Valentino Bihorac

[worldwidese]

Now I'm really confused !

So break it to me gently- what format is best and how do I put some video into a website?

[Niels Duinker]

What Team Rootberry taught me is

- used different format (.mov and .mpg they use, .wmv is ok as well) so that the people can what format they want to see, depending on the video player installed on their computer.
- used different quality/size that people can choose depending on how fast their internet is.

check out how

https://www.rootberry.com

https://www.juggleshow.com

https://www.passingzone.com

did it.

[Stretch]

>my philosophy-

if a potential client cannot spend $40 per month on broadband, what are the chances they'll spend $1000+ on a juggler.

Just a thought.


etienne<

You would be surprised. I was. One of my best repeat gigs is in a tiny town in the hinterlands. Often I am contacted by volunteers operating out of their homes. Sometimes they don't even have the internet, but they are willing to pay for entertainment.

[scot]

See zoobie, you're giving the stats for total Americans. I'm giving the stats for american internet users. There are lots of people who don't use the internet. According to my math, that's around 81% of total Americans that wouldn't be able to see your wmv.

Your argument can also be stated as, "putting such a large video online makes it difficult for people to view it with slow and no internet."

I somehow agree with etienne on this.

The Kill Bill Soundtrack makes anything look cool.

[Steven Ragatz]

Scott wrote:

There are lots of people who don't use the internet. According to my math, that's around 81% of total Americans that wouldn't be able to see your wmv.

That may be true, but if you land a gig with .001% of the 19% of Americans that CAN view the media, you will be working more than anyone else on this forum.

Bottom line? Be flexible.

Steven Ragatz

[zoobie]

They're busy putting high speed ads on my doorknob as I type. You'd have to be living under a rock here (USA) not to see all the ads on television for high speed. They're pushing it hard but most of us are simply waiting till it comes down to U$10-15 a month. The industry wants to keep the price high.

It's as simple as this...Windows OS comes bundled with Internet Explorer and Media Player. Lots of casual users don't know there's anything else. Microsoft was sued and told to unbundle them...but it hasn't happened yet because they haven't released a totally new OS.

About 70% of the videos I've seen online are .wmv with about 10% .mov's and 10% mpegs.

edit:: also real media 10%

Regardless, video is hot. If I wasn't busy editing almost 10 years of my own, I'd be out shooting performers videos.

What's cool about high speed is that they're complete movies on the internet in the new DivX format. Some stand alone DVD players are now supporting DivX.

Personally, I think this video Niels pointed to is one of the best I've seen.

Lots of good stuff out there...hilarious

[Spike McGuire]

I don't know if this helps at all, but every one I know has high speed and I know exactly 18% of America.

[zoobie]

I'll buy that.
The industry has been pushing it here for the past year and have probably increased their sales 5%. This doesn't sound like much but translates into millions of new monthly subscribers.

I saw the other thread on filetypes...

[scot]

Excuse me.

"About 70% of the videos I've seen online are .wmv with about 10% .mov's and 10% mpegs.
edit:: also real media 10%"

Do you have records to back up these figures?