Internet Documentary. Help Me!

Adam Perry · July 16th, 2008, 08:23 AM

Alright, so here's the deal. I was recently hired by a company to follow them around and make little webisode documentary things about the changes in their business and how they're evolving. I'm thinking each episode will be about 10 mins long. It's totally not a corporate instructional video, its grab a camera, put it on auto (crappy lighting conditions) and stick it in someone's face while they're working, getting yelled at....fired....etc. So yeah...fun moments. They want complete transparency.

The advice I'm curious about with this is mainly web related. I don't want to use Vimeo. While I personally love vimeo for my stuff, it seems to be jerky and have problems loading for some people/playing smoothly. Also, since the eps are 10 min long they'll prob be fairly big files. I don't know what to do. Youtube and google video are other ones i want to stay away from bc of the ads and distractions from content. Does anyone have any advice on this? A good player to embed on sites? Maybe just embed a small h.264 file?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Gary Brun · July 16th, 2008, 09:32 AM

Take a look at http://www.sorensonmedia.com The software is excellent.
You can see the results here on my site for encoding http://www.mlotv.com/view/325/the-me...r-hunting-dvd/
The JW flash player is free and quite easy to install.

Adam Perry · July 16th, 2008, 10:55 AM

yeah that JW player looks excellent. Thanks!

Bob Hart · July 16th, 2008, 11:32 AM

You could have a look at www.exposureroom.com.

There is a choice of three qualities for clip views. Clips can be for general viewing or restricted to a limited group by use of a password.

The site is apparently in advanced beta but works well. The operators follow up promptly on queries.

Here is a very short sample clip :-

http://exposureroom.com/members/DARA...0680b99a8cccc/

Gary Nattrass · July 16th, 2008, 11:57 AM

Or host the video under your own branding or even better with sponsorship links, have a look at these guys:http://www.streamingvideoprovider.co.uk/

Their quality is very good and stream times very fast.

Chris Hurd · July 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM

Pretty soon you'll be able to host it right here, for free. We're working hard on adding a free video hosting service for DV Info Net members; encoding will be as good as or better than the most popular "other" sites already mentioned. Look for an announcement coming soon...

Adam Perry · July 16th, 2008, 04:00 PM

awesome, thanks chris! ill def. be considering that!

David Sands · July 16th, 2008, 08:05 PM

Chris, that is terrific news. Can't wait to hear the details.

Adam Perry · July 21st, 2008, 03:28 PM

well in talking with them it looks like they dont want to host it themselves. so until dvinfo gets that hosting, looks like google video it is. anyone recommend rendering settings for that?

July 16th, 2008, 08:23 AM	#1
Adam Perry Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 65	Internet Documentary. Help Me! Alright, so here's the deal. I was recently hired by a company to follow them around and make little webisode documentary things about the changes in their business and how they're evolving. I'm thinking each episode will be about 10 mins long. It's totally not a corporate instructional video, its grab a camera, put it on auto (crappy lighting conditions) and stick it in someone's face while they're working, getting yelled at....fired....etc. So yeah...fun moments. They want complete transparency. The advice I'm curious about with this is mainly web related. I don't want to use Vimeo. While I personally love vimeo for my stuff, it seems to be jerky and have problems loading for some people/playing smoothly. Also, since the eps are 10 min long they'll prob be fairly big files. I don't know what to do. Youtube and google video are other ones i want to stay away from bc of the ads and distractions from content. Does anyone have any advice on this? A good player to embed on sites? Maybe just embed a small h.264 file? Any advice would be appreciated.

July 16th, 2008, 11:32 AM	#4
Bob Hart Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PERTH. W.A. AUSTRALIA. Posts: 2,391	You could have a look at www.exposureroom.com. There is a choice of three qualities for clip views. Clips can be for general viewing or restricted to a limited group by use of a password. The site is apparently in advanced beta but works well. The operators follow up promptly on queries. Here is a very short sample clip :- http://exposureroom.com/members/DARA...0680b99a8cccc/ Last edited by Bob Hart; July 16th, 2008 at 11:33 AM. Reason: error

July 16th, 2008, 11:57 AM	#5
Gary Nattrass Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cornsay Durham UK Posts: 302	Or host the video under your own branding or even better with sponsorship links, have a look at these guys:http://www.streamingvideoprovider.co.uk/ Their quality is very good and stream times very fast. __________________ Over 28 years in broadcast film and TV as a dubbing mixer/editor: Visit my Pub TV channel: www.TheBlackHorseBar.co.uk And the N East UK IPTV Portal www.iNorthEast.tv

July 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM	#6
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 21,373 Images: 535	Pretty soon you'll be able to host it right here, for free. We're working hard on adding a free video hosting service for DV Info Net members; encoding will be as good as or better than the most popular "other" sites already mentioned. Look for an announcement coming soon... __________________ CH Search DV Info Net for quick answers \| The best in the business: DV Info Net Sponsors \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

July 16th, 2008, 08:05 PM	#8
David Sands New Boot Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bettendorf, Iowa Posts: 16	Chris, that is terrific news. Can't wait to hear the details. __________________ David Sands Sands Media Productions

July 16th, 2008, 09:32 AM	#2
Gary Brun Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kråkstad Norway. Posts: 43	Take a look at http://www.sorensonmedia.com The software is excellent. You can see the results here on my site for encoding http://www.mlotv.com/view/325/the-me...r-hunting-dvd/ The JW flash player is free and quite easy to install.

July 16th, 2008, 10:55 AM	#3
Adam Perry Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 65	yeah that JW player looks excellent. Thanks!

July 16th, 2008, 04:00 PM	#7
Adam Perry Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 65	awesome, thanks chris! ill def. be considering that!

July 21st, 2008, 03:28 PM	#9
Adam Perry Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 65	well in talking with them it looks like they dont want to host it themselves. so until dvinfo gets that hosting, looks like google video it is. anyone recommend rendering settings for that?

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