Freevlog: Tutorial
Без кейворда
Welcome to Freevlog Two.Five
A step-by-step guide to setting up a videoblog for free.
Why is this cool?
—> It’s free! What else do you want?
—> What’s a "vlog" and why do I want one?
A vlog is a videoblog and you want one because, let’s face it, they’re not going to put you on TV. Besides, not playing that game is what makes this so much joy. You can do whatever you want.
See this movie and we’ll say "hi" and showcase you how to use this tutorial. It’s not done yet but you can give it a shot anyway (things keep switching so it may never get finished). Or you can skip the movie and do it your own way. Either way, if you run into problems, send us an email.
Before You Begin, Make A Movie And Blast It On To Your Computer!
This tutorial assumes you have access to a computer, a camera and that you can make a movie. That part of the entire videoblogging chain isn’t free (we wish!). Depending on what kind of stuff you have, there are a zillion ways that entire process can go. Maybe after we get some sleep we’ll think about doing some of those tutorials.
Reminisce, without a movie, step two where we make a screen shot of your movie and step four where we publish your movie are not going to make much sense.
Here are some links to get you began in the movie department:
Now once you’ve made your masterpiece, you have to compress it.
—> Check out our compression tutorials
Now a lot of Windows users email us asking how they can create QuickTime movies with Windows Movie Maker. What are you crazy? Do you think Microsoft would let you do that? (To be fair you can’t make a .wmv with iMovie.) So here’s a peak. If you have the free QuickTime player for Windows installed on your system you can use Avid Free DV ($0) to edit and compress Quicktime movies. Plus you get some editing software with more features than Movie Maker. Don’t worry Mac users. Avid didn’t leave behind you. Avid Free DV is also available for Mac. Tutorial coming soon(ish).
Set Up A Free Blogger Blog
Why is this cool?
—> Free customizable blogs! Come on, everyone’s doing it! Even Steve’s Mom has a blog.
This tutorial will walk you through getting yourself a free Blogger blog. Go to blogger.com, create an account, set up your blog and you’re ready to turn the blogosphere on it’s rear.
See the movie
Make A Screen Capture On A Mac
Why is this cool?
—> Geeky computer tricks.
Next you want to take a little picture of your movie when it’s displayed in you movie player so people who are looking at your blog will know right away that there is movie on the blog! "Hey Martha, take a look at this! There’s some of that there movie on this blog! I can tell because there’s a picture of a little TV on here!"
Step two (this time for PC users):
Make A Screen Capture On A PC
Why is this cool?
—> It’s a geeky computer trick in another language.
Let’s do it one more time for all of the PC users in the room! How’s this for a trick? No PCs we’re used in the making of this movie. Also, no PC users were used so if the info is wrong, that would be the cause.
Sign Up For Internet Archive & OurMedia Accounts
Why is this cool?
—> Free media hosting; Ample community for trading original media. Did I mention that people usually pay for this hosting stuff?
Your Blogger blog doesn’t actually store and host your media. You could pay for storage from a hosting company (toughly $80US a year, more if you get a lot of hits and use a bunch of bandwidth, which you will if you’re hosting movies), but this is all about doing it for free. The partnership inbetween The Internet Archive and OurMedia makes it effortless as pie to upload and host your media for free, forever. How cool is that?
The Internet Archive is a public nonprofit that was founded to build an "Internet library," with the purpose of suggesting permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
A branch of the Internet Archive.We provide free storage and free bandwidth for your movies, audio files, photos, text or software. Forever. No catches.
Publish Your Movie
Why is this cool?
—> Do you have to ask?
Get your movies on the internet so you can share them with the ENTIRE WORLD. It’s about time to let yourself shine. Be your own starlet, be your own news anchor, heck, just be yourself.
Usually this all works as described but once in a while it doesn’t. It’s been getting better over time but you’re doing this for free and it’s in alpha so cut them some slack.
Having endless Ourmedia trouble? Attempt Blip.tv as a reliable alternative. They’re free and they’ll even post to your blog for you. Tutorial coming soon!
Also uploading movie from the Ourmedia website works for files up to 20MB (We know it says 10MB but we generally have success with larger files). So what do you do if your movie comes out thicker than 20MB? Well, If you’re using our compression settings this should give you about four – five minutes to tell your story. If you can’t get it done in that amount of time, we suggest you abandon your rambling and make that movie shorter. Indeed. Shorter is almost always better. If you truly must go on and on and on – then lower that bit-rate. This will also lower the quality of your movie but by this time only your Mom will be watching you so it won’t be too much of a problem.
