Andy Shilts
Member
Pun City, Minnesota
Population 1
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/edina-k9-officer-retires-march-4-2010
Population 1
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/edina-k9-officer-retires-march-4-2010
Because it's the wave of the future!why do they put 16x9 video into a 4x3 box?
Andy, I apologize for derailing this thread from its intended purpose (the video refuses to load in Safari), but the squashed video hit upon one of my pet peeves: "professionals" who can't differentiate 4:3 from 16:9 and vice-versa. It's one of the simplest, most easily solved problems.our web team can't solve that problem, trust me we've brought it up.
"Over the years, there have been lots of Kodiak moments"What's wrong with the writing ? ? ?
Then they should be fired, just like anyone else getting paid and making the same mistake over and over and over again.If your station's website is hosted by a third party (WorldNow, IBS, etc), the web department has very little control over the final video encoding process for the web despite what you may think. Its all centralized by people outside the station who just see the video as data and don't care what the final product looks like online as long as it loads quickly and they can insert a pre-roll ad before it for their share of the ad spots.
I don't think you get it man, like Speed Graphic was trying to say it is not in their control. Their Web department is NOT stupid I think they understand the difference between 4x3 and 16x9 video! My question is, where is the 4x3 aircheck do you guys still use one? It seems the other Fox O&Os are still using that to put the videos on the web. Why not use that until the website is updated to 16x9?Then they should be fired, just like anyone else getting paid and making the same mistake over and over and over again.
I don't understand why people who produce such crappy work are allowed to stick around so long. Then, owners and station managers have the balls to sit around and ask, "Why are we losing viewers?"
Give me a break!
I wasn't talking about the web department in my last response. That's why I quoted the segment in which Speed Graphic was talking about the third party hosting group.I don't think you get it man, like Speed Graphic was trying to say it is not in their control.