Hey, guys,
I am creating a new Youtube/Podcast/Amiga capable video series, and I would love for my friends here to take a look at it. The website is not yet fully operational, but the Youtube channel has Episode One already online.
In a nutshell, 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast is a video series starring our favorite computer, and a fair amount of the work for it is done on my Amiga! Each episode will average about 10 to 11 minutes to keep the file size down. And why do I want to keep the size down? Because it will be available for playback on almost any Amiga with a reasonable hard drive!
In addition to HD Youtube presentations, my website will have my videos transcoded into MPEG1 files about 192x144 pixels - just perfect for playback using the RiVA MPEG player on the Amiga. These videos average about 45 MB. My two machines play these back just fine - I have an Amiga 4000 that is currently running with an A3640 card upgraded to an '060 and 16 MB RAM, but they played back fine when it was an '040. (My lovely Warp Engine is being shipped 5000 miles away to have a socket and two new SIMM slots installed so I can use my new '060 upgrade on it). They also play back fine on my A1200 '040 with 64 MB RAM.
For slower machines, including '020 machines with a good hard drive, I am formatting the videos in a special HAM6 video format - take a look at my Youtube video for an example. This is a clever and under utilized video playback hack that can give incredible results even on barely-expanded A600. The only trouble is file size for these videos. 500 MB - 700 MB for a 10 minute video.
I will also have the Cast converted to MP3 format for your listening pleasure. The site with all the links will be up in a few days, but in the meantime, please check out my Youtube channel and Subscribe, please!
I appreciate any constructive feedback, too. I am working with another member of this group who is trying to get me some intro music, and I will have a proper video introduction done soon - But one has to start somewhere!
I appreciate your support, and trust me - I will be steering all of my listeners over amigalove.com !
Thanks,
Dynamic_Computing