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This is just a trial for uploading and embedding a video via wordpress. First the video is converted to a smaller file size using ‘ImTOO Standard encoder‘ and saved as a HD with a .mov extension.
You can use ImTOO Mpeg encoder in it’s trial version for small video clips.

The problem is that the controls are not visible on my laptop in Mozilla firefox but they are visible on my old desktop also in Moz firefox …very strange … another problem is that I can’t make the video bigger.
A last problem is the max upload to my host is 30MB which is ok for small video’s but not for longer tutorials.

The Second Life viewer is the new beta 2.0 viewer. The added feature of the avatar is that when we talk in real life our avatar moves their lips but not in sync with our speech. I took this video to show how Mizou is doing with this new speech feature.

This morning I decided to finally create a video and upload it to YouTube. I took the video on ‘Toshi’ my laptop while visiting a virtual nature reserve created by Delia Lake on the Al Albysin sim and also a visit to one of my virtual builds (Carpe Diem Design) on Al Andalus sims, the moroccan riad.

This small production took me the best part of 2 hours and I have a very good idea where I should work on to perfect it. I am not too happy with the film quality which is far removed from the original one.

I filmed it  in Second Life with my in build filming software Camtasia and then I added the 2 title pages and the 3 callouts.

The first screen is not the one I choose, I will need to check out how to change that. My next upload to Youtube will be hopefully in HD if Camtasia manages that???

Sitting with ‘Toshi’ on my lap, Shadow snoring beside me. The house is quiet and no teenagers have surface as yet. I should have been at the gym this morning but a nasty bug has gripped my head, throat and chest. Not much energy…. My older son is coming over for dinner this afternoon, so we can chat code together. I wonder how many Mams talk ‘computer’ with their sons? I can’t possible be the only nerdy Mam? Anybody out there with similar life?

While I am here resting from a bug, I am going for a visit to the Monastery in Second Life, there is an exhibition on ‘Kisses’ in art. I promise I will bring back some photos.

I took a video with Camtasia and loaded it up to my library on Screencast. Click on the poster to see the video of the exhibition. I am including the Slurl to Monastery so you can go and visit the exhibition. You will land on the road right beside the Monastery. A big thank you to Arria Perreault who organised the exhibition; Arria is the curator of the museum. The Monastery has a website, with more information on the events.

This website has been setup, uploaded and if you like to know how please visit the following video tutorials on Screencast.