Entries tagged with video - Channel 10

New LifeCams Have Arrived!

sarahintampa — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:42:00 GMT

Microsoft recently announced two new LifeCams that join the lineup of webcams designed for users of Windows PCs: the LifeCam Show and the LifeCam VX-5500. The LifeCam Show is an ultrathin camera with a 2.0MP sensor and three different attachment options – a laptop clip, a desktop stand, and an attachment disk. This one is the more expensive of the two at $99.95. The LifeCam VX-5500 is only $59.95 and features a VGA sensor with great low-light performance. It also has interchangeable colored faceplates in red, white, and blue (how patriotic!).

By combining these cameras with Windows Live Messenger, you can can engage in live video chats with your friends and family at any time. And if your friends aren’t available online (or if they live on the other side of the globe and you don’t want to wake them!), you can always record a video message using the new Video Messages site at http://videomessages.live.com.

Want to buy one now? Both are available from the new Microsoft Store.

LiveUpload For YouTube

sarahintampa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:29:00 GMT

The plugins just keep coming! In addition to the new LiveUpload for Facebook plugin for Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta, there’s also a LiveUpload for YouTube plugin available. As you can imagine, this plugin allows you to upload your videos from Windows Live Photo Gallery (yep, it organizes videos, too!) to YouTube. But what’s great about this plugin is that it also installs into the new Windows Live Movie Maker Beta, too. There, the plugin adds an option to the button on Movie Maker’s ribbon menu called “Publish on Web.” When you click that plugin, you’ll see the option to click “LiveUpload to YouTube.” (If you also installed the “LiveUpload for Facebook” plugin, it’s available here, too).

From the Photo Gallery, you'll find the plugin under Publish > More Services.

When using the plugin, you can configure multiple YouTube accounts and select the one you want at the time of publishing. You can enter in the video Title, Description, and Keywords in the boxes provided and choose both the Category and the Permissions level from the drop-down lists. Click “Publish” and your video is sent directly to YouTube. What could be easier? You can get this plugin from here.

Live Video Search Now Has TV Shows, Music Videos

sarahintampa — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:12:00 GMT

Did you notice the changes over on Live Search’s video site last week? Now you have more tools than ever to find your favorite TV shows, music videos, and other online videos. You can browse through the TV Shows page and drill down into the content by selecting a genre like Comedy, Drama, Reality, Animation, etc. Or if you’re more interested in music videos, you can check out the page for that, too. There, you can browse by genre, popular artists, most watched, and most recent. When you’re viewing a video by one particular artist, also check out the “Related People” section to find other artists related to that artist.

Like all Live.com search verticals, the video search site uses the unique “smart-motion preview” feature which lets you preview videos right on the page by clicking on the thumbnail that displays instead of navigating away to another page.

So what kind of videos will you find at the new Live Video search? How about newest The Office, Family Guy, Arrested Development, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Bones, or Heroes. There are older shows like Dragnet, too.

Note: this update affects U.S. customers only.

HD Netflix Movies Coming To Xbox

sarahintampa — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:04:00 GMT

Out of the 10,000 or so Netflix movies and TV episodes which will be coming to the Xbox on November 19th, there will also be 300 HD movies available for streaming, too. This feature is only going to be found on Xbox 360, not on the other Netflix media consoles like the Roku nor on Netflix’s own “Watch Instantly” portal. It’s an exclusive feature just for Xbox LIVE subscribers (in the U.S.)…well, at least for now. I’m not sure about you, but I’m not exactly rushing out to get a Blu-ray drive now that I know I can just stream HD movies instead.

Oh, and for those who were fretting about the HD Netflix HDCP restrictions – Engadget just debunked that. Stream away!

Search the “I’m A PC” User Videos

sarahintampa — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:55:00 GMT

I didn’t even know of the “I’m A PC” fan site until Steve Clayton recently mentioned it in a blog post, but wow! How cool. The site collects the submissions from Microsoft’s lifewithoutwalls.com site, which is a part of Microsoft’s new ad campaign that encourages PC owners to record that they are a PC, too. Those ads are then displayed randomly on a big screen in Times Square, NYC. On the fan-based “I’m a PC” site, however, you can search those submissions by username instead of using the video browser on the official homepage. You can then view the bio and video submitted by that user and even snag the embed code for sharing the video elsewhere on the net.

