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ukfilm
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Posted - 01/16/2007 :  07:44:16  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote

    You Tube:

    At the YouTube site 450x336
    Here 425x325


    On Google Video's Site 735x530
    Here 405x300

    Windows Media Video
    Here 320x230

    Quicktime
    You're not logged in! Click You must be logged in to see this link. to watch this clip.

    320x256

    Flash
    Here 320x240

    (all numbers approximate and exclude the control bar)

    What's the logic behind this?
    Why can't all the window sizes be as big (or bigger) as the You Tube size?

    Compare the experience you get at GoogleVideo and YouTube.
    Exactly the same piece of Flash9 video, but a completely different level of viewer experience.

    Why are we being made to live with smaller windows here? And of different sizes?

    Since YouTube is becoming the defacto place to post videos (I'll add to that if I ever get a response here) why can't we have all the windows the same size as YouTube's site?

    I cannot see what the problem is.
Edited by - ukfilm on 01/17/2007 08:41:06

ukfilm
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Posted - 01/16/2007 :  09:50:20  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Marcel has posted advice on how to implement ifilm and youare.tv here:
You must be logged in to see this link.
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ukfilm
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Posted - 01/17/2007 :  08:44:00  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Quicktime remains the one format here you cannot view unless you are logged in. Is there a reason for this? It would be very nice if this could be changed.


    And here's some buttons for iFilm and YouAre.tv . . . . .


Edited by - ukfilm on 01/17/2007 09:34:56
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ukfilm
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Posted - 01/17/2007 :  10:14:49  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yet more proof (if needs be) that the windows are too small here. Eventually YouTube and GoogleVideo will do the same as Photobucket are now doing. (You'll notice that Photobucket are now 'widescreen ready' too)





If you have no intention of making any changes please do say so and I'll stop waiting (UKFilmForum has been on hold since June! )
Edited by - ukfilm on 01/17/2007 10:19:59
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Posted - 01/31/2007 :  14:14:45  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage  Send Admin an ICQ Message  Send Admin a Yahoo! Message Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I have a lot of code changes to make in the coming weeks and I'm going to set it up on a different address so that everyone can see/test it.

It will be here - You must be logged in to see this link.
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Posted - 01/31/2007 :  14:35:11  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote

    Cheers!

    Let me know if I can help in any way.
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Posted - 01/31/2007 :  17:34:51  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage  Send Admin an ICQ Message  Send Admin a Yahoo! Message Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'll do the video changes first and then add various other updates. If the video changes are ok then I will update the forums and move on to the next job.
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Posted - 02/02/2007 :  18:02:57  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I've tried posting a test at You must be logged in to see this link. and what I get is:

msxml3.dll error '80070057'

The parameter is incorrect.

/post_info.asp, line 1091
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Posted - 02/06/2007 :  09:51:34  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Odd that. The posts are there, but I got that error message at the time.
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Posted - 02/06/2007 :  11:55:36  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage  Send Admin an ICQ Message  Send Admin a Yahoo! Message Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Its beta code so there are bound to be problems. To be honest I haven't looked at the video sizes but I will this evening.
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Posted - 02/06/2007 :  12:05:53  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Oooooh, new code... exciting...
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Posted - 02/08/2007 :  17:10:34  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage  Send Admin an ICQ Message  Send Admin a Yahoo! Message Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sorry. I havent' forgotten about you. Things just have a habit of cropping up.
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Posted - 02/11/2007 :  15:54:17  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage  Send Admin an ICQ Message  Send Admin a Yahoo! Message Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
All window sizes are now 450x336 except Windows Media Audio.
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Posted - 02/12/2007 :  16:52:57  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Excellent, well done, and thank you!
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Posted - 02/12/2007 :  17:36:18  Show Profile Send ukfilm a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Oops, There's a gap on either side of the YouTube windows indicating it's not the right aspect ratio. The YouTube embed thingy looks like this:You must be logged in to see this link."></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DzFa5jrw9UY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>meaning that it needs a window of 425x350 including the control bar.

Sorry I should have spotted that before.

p.s. Is it possible to set the background behind a quicktime movie to black? It would look so much better. See example above.
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Posted - 02/13/2007 :  03:14:54  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage  Send Admin an ICQ Message  Send Admin a Yahoo! Message Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Fixed it, though I'm not sure that 425x350 is the correct size. I also fixed Google Videos aspect ratio.

Will have to look into changing Quicktimes background.
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