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posted: 8 Apr 2019 16:39

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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The shorter slide-style format for the videos seems to have been generally well-received, thanks for the feedback. :)

So I'm minded to adopt that for all future videos -- it is certainly a much quicker and more relaxed creation process, without having my fumbling mouse movements being recorded while I'm trying to think two steps ahead.

Which has prompted a rethink also on the means of delivering the videos. I'm still very disappointed that the HTML5 MP4 online image quality is so far behind the lossless quality (and much smaller FBR file size) available in the Templot video player. But maybe not so far behind as to be unusable, and certainly much easier to distribute -- and it works on all systems and mobile devices.

So I think I will abandon the SK5 loader files and locally saved FBR downloads. That's all extra work to create, with plenty of things to go wrong, and mistakes to be made. I'm good at those nowadays. :(

And while I haven't been paying attention, it seems that Blueberry have much improved their FlashBackConnect hosting. Which now has full interactive mouse functions*, defaults to the original HD quality, and usefully allows download of the original FBR file.

Which means anyone who still prefers to watch the video in the Templot video player can do so if they wish, and save the FBR file too. Having the video in a separate window in front of Templot is a very handy way of following it.

But for most users I think I will now rely on the MP4 file on FlashBackConnect. For me it has the great advantage that I can upload directly from the FlashBack editor, without needing to remember logins, create files for the server, or do anything else.

*provided you don't drag the slider. Just click on the slidebar to change position in the video.

I've used Alan's request for info on catch points as an opportunity to try out these changes. The video needed updating anyway. See:

 http://templot.com/companion/catch_points.php

Hopefully it works ok for all users on all browsers and all devices? Which is always the nagging doubt when relying on a web-based solution. :?

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 8 Apr 2019 18:38

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Phil O
 
Plymouth - United Kingdom

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Just looked at it on my tablet, using Android, it works well. I will check it out later on my PCs, one Win 7 and one Win 10.

Phil.

posted: 8 Apr 2019 19:44

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Phil O
 
Plymouth - United Kingdom

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PCs tried and all is good.

You certainly seem to be able to bang them out fairly easily, using this new format, Martin.

Phil.

posted: 8 Apr 2019 20:17

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Phil O wrote:
PCs tried and all is good.

You certainly seem to be able to bang them out fairly easily, using this new format, Martin.
Hi Phil,

Thanks for the reports. Glad it worked. :)

Well yes, they are quite quick to do. On the other hand, you get only what you pay for. They are very light on actual explanation and background information.

These two old videos from 2015 have a total running time of 20 minutes, plus pauses, and include a lot of text explanation:

 http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx?id=ib65pLfUkgNxFBDqAZSNyA2

 http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx?id=z3LZpZ1HyGx4Mzpft5UXUA2

But between them they probably took me several days to create.

And even so are now a bit out of date and need updating (for the extend to meet functions). That's a constant consideration -- how easily can stuff be updated, and how to ensure that anyone who viewed the originals is made aware that an updated version is available?

cheers

Martin.

posted: 9 Apr 2019 02:30

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Martin Dobbins
 
Memphis - Tennessee USA

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Tested with:
Apple Ipad using Safari browser
Amazon Fire tablet using Silk browser and Google Chrome
Desktop running Ubuntu 18.04 and Google Chrome

Worked OK on all of them.  While there was nothing wrong with the "old" method, I do like the new format because it is easier to step back to something that you hadn't understood as well as you thought.

Martin



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