The list of everything you’ve ever watched on YouTube will soon be in the hands of Viacom. This is ridiculous.
What is Viacom going to find people were watching that belongs to them? Mostly Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and that won’t be news to them. You’d think those guys could put some pressure on the suits and tell them to lay off. Deal with reality and find a way to make it pay without making the fans feel like crooks.
Well, kiddies, let’s see if this works. If not, I’ll delete this and in my despair eat tapioca pudding.
[MEDIA=13]
Hey, there we go. MPEG-4 (H.264) compression. Here’s how it looks using FLV compression.
[flv:/Video/2008/JUN/GraveOfTheFireflies.flv 440 248]
Hmm… ya know what? I’m not seeing enough of a difference here to make it worth the effort to go with MPEG-4. If anything, FLV looks crisper. Also, it seems the entire MPEG-4 video has to buffer before it starts playing, and that’s a definite disadvantage.
If you see this, please ignore…
[MEDIA=12]
OK… so don’t ignore. Because the test works.
This is sort of an important post. First, I’m seriously considering getting an iPhone 3G, after the initial rush has passed. But I was going to get a full-featured FiOS TV set top box for the porch, and instead I went for the free digital converter, so maybe I won’t get an iPhone.
The point to this 10-minute video about the new iPhone is that it’s in an entirely different format than what I’ve used up to now. This is just the proof of concept, and the next thing to do will be converting one of my own video transfers into the new format. If this works, from now on the videos should be watchable in full screen mode.
When Laserdisc was the best home video format available, studios would release expensive, deluxe editions of movies with all sorts of extras. I bought a few of them, including a box set from Disney of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It came with a hardcover book that was co-written by none other than Brian Sibley.
My sister Jean asked for a particular song, and here it is. Pompous and bloated, even compared to the Moody Blues, and not as creepy as DOA by Bloodrock, but with a neat ambiance. Dig that old analog synthesizer sound!
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2008/JUL/KingCrimson.mp3]I’m a fan of the work of Dennis Potter. The thought has occurred to me that perhaps J.K. Rowling named Harry in his honor. He’s the sort of writer I suspect she would appreciate. If you don’t know who I’m talking about — and I’m sure Brian Sibley does — please look him up now.
When I hear this song I think of Dennis Potter, and if you don’t like what you’re about to hear, don’t tell me, because I think this is wonderful. It’s sometimes easy to forget what made certain performers from long ago great. Here’s Bing Crosby at his best.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2008/JUN/DerBingle.mp3]