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This page got spammed hard, I just removed a couple of thousand spam links, perhaps someone should consider enabling the Captcha option. 

Just list the page title and the suggestion.

Note: Many of these suggestions seem like they would fit best in the wiki. I would try add them myself but my experience is limited to shooting home videos of nephews and nieces... a lot of the people suggesting the below would be better suited to elaborate on the more technical stuff. HINT HINT

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I thought your video's were very helpful. Best information I could find on the internet and all of my computers advice in Help. Thank you

  • fix this info on youtube section: "Max video length of 10 minutes.", it's not true, if you make your own videos you can activate a "director" account and upload much longer videos. you can set it inside your profile page or when creating a new account.
  • for italian speakers, a new place is getting build: popolobue.tv which will hold social videos in italian language.
  • Ustreamtech from Ustream.tv

An often overlooked high quality resource for live streaming is your old video cam corder. Manufacturers spent countless dollars in getting the optics right, quality zoom capabilties, low light sensors, etc. into these devices so why not take adavatage of them. Rather than downloading them and converting into caompatible formats, a simple USB stick TV tuner allows instant feeds to a live stream site like Ustream that will also record. WIth most cam corders offering decent built in microphones far superior to webcam mikes, your audio is also taken care of. Plus the tape recording function also gives you a redundant copy just in case things dont go the way you want it to. Simply restream using the tape drive. So go in the closet, find the AC adapter, dust off the cam corder and try a new/old way of recording.

  • In some ways, I question the need for a Wiki. I can understand the appeal on some level, but Make Internet TV is a wiki itself even if it doesn't go by that name. What is most sorely needed is a discussion forum. There is a link on MITVwiki to something that says "discussion", but I find it wholly inadequate. So far, I've posted about five suggestions for the site. I have no idea whether anyone has read them, whether people think they're good ideas or bad ones, etc. If I feel like I'm writing in to a void I won't do it. Please, but up a regular disucssion forum. If it already exists, my apologies, but I couldn't find one.
  • Those who make donations should be listed on the website and should also be allowed to express why they felt compelled to give

People like social recognition, and if you're going to rely on donations, I suspect that this would help. You might also want to set visible fundigng goals so that you can give donors and yourselves something to strive for. You should also provide documentation of what you intend to do with the funds and how they are spent.

  • People need to be able to better understand how to set up a web page, organize content, etc. It can be very simple. But whatever documentation is provided concerning how to make a webpage to hold content, it needs to done with something like Jing or Camtasia studio.

Once this is done, the resources of the community need to be thrown behind at least one site and one idea so as to establish proof of concept. This will go a long way in encouraging people to do this.

  • Make Internet TV is a good one, and to be successful, it needs a funding source of some kind other than donations. I would suggest insurance quotes kind of like what I do on my site, beyondquotes.com. I also own the domain showpower.org. My plan is to get some cameras and start documenting and categorizing stuff that goes on locally at restaurants, bars, play houses etc. At least half of the money I receive will be redistributed to people who simply have an idea that they want to execute. The whole thing is going to be funded by providing insurance quotes!
  • Equiptment - Computer/Editing - I noticed you left out Linux operating systems. I would suggest Ubuntu for an operating system. It's very stable and enables the user to edit their video with completely free software. Ubuntu is a great option for those of us who don't want to spend a ton of money on software. He is two really good pieces of software that you can run on Ubuntu.

Kino is great for basic video editing. and I highly recommend this to a novice. It works great in most situations. Cinelerra is a free professional editing system that is capable of editing a full length feature film. It is an advanced piece of software one which I found to be quite complex, but useful for those looking for something that compares to Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Shake.

  • A very important stage missing here is preproduction. You need to incoporate that. You might suggest the program Celtx (http://celtx.com), which is a free, Mozilla- and XML-based program that includes many, many tools for developing screenplays, storyboards, cast and crew, many other important details.
  • Seems you are not considering Archive.org. IMHO is the more exciting effort for open access to independence video publishing: http://www.archive.org/details/movies -- Ismael @rroba olea.org
  • Equipment - Lighting - Probably the single most important pieces of equipment for making viewable videos are lights. It is best to get full spectrum lights whether they are incandescent or flourescent. Flourescent lights must have an electronic ballast not a magnetic ballast or they will hum. GE Reveal brand are good full spectrum lights for video. Inexpensive PAR cans, recessed ceiling fixtures, clamp lamps, and desk lamps can be modified and used for video. A 4 foot dual flourescent fixture and two flourescent full spectrum bulbs goes for about $35. Pro video lights are too high to buy. For the cost of one pro instrument you can set up a whole kit at the hardware store.
  • Sharing sites and getting the video off the PC - check out www.Stage6.com and use DivX if you are interested in the quality of your videos getting the your video off of the PC and into the livingroom where your audience can sit back and watch them. don't let flash kill the quality of the video you spent so much time on.
    • DivX has an appalling install - reminds me of real media... wouldn't recommend using it.
      • DivX/Xvid and so on can be played by free and open source players such as VLC - so it's not a big problem, it's a good format.
    • agreed, stage6 hosts high resolution videos, the only issue is if you want people to be able to view them in their web browser.
  • FLASH PLAYER - tell people how to get a free flash player and run it on their own site/blog passing their hosted videos as parameters, so those willing to host their own videos can do it without sending it to youtube or other sites. -- Giovani Spagnolo @ tvgio.com
  • STORY BOARDS - get something about story boards and shooting points, angels. This seems to me important before shooting video. Lucas
  • In addition to the STORY BOARDS, also direct people over to current.tv's production section (including the importance of permission slips!)... this needs to go into the "checklist".
  • Do you need a DV Camcorder?
    There are some digital Camcorder available like "JVC everio" or other with SD cards where clips just can be drag
  • For (STEP 1 - Equipment) I would suggest to add some info on how to get affordable lighting and how to apply it (just the basics). This should be about hardware (lamps, reflectors) and application (maybe add an extra page for that)


  • License

Free_Art_License It is a real copyleft license recommanded by the Free Software Foundation : <quote> : We don't take the position that artistic or entertainment works must be free, but if you want to make one free, we recommend the Free Art License. </quote> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html

It could be useful to had it.

  • You describe how to capture DV video, but you don't say how to drag it into the computer quickly. If you have an hour of video, does it really take a &$&#&$ hour to import it into the computer?

That's what happens when you "import" it in iMovie on the Mac. There must be a better way! [Sorry, not with with tape - it always has to be transferred in real time!]


  • Chapter 1.4: Computer Equipment

Using only one hard disk is a BIG problem with video editing!!! Your HD life expectance gets incredibly reduced, and render times become frustratingly long, all because of HD head seek. I suggest using two hard drives, one where you store your unedited material and the other where you render your final video. HD are cheap today, adding a small one to the system will save you a lot of time and probably money too.

  • Chapter 1: Digital cameras versus DV cameras. This section would benefit from the addition of the new flash-memory video cameras now out (Flip, Sanyo XGC, and such). They have near DV-quality video, and there are even HD versions. The also allow drag-and-drop transfer of video, rather than real-time transfer from tape.

[edit] Chapter 1.3 - Lighting Equipment

  • In the section about extension cords and surge protectors: Surge protection doesn't have anything to do with blowing breakers or fuses. What it should say is to use a power strip with a built-in circuit breaker.
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