Tag Archives: video

Bat Converter Alpha

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Tom Long

Did you think I fell off the face of the earth?  No, I’ve just been busy moving Bat Converter up to its Alpha release. Bat Converter is a Windows-only tool I developed to automate a process in which I regularly … Continue reading →

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Make Your Own Web TV Show

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Tom Long

Making a video web log is fairly simple in WordPress. 1 – Produce a Video The preferred format is an mp4 container with the AVC/H.264 video codec (mpg with the mpeg2 codec is second choice) and MP3 or AAC (needed … Continue reading →

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FLASH FIRST?

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Tom Long

Last time we looked at making your HTML5 video degrade to a flash player.  This post will look at how to default to the flash player and fall back to links to the HTML5 video for the smaller segment that … Continue reading →

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Is Your Blog iPad Ready?

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Tom Long

Distributing a video product can be very simple. I just shoot a video with my iPhone. Touch the share button. Touch the ‘Send to YouTube’ button and I’m done. But if one wishes to produce a regular video program or … Continue reading →

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Video Thumbnails in Your Blog

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Tom Long

Today you have the opportunity to participate in my first ever ONLINE POLL! Check out the various ways of showing video on a WordPress blog and vote for your favorite. (To put this in context, you might want to read … Continue reading →

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