Post Movie & Photos On Your Blog
Why is this cool?
—> This is the moment you’ve been waiting for! It’s time for your fifteen minutes of fame.
Use these elementary steps to post your movie and your photo to your blog. WARNING: Some HTML required! Don’t worry, it’s effortless but you can go ahead and tell everyone it was truly complicated.
Wow, this is now so effortless, even you can do it!
Get An RSS Two.0 Feed w/ Enclosures
Why is this cool?
—> People can subscribe and download your movies automatically.
This is the trickiest part (and the longest movie) but it’s so worth it. Just set this up one time and people can automatically find out about your fresh stuff. This is much better than spaming all of your friends every time you make a fresh post!
Join The Community
Why is this cool?
—> Because videobloggers are cool people!
Okay, truly, we’re not that cool but we are pretty clever and can most likely help reaction most any question about videoblogging you can come up with.
Very first email us with the link to your videoblog and we’ll feature you on the Freevlog Vlog.
Next, join the Videoblogging Yahoo Group and introduce yourself. Also, go to VlogMap.org and click on "submit vlog" to claim your spot. We’ll use this info to list you in our videoblogging directories at Vlogdir.com and Videoblogging.info.
Don’t leave behind to subscribe to all of your beloved videoblogs with ANT and Mefeedia.
Don’t leave behind to take the videobloggers’ oath:
I _________ do solemnly promise to post movie regularly. I promise to post movie even if I don’t truly have time to or even if I indeed need to get some sleep. Also, I promise to instruct others to videoblog or at the very least, point them over here when they get inspired from watching my movies.
Why is this cool?
—> You’ll be sporting this hot little badge in your sidebar and helping us out at the same time.
See this is how the Internet works – if you like something you link to it. The more people link to something, the higher it shows up in search engines like Google. So if you link to us you’ll be helping us get the word out. Plus it’ll only take you like five freakin’ seconds so what’s to lose?
Help us keep the ship afloat!
While you’re following all of our instructions, why not go buy some cool stuff just because we told you to?
Freevlog: Tutorial
Без кейворда
Welcome to Freevlog Two.Five
A step-by-step guide to setting up a videoblog for free.
Why is this cool?
—> It’s free! What else do you want?
—> What’s a "vlog" and why do I want one?
A vlog is a videoblog and you want one because, let’s face it, they’re not going to put you on TV. Besides, not playing that game is what makes this so much joy. You can do whatever you want.
See this movie and we’ll say "hi" and display you how to use this tutorial. It’s not done yet but you can give it a shot anyway (things keep switching so it may never get finished). Or you can skip the movie and do it your own way. Either way, if you run into problems, send us an email.
Before You Commence, Make A Movie And Geyser It On To Your Computer!
This tutorial assumes you have access to a computer, a camera and that you can make a movie. That part of the entire videoblogging chain isn’t free (we wish!). Depending on what kind of stuff you have, there are a zillion ways that entire process can go. Maybe after we get some sleep we’ll think about doing some of those tutorials.
Reminisce, without a movie, step two where we make a screen shot of your movie and step four where we publish your movie are not going to make much sense.
Here are some links to get you began in the movie department:
Now once you’ve made your masterpiece, you have to compress it.
—> Check out our compression tutorials
Now a lot of Windows users email us asking how they can create QuickTime movies with Windows Movie Maker. What are you crazy? Do you think Microsoft would let you do that? (To be fair you can’t make a .wmv with iMovie.) So here’s a peak. If you have the free QuickTime player for Windows installed on your system you can use Avid Free DV ($0) to edit and compress Quicktime movies. Plus you get some editing software with more features than Movie Maker. Don’t worry Mac users. Avid didn’t leave behind you. Avid Free DV is also available for Mac. Tutorial coming soon(ish).
Set Up A Free Blogger Blog
Why is this cool?
—> Free customizable blogs! Come on, everyone’s doing it! Even Steve’s Mom has a blog.
This tutorial will walk you through getting yourself a free Blogger blog. Go to blogger.com, create an account, set up your blog and you’re ready to turn the blogosphere on it’s rear.
Witness the movie
Make A Screen Capture On A Mac
Why is this cool?
—> Geeky computer tricks.
