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iPhone 2.2 software update includes video podcast download

Nov 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm in digital video news, web video by · 3 Comments »

Today, Apple released an update to the iPhone software that includes built-in podcast episode downloading. Why should you care?

Here’s why:

In the past, you could only watch (or listen to) podcasts on an iPhone by subscribing and downloading on your computer with iTunes, then syncing the episodes with your iPhone. While I’m sure a lot people went through the hassle, I’m pretty sure the vast majority did not.

A software programmer made a nice app called “Podcaster” that I’ve [read more →]

Video Is No Longer The Future of the Internet. It's the Present.

Nov 20, 2008 at 3:00 pm in digital video news, web video by · 5 Comments »

Ten years ago I sat down with a VP of Cisco Systems and told him the future was video on the internet. At the time, he thought video would always be a minor, though growing element. He said “people don’t want to watch video on their PCs, they want to watch video on their TVs.”

I disagreed, and told him that in a few years it would be the #1 highest traffic driver on the net, and the #1 reason for [read more →]

Ken Stone writes glowing review of DV Kitchen

Nov 10, 2008 at 9:58 pm in web products, web video by · Leave a Comment »

Some quotes:

“DV Kitchen is a finely crafted application, very easy to use and stable.”

“DV Kitchen has ‘TimeFreezer’, a much better way to make still images from video.”

“…you can have DV Kitchen add the ‘Shadow Box’ effect to movies that you create. It does this with one click and writes the html code for you automatically, sweet.

On SampleLab™:

“This is simply the best way I have ever seen to visually check the quality of your encoded video.”

While writing the review, [read more →]

by duncan

Rode Blimp

at 6:29 pm in broadcast, broadcast products, location sound, location sound gear by duncan · 11 Comments »

For the last few years we have been searching for an inexpensive wind protection system. While we have featured the professional Sennheiser set-up in the DVeStore, the price point was out of reach for many of us. We just couldn’t justify spending $800+ on a serious package. Alas, RODE has developed a solution for us mere mortals to be proud of owning – the all new RODE Blimp.

We’re excited to bring professional quality wind protection to you for under $300! [read more →]

DV Kitchen adds Shadowbox support

Nov 4, 2008 at 7:28 pm in digital video news, web video by · 2 Comments »

Shadowbox is an online media viewer application written by the genius Mike Jackson.

When a link or picture is clicked, it veils your web page like dimming the lights in a theatre, then opens a window with a cool animation and plays your movie.

You can now shadowbox your Quicktime or Flash movies from DV Kitchen with just a few clicks, since the code is all written for you!

Watch the movie to see how easy it is:

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