Now for the Wacky Idea: first run movies on Bit Torrent.

I have the rights to make a movie based on a famous SciFi writer short story who just passed.

After 3 years of rejections from Hollywood, I was thinking that maybe we can fund the movie with donations and grants and release the movie freely (GPL style) over Bit Torrent and BlueRay and then see what it will take to get it played in theaters. I really think it would be so cool and set a whole new model for film production, copyleft movies. Am I a nut job or is this just crazy enough to work?

If you have any thoughts on that please leave a comment.

Or you can mail me at http://www.videotechnology.com/contact.html

Also see my other blog post
copyleft-movies-can-it-be-done

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Update:
South Park To Be Available Online Free and Legal
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/27/175241"

South Park is coming online, free and legal. My brief research has not indicated if it will use DRM, require some silly Windows-only software or be otherwise substandard. According to a Wired blog article, 'Parker and Stone said they were inspired to start the site when they got 'really sick of having to download our own show illegally all the time. So we gave ourselves a legal alternative.'" In this regard South Park joins fellow Comedy Central notable The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, whose archive was made freely available online late last year.

Internet statistics

Marie Stolt	Mon, Jul 2, 2007 at 2:00 AM
To: videotechmag
Hi, My name is Marie Stolt and I'm doing a project for Ericsson. I've read THE article -"The next wave of Massive Disruption to the U.S. Peering ecosystem"- and looked at the references and found your homepage and an article from John L. Sokol. I'm looking for traffic statistics for wireline and wireless networks(data, not voice) but with an emphasize on wireline networks. Information of interest are: How much data in terms of Minute of Use, or Byte per month.(Find this very hard to find, the operators are very secretive with this information- where can I get it?) The internet usage (in average). How has it developed by time What type of applications!!(music, mobile-tv ...) Methodology used to collect traffic data Trends in terms of usage over they day, over the week, over the month, last couple of years Alll information I can get on this subject is of interest. You really seem to have an insight in the topic and may have some thoughts to share. Also, If you have any facts or thoughts about how internet-user changes their usage and go mobile I'm very interested. How many will use their mobile phone to access the internet instead of their computers, which applications will be used most?Why is the datatraffic increasing so much? I would really appreciate all your help! Thank you Best regards Marie Stolt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor videotechnology Mon, Jul 2, 2007 at 9:06 AM To: "Marie Stolt Cc: Leveious Rolando Oh wow, I had no idea someone referenced my work. Cool. My view on this subject comes from the underlying hardware and software, and what is technically possible. I also consult with many companies and so I get lots of little data points here and there and from my network of friends. "Economics of video" was written because I got tired of repeating myself to people about what the technology is capable of. So many people would overlook the cost of scaling up such a systems and it's inherent long term costs. Many of the number you ask are very tightly guarded secrets. You will not get them. Data traffic is increasing because it's needed. Download as a model is terrible, Streaming will ultimately win and probably with a pay to play model. 1.) because no one want to manage MP3's and video files. 2.) bandwidth will be available and carriers want to sell it. 3.) Music companies want more control over there content. Steve Job's download model is only a temporary fix till the technology catches up. In the US we are very far behind. In china and Europe people have had MP3 capable phones for years even though we are just starting to see them here in the past year. Music and Video will drive data, then video conferencing. At some point the cell phone will replace USB Flash Drives, PDA's and just about anything else you carry including your ID's and wallet. But why pay and download one song or later movie at a time when you can just have access to a pool of Millions of songs and movies. And at some point vidoe blogs and the blog sphere. Kids will just point there phones at someone blog web site and just take advice from that person as to what is cool to listen too next. and it will be much like radio but much more niche, group of friends oriented. and non-realtime meaning, more like a PVR, you can stop or go back to what was playing an hour ago. Streaming will ultimately drive the data services. But for today it mostly download and Internet. I will forward this to a friend who is very close to the Cell phone stuff, he researches this full time, I spend much of yesterday with him chatting on this very subject. His name is Leveious Rolando and has a really understanding of this market. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- leveious rolando Wed, Jul 4, 2007 at 1:25 PM Reply-To: leveious To: videotechmag Cc: john.sokol Hello Ms Stolts .. How are you I apologize not getting back to you .. John ask me to write you .. Inregards to a a Project via Ericsson May i ask you if you are writting a " White Paper"! below is the questions you wrote to john regarding in ground breaking paper on subject of "Economics of video" I can answer some those questions or i know who and what research firms send you To First all all the music and mobile tv in Europe is driven by life style culture in regards to certain types of youth and Migration of Asain youth from Korean-Japanese-Isreali to American cities( back forth) these are the groups and sub-culture who have driven Mobile phones in to the market place.. many of them have 2 to 3 phones on the average and this is what alot people are not aware .. they might have T- Side kick and another phone that is pay as you go ..and one phone that is paid Monthly. You must give me a few days to excess the information and We have proposal for you in doing so.! Cordially Yours Leveious Rolando

