thousands of visitors to Freevlog and as far as I can tell 100% of them at least have Flash installed and 98% have version 9.0r115 or higher.

]]> Comment on Video Tag Embed With Fallbacks by John Drinkwater http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/06/02/video-tag-embed-with-fallbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-306 John Drinkwater Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:51:44 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=60#comment-306 The problem I have with this revision, is with a browser that doesn’t do <video>, Flash, or Quicktime, I can’t tell you want me to see a video! Where’s the plain text fallback gone? :/ [ You cannot open this embedded video, please click below etc ] The problem I have with this revision, is with a browser that doesn’t do <video>, Flash, or Quicktime, I can’t tell you want me to see a video!
Where’s the plain text fallback gone? :/

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]]> Comment on Video Tag Embed With Fallbacks by Kroc Camen http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/06/02/video-tag-embed-with-fallbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Kroc Camen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:17:52 +0000 http://reports.graymattergravy.com/?p=60#comment-305 Sorry, code snippet did not save in the comment. Here’s a link to my fix http://codeisart.pastebin.com/f5a4600b Sorry, code snippet did not save in the comment. Here’s a link to my fix

http://codeisart.pastebin.com/f5a4600b

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