Category Archives: Audio & Video

Izza What?

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Andy Rush

"Izza Blendtec blender", states the poor soul who tripped and his video camera (accidentally) fell into this obviously not-your-average blender. More Brilliance from the folks who brought you "Will It Blend – iPhone Edition".

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Fallingwater. Now With DivX!

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Andy Rush

  Sorry, but I couldn’t just do an update in my original post on Falling Water. I wanted to highlight the fact that a DivX version is available for Fallingwater, The Movie . Which means you can watch this movie … Continue reading →

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See Falling Water Being Built Before Your Eyes

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Andy Rush

  This is short, but it’s a stunner. Done entirely with computer graphics, watch Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece Falling Water come alive. Thanks Apollo Pony! UPDATE! The good news is that there is a DivX version. The bad news is … Continue reading →

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Embed YouTube Video in PowerPoint Offline

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Andy Rush

  As I promised in my screencast on Embedding (live) YouTube Videos In PowerPoint, here is a video demonstrating how to download a video from YouTube, convert it, and insert it into a PowerPoint slide. I’ll be using my old … Continue reading →

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Hello Riva, My Old Friend

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Andy Rush

  A blast from my video encoding past has resurfaced. Three Faculty Academies ago, I spotlighted a program called Riva Producer Lite. It essentially lets you encode video into the FLV (Flash Video) format with an interactive component. You could … Continue reading →

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Embed YouTube In PowerPoint 2007

Posted on September 3, 2007 by Andy Rush

It’s the start of a new semester and that means that the senior seminars get under way. Those classes are designated “speaking intensive”, and so they will have a presentation component to them. One of the popular questions I get … Continue reading →

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The Long Awaited Streaming Report

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Andy Rush

Photo by paperdog2005 Memories from NMC 2007 are somewhat faded, but one of the most interesting sessions for me was the IUPUI presentation on “Searching for an Ideal Live Video Streaming Technology”. A promise was made to publish the detailed … Continue reading →

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What Was That High Quality Video Format Again?

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Andy Rush

I had seen this information a while back about what is the best video format to upload to get the best quality playback from YouTube videos. Well, obviously there is a (corny) video to go along with the information. Boy, … Continue reading →

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I Love My Calendar Girl

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Andy Rush

The remix as promotion. I came across a great example of this via the ccMixter website, which is a Creative Commons project site that allows you to use, re-use, and remix vocals, instrumental music, and other sound samples into new … Continue reading →

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Divx Is No Flash, and That’s a Good Thing

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Andy Rush

I’m looking at a lot of video lately. Being in the vicinity of prolific film blogger Jim Groom isn’t helping in reducing the amount I’m viewing. I’ve got a bunch of projects I’m working on that involve homegrown video, from … Continue reading →

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