It's been a while

I am long overdue for some posts. In the mean time so much has happened.
Where to begin.
Lots of Embedded Linux stuff some is video and imaging related.
Blackfin and PXA270 X-Scale ARM processors, now I'm working on Altera NIOS II, struggling to get uC Linux on it and having to learn VHDL. I know once I am over that learning curve a whole new world of programmable Hardware will be open to me.

Did a V4L2 Driver for the SDI Master Board, but only got partial payment on that, I still own one of the developers $4400, that I will have to pay out of my pocket since the customer isn't paying up... Very upsetting for me.

SDI is cool though, I have utilities now to capture and decode these in Windows and Linux X win.
SDI is not compressed at all, looks like a raw captured YUYV video stream sampled at 13.5 Mhz just like CCIR 601. It's CCIR 656 and has sync markers embedded into it's video data stream, also audio is embedded into it. I plan to open source all of this if I don't get paid soon.

Did a bunch of USB stuff, that was a really learning experience, I really was avoiding USB for a long time. There is a video over USB standard that is out there now.

I have avoided commenting on the Net Neutrality issue, but there shouldn't be any regulations in my opinion.

checkout joost.com

I also put up a number of new sites. Jpeg Cameras , V4L2 Video for Linux 2

I have a currently working version of ECIP for RTP streams, worked great with 6MBPS streams into VLC (videolan).

I was stunned that Skype now uses my firewall bypass idea. See posts on Slashdot.

I wish people would stop asking me for Kodicom Diginet software. I do sell compatible board, but can't provide that software. But boards work great in Linux with ZoneAlarm and under FreeBSD with a little user space setup utility I did.


There's a lot more but that will be in the next post.

John

New Articles.

Papers:

Save StarTrek Enterprise Let's create a P2P IPTV Network


Economics of Video and the Internet 4/2003


Playerless - JAVA Streaming Video technologies For the WEB


8-level vestigial sideband modulation - 8VBS - The Modulation for US HDTV stadard


Video Format Resolutions


Setting up dual displays under Windows


Multiple Output Video Cards

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January 2005

Google Moves Into Video


SBC dials video


Spanish police nab suspected creator of webcam Trojan


Exposed Web Surveillance Cams


Monitors - LCD vs. CRT


An Analysis of the Skype Protocol


Bollywood New Releases Available via Video-On-Demand


Plasma's out, Hello SED


VCD and SVCD formats


P2P Video Streaming


IPTV snip from CES


Report on VideoNow Color


Cisco and Sun Tuning Into Video?


Apple looking for Video People

December 2004

SwarmStreaming


TV over Phone Lines


Coming soon: Google TV?


IP TV


HDTV ON DEMAND


Event Calendar


Interesting Links


Mattel responds to Hasbro's VideoNow


Kazaa mounts Betamax defence


The Sony HVR-Z1U and HDR-FX1 HDV Camcoder


HDV Format


Depth Edge Detection


H.264 HDTV

November 2004

Video over TCP/IP


Ignoring the Broadcast Flag


H.264 & IPTV over DSL


DALSA to Launch Digital Cinema Center / First 4K Camera


Retroreflective Materials


HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray


JVC Everio


TV on Cellphones.


Here's one I bet you didn't know about - Technicolor Digital Cinema


Digital Video Editors


Digital Cable High-Def Ready Recorders

October 2004

Exploding TV - about the birth of IPTV VOD


Intel Cancels LCOS Development


Adoption of WMV9 hits some snags


SBC and Microsoft to Provide HDTV Over IP


The Universal Off Button


Engadget Interviews TiVo CEO


HDTV Recorders where are they at now.


Microsoft Bringing TV to Xbox


DVB-T STB/MPEG2 Player That Can Access SMB Shares


Distress Signal Emitted By Flat-Screen TV


Panasonic AJ-HDC27V HD Cinema camera


Online Movie Pay Per view.