UnWrap: 3D Surface Models From Video

sarahintampa — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:22:00 GMT

New from Microsoft Research’s UnWrap team (Alex Rav Acha - Weizmann institute of Science and Pushmeet Kohli, Carsten Rother and Andrew Fitzgibbon - Microsoft Research Cambridge), comes a technology which, among other things, allows you to generate 3D surface models from video. That extracted image, called the “unwrap mosaic,” can then be edited, manipulated, and then re-composited back into the original video. This technology could be used for resizing objects, repainting textures, copying/cutting/pasting objects, and deforming objects. To learn more, check out the UnWrap website and video. (via MicroMiel)

PPS08: David Vaskevitch Microsoft CTO

Nic — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:14:00 GMT

David Vaskevitch, Microsoft Chief Technology Officer, gave the opening key note address at the 2008 Pro Photo Summit last week. Afterwards David was kind enough to sit down with me to talk about the role of photography and imaging in the computing and technology industries as well as some of the biggest trends he's seen in the last few years and what we can expect to see in the near future.

Olympics Are Coming To Media Center

sarahintampa — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:16:00 GMT

The 2008 Beijing Olympics are nearly here and along with the Silverlight-powered NBCOlympics website, the Microsoft/NBC partnership will also bring us video from the Olympic Games right to our Media Center PCs. These videos will be made available as clips on Vista Media Center and organized into channels based on event (e.g. swimming, gymnastics, track & field, etc.) The service, called "Olympics On the Go," won't be offering live coverage, but will be providing "up-to-HD quality" automatic downloads with help from digital content provider, Wavexpress's TVTonic. Because the content is downloaded instead of streamed, the footage can be watched whether you're online or not. And since Media Center extenders like the Xbox 360 let you view content on other devices besides a PC, you can watch the Olympics events you want to see from any room in your home. Best of all, this service will be completely free!

ZuneTV

sarahintampa — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Zune fansite ZuneBoards has recently launched a YouTube-like site for converting and sharing Zune clips with the community. The site is called ZuneTV. Here, users can upload videos, which are automatically converted into the Zune-compatible .wmv format. Those clips are then made available for download by any member. Like any social video sharing site, there are ways to rate, favorite, and comment on videos and the videos can be embedded anywhere on the net thanks to a handy copy-and-paste embed code. In order to participate on ZuneTV, you have to first get a ZuneBoards account, then you just head here: www.zunetv.net.

Mogulus: Broadcasting Live Now

Laura — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:16:00 GMT

These days, everybody wants their 15 minutes of fame. Or, perhaps you truly believe that you have something worthwhile to say. Whatever the case may be, you now have options to get your voice heard...or your face seen :) Enter Mogulus - a website that lets you broadcast your content live around the web while also assembling a dream team of producers. Think of your room as your own broadcast studio- and start creating.

Ultimate Video Relay Contest

sarahintampa — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:07:00 GMT

There's an interesting contest going on now over at www.ultimatevideorelay.com. The idea is to finish a story that an award-winning director, Kyle Newman ("Fanboys" director), has started. Kyle shot the beginnings of a movie in a video called "Act I." Budding filmmakers are then encouraged to pick up the story and submit their scripts for Act 2. The contest community will then vote to determine which scripts will become finalists and those filmmakers will be presented with the equipment needed to make their film, including Sony HDR-SR11 camcorders, Falcon laptops, Windows Vista Ultimate, and Pinnacle editing software. Finalists' videos will then be voted on to determine the winner. The process will be repeated for a third act and then end result will be a three part film created by three different filmmakers. You can watch the first of the three videos here.

Did he say "dodecahedron"? Check out Immersive Media

Laura — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:25:00 GMT

Yes, in fact, he DID say dodecahedron! The whiz kids over at Immersive Media have created a camera that records omnidirectional video. What's that? Well, omnidirectional digital video captures a full-motion spherical world, simultaneously in every direction. I could explain it further but it's easier for you to just watch the video :) Then- head on over to their site and take the immersive challenge. I can't wait till they team up with Z-Dome and Virtual Earth!

We Want This: Optimus Maximus

sarahintampa — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:47:00 GMT

You've heard us drool over the Optimus Maximus keyboard before, but here we go again. Fav geek retailer ThinkGeek has just added a new video on YouTube to taunt us with the awesomeness of the programmable OLED keyboard so we'll remember to go buy it on their site. It's only $1589.99, no big deal. The video shows the software used to program, the keys changing to CAPS and back, cool animated icons on the keys, and more. And isn't that music they play in the background just so...appropriate?

