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Title: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on October 30, 2007, 05:14:06 PM
I am thinking of doing a full video podcast for show # 150 in a few weeks.  I have a few good ideas I think for it.  One thought was I was hoping to get short little messages or greetings from any of you that want to send them in.  Video greetings that is.  Just short little video messages say no more than about 2 minutes tops.  They should be in MPEG 2 format or I think I can handle Quicktime or MP4.  I want to use these on the show.  Right now as I flip through the calendar I see this podcast will probably fall on Thanksgiving weekend and come out on Nov. 25th.  So I would like these videos no later than say Friday, Nov. 23rd - sooner if possible.

What do you all think?  Post here your thoughts and if you plan on doing this.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Geekyfanboy on October 30, 2007, 05:30:34 PM
I love this idea... count me in... now I have to come up with something for the video.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Jen on October 30, 2007, 05:52:23 PM
Cool... my husband and I just bought HD camera. Maybe I can talk my pal  Angela into appearing in one with me.  :)
Star Wars Action News did something like this a while back. A lot of folks got very clever.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on October 30, 2007, 06:14:57 PM
Sounds great Kenny and Jen.  No need to do anything fancy with it - completely up to you.  Hope to get lots of participation.    :metallica:
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: moyer777 on October 30, 2007, 08:19:21 PM
Count Nathan and I in.  We would love to send you a fun video.  The father and son video tribute to Treks in Sci Fi. 

That would rock the house.

FUN!

Thanks for the great idea.

Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on October 30, 2007, 09:39:08 PM
Woot!!  Finally, my logitech notebook camera gets some usage!  I will definately get something up by then.  Maybe even do some video editing if I can figure out how to :(  ;) 

And the best part is that you all get to see who I truely am.  I'm sure you guys will be very unimpressed. 

Woot!

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 04, 2007, 03:37:14 PM
Little reminder bump for this idea.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: moyer777 on November 04, 2007, 03:43:58 PM
we are working on ours. 
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Jen on November 05, 2007, 07:40:12 AM
Angela and I are coming up with ideas.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on November 05, 2007, 08:03:53 AM
Working on it.  Just trying to figure out how to use Window's Movie Maker for the first time....so...yea, working on it.

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Geekyfanboy on November 05, 2007, 10:09:34 AM
I finally came up with a cool idea.. so much pressure :)
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: moyer777 on November 05, 2007, 10:22:57 AM
:)
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: jedijeff on November 05, 2007, 11:44:54 AM
Thinking of something as well, though I will have to cleanup my Collecting room, it is a mess ;)
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: billybob476 on November 05, 2007, 11:46:32 AM
I don't have access to any video recording devices, can we still submit a short audio clip?
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 05, 2007, 11:52:13 AM
Not really for this show as it will be a video cast.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: billybob476 on November 05, 2007, 12:13:52 PM
No problem!
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 15, 2007, 04:56:16 AM
About a week to go for these folks.  Just a little friendly reminder.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Jen on November 15, 2007, 06:19:12 AM
Rico, you let us know what format you needed but not the scale. My authoring file was ginormous (10 GB). So I had to compress it to CD-ROM quality (full resolution) 320 X 240 (now 10 MB). Is that going to be acceptable? I realize you still would need to put them all together and export it for iPod and other small video display devices, but I just wasn't sure what you wanted to start with as far as the scale is concerned.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 15, 2007, 07:01:29 AM
320 x 240 is fine Jen.  I think I'm going to try and setup a spot on my web site server so you can all upload your files directly there.  Might be easier than email.  Let me work on that and I'll post back here with the info.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Jen on November 15, 2007, 07:06:50 AM
Coo, thanks Rico.
I use a upload site called yousendit.com. It's free and it works very well. If you don't get the spot set up, I can send it that way. :)
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 15, 2007, 07:56:53 AM
Go to this thread for the upload info.  It's all set up now:

http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=3461.msg32087
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Jen on November 15, 2007, 08:19:02 AM
Hey Rico, I sent a link to you from yousendit.com
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Geekyfanboy on November 15, 2007, 08:23:41 AM
I still haven't shot mine :( I hope to do it this weekend.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on November 15, 2007, 08:54:12 AM
I'm working on it till the end of the weekend.  I've finally got a good idea.  Hopefully its not too....whats the word "epic" for you Rico  :metallica:  :laugh:  This is my FIRST video though so it might be a bit bugged, but as I'm every adapt at working computer stuff it shouldn't be too bad. 

