Thought this was quite amusing:

http://www.thompsound.com/Articles/ten_sins/

I like the idea of listening to a CD and especially MLB.TV while I do video editing. I'm not worried about the sound interfering yet, I'm just doing
first pass cutting and I've got lots of hours to work with. I bought
a SONY VAIO 820 which has Sigmatel Audio and then bought Pinnacle
Studio Plus and have installed all of their patches. I start up the music
or ballgame, and then load Studio Plus. At 100% of load, the sound cuts out.
I can listen to MLB.TV alongside of a Music CD (Windows Media Player) and
no problem from either.

Pinnacle says no one else reports this problem. I would like to understand sound cards - do they have a feature for exclusive use ? Surely if there is,
then Studio is requesting it. But why wouldn't they know of other's having
this problem. Is it possible all sound cards don't support exclusive use ?

Any other guesses ? SONY says I have the latest version of firmware and
driver for the sound. Sigmatel doesn't want to talk with me.

thanks
Charlie_Katz@yahoo.com or answer here

Interesting article about Apple's negotiations with the movie studios:

http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060621_022435.htm

Some Hollywood insiders are uncomfortable haggling with Jobs, who is a director and the largest shareholder of a huge rival, Walt Disney & Co. Another reason a deal may not be imminent is that neither side needs it to happen right away. Music studio sales were collapsing at the time they negotiated deals with Apple. Not so with Hollywood studios

Pitchfork ( a really good music site ) reaches way back to highlight 100 'awesome' music videos. By awesome they mean both good and memorably bad.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36588/Staff_List_100_Awesome_Music_Videos/page_1

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1817636,00.html

Interesting that they'd take the photo in front of a (nuclear) power plant.

hwm

http://11cameras.com/TheShow/

The show is shot using HVX200 cameras with the whole show shown through the perspective of a webcam. It delves into the lives of the people behind the cameras, the story almost puts you into the situation.

If you've seen this show, what do you think about it?

http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/07/25/motorolas_stayi.html

I think they play video.

hwm

Hi,

I'm not sure where this topic should go, but I need to subtitle a 45min narrative project I just finished and I'd like to know some basic/standard subtitling rules.
Which font? (where to download for free?)
Which size?

so far I have this:
• three seconds are needed to read a line,
• a single subtitle showing should not exceed two lines, and
• a line of subtitles should not exceed 37 characters.

The Metropolitan Opera House here in NY is going to start broadcasting their performances live in High Definition and surround sound to movie theaters around the country.

They hope to make the show accessible to a wider audience. And make money selling tickets of course.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/arts/music/07unio.html

I think some of you may be interested in this documentary.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1250257575160328105&q=blu-ray+OR+hd-dvd&hl=en
This was on Google for several days now.

From: Gizmodo.com
The Nokia N93 cameraphone is so good, Rob Dickinson (former lead singer of Catherine Wheel) used it to shoot the entirety of the music video to his song Oceans. The N93 can take VGA video at 30FPS, which is quality enough for broadcast, and decent enough for a so-so music video.

The video quality is good, but the video itself is good which goes again towards the notion that good gear can never make up for bad talent. But talent can make the cheapest gear look good.

Here's the Youtube link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsxCPMpRRK8


-gb-

http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/11/16/shift_how_the_p.html

Interesting.

heath