The New Microsoft Video Portal is Coming Soon

sarahintampa — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:02:00 GMT

There is so much video content across the Microsoft network, it only makes sense to aggregate that content into one area of the site to make finding videos even easier. Announced at MIX08, the Microsoft Video Portal will do just that. On this Silverlight-powered site, you'll be able to scan "Quick Picks" for the newest videos, browse by category, or search for videos by keyword(s). You'll also be able to share videos with friends or link to the video on your web site or blog. The site is currently available at http://preview.microsoft.com/video/, but there isn't much you can do there now, besides bookmark it for later, but the wait won't be too long, as it will be launching sometime in April.

Crazy XBox 360 Ad

sarahintampa — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:57:00 GMT

The ad "Shoot Out"created for the Microsoft XBox 360 was shot at the railway station of Retiro in Buenos Aires. You can watch the original ad here. However, even better than the video itself, was the uber-hilarious outtake from one of the casting calls for the ad. Let's just say that the lady in the casting call got really into it! Now, with over half a million hits on YouTube, it looks like this outtake is going to be more popular than the ad itself. Funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

TechFest 2008: Video Collage

Tina — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Photo Collages? So old school...it's time to check out Video Collage.

Video Collage is a compact representation of video. It uses one automatically synthesized image to summarize the content of a video. Video Collage selects the most representative frames from a video, extracts salient regions of interest (ROI) from these frames, and seamlessly arranges ROIs on a given canvas. Video Collage can be printed into booklets or albums. Users thus can browse those booklets or albums just as if they were browsing ordinary photo albums. When they want to watch a certain segment indicated by a thumbnail in the booklet, they can use a camera phone or a similar device to capture the corresponding thumbnail. Then the captured image is sent to a computer via a wireless network, automatically retrieved in a video library, and the corresponding video segment is presented to the user. Video Collage provides a novel user interface that enables users to browse video content in a more compact, visually appealing, and natural way, in contrast to many existing video browsers. Video Collage can be integrated easily into existing video-management systems, video-sharing sites, and video search engines to support an attractive video-browsing and -sharing experience.

Silverlight Music/Video Streaming Service Launches

sarahintampa — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:18:00 GMT

Unicorn Media, a Silverlight-based music/video-streaming service, launched at this year's SXSW conference. The service gives artists a way to offer their music and video content for high-quality streaming while participating in ad-based revenue sharing. The media that Unicorn Media offers will only be pro-quality or near-pro quality -no fuzzy videos here.

The bands and video producers featured on the site will be contacted by the company in advance and will have to sign a distribution deal to be featured, but it's non-exclusive, so the artists can still put their content out on other services, like iTunes, or on their own site.

Artists using Unicorn can upload as many high-def files as they want and the videos they upload will have integrated advertising. Because the ads are built with Silverlight, the content producers can determine how many ads they want and where they should fall. Once online, Unicorn sends artists a monthly check based on traffic and CPM for the ads.

Right now, the site is streaming only, but downloads will be available soon.

Livestation Begins Beta

sarahintampa — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:13:00 GMT

Livestation, the new video streaming service that features Silverlight technology, has begun its invite-only beta this past week by sending out invites to those who signed up for on the Livestation web site.

With Livestation, you can watch a range of live radio and television channels on your computer if you have a broadband connection, with no need to install a tuner, aerial, or any additional hardware. Unlike other Video-On-Demand services, Livestation delivers live broadcast channels, so you can watch news, sports or live events as they happen.

After downloading and installing the software, you sign in with your username and password in order to launch the player. By default, the player stays on top of your other windows, making it easy to keep watching while doing other things on your computer. While you are listening or watching, Livestation shares some of the stream with other users. This allows Livestation to serve a very large number of simultaneous users - even millions - without running into limitations of other streaming services.

Right now the selection of channels on LiveStation is somewhat limited. LiveStation offers you channels based on where you live. For example, U.S. users can access BBC World Service and Channel 4 radio streams, Al-Jazeera in English, and France 24, making LiveStation a must-have for any news junkies out there.

Currently Livestation is available for Windows XP and Vista only.

JD and Brian Podcast - Episode 2

brianjo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:14:00 GMT

JD is traveling, but I talk to Rob Morris, founder of windowsmoviemakers.net about his hugely popular community site. We discuss communities, Windows Movie Maker, getting started in video editing, and hosting your videos on the Web.

