EPISODE #11 (August 22nd, 2005)

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Comments

[Nicholas F]

Anybody else having troubles with the h.264 encoded file? About 8:13 (right as Amber is talking about the cafe press t-shirts) into the video quicktime crashes! I'm using the latest Quicktime 7 for Windows.

[Andrew in NC]

You probably already know this but just in case you don't: the torrent links aren't working yet (as of 9:10 p.m. EDT on 8/21). Looking forward to the show. I'm going to resist the temptation to use the "direct download" link. :)

[Darryl Ring]

Nicholas: I'm using the same software combination and to be working totally fine here. Maybe you got a bad download?

CommandN crew: There are a number of good alternatives to CafePress such as Zazzle.com and CustomInk.com. Worth checking out.

Another great episode. Keep up the great work!

[Raj]

If you like DTV there's an interview with it's founder Holmes Wilson over @ 'The Mac User Show' in Australia... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com

[Steve C.]

Why does each episode only play for about 4 minutes then end in the middle of a sentence? Shouldn't they be longer than that?

[Mike Laz]

Hey Andrew
The torrent feeds are now updated. Thanks for the headsup.

Steve, That's weird. Which file are you downloading??

Thanks
Mike Laz

[Steve C.]

I downloaded all the XVID episodes 1-10 (#6 is missing) from the feedburner site but they start out at 11 minutes for the first 2, 8 min for the 3rd one, 6 min for #4 and others are just 4 minutes each.

[Ardith]

Hey guys:

I love the show. Great to see good tech content from Canadians. Is there a place in Canada to get the t-shirts? I don't want to pay duty on them.

Idea for the next meet-up. A Maritime Meet-up (Halifax seems the logical place with Jeff being here). Bring leo and Kevin to Halifax.

[mork]

Might just be me but i dont think the torrent feed is working.
I would rather subscribe to this as it will save you guys bandwidth

Like i am getting is
http://feeds.feedburner.com/command-n

Gives an error in the XSD

[Brian McKechnie]

The torrents seem to be working fine on my end.

Try going directly to www.commandn.tv/bt

The XviD for Episode 11 is up now as well on the torrent page.

[mork]

Brian,
Its not the .torrent file (which is fine) its the .torrent feed on the right had side in the feed section that doesnt seem to be working.

[mork]

I take it back the torrent feed is working now,
Honest guv'ner it wasnt before :0)

[Ryan Cates]

Hey All-

Love the show. Can't wait for CFH to hit the US airwaves. This is probably a question/comment for Brian.

Did you guys notice how loud the traffic was when you were shooting? Brian, I'm assuming you have headphones on while you are behind the camera. I know that this is suppose to be a little "down and dirty", but come on guys, next time move your setup to a quieter location.

[Brian McKechnie]

I know the traffic is loud at the beginning (we did eventually move) and it will never happen again.

A few factors played with our sound issue this week:

1. New wireless mic's that had not been tested
2. Headphones I normally use died and I was using my iPod buds
3. We were strapped for time and picked a bad location

All of these issues will be sorted out for the upcoming episodes.

[Jamie]

Hey commandN! I love your show. As an elementary school teacher, I keep up on technology and this is a great way to do it... Its too bad you don't do a "Cable in the Classroom" episode every once in a while. CFH 1.0 used to do that. I know that you aren't cable, but it is great to talk to kids about technology. It's a great medium!

Anyway... Does anyone have any ideas about something like DTV but for the PC side? My school and I are complete PC users.

Jamie in CT, USA

[Darryl Ring]

Jamie: I haven't used DTV at all, but I know that iTunes does a really good job of handling video podcasts. It's not perfect and they don't have torrent feed support, but I've been using it for a little while now and haven't had any problems.

Having the preview version of QuickTime 7 also lets you play the h.264 encoded files often used in the iTunes Music Store from right inside iTunes, which is a bonus.

[Amber Mac]

Thx to everyone for your feedback! Also wanted to let you know that our friends at PSPDrive - http://www.pspdrive.com/v1.0 - are now offering all episodes of commandN.

-Amber

[Darryl Ring]

It's really great to see how much support you guys are getting.

Both videocasting and podcasting are picking up so much momentum now--I can hardly wait to see where it goes.

[Jamie]

Darryl: I have been using iTunes, but I hate to because of the whole torrent issue. It makes the host of the show pay for the bandwidth. I was hoping to find something that is as easy as iTunes to manage, but use the torrent feeds... Amber & Lazzaz: any ideas? Jamie

[Brian McKechnie]

Jamie - iPodderX (ipodderx.com) is just as easy if not easier then iTunes and allows you to use .torrent files.

I have not tried the Windows version yet but the Mac version is amazing.

There is a small fee for the software but you can try it for 30 days free.