There are a lot of web hosts out there. But when it comes to hosting a site with videos, you better have a web host that provides world-class customer service. I’ve tried dozens and here is the best one I’ve found by far…
What’s The Best Video Plugin For Wordpress? – WVU #76
I often get asked about video plugins for Wordpress. With so many available it’s tough to say which one is best. But what I can do is tell you what I personally use and recommend. And that’s what I do in this video.
Resources
Simple Video Embedder
Simple Video Embedder Documentation
4 Way Camera Shootout – WVU #75
In this video I compare four popular pocket cameras…the Flip Ultra HD, the Kodak Zi8, the Creative Vado and the Canon SD 780. But rather than debating technical aspects, I keep the comparison simple; by shooting the same footage with each camera under various lighting conditions and then viewing the results head-to head. Which [...]
Help! Video From My HD Camera Is Choppy During Editing – WVU #74
It ranks high on the list of my most frequently received questions. You buy a new HD video camera, you go to edit the footage, and it plays back very choppy with the video and audio out of synch. The camera you have is most likely shooting video in the AVCHD format. Here’s what you [...]
How To Create Transparent Videos For The Web – WVU #73
If you’ve ever landed on a web site where a video plays and it appears that the person in the video is magically floating on top of the page, that’s a transparent video. And in this video, I show you how to do it.
Resources
Transparent commands used in embed code:
Placed in the object tag of the [...]
Review of the Kodak Zi8 – WVU #72
Several months ago Kodak came out with a new camera, the Zi8, that was heralded as the Flip camera killer. I’ve been asked countless times to review this camera, and in this video I do.
Tech Notes
This entire video was shot with the Zi8 in 720p, 30fps mode. It was edited in Final Cut Pro. No [...]
I am having problems with your videos playing. I have upgraded to the latest version of Firefox and Flash 10 player. Right now, this video just shows a black screen in both.
This is not the only video that has given me problems. The video about the new clubwvu would not play in Firefox.
Please advise.
thanks,
Ken
Hi Ken,
The videos on this site (video podcast site) are hosted through the video podcasting service Podango (podango.com). They have been upgrading their software this week, and as a result, videos hosted with them have been up and down all week. So if you just see a black box, it means any videos hosted at Podango are currently down (this is affecting thousands of people hosting video podcasts at Podango).
On the Club WVU site, those videos are hosted privately…through me. They are playing fine on IE and Firefox on Windows and Safari and Firefox on Mac.
Firefox is notorious for caching web pages and not refreshing them. So if you’ve updated to Flash Player 10 and still can’t see the videos, either close Firefox, reopen, goto clubwvu.com and refresh your browser…or…
In Firefox, choose Tools, Clear Private Data, make sure Cache is checked and click on Clear Private Data Now. That will clear your browser’s cache and you should see the videos fine.
Dave
Dave,
It seems a lot of people these days are just using the Amazon S3 hosting for hosting all their audios and videos. What is your take on this? Have you ever used it?
Yes Amazon S3 seems to be the way to go for hosting your videos in a independent servers, there are Bold, strong and affordable.