Links from todays show:

windowsmoviemakers.net

Tutorials

PapaJohn's Home Page

Windows Movie Maker on Microsoft.com

Media Center Plug-In: Internet TV

sarahintampa — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:31:00 GMT

MiraWorldTV is a free plug-in for Windows Media Center that lets you to stream Internet TV from around the world straight to your Windows Media Center PC or TV. The plug-in, which works on Vista Ultimate or Vista Premium, provides thousands of mainstream channels built into the app and its database is updated frequently. The videos themselves stream from their respective sources, but the MiraWorldTV app offers a program guide which gives you information about the channel and the program playing, if that is made available by the content providers. You can even create your own channels from your favorites. In addition to American channels, there are also channels from Germany, the U.K., Turkey, and others. The app is free, but donations are accepted. However, there is no support, so you're on your own if you have issues. Still, it's cool enough to be worth checking out! (via AppScout)

Teleprompters....putting the words right in my mouth

Laura — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:05:00 GMT

I'm going to be honest with you guys- the Teleprompter is one of my favorite inventions ever. Don't get me wrong, it's not always easy to make it appear as though you are not reading to the audience at home but once you've got it down it makes a world of difference. The problem has been that teleprompter cameras are expensive, bulky and time consuming to program- but not any more. Watch this clip and check out the first truly portable and SUPER simple teleprompter.

Compressing & encoding made easy with Squeeze

Laura — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:49:00 GMT

I am frequently approached by friends and co-workers with questions about posting videos on the web. I don't know why, but I am. Anyway- as you know, Channel 10 offers you our videos in many different formats. We use a top secret method with very classified details in order to do this which I am not at liberty to discuss with you. But, what I can share with you, is an alternative that just might suit any compression or encoding needs you may have. I give you The Sorenson Squeeze.

Silverlight, Blockbuster and Jackass team up. Really?

Laura — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:55:00 GMT

Who would have ever thought that Johnny Knoxville and Steve O. would be paving the road to the future? Well, On December 19th, Blockbuster will premiere the first (and did I mention FREE) full-length feature film, Jackass 2.5, directly to online audiences using Microsoft Silverlight. This is one of the largest projects in Blockbuster history and it's all made possible by using the rich media CDN from Limelight Networks and Silverlight. This really shows a shift in how people are choosing to consume their media and it brings a tear of joy to my eye to note that Microsoft is paying attention to that trend. Check out the flick at www.blockbuster.jackassworld.com starting Dec. 19th.

Enjoy Music & Media on Your Smartphone

sarahintampa — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:29:00 GMT

A recent post on LifeHacker mentioned a little program called MPlayer, which allows you to play nearly any media file (like RealAudio/Video, Ogg, & M4A) on your Windows Mobile 5 or 6 phone. However, the post mentioned the program was a rough port of a Linux version of the app, and was somewhat of a killer on processor (and thereby, battery) usage. However, a commenter mentioned another program called Conduits Pocket Player, which they liked better, so I thought it was worth checking out. The Conduits Pocket Player, although not free (it's $19.95), supports all Windows Mobile devices and offers a myriad of features. The Pocket Player supports MP3, WMA, WMV1 2, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, Protected WMA, u-Law, A-Law, AU, &ADPCM WAV formats. It also has a Media Browser menu system with touch scrolling & gesture support; a Media Library with ratings, an auto-imports up to 1000+ tracks; an internet radio web guide for finding mp3 blogs & podcasts; voicemail playback as WAV attachments which integrates with your inbox; a skinnable player with visualizations and album art support; a playlist manager; bookmarks; a sleep timer; and so much more! If you're looking to do more with your smartphone, this looks pretty cool!

Vídeo: Conheça o Smartphone HTC-S621 com Windows Mobile

Galileu — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:58:00 GMT

O on10 conta com muitos vídeos para enriquecer o portal. Meus colegas dos Estados Unidos têm acesso invejável a informações e produtos da Microsoft. Eles revelaram, ao longo dos últimos meses, coisas como o Xbox 360 Elite, o Microsoft Popfly e o Microsoft Surface Computer, aquele fenomenal computador de mesa. Esses são excelentes exemplos de como um vídeo facilita o entendimento das funcionalidades e características de um produto. No caso do Microsoft Surface, on on10 teve o lançamento exclusivo do produto à meia-noite do dia da revelação oficial no D5: All Things Digital.

Para o Brasil, vou tentar trazer alguns vídeos de lançamentos locais, de entrevistas com meus colegas da Microsoft Brasil e também de vocês, usuários de nossas tecnologias! Nesse primeiro vídeo, vou mostrar o novo Smartphone da HTC, o HTC-S261, também conhecido como Excalibur e Dash. Ele é fabricado aqui no Brasil e será vendido pela TIM e Oi.