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The web expands social networks
Written by David Tames on January 31, 2006
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A new Pew Internet and American Life Project Report done jointly with University of Toronto sociologists shows that the internet helps cultivate social networks and encourages people to talk by phone or meet others in person and put them into action at times when they neded help on important...  Continue Reading...

Secret recipe for amazing image quality video downloads
Written by David Tames on January 27, 2006
Filed Under Filmmaking, QuickTime, Video on the Web, Web
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My “secret recipe” for amazing image quality with video downloads via the web is not so secret, I’ve been using the H.264 (a.k.a. MPEG-4 Part 10) codec along with AAC for the audio. H.264 is much more efficient than previous MPEG codecs (compared to MPEG-2, H.263, or MPEG-4...  Continue Reading...

Notes on the Interview
Written by David Tames on January 23, 2006
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Some documentary filmmakers do interviews while others perfer to observe people and eschew the interview (in the traditions of direct cinema and cinéma vérité) while other filmmakers prefer informal interviews (very often used in personal documentaries); this is a matter of style that...  Continue Reading...

Wide Screen QuickTime Movies from Squeezed Material
Written by David Tames on January 8, 2006
Filed Under Podcasting, QuickTime, Video on the Web
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Here’s a tip for delivering QuickTime movies using QuickTime 7 Pro Player that will open up and play straight away as 16:9 from material that was originally exported as a 16:9 image squeezed into a 4:3 video frame. Continue Reading…  Read More →