The first few months after starting this blog, I spent a lot of time and effort figuring out how to post video. Keep in mind that was in 2006, before YouTube took over. In fact, Google bought YouTube only one month after I began blogging. Adobe had purchased Macromedia and its Flash technology just 18 months before then. Flash video, with its .FLV files, was the only way to post video, but since the introduction of HTML 5 it’s fallen into disfavor, although not quite into disuse. The last time I checked, the BBC was still using Flash.
Thanks to YouTube, it’s rare for me to capture, edit, and post a video clip. But being the old retired guy that I now am, I have a new video capture setup, and I thought I’d play around a bit. Editing is still a pain, but otherwise there’s nothing to doing video compared to the bad old days.
This is from a first-generation Roku player, almost 10 years old.
This is from a DVD, with the opening to an outstanding, mostly forgotten, film called “The Red House.” Julie London at 20!