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Surprise Party

Andy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:11:24 +0000

He’s gorgeous and funny!

Secret World

Andy — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:02:41 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

Lovely video (and tune) and also my little geeks this youtube was shot in 4k video resolution (4096 × 3072) which would ideally fit on a 25 foot screen. All very well if you have your laptop rigged up to a projector but anyhoo.

What’s bigger than 1080p? 4K video comes to YouTube

Today at the VidCon 2010 conference, we announced support for videos shot in 4K, meaning that now we support original video resolution from 360p all the way up to 4K. To give some perspective on the size of 4K, the ideal screen size for a 4K video is 25 feet; IMAX movies are projected through two 2k resolution projectors. – linky

Click here to go and watch the video in mega high quality (depending on your computer that is…)

YouTube goes Full HD!

Andy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:35:51 +0000

Well i bought a subscription to Vimeo because i always thought that the video quality there was slightly better than youtube … if you squint … kinda. Both sites allowed Half def 720p HD video. Until now that is. I read this post [ 1080p HD is coming to Youtube ] last week on the Youtube Blog and i’ve been dying to try it out. So i shot a little test clip in 1080 HD and have uploaded it to youtube. Now the weather conditions here are miserable and grey, hardly ideal! So i’m not sure how good this is gonna look.

I’m not sure how useful this is at the moment because i don’t know how many people have full HD monitors on their pc’s. My laptop is a full 1920×1080 HD screen but i hardly ever take advantage of it. Mostly because streaming a video that huge over the web eats at your bandwidth something shocking! And that’s the other thing, how many people have a connection fast enough to handle streaming full HD video? Mine isn’t.

But anyway, i’m going to start uploading everything in full HD from now on anyway because i’m sure there will come a point when it becomes the norm and at least it will save me re-uploading everything. Here’s my first test video shot and uploaded in 1080p. It looks how it does on the PC so Youtube haven’t destroyed the video. I just wish i’d had a better clearer video to demonstrate!

Click this link [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwkGwOMJy_s&fmt=37] and switch the video to full screen mode (the button just to the right of the HD button). At the moment to watch videos in 1080hd you aparrently have to add this to the end of the URL

&fmt=37

The settings i used in Sony Vegas Pro 9 are:

I shot the video in 25p CINE mode with the Vivid setting on, i also tweaked the levels in Vegas. Anyway, Render settings were:

Incidentally, i’ve also installed the new Flashplayer 10.1 which has made viewing these videos much smoother: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Nerd Porn

Andy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:14:50 +0000

Also known as the new TRON movie! Looks good.

HD Trailer for Tron Legacy (aka Tron 2, Tr2n). Coming in Disney 3D in 2010. Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wild, Bruce Boxleitner.

Vimeo vs Viddyou vs Youtube

Andy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:04:12 +0000

As the thread title suggests, which video host is best for HD video? Well first of all how about a direct comparison – the same video on all three sites:

Viddyou.com (paid)

Vimeo.com (paid)

Youtube.com (free)

It’s very very close, Viddyou seems to display the video with the most saturation, then Vimeo and then Youtube. Particularly with the red flowers Viddyou seems a bit too much. I would say Vimeo is just slightly sharper than the other two. Apart from that i can see very little difference.

I have to say i am surprised. I’m paying Vimeo for their Plus package^[1] and compared to youtube, i’m wondering if it’s worth it? People over there say “ah yes but what you get over here is a better community“. True enough Youtube is littered with arseholes but i get more views and positive comments on Youtube than i do on Vimeo. So unless Vimeo come up with something come next subscription time then i don’t think i’ll be renewing with them. My main reason for uploading home movies is as an extra backup but also for embedding them on other sites. With Vimeo you only get a set amount of embedded High Definition plays per year. Even after you have paid them. If you need more plays then you pay them again! I don’t think so.

you can use Vimeo for free but with limits

Smugmug

Andy — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:40:27 +0000

I’ve been looking for somewhere to upload both photos and videos. For pix i used Flickr and for videos i used Viddyou and had paid accounts with both. I’ve also tried Vimeo which i like and YouTube which is full of idiotic children leaving idiotic comments, so although HD videos look ok on YouTube, it’s still the a trailertrash video site. So anyway, i found SmugMug! It’s certainly not the cheapest of pix and video hosting solutions but i reckon it’s the best. Your photos are displayed very professionally and you can even sell them through SmugMug. But what really impressed me was their HD video! I’ve uploaded a couple of HD videos and they look amazing on there. Plus you get embed codes so you can embed either dvd quality video or web quality (see below).

Viddyou videos look better embedded i think, however, go to SmugMug and watch the video in full size High Def and you really notice a difference! –> Click Here

Check out my smugmug gallery here: http://elektrobix.smugmug.com/

Click Read More for video comparisons:

Vidyou

Vimeo

Pip Frost from Andy Martin on Vimeo.

YouTube

Icanhascheezeburger!

Andy — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:45:01 +0000

If you are a fan of those fabulous funny cat pictures (LOL cats) then you must go here! http://icanhascheezburger.com/

YouTube goes High Definition

Andy — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:12:12 +0000

As i mentioned before i’ve been looking for somewhere online to put my HD videos. I originally liked Vimeo because it’s a nice clean layout, it has a great community for budding film-makers and novices wanting to learn how to use their camcorders, there’s also plenty of videos to be inspired by. However it’s a bit restrictive (limited uploads unless you pay and even when you do you still have limited embeds unless you pay yet again). So i settled on Viddyou because i can upload as much HD video as i like and i can embed as much HD video as i like for a lot less money than Vimeo. I also like the fact that i can use it as an online backup for my videos and you can even upload 1080 video!

But anyway, YouTube (which is 1280×720 resolution). I must say i was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the HD videos! In fact i’d even say it’s slightly better than Vimeo which many consider to be the best quality. The other thing YouTube has going for it is its massive audience! Here’s one of my videos in HD on YouTube – bear in mind to embed your HD YouTube you have to apply a hack which is explained here: How to embed HD YouTube Videos.

Click here to see the video in its full size

But it’s still YouTube and it’s still overrun with annoying mental midgets who leave comments such as “yoo suck dick fukin nooooob!” etc etc etc. HD or no HD, it’s still a fucking dump and the last place you wanna leave your precious memories! It would be like parking your Porche on a drug and booze fuelled housing estate. No thanks.