<<Also downloading new mods for WOW, they all got buggered from 2.3, which btw, is the best patch EVAR>> LOL

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on November 15, 2007, 10:10:39 AM
Oops...just realized my original clip is going to be over 3 mins long.....might need to change that before I finish it.  ;)

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: davekill on November 15, 2007, 09:53:50 PM
Thought I'd join the fun and put a quick clip together too. :)
mpeg2 is not a problem - but don't people use flv files nowadays instead?
They are pretty popular on youtube and might be smaller than mpeg.
Either way, I'll submit one this weekend.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 18, 2007, 05:09:25 AM
The type of file I can use is a little broader now.  Mpeg 2 is great or Mpeg 4, or .wmv or even .mov.  Just try not to compress them hugely before you upload them.  Because I will be editing them into the overall show and compressing it all down at once.

Also, the earlier you get these to me the better.  By about noon on Friday, 11/23 at the latest - please.

Thanks again.  This is going to really be fun to put all together.  I did some work yesterday on a couple sections for the show.  Very excited for all of you to see them.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Geekyfanboy on November 18, 2007, 08:37:11 PM
Well I uploaded an .mp4 of my video.. I started to upload an uncompressed .mov but it was almost 1gig and was going to take six hours to upload.. so instead I'm making a compressed .mov and will upload that. Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: davekill on November 18, 2007, 09:31:23 PM
Depending on how this video cast goes, will you start a short clips section in the forums?

Or is YouTube better for that sort of thing?
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: moyer777 on November 18, 2007, 10:15:20 PM
OK, Nathan and I got our video done and uploaded.  Hehehe.

Should be fun. Let us know if it works ok.

We saved it so we could do a different format if need be.

:boxing
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on November 18, 2007, 10:50:19 PM
Having issues with music clashing with the video's audio.  Any ideas?  I'm using Windows Movie Maker.  I'm thinking that during my dialouge I'll just cut the music, but it kinda ruins it. 

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on November 19, 2007, 12:06:59 AM
Never mind, found out how to get it to do what I want.  However, I'm redoing the video recording because I sound like I'm bored or something XD  :laugh: so I'm going to redit it and have to rico Tuesday. 

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Jen on November 19, 2007, 07:10:38 AM
Quote from: davekill on November 18, 2007, 09:31:23 PM
Depending on how this video cast goes, will you start a short clips section in the forums?

Or is YouTube better for that sort of thing?

You could use photobucket too. :)
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 19, 2007, 03:22:50 PM
We will figure something out to share more in the future - definitely.  I already have stuff up on YouTube under the name treksinscifi.  In starting to pull things together for this vidcast I definitely see more of them in the future.

One other note - I'm really enjoying the clips some of you have sent in so far.  Great, great stuff!  Hope to see several more by Friday.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on November 19, 2007, 10:03:45 PM
3:29 seconds of King Linksr goodness.  heh heh jk.  I'm sending it now via email Rico as Filezilla and FTP don't want to like me and I have too much to fix right now. 

If it doesn't work the format or sound, then I'll try and fix before Friday.

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: moyer777 on November 21, 2007, 08:26:24 AM
Hey Rico!  How are things coming together?  Are you getting enough videos?  Did you get the Father and Son video review???

Be cool man.

Here's to your editing process!

:cheers
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 21, 2007, 09:48:17 AM
I got yours - loved it.  Still hoping for one or two more.  Planning on doing some recording tomorrow and doing the editing Friday - Saturday.  Give or take.  I know I have too many ideas for this one show so you can expect another video cast in the not too distant future.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: jedijeff on November 21, 2007, 10:08:30 AM
I am hoping that I get mine up in the next day, started something, did not like it so started again. So I hope I can finish it tonight
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: davekill on November 21, 2007, 06:47:03 PM
Hi Rico.
How are the videos coming along? If your still looking for more submissions, I can do another and get it out this evening.

DK
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: jedijeff on November 21, 2007, 07:04:38 PM
I uploaded my Video Rico, you should find it on your FTP server
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 23, 2007, 09:03:30 AM
I have about 10 listener videos now.  Nice selection.  Thanks to all that submitted them.  I'm starting to assemble things now.
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Rico on November 24, 2007, 10:06:25 AM
Ok folks, going for the final edit now.  Putting the whole thing together.  If I'm lucky, come back this evening to the forum.  Might have a little surprise for everyone!  ;)
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: moyer777 on November 24, 2007, 10:08:54 AM
how cool!  Can't wait!

Congrats on 150!!

:dstar
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on November 24, 2007, 10:37:18 AM
Woot!!  Can't wait!!!  Hurry up already XD!!!!!

King Linksr
Title: Re: Upcoming Podcast # 150....
Post by: Fanboy on November 24, 2007, 11:28:28 AM
Go get em dude.