everyone welcome of course!! .. questions and answers provided with possibly no scientific testing whatsoever!!

im just dipping my toes for the first time into the VLog arena .. so any tips and tricks from the old hands will be great!

please enlighten us, what exactly is a VLOG and how does it work

  .. lol.. im learning... Video Log... you know .. those vids that riders post on YT etc ... talking away about whatever while the scenery rolls past....

up till now for me it worked like this... open YT window... type search term .. hit enter... choose video... 

now i have all these other confusing options!! 

Slips.. when you see this... whats the go with uploading widescreen or 4:3? ... ive edited in 16:9 and YT keeps grumbling at me about it

does anyone really use 4:3 anymore?

I upload in native 1080p or 720p size settings. Oh and make them wmv or mp4 yt seems to like those and not mess with the picture too much

yeah ... i let the WMM do it and save whatever.. then upload... its working so far .. just about to put the dusk one for upload

when i save it computer .. saving in "for computer" setting... about 40mb per min .. 5.6 bitrate .. the option above that is like 173mb per min of footage!!! im not so worried about YT hosting it... but the upload time ... thats ridiculous!

I have velcomed you in the other forum now too. So how my subs so far? My tips for new vloggers like me is keep the vids short, no long pauses, get rid of as much wind noise as possible no one likes 10+ min of wind noise, keep the umms ands and arrrrs to a minimum. And enjoy it if you liked making it then it will show. Kinda like smiling when talking to someone on the phone. Good content takes time and I'm by no means an expert on that so yeah if you can watch it yourself a few times chances are others will too.

smiling when talking on the phone!?....  .. my face will break!! ...

i'm more of your Clint Eastwood/Gran Torino disposition... or Walther Matthau/Grumpy Old Men !! ...

i'll have to work on it i guess...

of course... i do get cheerful when i am taking the piss out of someone!! ... that could work!!   

dusk is done

Small piece of advice. Dont try and be something you are not. Talk if you want or dont talk. If you are doing a bike video no-one wants to hear your chit about what you ate for dinner or how the road is bumpy. They want to hear how the bike handles the bumps and how you handle the bike. Only the real good vloggers can talk chit and keep you interested eg:The Barron for example.
I personally like videos that show more of the riding and less talky chit BUT as said The Barron is an exception to that cause hes funny as fukk. P187 is another good one to learn from.
Check out Misters vlogs and see how its done

Hmmm

noted cods... it'll probably end up a bit like online... scattered comments .. rambles sometimes... points of interest/dangers for local roads.. that kinda thing..  .. im not likely to go all super techy with the speaking!!

...  ... this thread isnt in the Farm... which is a good thing... cos that means it can still be edited and such .. hmmm? 

..... btw .. wnet shopping just now... decided the missus didnt need to see the card heating up...

went for mainly a microphone... got that ... got a drift hard carrycase .. a handlebar mount .. a shoulder mount/harness ..  .. seriously wanted the 'on the go power kit' they had .. but lacked another $199 !!! 

then went to another store and got a Go Pro 'spare parts grab bag' for $30 ... cos with looking at the variety of drift mounts available locally... and not wanting to wait right now ... i reckon with a slight mod on the pivot points .. i can expand my potential mounting points by 4 .. plus be able to 'fabricate' a viable helmet mount for the side of my nolan n102 ... since the N104 is about $450 and i cant do that yet.. 

so im gonna fiddle with some bits on the desk ... maybe drag out a chisel and small hammer... and get creative!!   

Quote from: Janx101 on September 04, 2013, 11:52:20 PM
noted cods... it'll probably end up a bit like online... scattered comments .. rambles sometimes... points of interest/dangers for local roads.. that kinda thing..  .. im not likely to go all super techy with the speaking!!

...  ... this thread isnt in the Farm... which is a good thing... cos that means it can still be edited and such .. hmmm? 

That would make a great video if kept like that
As for the second comment? I have no idea whet comment you are referring to? I have said nothing controversial in it that I can see? The only reason I edited it was to add the bit about The Barron and P187

sorry .. second comment was for purposes of  ... to be seen... i should have said it was a world in general concept! ..

anyway .. i am slowly finding time to look up vloggers and add them to my like list... i gotta be careful... i can get lost for friggin hours on YT and not be doing my office stuff!!  .. will look up Barron and 187 .. cheers!

Quote from: Janx101 on September 05, 2013, 12:02:14 AM
sorry .. second comment was for purposes of  ... to be seen... i should have said it was a world in general concept! ..

Couldn't help myself ... Went to jb hifi and bought a HDMI-miniHDMI cable too ....

Then I thought ... All good having vids shown on the family tv .... Just I better remember WHICH vids! ... 

The $1 eBay mics are great I bought a few and keep one spare should one let go.

Well probably get some of them too ... Just wanted a genuine one for now now NOW!! .. And to compare later 

Yep. I wanna get the mic OMT uses

You gonna have to go to WA then .... He might put up a fight though!! .. He likes his mic!