video-editing ~ Chris Pirillo

50 YouTube (and Online Video) Tips and Tricks

30 Comments (Add) | Saturday, December 20th, 2008 at 11:13pm

Given that this is the 8,000th post to my blog, and I just passed 50,000 YouTube subscribers last night, I wanted to make this post something special. With any luck, the content herein is just the beginning of a series of suggestions that could turn into something more (either here, or in an eBook). People ask me how I do what I do all the time, especially when it comes to live video or my videos on YouTube.

How to Make an iPod Video Ad

26 Comments (Add) | Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 1:02am

This is LegoShark’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

Pinnacle Software and Hardware Coupons

5 Comments (Add) | Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at 3:41am

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Creating and editing video can be a lot of fun. Pinnacle sent me a handful of their hardware so that I could share it with you, and pass along coupons for you to use. Let’s take a look at some of what’s available.

Digital Camcorder Incompatibilities Insanity!

27 Comments (Add) | Sunday, March 9th, 2008 at 8:54pm

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One of our community members by the name of James sent a very well thought out email to me the other day. He has a rant about the proprietary software that must be used by each different camcorder manufacturer. He has some excellent points that I wanted to expand on.

RathofMac WebcamMax How To Video

29 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 9:16pm

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RathofMac is a regular user in our live chat room. Many people have been asking how he managed to get his screen to look like mine. Here is a video he made to show you how he did it, and how you can do this, as well!

Frequently Asked Questions for Video

3 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 at 1:18am

Just been checking out your ustream feed youve got up, and poked around your site a bit. Im curious of a couple things, if you dont mind answering, or maybe even doing a show out of it, if you havent already.

Windows Movie Maker Problem

45 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 at 12:51pm

From Lockergnome reader Scott Holder:

I think I should have started with you instead of the lame support people from the manufacturer or MS. I need help with Windows Movie Maker. I have a Gateway laptop (MX6445) with a Turion 64 processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB HD, DVDRW, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics, running XP MCE 2002. I’m having trouble with Windows Movie Maker reading and working with MPEG files. These files work fine on all my other PCs and laptops. If I import an MPEG file for editing, I can see it fine. It shows in the preview pane on the right too. However, if I drag more than one clip to the storyboard/timeline at the bottom and then press PLAY, nothing happens. The button changes indicating it “should” be playing but nothing is happening.