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Web Video Design

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:55:51 +0000

This article looks at some of the key factors in web video design.

Video on the web is getting better every day and there are countless opportunities for web developers and web designers to get involved in web video design. So what are the key factors or questions that need to be answered when designing a video for the web:

what size should the video be?

what video encoding settings should be used?

is the video for download or streaming?

what is the purpose of the video - education or sales?

what player should be used?

will the video be hosted on your site or another?

will the video be distributed to video sharing sites?

Web video design is an exciting area that brings together many different skills as you can see form the list of questions above!

What’s the best compression settings for high definition video on youtube?

jocoder — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:49:55 +0000

I’m using a Canon HV20 and Imovie HD. The raw video is high defintion. What’s the best compression settings? I want to upload the best video I can to youtube (as good as youtube can support).

H.264 Editing Software

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:33:57 +0000

H.264 is a codec so its not “really” a video file format. If you are searching for H.264 Editing Software then you really should be…
…looking for video editing software like Sony Vegas and Adobe Premier or Apple Quicktime.

The codec is the way the video is compressed, so when using Quicktime you have a choice of codec which you can use to encode your movies with and this includes H.264.

If you want to talk real techy:

H.264/AVC is the latest block-oriented motion-compensation-based codec standard developed by the Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG)

But we don’t need to worry about that….

Web Video Sizes

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:55:43 +0000

This post explores common web video sizes. The main sizes of video used on the web are as follows:

640 X 480 pixels
320 X 240 pixels

These are the most popular sizes of web video. There are more but again these are mostly widely used. Notice that the proportion is 4:3 (or aspect ratio)

320 X 240 is called QVGA or Quarter VGA - this is also popular for mobile devices

640 X 480 used to be the standard resolution for PC monitors in the 1990s, but is now a common display resolution for PDAs.

Web Video Player Script

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:08:05 +0000

This blog post explores exactly what a Web Video Player Script is. If you are looking for a script then you are likely to be looking for some software that runs on your websites. An example is JW Player. These scripts run on your website and…

allow you to play video in the users browser. There are many website video players but the core features are mostly the same:

ability to play video
ability to use different skin/themes

Some players provide additional functionality (mostly paid for) such as the ability to display ads and also interact with other websites such as facebook etc.

The ability to display ads is good (if you need it) but the core functionality is the embeding of the player in your website or blog.

So in a nutshell a web video player script is software that allows you to embed a video player in your website so that your website visitors can watch your videos!

Would the Sony Vegas Movie Studio Pro 9 software be compatible with a Mac computer?

jocoder — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:32:25 +0000

I’m in the market for a laptop, which I would be using for school but mostly visual editing. I was planning on getting Sony Vegas 9 for my editing program but then I realized it might not work on a Mac, which is what I’m (hopefully) going to be getting for my laptop, so does anyone know if they’d work together? Or if Apple has something similar but better then Sony Vegas 9?? Thanks!

What band width is needed to transfer a live video around the globe?

jocoder — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:47:10 +0000

I need a wireless Internet to have teleconference , when Im on the way.
The city that Im in have WiMAX and VPN tecnology, what band width I need to have enough good video transfer, and which tecnology is the best?

And if you help me to now, how can I calculate a video transfer rate for example if I have a one megapixel web cam, you gave me great pleasure…

Admin:
It all depends on the quality of the video……less quality needs less bandwidth

There are a lot of links in the chain so the answer is….it depends…..but probably not as much as you think!

What’s the most common player size for widescreen videos on the web?

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:43:43 +0000

Building a video player on a website, and wondering what the most commonly used player size is for widescreen 16:9 videos. I have several videos, all encoded at 640×480, which is too big. Just curious if there’s a standard yet that I should reduce them to before making my own

What are the best encoding settings in Adobe Premiere for youtube videos?

jocoder — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:42:27 +0000

I’ve been trying a bunch of different settings and anythign that fits under the 100 MB limit looks really pixelly compared to other videos I see on YouTube. What are the magic settings I should be using?

Most of my videos are starting off as DV AVI.

How do you start an online video website?

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:39:51 +0000

How do you make or start an online video website like youtube?

Video sharing refers to websites or software where users can distribute their videos. Some services may charge, but the large majority of them offer free services. Many services have options for private sharing and other publication options. Video sharing services can be classified into several categories, among them: user generated video sharing websites, video sharing platform / white label providers and web based video editing.

User generated sites mostly offer free services whereby users can upload video clips and share it with the masses. Many sites place restrictions on the file size, duration, subject matter and format of the uploaded video file. Most sites don’t allow nudity, though each site makes judgment calls on what qualifies as inappropriate content. Some sites also flag adult material to keep it out of their public pool of content. Some sites screen all their content before it is published and others approve first and use community features to filter out inappropriate content “after-the-fact.”