Will take $20 off if you don't need the 6-pin lemo connector.
2005 / red.
Only used a dozen times since it's not hot enough to push through my Audio Limited transmitters in very quiet situations without hiss. Suppose I could keep it for screaming scenes, but...
The media uploaded here is the raw footage, downloaded from the hereafter mentioned Ovi site, for comparison's sake.
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The following is Ovi's flash compression of the same file:
The N96 is not bad at all capturing shafts of light, flares & shadow.
This video was uploaded to Nokia's Ovi sills and video sharing host. This is Ovi's html code for the media file that links to the video hosted @ Ovi's site:
Fair warning: Don't try to post to your blog directly from Ovi using an email address, because all the email addresses appear in the resultant post, including what should be your very private post-to-blog email addy. Oops.
An Ovi downside is that only the owner of the media posted has the option to download it in its mp4 format, and then, only with a script rather than the preferable direct URL. Perhaps there's a setting to permit any / all / or some to download, but it's not immediately apparent. Neither is the media's license immediately apparent. No copyright or creative commons license option at all as far as I can see. Probably buried in the terms of service. Not good enough.
Ovi should check out Blip.TV for best practices in IP regard.
Pre-recirded videos in folders for playback in the order you want
Easy-to-deploy graphics
Easy-to-deploy clickable crawling links fed by RSS feed post titles
Create a 'storyboard' collection of videos, and set it to auto-play loop until you return for another live event, or choose storyboarded videos on the fly, live
It's free
Internal video YouTube video 'search' w/drag n' drop to storyboards
Mogulus Downsides:
Internal video YouTube video 'search' w/drag n' drop to storyboards, but YouTube's the only external video game in town
It's free so ads show up, but there are paid models [Mogulus Pro Channel] @ a minimum of $350/month
Mogulus comes up on the radar just now because two of my friends -- one, an artister & teacher; the other, a film producer & writer -- each with different requirements, but both wanting to intersect with more than one individual in audio, video, text and stills.
Ged on the other hand, today finishes draft #1 of a screenplay he plans to share with four trusted industry friends and his wife, for a total of six individuals who could benefit from private access to each others' text and video feedback.
Ged will give them a little time to respond, whereupon he'll make adjustments and release the screenplay to a wider group.
It's at this point, the process could open up to a public blog, Google Docs, Mogulus and Seesmic. MB should be open from the very beginning; Ged may wish to wait until he's ready.
For sure, both could benefit from a WordPress video-friendly blog in which to embed the Mogulus player and to which they should add the Seesmic Video Comment Plug-in.
Why Seesmic plug-in?
Because you may not only embed entire ongoing conversations in a blog page, but;
You can comment in video, which gives expressions of critical thinking the emotional context text fails nearly every time to deliver
Pitching Seesmic to a Screenwriter Anyone can join the conversation, all you need is a Seesmic account. Or, you may make your video private. Why a blog? Because it creates a time-based record of the process, and subscribers (Google Reader may be the best aggregator for this) automatically receive:
updated versions of the script via .pdf
still and video images
videos of iChat / Skype conferences
text news
You'll also need to play hard in the Flickr, Facebook and Twitter sandboxes as well.
Using digital media to develop, make and market a film or art event requires a lot, but it's not rocket science, it simply requires a great deal of thoughtful time.
Nokia's 'native' video / still image upload client - that accepts larger-sized files - is Ovi, and this is their embed:
Only the owner of the media has access to direct download links to the files, and even then, it's some kind of script and not a direct URL. Rats. So I can't add a Quicktime enclosure for my RSS feed using Ovi.
Downloaded Qik's 3gp video file and uploaded it to Blip. (Can't seem to Bluetooth videos from the phone to the computer, no matter what I try.) Here's Blip's player embeded:
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And here's the raw mp4 file uploaded to Blip.TV and transcoded to Flash there:
Nokia's N96 finally arrived, with help from my helpful neighbors who sign for my stuff from the lazy delivery guy who doesn't wanna schlep up a flight of steps and sometimes forget to deliver.
The increased quality of cellphone video will make a huge difference in what creators can imagine doing with these always-on, always-handy devices.
I'm soooooo interested in making a feature film using only cell phone video.
Need a writer, thank you very much.
In the meantime, can me and my pals produce a cellphone-based short film with Nokia's vine application? In three weeks? Dunno. ViNe keeps hanging up in Firefox. :( Have yet to install the application on the phone.
Soon.
Failing interest in a short film, a few interviews anyway.
Here's Grace Piper's Qik player, to which she's narrowcasting live with her own Beta-test N96.
Last night I watched a movie in one tab, with Grace's Qik page open in another.
Soon began to hear laughter & voices obviously not part of the movie.
Startled, I jumped & became briefly nervous, wondering where in heaven's name the voices were coming from, but soon realized it was only Grace & friends; with a Qik page open, live broadcasts automatically update and come through. Inadvertently followed Grace throughout her Thanksgiving Eve shenanigans. Fun stuff.
Have long lamented being unable to broadcast live with AT&T's 8525, and to the end of ending said lamentation, have often checked with Qik's 'Supported Phones' page, where they've just recently begun to delve into software for pocket pc's and smart phones. With the arrival of my own Beta N96, I shall have a chance to see how this amazing application can work.
Transparency and community in film making as inspired by web possibilities [Shhh: Web 2.0].
Ted describes his blog -- whence comes the enclosed potluck dinner video -- like this:
We are on the verge of a new film culture and infrastructure, driven by both the creators and the audiences. We must accept that being a filmmaker means taking responsibility for our films all the way through the process. Building the new infrastructure is the first step towards real media independence.
Micro-budgeted, crowd-sourced, long-tailed, self-distributed feature film makers speak to the evolving business model.
* Tell Me More 'Bout Your Love - written by Phil Platten
Kissing & A Huggin' - Joan Armatrading
* Manhattan Connection - Jan McLaughlin
Medley: Fever - Peggy Lee
Chuck E's in Love - Ricki Lee Jones
All my Friends are Troubadors - ?
* A Waste of Good Cologne - Jan McLaughlin
Under the Falling Sky - Jackson Browne
Honey Don't Leave LA - James Taylor
* Shufflin' Our Way into Heaven - Phil Platten
Set #2
Dance Medley: You Can't Sit Down; Wah-Wahtusi; Boogitie-Boogitie-Shoop; The Bristol Stomp; Nah-Nah-Nha-Nha-Nha
Can hardly believe the old Nagra III still cranks up. I think after I finish digitizing all the tapes, I should sell it. Hey, if any of you have 2-track analog tapes you want digitized, let me know before too long. I'd be happy to help.
God knows what these tapes were recorded on - I have to guess it was 2-track. Can't remember who might have recorded for us. Even the venue is unclear.
Feels like a miracle.
Going through the old boxes is dusty & lonely work, except for the fact that I get to share this stuff with friends & family. Otherwise, why bother?
So much becomes possible. More possibility every day.
Blip.TV is at the cutting edge of web-based services & technologies that support media makers in innovative ways & means of hosting and distributing multimedia objects.
