On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:17:50 -0600, Ignoramus24626
wrote:


I did consider this very deeply.

I very strongly believe in high resolution and quality of video and
images. 320 pixel videos make me cringe.

I agree but there's a right way and a wrong way to achieve your goals.
Yours - making everyone suffer through long downloads - is the wrong
way.

The right way is to downsample to say, 800 X 600 pix and put that up
as a thumbnail. When the user wants to see more, he clicks on the
thumbnail and gets the full res photo. The free program Irfanview
will do everything you want and do it quickly.

For videos, edit them to the size you like and then submit to your
private youtube channel. Youtube has the best codecs ever and can
achieve higher compression than anything I've tried.

If you don't want to embed a youtube video in your web page, simply
use a firefox plugin such as UnPlug to download the mpeg file at the
resolution of your choice.

viola! You have the resolution and detail that you want and the
user-friendly website that viewers want. After all, that IS the
purpose of putting up a website - getting viewers - instead of having
them click off in disgust at the load times.

John


I feel that on most websites with pictures, the pictures are way too
small to be useful. They are economizing on bytes that cost next
to nothing, at the expense of clarity and ability to zoom in.


Two hours later I was done.

That's a great Christmas bonus you got for yourself.


What that stuff in the above picture, is a new Scotsman ice bag
cabinet, as well as a used "Ole Hickory" natural gas meat smoker. I
kept asking the Russian Santa, called Ded Moroz, for something like
that smoker, for years. Ded Moroz brings presents for the New Year,
so, I think, he finally heard me and got me this on Dec 30.

Way cool. Did you spend money on wages to help pick it up, or was it
solely your job? I'd consider that money well spent, either way.
What's the new Scotsman going to net you on eBay (or wherever)?
JES Restaurant Supply has 'em for $8,653.84 Bwahahahaha! Merry
Christmas!

I think that Scotsman sells for $3,200 brand new. I will probably get
1.5k for it.

i
John DeArmond
http://www.neon-john.com
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Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
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