Tag Archives: video

The Not Ready for Prime Time HTML5 Players

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Andy Rush

HTML5 video is taking over the world! It’s just that the world isn’t ready for it yet. Flash has powered both good and bad websites for years now, but video publishing has been democratized by the ability of anyone to … Continue reading →

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Evom. Is it Mov(i)e backwards?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Andy Rush

Flickr photo by ShellyS Welcome to the new school year. I’m still shaking my head about where the summer went. I’m also still grinding gears from vacation last week, but despite those issues, I’m very excited about 2010/11 at UMW. … Continue reading →

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Recording DVD Segments on a Mac

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Andy Rush

In the “how long were you going to have that feature and not tell me” category comes the ability to record in the Mac version of VLC. What it allows you to do is record segments from a DVD. You … Continue reading →

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The Making of an HD Screen Grab

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Andy Rush

After my last post, you may be asking how I do an HD screen grab from a recorded TV show. If there is such a thing as a rabid fan of my blog, you may remember a similar post from … Continue reading →

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Whistleblowing Via YouTube

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Andy Rush

The Read Write Web brought to my attention the plight of a Russian police officer who, rather than surrender to the rampant system of corruption, decided to go public and expose it. Now, corruption in Russia is hardly a surprise, … Continue reading →

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Sesame Street – That’s Where I Will Be

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Andy Rush

I wonder if kids would have the attention span to make it through this today, but this is a little gem, and worth watching to the end. Besides the absolute joy that Stevie exudes while he is playing, there are … Continue reading →

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Making YouTube More Cinematic

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Andy Rush

Here’s a neat trick to use next time you want to show a YouTube video in class, or in your home theater (h/t to WebWare). You need to have the Firefox web browser and an add-on/plugin called YouTube Cinema. So … Continue reading →

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Ubiquitous YouTube

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Andy Rush

Sarcasm notwithstanding, the sentiment in the above video is held by many people – “YouTube is a site of millions of sucky videos.” I have, in the past, argued against that statement here, here, here, and here. Until recently, a … Continue reading →

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What is HD video? Even Mark Cuban gets it wrong

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Andy Rush

Mark Cuban has lots of ideas. His best one was back in the late ’90s when he decided to create a webcasting business that was ultimately sold for millions of dollars to Yahoo! Cuban may well have another great idea … Continue reading →

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