Episode Twenty Of A Pixelriffic Podcast

A bit of a mini review on the Sony DSR-11 MiniDV VTR. Thoughts on why you should use headphones.

This episode's a bit shorter than most, as I'm still trying to catch up from the Thanksgiving weekend. Hope everyone had a great turkey day!

Get the podcast

Episode Nineteen Of A Pixelriffic Podcast

Some thoughs about pricing for event videographers, and further experiences with h.264. It's still not clear why my Internet surfing box had problems with the movie trailers. On further examination of the codec however, it may in fact be the best thing since sliced bread.


Get the podcast

Episode Eighteen Of A Pixelriffic Podcast

Some thoughts about MiniDV decks, why they cost so much, and cheaper alternatives. A brief look at online HD trailers in the Apple h.264 format.

Get the podcast

Info on

Xvid

Divx

H.264

Update 11/04

A listener named Charles sent in a clip rendered in h.264, at a bit rate of well under 1Mbps! Only eight meg in size for about a two minute clip, but the quality is very impressive. Recent experimenting on my part shows just how amazingly scalable this codec is. I'll have an update on this in the next episode.