This week, I got doubly "blessed," as Yahoo had a glitch in its e-mail program that caused it to repeatedly send the same messages time and again. Some folks were mad; some thought their particular group was being attacked. The rest of us took the Douglas Adam's "potted plant" approach. ("Oh, not again.") I'm moderator on two groups, so I deleted the repeats and sent a notice that Yahoo was freaking. Naturally, that message was sent seven times. Yahoo also sent a notice about the problem. I didn't get the message, but I know someone who did.
No more caffeine for you, Yahoo!
As far as the movie trailer, it went fairly easily, though finding royalty-free music is hard! I was stoked to find the extra photos, especially the one of the girl pushing on the fence. It said "Little Madeleine" all over it. The music came from White Beetle and is a Gregorian chant. We has some problems with ordering, too, but the customer service folks at White Beetle got us the download, and the timing on the song was near-perfect.
Then we tried to post it.
I'd saved it as a project, not a movie. I didn't know there was a difference. So when I loaded it onto YouTube, instead of it telling me .mswmm was not accepted, it just sat for hours, "processing." In the meantime, I tried to post it elsewhere, but it had to be in .mpg or .avi to be downloaded. So we downloaded conversion software and tried to change it. It converted about half the time, meaning we got video or audio but not both. The one conversion that did both sped up the slides, cycled through the last four three times and wrecked the timing. We never did figure that one out.
In the meantime, Rob realized YouTube was trying to process the wrong file, and we finally got the movie onto YouTube. Once there, YouTube is very kind in offering .html code. (Later, Rob was playing with the Help files in YouTube and came across "What does .mswmm mean?" Like I would have thought to ask.)
So here's the Code Filk. It doesn't scan as well as I'd hoped, but, hey, it's not like I'm going to make a YouTube movie out of it.
Sing to Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry"
Something is freaking out on Yahoo groups
Messages repeating, by dozens or two
Does this improve e-mails for you?
Need clear communication
Well, I made a trailer for I-S-I-G
Cut-and-paste and music, how hard can it be?
Then I tried to post for all to see
But there's not publication
Give me M-P-G
Give me A-V-I
Give me M-P-G
Why do I even try?
You'd think I was a dumb blond from
Out in the Sticks
When downloading a movie's
Something I can't fix
Tell me now what's wrong with this?
I need good conversion
I saved it as a project
Not a movie yet.
YouTube doesn't bother
To mention it.
It let the file just sit and sit
Give me some clear directions.
Yes, I see the Help sign
But what do I ask?
Why would I think mswmm
Wouldn't do the task?
It's such a pain in the a&%
Without more clear directions.
Give me M-P-G
Give me A-V-I
At least give me a clue
Why do I even try?
Silly little programs
Silly little tricks
I learn the silly secrets, but they just won't stick
Programming makes me go, "Ick!
I need more directions."
I call my techie husband. He's such a card.
He fixes up the problem without laughing to hard
Not bad for a dwarvish bard
He gives good directions
Got my M-P-G
Don't need A-V-I
It's on YouTube now
Happy I can die!
2 comments:
Oh my goodness--making a trailer sounds complicated. But I clicked on the link in your March 29 blog and ta-DAH! There it was! It certainly makes me wonder about God being there for the Aliens too!!! Very interesting idea. And are you directing it to the Roman Catholics or as catholic meaning universal church?
Mmm..I hate to ask, but what does Code Filk III actually mean? As you can see I am no techie. Thanks.
Best wishes for a successful promotion and marketing!
It's science fiction with a Roman Catholic twist, but people of all religious followings--or none at all--have enjoyed it.
Filk is a folk song about a book or something technical, so "Code Filk" is my title for any parody I write about my adventures in the wonderful world of computer programming, web design, etc.
The trailer was actually pretty easy to make. I just don't understand why the program wouldn't convert to a different format. That's supposed to be easiest of all.
Karina
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