What is a Quicktime Movie format
DVD?
The DVD is used because it holds up to 4.2 gigabytes
of data. The Quicktime movie you receive is too large
for email or a CD so a data DVD is used. A large memory
stick or memory card could be used with the same results
but a DVD less expensive and easier to mail. The Quicktime
Movie format is a video format that any recent computer
could play and watch. It is a higher quality than you
would get in a rental store because it is 720iHD. That
means the video window size is 1280x720. Standard rental
DVDs are 720x480 in size.
What is a home playable DVD?
A DVD that you rent at the local video store can be
played in your home DVD player. It is not indended for
you to copy files from it onto your computer although
some people try. The files on the disc are compressed
and stored in a specific format so your DVD player will
recognize them as movies for your television.
Why don't you make home playable DVDs for CasselmanCanada
videos?
I can and I also used to make this format. However
nearly every artist that received the disk eventually
asked me for assistance in copying the video from the
disc to their computer so they could make other videos
from it. The primary intent of the video is to provide
material for the artists to use as promotion. So the
home playable format was not the most convenient.
How could I use the home DVD if I wanted to
edit from that format?
The simple answer is that you need to rip the video
with ripping software. Then translate and save it in
a format that editing software will recognize. Then
you would put the video in your editor and make any
changes and special effects you want. Finally you would
export it for Youtube or for other DVDs or any other
format you want.
Why is the Quicktime Movie format better quality
than home DVD video?
The file I give you has a resolution of 1280x720. Home
video format after you rip it has a resolution of 720x480.
The ripped file will also be a file converted from a
highly compressed format that was on the video DVD.
The HiDef file is the file before it was compressed.
So the Quicktime file will have higher quality as well
as larger dimensions. For those of you who are real techies, I
actually record in 1920x1080 but half hour files of that size
are about 12 Gigabytes and will not fit on a data DVD to send
to you.
Why is Quicktime Movie format good for me?
Quicktime is a format that is free for all computers.
It comes installed on Macs and is a free install on
Windows. So with Quicktime you will be able to play
and view the HiDef video format you receive.
What software do I use to edit the Quicktime
move.
If you are using a Mac you have iMovie. It will work
perfectly with the Quicktime movie of your performance.
You can add titles, cut out pieces, zoom in, change
colors, whatever. Then just export the sections you
want and you can upload them to video sites. Or you
can export the file and make a home playable DVD using
the iDVD program.
If you are using a PC you will have to get some different
video editing software other than MovieMaker as it does
not edit Quicktime files. Actually you puzzle me as
most artistic people use Macs which is the machine of
choice for musicians. You can use Pinnacle by Avid,
Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere. Or for 30 bucks you can
upgrade the free Quicktime to the pro version. Suddenly
you have editing built right into the player. A lot
of value can be had right there as it increases your
ability to export many different types of files as well.
Why won't you put my song on the DVD for me
if I don't want it played on CasselmanCanada.com?
If you feel the song is not showing your talents adequately
I have no problem removing it from my site. It therefore
must be not good enough to show to anyone else either,
so I will not distribute it on any DVDs. With my site
you are not obligated to leave your videos posted and
you are also not obligated to purchase a high quality
copy for yourself. However part of the price of obtaining
a copy of your video is the permission to leave the
video on the site for others to enjoy and the video
you receive will have my site logo in the corner. If
you were to hire someone to attend one of your concerts
and video your performance so you could exclusively
use the video as promo, you would need to pay a significant
amount of money.
Who invited you to the concert anyway and why
do you get to record video of our performance?
Two factors influence this. One is that the performance
may have been a public performance and anyone could
have had a camera there. The second is that I may have
been invited to record by the organizers.
But I don't want to be recorded. My agent-grandma-contract-mother-bandmates
say no way.
That's fair. It saves me the time to record and the
three to four times that much time to create the initial
files. Sure I would like to have your content on my
site. But there are lots of other performers out there
that would love the free publicity.
I bought the DVD from you and now I don't want
the songs on your site.
The three components of the price for the DVD are a
certain amount of money, allowing the videos to remain
posted on the web site and allowing the site logo to
be embedded in the video you receive. Once a DVD is
distributed it is very hard to assure me 100% that all
copies can be returned without the chance of a recording
floating around somewhere.
Why not tell groups you are recording before
they go on stage?
I used to. Many performers would give excuses that
they should not be recorded because they would not be
their best that night and another time would be better.
Nonsense! You mean people will be in the audience and
should expect to hear something second rate? Realistically,
there would be some that would get spooked by the camera
when they knew it was on. I have had others that played
too much to the camera and forgot they had a real live
audience. Anyway, the real point is that I found some
performers would lament later that they did a good job
and wished that I had recorded. I found that I obtained
better performance results by talking to performers
after rather than before.
Please use the form on the Contact Us page for inquiries.
I don't mind answering some questions if it helps you
with making promos for your talents.
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