November 25, 2003Audio/Video BloggingAs this weblog grows in readership (which, I'm pleased to say, it seems to be doing, knock-on-wood), I must be a little more cautious about snarky comments. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to avoid them altogether, I just want to be sure I make myself reasonably clear. A couple days ago I wrote about Mark Jones' experiment with adding video to his blog. I concluded with the kinda dismissive swipe, "But I'm not sure if just pointing to a video clip in your weblog makes it a 'video blog'." Fortunately, Mark didn't take it too personally and responded with a further explanation of his thoughts on video. Mark, very reasonably, pointed out that so far he's still just learning how to use the tools. That's fair, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of Mark's experiment. As I said, I've been thinking about audio/video blogging too. One of the things that make blogging distinctive is that a posting includes links to other web resources -- blogs and other kinds of content. An audio/video blog posting should include links too. I envision an a/v blog posting that has clickable links. Quicktime, Real Audio and Flash seem to support the ability to have a click on the "screen" which jumps to a URL. I'm gonna check to see if that URL can change during the playing of a clip. That would make for an interesting a/v blog entry. "Click here to view the site I'm talking about now." Mark points to Jon Udall who's pulled together some cool info about creating links that not only jump to a video clip, but automatically fast-forward into the clip to the relevant section. Very nice. More to come... Posted by jghiii at November 25, 2003 01:27 PMComments
Posted by: Tim Hall on December 15, 2003 10:27 AM
Hi Jack, "I envision an a/v blog posting that has clickable links. Quicktime, Real Audio and Flash seem to support the ability to have a click on the "screen" which jumps to a URL. I'm gonna check to see if that URL can change during the playing of a clip. That would make for an interesting a/v blog entry." Yes, QT has had this ability for ages, with chapter and HREF tracks. The URL can also change dynamically during playback. I think most would-be video bloggers should ask themselves an important question: "Would this [footage/interview/entry] be just as effective in plain text?" In other words, how does the addition of a/v enhance the content or information being transmitted? This is the crux of the video blog issue. I've been trying to build my own web video language since July, when I launched a video weblog, Vogner. You can check it out at: http://www.tim-hall.com/vogner I'd appreciate your thoughts and comments. Tim Post a comment
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