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Wow, the presentation of the photos really made an impression on me -- it's just like Harry Potter. It's amazing that even after almost 10 years of YouTube, ha

Wow, the presentation of the photos really made an impression on me -- it's just like Harry Potter. It's amazing that even after almost 10 years of YouTube, having video presented to you in a slightly different way can give you a feeling that you're experiencing the future.

mmanfrin 13y ago
It's strange to think that within a decade we will probably have electronics to a point where we'll read moving-picture stories like this on paper-like devices -- straight out of Harry Potter.
kabdib 13y ago
Are you being snarky? They were randomly greyed out and then just black for me.
- madiator 13y ago
  I guess you did not notice the animated GIFs? Edit: or may be those are videos?
  - yllus 13y ago
    Video - it appears to be the simpleVideo library, located at https://github.com/markupboy/simpleVideo https://github.com/markupboy/simpleVideo .
  - deleted 13y ago
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brentm 13y ago
Agreed. I personally find very short high quality video with no sound to be more pleasurable to view than short videos with sound. The first few times I used Vine I had my phone on vibrate and thought it was so smart of them to not include sound. Of course Having sound is nice sometimes but when you're browsing a bunch of short videos I think the sound kind of ruins it. Not to mention it's harder to produce a quality 6 second video if you need to account for what the viewers are going to be hearing too.
TeMPOraL 13y ago
Bit off-topic, but related: I recently completed a trip to Budapest; both me and my friend were having cameras, and while she, as usual, made hundreds of photos I decided to try something different - I shoot 2 - 5 second videos instead. It's interesting how it can capture the atmosphere of the place qualitatively better than a plain photo would. One thing you quickly realize is that filming tourist attractions isn't all that fun, as they're mostly stationary[0]. It's much better to refocus on filming the mundane, everyday life of the city - it's something you can capture much better with a movie and sound than with still images. Rewatching the videos make you actually feel back at the place. Anyway, I was looking for a way to present those movies as a kind of animated photos; now reverse-engineering this website might give me some helpful hints (especially RE libraries used) :). [0] - except fountains. Fountains feel so much more impressive on short videos than on photos.
- bergie 13y ago
  A friend showed me the HTC One recently. Apparently the camera shoots those mini-videos by default, and you can then pick a still from there. You can also stitch multiple shots into a single one: http://blog.htc.com/2013/05/your-sequence-shots-with-htc-zoe/ http://blog.htc.com/2013/05/your-sequence-shots-with-htc-zoe...
  - BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
    I don't think it captures audio, though.
    - stinkytaco 13y ago
      It does.
  - haberman 13y ago
    Wow, that's amazing and a superb idea. I always feel like the biggest weakness of cell phone cameras is that its hard to control exactly when the photo happens. With videos (from which you can pick a still) this would be way less of an issue. Do you know if the HTC One Google Edition does this, or only regular HTC One?
barbs 13y ago
I totally agree. They're like advanced gifs. They really capture the atmosphere.
bluekite2000 13y ago
Here is a 6min video of the Vietnam reunification express, taken outside Quy Nhon right after Lunar New Year. The slow rhythm. The lush rice paddies. Old houses with people cooking and children playing. Simply magical!

mmanfrin 13y ago

It's strange to think that within a decade we will probably have electronics to a point where we'll read moving-picture stories like this on paper-like devices -- straight out of Harry Potter.

kabdib 13y ago

Are you being snarky? They were randomly greyed out and then just black for me.

madiator 13y ago
I guess you did not notice the animated GIFs? Edit: or may be those are videos?
- yllus 13y ago
  Video - it appears to be the simpleVideo library, located at https://github.com/markupboy/simpleVideo https://github.com/markupboy/simpleVideo .
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]

brentm 13y ago

Agreed. I personally find very short high quality video with no sound to be more pleasurable to view than short videos with sound. The first few times I used Vine I had my phone on vibrate and thought it was so smart of them to not include sound. Of course Having sound is nice sometimes but when you're browsing a bunch of short videos I think the sound kind of ruins it. Not to mention it's harder to produce a quality 6 second video if you need to account for what the viewers are going to be hearing too.

TeMPOraL 13y ago

Bit off-topic, but related: I recently completed a trip to Budapest; both me and my friend were having cameras, and while she, as usual, made hundreds of photos I decided to try something different - I shoot 2 - 5 second videos instead. It's interesting how it can capture the atmosphere of the place qualitatively better than a plain photo would. One thing you quickly realize is that filming tourist attractions isn't all that fun, as they're mostly stationary[0]. It's much better to refocus on filming the mundane, everyday life of the city - it's something you can capture much better with a movie and sound than with still images. Rewatching the videos make you actually feel back at the place. Anyway, I was looking for a way to present those movies as a kind of animated photos; now reverse-engineering this website might give me some helpful hints (especially RE libraries used) :). [0] - except fountains. Fountains feel so much more impressive on short videos than on photos.

bergie 13y ago
A friend showed me the HTC One recently. Apparently the camera shoots those mini-videos by default, and you can then pick a still from there. You can also stitch multiple shots into a single one: http://blog.htc.com/2013/05/your-sequence-shots-with-htc-zoe/ http://blog.htc.com/2013/05/your-sequence-shots-with-htc-zoe...
- BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
  I don't think it captures audio, though.
  - stinkytaco 13y ago
    It does.
- haberman 13y ago
  Wow, that's amazing and a superb idea. I always feel like the biggest weakness of cell phone cameras is that its hard to control exactly when the photo happens. With videos (from which you can pick a still) this would be way less of an issue. Do you know if the HTC One Google Edition does this, or only regular HTC One?

barbs 13y ago

I totally agree. They're like advanced gifs. They really capture the atmosphere.

bluekite2000 13y ago

Here is a 6min video of the Vietnam reunification express, taken outside Quy Nhon right after Lunar New Year. The slow rhythm. The lush rice paddies. Old houses with people cooking and children playing. Simply magical!