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Re: thumbnail and prefer Flash request
Yahoo Account 2009-Sep-29 22:48:00
I've launched the conversion run for today - didn't get around to do it this (european) morning, so only the rough preview versions were around until about two hours ago. The thumbnails should be updated now, too.
re. the sound: I'm on it, still fighting with a flash audio player that doesn't want to recognize the embed/object setting.
-Markus
>From: Victor Zaveduk <#removed#>
>To: #removed#
>Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:52:04 PM
>Subject: RE: thumbnail and prefer Flash request
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>Time . good here too, I have yet to write up a description.
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>>I too have found issue with the thumbnails. At first, I went with just the
>>JPEG/Flash versions. Everything seemed to work OK, but I must admit I was
>>extremely disappointed in the quality of the resulting image. I know the
>>initial presentation is a "quick and dirty" one, but I thought that after a
>>day or so, the "real" version would be on the page. If that's what it looks
>>like, yuck is all I can say.
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>>So today I thought I'd cook up some QuickTime versions. Well, that presents
>>an issue all unto itself as I'm running Vista64 . dunno 'bout now, but
>>previously there really was no way to run it on this platform. I run an
>>XP-Pro virtual machine for things like that. But I digress. I created the
>>MOV files, uploaded'em and at first, it appeared as if the site
>>ignored/overwrote the initial view, pan and zoom limit settings I had
>>embedded in the MOV files, even though it was clear (from the tool/menubar
>>under the image) that a QuickTime version was running. Turns out I needed
>>to "reset" the preference to QuickTime, clear out caches, and only then did
>>the RIGHT set of initial conditions and limits appear. Frustrating. Then
>>of course, the prep page said there was no thumbnail. Well, I HAD a
>>thumbnail before, through the FLASH interface. But now that I "prefer" QT,
>>it doesn't show it. Okay, I'll create one using the "tool" on the site.
>>To that, I can only say . Bring back the option to upload my own file!!
>>Sure, I can scroll and zoom in to set up the thumbnail, but apparently only
>>within the limits that I've allowed in the QT movie. I'd like to zoom in
>>farther for the thumbnail . no can do. Plus, I can't see any thumb on the
>>page, even though I could previously. Similar problem to Caroling's?
>>Sigh. To be honest, I'd just as soon be able to upload my own thumbnail
>>JPEG as a nice, clear and detailed image rather than the cruddy zoomed in QT
>>image. Sigh again.
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>>At least the QT versions looked a bit clearer than the Flash version. I
>>don't know why that should be as I can easily create my own Flash files
>>(either through a viewer or SWF) that look better than what is appearing on
>>the WWP page. Again, perhaps the "real" versions aren't visible yet. But
>>it makes it hard to judge how things will ultimately turn out. Hopefully
>>things will improve. (As an aside, I've always found that things look
>>different coming back through the site than they do "locally" so getting
>>good feedback is important.)
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>>BTW . re. QT and Vista . any help with that would be appreciated, since
>>there's no way for me to hear sound as it stands right now since all the
>>sound on the site is QT driven with no other option even though the upload
>>file can be MP3 option.