Sony Professional Disk Blue Laser Optical format


Defeating MacroVision


Samsung to use sub-pixel VGA screens


Digital Cinema transmitted by satellite


Sony, Matsushita, Sharp to launch Blu-ray Disc camcorders in 2005


Digital Cinema Comes to India


Fisher FVD-C1


Great Links


TI plans live TV for mobile phones

September 2004

ASIS show Dallas Sep 27-30 2004


Other upcomming Conferences


Microsoft JPEG Security Hole


SVP (Secure Video Processor) Video CopyProtection


Theora Codec Ported to Java


Sony Begins OLED Display Production


Windows Media Player 10 Released


Microsoft Codec Required For Blu-Ray Players


More Blue-Ray News


3D LCD Technology


Video Software Development services


Multiple output video cards


More Rambling on Digital Cinema


CEDIA Expo 2004


200 GigaByte Writable CD storage.


Article goes here


DTV Transition Coming Fast


ASTC stands for "Any Television Standard or Computer"


Prince's / Regal CineMedia HD Simulcasting


VOD To the Home - Moviebeam


ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0


Point-Of-Sale Video Advertising Network


Elevator Video Advertising Network


Litefast Holographic Graphics Display


Multiple Monitors and video in MS Windows


Video Resolution table updated


QUXGA 3840x2400 Ultra High Res LCD's


The State of Digital Cinema

Articles

Papers:

Economics of Video and the Internet 4/2003

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August 2004

Try our new Chat room.


ACM SIGGRAPH is happeing this week - Nyx Illuminated Clothing - Video Clothing


Digital Cinema System Specification - DCI


Ralph's TV coming to a supermarket near you.


High Res IP Video Cam


Hasbro VideoNow PVD now in Color


Blu-ray Standard takes a Step Forward


360 Degree view camera

July 2004

First IPV6 Network Camera


Microsoft's Media Center PC


Toshiba/Matsushita Release Cellphone TV Display


Macromedia Flash Video Streaming and FlashCast


Other PVR alternatives


View TV on your Computer Monitor - ViewSonic NextVision N6

July 2004

Digital Cinema comming of age. - Tech behind StarWars


360 Degree View Video Cameras


Beyond Megapixels


Portable Media Players


Sony Projector Gets Bright Images From Black Screen


HD digital media player - Roku


Interesting Links


Video Technology HDTV & DVR Section comming soon

May 2004

Vorbis And Musepack Win 128kbps Audio Test


H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression, Book


Video on CellPhones is coming of age.


H.264/Advanced Video Coding - Seminar


Heat Problem Solved for PVR Manufacturers


Osprey® Video Capture


Windows Media 9 isn't just Microsoft anymore.


New HDTV Cable companies are poping up


HDTV on VHS


Comparison of top codecs


What is HomePNA?


Writers Wanted


Video Related Domains for Sale


Streaming Internet Content:
The Failing All or Nothing Strategy


ECCA Releases Technical Specification for a Basic Digital Set Top Box


Interesting Links

February 2004

25% of people in the US think they own an HDTV already!


Nisvara - Silent computers and Heat Management


Brazil Takes Lead in All-Digital Cinema Projection


Writers Wanted


What is EDTV?


Pioneer Acquires NEC's Plasma Division


Hasbro VideoNow PVD - Personal Video Disk Player


This article still under construction


Amiga Video Toaster software source code released


Build your own PVR from scratch

January 2004

Sony DCR-VX2100 HDTV CamCorder


Windows Media High-Definition Video - WMVHD


Make NTSC/PAL look like HDTV


Toshiba HD DVD Technology

November 2003

Video Resolution of different formats


8VSB 8-level vestigial sideband modulation


Super-thin Pliable Electronic Display

September 2003

Ultra High Definition Video (UHDV)


First HDTV Camcorder


Economics of Video and the Internet


HDTV Forum - November 11-13 in Marina Del Ray


Cell Phones get 3D graphics Capabilities


Cellphone 3G Wireless + H.324 = 3G-324M


Dueling video codecs square off at broadcast conference


OpenSource Video Deinterlacing


Video Related Domains for Sale


Extending 2.4 GHz wireless video links


LiveCam Video Streaming Source Code Now Available


Error correction Technology over the Internet

June 2003

Silent Computing


Economics of Video and the Internet


IPV6 Conference June 24-27


Video Related Domains for Sale


LiveCam Video Streaming Source Code Now Available


Error correction Technology over the Internet


Writers Wanted

Febuary 2003

Acacia Patents claimes ownership of streaming media


Silence Please!


Napster's Revenge


New Bill: More Digital TV Limits

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