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03-19-2006, 10:04 PM
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Reef Videos
Hey,
I've been putting together a collection of reef-related videos and tank tour videos of canadian tanks, on a website called www.reefvideos.com I've tried to make them as informative as i can. You can hear each person talking about their tank, and list off the species, while what they are talking about. My tank is the 20gallon nano. It's likely the worst video, but it was the first and more of a test run.  I just did one on how to make your own 2-part calcium additive too. Two other Reef shows you might want to check out are www.reefcast.com and Talkingreef. They are more audio only shows, but are pretty cool. Reefcast in particular. Hope you like 'em! Chris 
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03-20-2006, 12:34 AM
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Very cool Chris. Is this a personal project of part of a club or organizations?
How can someone get there tank tour on the site?
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03-20-2006, 03:43 AM
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It's just a personal project. I am in toronto, so all those tanks are near here. or within an hours drive.
I might arrange a trip to ottawa, and try and schedule a few tanks all in one day. But thats a busy day. And my wife will think I'm an even bigger reeefgeek than she already suspects. A few people have asked me that lately, It would be cool if they sent me videos and I edit them down and stuck them on my site I suppose, but what do I say if there video really bad? (not that mine are great). hmmm. I'm gunna think about that, maybe make some kinda submission document. I'm trying to keep them short... 5-7 mins. If anyone has suggestions, I'll hear gladly hear them. Chris
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03-20-2006, 02:05 PM
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Really well done you need to get Scotty's tank in there AFSS. Is it me or the vid's seemed to stop and re buffer alot and i have DSL too.
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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03-20-2006, 04:20 PM
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I believe Bev posted your link a while back, great site!
I have high speed and the videos seemed to buffer and stop a lot too. If you can change the settings I would buffer way more at the beginning before starting the videos? Or offer them for download? I dont mind waiting for the video to start, but it is annoying to stop in the middle and wait.
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03-20-2006, 05:25 PM
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03-20-2006, 05:32 PM
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I have ADSL from Telus. I get 100k/second downloading at the very minumum, usually it is 150k/s.
Some of the videos went without a hitch, then I started the sump one, and it was chunky. Maybe there were lots of people downloading videos at that time and the slowdown was server side.
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03-20-2006, 08:42 PM
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I have noticed that if I click a few buttons in fairly quick succession, then the video can start loading one video while the other is still loading. And this can slow it, so the playhead catches up with the buffer...
You know the horizontal bar at the bottom, it progresses as the video loads. The little "nibby" thing shows the playhead. Does the playhead overtake the loading bar? I've tested it a zillion times but havent had problems. I'd love to know what percentage of people do have problems. I've only heard from 3 people o far, and one had a really old versionof flash on his computer. I suppose I'll need to make a lower rez version of the site. You can let the video buffer manually, by hitting the pause button (bottom left), and just waiting a bit before playing again. As well there is a podcast feed, which will download as soon as a new episode goes online. It'll download automatically, if you leave your itunes on(or whatever podcast subscriber you use). The podcast feed listed on the Apple podcast directory and a few others. The feed is reefvideos_podcast01.rss I guess this thing is growing, and I need to do things a little better. I've seen a tonne of views from canreef.com! Big forum here! Let me know of any problems, or suggestions. I'm lineing up some more tank-tours. Scott-Afss huh?, Lets see if hes into it. Chris
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