2006-06-14

Help: QuickTime Error

Okay, I keep getting this error with QuickTime, of all things. I don't know if any of you have run into this problem, if and when you used QuickTime before.

Error 46: Could not load or find the QuickTime ActiveX Control

I tried reinstalling and it's the same crap, says there's a fatal error in the install. Here's the message:

Then "Error 1402. Could not open Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Quicktime.Quicktime\CLSID. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel."

Than after ok I get...

"Error -1603 Fatal error during installation. Consult Windows Installer Help (Msi.chm) or MSDN for more information."

Any clues? I need to export the vidlet for my project in QuickTime.

New Vid: Fight Club

Fandom: Fight Club
Song: I Want To Break Free
Artist(s): Queen
View At: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShxqXCbcmcs

On a side note, all my videos are now up at Youtube.com

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Fandom: Star Wars
Song: I Grieve
Artist: Peter Gabriel (apologies for the misspelling in the title)
Character: Obi-Wan

Download: Obi-Wan Grieves at megaupload

Watch: Obi-Wan Grieves at YouTube

Entry tags:

1: YouTube. 2: The RIAA. 3: Our Last Best Hope.

1) Don't post at YouTube:

YouTube Owns YourStuff (So does YouTubeTwo)

Excerpt:

In its Terms & Conditions, the wildly popular video sharing site YouTube emphasizes that "you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions".

There's quite a large "BUT...", however. Not only does YouTube retain the right to create derivative works (emphasis mine), but so do the users, and so too, does YouTube's successor company.

2) Don't post in the open:

In case you haven't been following the news for the past few years, the RIAA will be more than happy to come after you for doing that. While the tv show and movie bigwigs haven't gone after vids much (arguments can be made for fair use re: clips vs. episodes/full-length films), the music industry is BAT-SHIT INSANE about musical artists' tracks being posted anywhere they can be listened to/downloaded for free (and yes, btw, you can download off YouTube if you know how). It doesn't matter how the song is posted; you've shared their material for free and they are completely mental about it. Ask the people who run the AMV, who had to take down hundreds (I believe) of vids after hearing from various recording artists' labels. Ask people who have been sued (not just issued C&D letters, but sued) and had to pay for downloading music.

3) How to host vids as safely as you can:

Set up a subdirectory at your own domain. If you don't own your own domain space, find someone who is willing to share. Password-protect the sub-directory using an .htaccess file. Don't use the name of the song in the filename of your vid (example: if you've vidded Buffy to Bring Me to Life, name the file BringBuf.zip). (Oh, yeah, zip your files to avoid hotlinking menaces.) Put spider-avoiding code in your .htaccess as well. If you don't know how to do these things, ask.

Bottom line - vidders create and host illegal downloads, plain and simple. Don't be stupid about it.

To Encode or Not Encode?

I am using footage that are ripped off of DVDs, but not at highest quality. When I select clips to cut from these ripped footage, I use Virtualdub. Usually I choose the option to compress with XVID. I notice that the XVID-encoded clips are very high in quality, and look very crisp.

However, would it be the same quality if I just choose to direct-stream copy sections of video in Virtualdub? That is, no compression and no encoding.

My ultimate goal: maximize video quality in these poorly ripped clips. I appreciate any and all related tips.

Haggard video to "American Idiot"

Title: American Idiot
Fandom: Haggard
Song Used: "American Idiot" by Green Day
Details: 32.4 MB .wmv
Summary: This is a video I did using clips from Bam Margera's film Haggard. Basically it shows that the guys are all a bunch of, well, adorable idiots.

link: http://up-file.com/download/ae1195467875/haggard3.WMV.html