[Newspoetry] Realnewspoetry

[bhagy at onthejob.net]

Not sure if Premiere records in rm format, but if it doesn't then
Quicktime 4.0 Pro might, and if that doesn't, well, heck then we'll have
to resort to using RealProducer, eh?  Between these three programs, we
should be able to crank out some hellish videos, of course just in time
for that turkey holiday. 

 i'm researching how to do streaming video and
which formats work best in terms of resolutions, compression factors, and
ease of use. i should have some working answers withing the next couple
days. 

 I've been researching this MP3 format too, and it seems that the
only cool thing about it is that it's got the record industry up in arms
because they can't control it.  other than that, it seems like it sucks
for voice and acoustic material (too many nuances are lost in compression
so it sounds bad, but is great for the already distorted sounds of
summer, er, of rock and the such). I've come across a new format MPEG-AAC,
not yet as popular but better, i'll see what i can find out about it.
MP3 is supposed to be clearer than realaudio, but realaudio is better
currently for streaming.  I haven't come across any streaming MP3s, so
someone point me in the right direction.

i dunno, this green plant sure looks plastic to me. hmm.

brian

 On Mon, 27
Sep 1999, William Gillespie wrote:

> Heyheyhey,
> 
> I've started the process of adding realaudio files to individual poems!
> A complete list can be found in the Table by Poetic Form under
> Realaudio. I am taking the poems recorded onto minidisc in Studio 109,
> using Goldwave to rerecord them as .WAV files, then using Realproducer
> to turn them into .rm files... There is a noticeable loss in sound
> quality, though I hope to refine the process...
> 
> I like Realmedia files because they allow you to add lots of information
> about the author & title. They also are roughly 1/10th the size of the
> equivalent .WAV files. I would like to record things directly from
> minidisc to realproducer, but I don't think my machine can churn fast
> enough to hack it.
> 
> When you record Realaudio files the first thing the software does is beg
> you if it can submit the files to something called Veritas, I think.
> Does anybody know anything about this?
> 
> Any advice on how to refine this process, or how to better integrate the
> sound files into the site, is welcome.
> 
> Willy G.
> 
> P.S. There also exist some recordings of newspoems read by the Unknown
> in a few live venues, including Scott reading "World can go fuck itself"
> off a 30-foot screen to an auditorium full of flabbergasted Coe College
> faculty & students.
> 
> P.P.S. I think we should try to record simple versions of the two
> folksongs as well... And the rap should definitely go up there.
> 
> P.P.P.S. I wanna read a poem at Betsyworld. Thanks Babs & Paul!
> 
> P.P.P.P.S. I think it will be Kord's videorecorder, Brian's computer,
> and Joe's server... Shout.net can't do streaming realmedia...
> 
> P.P.P.P.P.S. I'll write a invitation/announcement in the form of a
> Newspoem. To print out and post locally as well as to alert the WWW that
> we have a kind of scene, our own little world right here, just like
> fray.com.
> 
> P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Input is welcome...
> 
> P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Brian - does your Premiere software encode things as
> Realmedia files..?
> 
> 
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