|
Hello everyone,
He we go again with another term that not too many know about - vloging.
This is no more than video blogging. Did I just say "no more than"?
Streaming audio and video are making a huge jump in popularity since now we have more 'toys' that can playback these medias.
A couple of things that you need to know is you don't NEED an iPod or portable mp3 player or the newer video iPods or a PSP by Sony unless you wish to take the media with you and you still have a choice in that matter.
There are softwares now that allows you to use this media right on your computer.
Here is access to a few of the most popular:
http://GetFireant.com/
http://mefeedia.com/
http://ipodderx.com/
None of these are affiliate links. I put these here freely for your use.
Any one of these can be installed on your desktop or wifi-laptop and you will be able to enjoy any of the many media streams currently available. More is being added everyday.
Now on the subject of video - you can create your own streaming video and do it pretty cheap. Some of you may already have some of the software.
All that is needed is a video camera, MS Windows Movie Maker or equivelent, video compression software, and then a place to host your video.
Due to the size of videos you may need to check with your host to see if it can handle the possible volume of storage and bandwidth. You may need to increase your hosting package.
There are some websites that have helpful how-to's on how to set up vlogging and media aggregators.
Here is reference to a how to site. They use Blogger in the demo but I recommend Bizzy Blogz for the better easy of use and more flexibility.
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/intro.mov
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/02screencapmac.mov
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/02screencappc.mov
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/03ourmedia.mov
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/04publishvideo2.mov
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/05post2.mov
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/step6rss2.mov
http://www.freevlog.org/archive/08linklove.mov
Ok. That's it for now. This should help you understand vloging and if you are short on ideas of what to ask for for Christmas maybe this will spark some ideas.
Happy Thanksgiving & Happy Vloging,
Kenneth R Sword Jr
http://www.bizzyblogz.com/krsword
|