mikes web log

I have been her before and here I am again. Ambition has led me to try and produce my first vodcast. It’s a video cast so why is it called a vodcast and not a vidcast? This is something that needs a little bit of investigation. The vodcast is linked to the previous post where year4 visited the Birmingahm Botanical Gardens. They took photographs and then talked about them. The result was fantastic, the problem was how to vodcast them.

I suspect vodcasting with a Mac is a doddle (shall I buy one, shall I not,shall I buy one, shall I not,shall I buy one, shall I not…….). Try using video editing software on a PC! I say this because of the superb Downs FM vodcasts. maybe one day we will be able to equal them.

Where were we? Nowhere, the vodcast was created with Windows Moviemaker and then converted to a variety of different file formats which should have been encapsulated by the blogger  account but were not. The blogger account did encapsulate a .mov file however it couldn’t be played within Itunes. A .mpv4 file was not recognised by Itunes. It did recognise a small  mp4 file but this was only 20s  of a 4.22 minute file which was to big to be uploaded to my preferred location. It just goes on and on.

I have put brilliant people on the task of finding the solution…I really cannot afford a Mac. And one might have appeared. It might be with the original setup of Feedburner. Did I set it to ignore video feed? Maybeeeeeeeeeee a solution is near. If so thanks Keith.