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Video Podcasting Update
I am trying some transition fades instead of just simple cuts in the Half-Life2 Xbox podcast.
The next podcast will be at full 30 frames a second instead of from source video of only 15 so it should look super smooth.
I have tried to get a PSP compatible MP4 out of Apple iMovie 06 but for the love of god I can't get a good one. I don't want to compress it yet again in order to get a PSP compatible podcast. I am thinking about giving up on PSP video and just stick with Apple iPod video MP4 M4v files that I have been serving. They look super and they are quite future compliant. The current Windows Media Player does not have the codecs installed by default but Quicktime and other media players should have no problem. The next version of Windows Media players should be OK and this is a nice standard compliant future friendly format and hopefully iPod video MP4 compatible players should have no problem with these.
The more video podcasts I do the easier they are to make. I really enjoy making these and I hope that they set my site apart.
I do think that video podcasting is an important step in the next evolution of media on the net.
Jake at January 25, 2006 
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I haven't really tried creating PSP compatible MP4 yet. Most of my readership are Windows users running Firefox or Opera with Windows Media or Quicktime. A smaller, but growing, percentage is Mac running Safari or Firefox with Quicktime. I have a few Linux and Solaris readers, but I suspect they're using VLC if they click video podcasts.
I'd love to see video podcasting on the PSP really take off, but I think it would take a firmware update to promote it. While the current "RSS Channels" is great for audio podcasts (and I use it daily for 6 podcasts), I would love to see SCEA take the next step and support AVC/MP4 viewing from RSS Channels.
Do you think PSP compatible MP4s are worth addressing at this time? I agree with you, I think standard MP4, Apple's M4v, AVC, and Quicktime are the current standards and future-friendly.
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at January 25, 2006 3:50 AM