Next you want to take a little picture of your movie when it’s displayed in you movie player so people who are looking at your blog will know right away that there is movie on the blog! "Hey Martha, take a look at this! There’s some of that there movie on this blog! I can tell because there’s a picture of a little TV on here!"
Step two (this time for PC users):
Make A Screen Capture On A PC
Why is this cool?
—> It’s a geeky computer trick in another language.
Let’s do it one more time for all of the PC users in the room! How’s this for a trick? No PCs we’re used in the making of this movie. Also, no PC users were used so if the info is wrong, that would be the cause.
Sign Up For Internet Archive & OurMedia Accounts
Why is this cool?
—> Free media hosting; Yam-sized community for trading original media. Did I mention that people usually pay for this hosting stuff?
Your Blogger blog doesn’t actually store and host your media. You could pay for storage from a hosting company (harshly $80US a year, more if you get a lot of hits and use a bunch of bandwidth, which you will if you’re hosting movies), but this is all about doing it for free. The partnership inbetween The Internet Archive and OurMedia makes it effortless as pie to upload and host your media for free, forever. How cool is that?
The Internet Archive is a public nonprofit that was founded to build an "Internet library," with the purpose of suggesting permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
A branch of the Internet Archive.We provide free storage and free bandwidth for your movies, audio files, photos, text or software. Forever. No catches.
Publish Your Movie
Why is this cool?
—> Do you have to ask?
Get your movies on the internet so you can share them with the ENTIRE WORLD. It’s about time to let yourself shine. Be your own starlet, be your own news anchor, heck, just be yourself.
Usually this all works as described but once in a while it doesn’t. It’s been getting better over time but you’re doing this for free and it’s in alpha so cut them some slack.
Having endless Ourmedia trouble? Attempt Blip.tv as a reliable alternative. They’re free and they’ll even post to your blog for you. Tutorial coming soon!
Also uploading movie from the Ourmedia website works for files up to 20MB (We know it says 10MB but we generally have success with larger files). So what do you do if your movie comes out thicker than 20MB? Well, If you’re using our compression settings this should give you about four – five minutes to tell your story. If you can’t get it done in that amount of time, we suggest you abandon your rambling and make that movie shorter. Truly. Shorter is almost always better. If you indeed must go on and on and on – then lower that bit-rate. This will also lower the quality of your movie but by this time only your Mom will be watching you so it won’t be too much of a problem.
Post Movie & Pictures On Your Blog
Why is this cool?
—> This is the moment you’ve been waiting for! It’s time for your fifteen minutes of fame.
Use these ordinary steps to post your movie and your photo to your blog. WARNING: Some HTML required! Don’t worry, it’s effortless but you can go ahead and tell everyone it was truly complicated.
Wow, this is now so effortless, even you can do it!
Get An RSS Two.0 Feed w/ Enclosures
Why is this cool?
—> People can subscribe and download your movies automatically.
This is the trickiest part (and the longest movie) but it’s so worth it. Just set this up one time and people can automatically find out about your fresh stuff. This is much better than spaming all of your friends every time you make a fresh post!
Join The Community
Why is this cool?
—> Because videobloggers are cool people!
Okay, indeed, we’re not that cool but we are pretty wise and can most likely help reaction most any question about videoblogging you can come up with.
Very first email us with the link to your videoblog and we’ll feature you on the Freevlog Vlog.
Next, join the Videoblogging Yahoo Group and introduce yourself. Also, go to VlogMap.org and click on "submit vlog" to claim your spot. We’ll use this info to list you in our videoblogging directories at Vlogdir.com and Videoblogging.info.
Don’t leave behind to subscribe to all of your beloved videoblogs with ANT and Mefeedia.
Don’t leave behind to take the videobloggers’ oath:
I _________ do solemnly promise to post movie regularly. I promise to post movie even if I don’t indeed have time to or even if I truly need to get some sleep. Also, I promise to train others to videoblog or at the very least, point them over here when they get inspired from watching my movies.
Why is this cool?
—> You’ll be sporting this hot little badge in your sidebar and helping us out at the same time.
See this is how the Internet works – if you like something you link to it. The more people link to something, the higher it shows up in search engines like Google. So if you link to us you’ll be helping us get the word out. Plus it’ll only take you like five freakin’ seconds so what’s to lose?
Help us keep the ship afloat!
While you’re following all of our instructions, why not go buy some cool stuff just because we told you to?