[tdwg] Species pages and video

[Timothy M. Jones]

Dear Rich,
Thank you for the schooling.  Did not know it was possible to embed G 
Videos.
Will give it a try.
Tim
Will take this further off list. 










Richard Pyle wrote:
> Thanks Tim,
>
>   
>> One possible solution to the 1080 issue will be (soon to be 
>> released, released?) Flash Player 9, which will support up to 
>> 1920 x 1080.  It will not run in full screen mode at this 
>> setting unfortunately.
>> It will be in H.264 format, as used in MPEG 4.   FLV files 
>> are FLV files
>> - which may not be the panacea everyone desires but it may 
>> allow some of the high-res content to get out in the wild, 
>> sooner than later.
>>     
>
> Good to know!
>
>   
>> The choice to use Youtube over Google was an easy one.  
>> Youtube allows one to embed the video in an html page, Google 
>> Video does not.
>>     
>
> That's what I used to think also -- but it's not true.  To wit:
>
> http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/testvideo/videotest.htm
>
> Look at the source code, and you'll see how simple the embedded link is, and
> what you have control over (e.g., size, subtitles, etc).
>
> In fact, it was this feature that sealed the deal for me on Google Video.
> Until I realized this, I was looking at YouTube for the very same reason.
>
>   
>> My feeling is that the supplemental information surrounding 
>> the video can aid in familiarity for the user.  The more 
>> images available to a user trying to make a determination of 
>> an unknown taxon, the better. 
>> However, Youtube, and Google for that matter, may (read will) 
>> switch to an ad based format.  Ads appearing on/in vouchers 
>> are not appealing for obvious reasons. 
>> Scientific video services are coming into being - Sci-Vee,   for one. 
>> Not sure whether they offer an embed feature, have emailed 
>> them and will hopefully know shortly.
>>     
>
> I agree with all of your points above. Google Video seems less ads-based
> than YouTube, so my hope is that for embedded videos, at least, there will
> be some reprieve from ads.  In fact, another reason I like Google Video over
> YouTube is that I don't like thatlittle YouTube watermark -- which itself is
> sort of an ad.  Of course, since they're both owned by Google, I suspect
> they will eventually merge.
>
>   
>> Metadata - if anyone can send me a template that I can employ 
>> now, even something rudimentary, I will use it and re-post 
>> the species pages prior to the conference.  The data are there/here. 
>>     
>
> Ditto!
>
>   
>> Latest page with all recommended improvements so far-
>>
>> http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_oligosperma_species.htm
>>     
>
> Very nice!  You might consider caching lower-resolution copies of the JPEGs
> (e.g., Habitat and Infructescence) for faster display.  This is another
> topic I've wanted to learn more about and ask others how they deal with it.
> I've not quite graduated to the point where I can create on-the-fly resized
> images (JPEG2K sounds promising, though!), so I cache copies of each JPEG in
> 5 sizes: 50px, 150px, 300px, 800px, Full-res (all numbers indicate image
> width).  That allows me to deliver fast tiled pages like this:
>
> http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/natscidb2/?w=BPBM&s0=Centropyge&lst=i
>
> Or pages with intermediate-size images like this:
>
> http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/natscidb2/?w=BPBM&id=-1513740931
>
> Or pop-ups with larger images (click the image in the above link):
>
> Actually, the second link isn't quite right -- it goes to the large image:
> http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/PBS/images/JER/large/1306009233.jpg
>
> It should get this copy:
> http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/PBS/images/JER/small/1306009233.jpg
>
> Obviously, it would be better to scale the images on the fly, like Bob
> described for JPEG2K.
>
> But anyway, that's a whole 'nother conversation.
>
> Aloha,
> Rich
>
> Richard L. Pyle, PhD
> Database Coordinator for Natural Sciences
>   and Associate Zoologist in Ichthyology
> Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum
> 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817
> Ph: (808)848-4115, Fax: (808)847-8252
> email: deepreef at bishopmuseum.org
> http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/pylerichard.html
>
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