Using Adobe Premier CS3 To Edit Cut Video for YouTube

Image via Wikipedia Adobe Premier CS3 is part of the master collection creative suite 3 (CS3). Check out the recent Master Tour in KL 2008.

Adobe Premier CS3 doesn't support flv and dat (as input). This is due to a few reasons:

• Dat is ambiguous data format, it can be video or just anything. It is matter of extension.
  
• Flv may is compressed video.

To convert dat file into MPEG, you can use VCD Gear.

It is a freeware and it works damn fast.

Using Adobe Premier CS3 is really no-frills. There are just a few things to master.

1. Assets manager (managing objects)
   
2. Source manager
   
3. Output manager (sequence)
   
4. Timeline manager (for cutting)

Since YouTube only allow videos of the following attributes:

• Not more than 10 minutes
  
• Not more than 1 GB in size.

Thus, it is always a requirement to cut videos into 10 minutes clips.

In Adobe Premier CS3, each clip is known as sequence.

So, to add sequence, use the Asset manager.



Drag the video from 'Source' into the 'Timeline'.

Scale the 'Output'.



Use 'razor' to cut then 'clear' away unwanted portions.



Move wanted portion back to the starting point. This will ensure that your sequence (clip) start on at time 00:00:00


Export each 'sequence' using Adobe Media Encoder.



Select desirable output format.



Done. The output can then be uploaded to YouTube.

Adobe Master Collection Installation Failed Solutions

Trying to install new components on Windows Vista Business (32 bit).

Goto Control-Panel..



And it couldn't work.



And if you try to uninstall everything and reinstall again ...



No worries, you are not alone.

My Solutions:

• Do not initiate installation from Control-Panel. Run the Setup.exe from the first DVD.
  
• Make sure Internet connection is on while installing.

Sure work!!!

If you encountered 'Internal error 2739' while running 'Setup.exe' from the DVD...



Follow the instruction in this link.

Conclusion:

• Vista could be the problem. If you don't follow the above two steps, even trying on Safe Mode couldn't work. I did manage to uninstall master collection CS3 from Windows XP through the control panel.
  
• It seems also is a way for Adobe to make sure that you have valid DVD to perform installation. There is a way to create DVD which prohibit copying.
  
• Internet connection ? To check who you are ?

Malaysia ICT Budget 2007

Check out the Budget 2009 highlights.

Lazy to read ? Here are the summaries for what is good for the ICT industry in Malaysia.

According to Cisco Malaysia, MSC Malaysia, Intel Malaysia, Symantec Corp, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM Malaysia and Micrsoft Malaysia...

All speak the same wavelength that the announced budget is good for:

• Tax relief: Accelerated Capital Allowance on expenses incurred on ICT equipment
• Incentives for SME through Bank Negara
• Manpower Development

All agreed synonymously that ICT is a key factor to accelerate Malaysia’s competitive edge in the global economy and to spur the growth of knowledge-based economy.

Comparison to previous budget (2006), this one is rather low-profile, low-risk and conservative. There is no excitement for R & D and growth simulation. It is more about cushioning.

Why Mobile Number Portability (MNP) ?

Image via Wikipedia Malaysian have been waiting for three years, finally today is the day.

Sometime in Feb 2005, this blog invested effort to study the market saturation of mobile phone industry in Malaysia. Check out the blog entry.

So indeed, industry experts have been trying to visualize what is going to happen when the market saturates.

Observe this quote ..

For a developing country like Malaysia, some pundits believe cellular companies (celcos) may have to scrape the bottom of the barrel for the next wave of customers. Other analysts believe the celcos could rev up subscriber numbers by lowering entry barriers further.

Both of these scenarios are happening now in fact, but the industry actually has a better way of dealing with market saturation, it is a best practice being practiced around the world; Mobile Number Portability (MNP).

Yes, MNP is catered to cushion market saturation by providing more spaces for healthy competitions amongst the celcos.

This is good, really. I endorse this.

The effort will make sure that industry players do not fall into the trap of complacency. They have to be prudent with the economics of their businesses all the time and to maintain a healthy customer-relationships as always as possible.

Why ? It is not hard to guess. Look at all the monopolies around Malaysia now, how I wish there is such thing as broadband portability.

Just imagine that if someone is doing illegal throttling, all you need to do is to pay RM 25 to port over to other service providers.

And culprits can't afford to be ignorant because Switzerland can't be bought over (like Netscape), it is an open source !

MNP is a good implementation ruled by MCMC to prevent unhealthy industry practices. It must and was initiated by MCMC.

Latest Updates:

Celcom to benefit from MNP.

Celcom's net profit rose 29% to RM631 million in the first half ended June 30, 2008 from a year earlier.Strong performance was mainly attributed to higher acquisition and usage of postpaid as a result of the successful launch of the Celcom Executive Plan (CEP) and growing demand for mobile broadband services.

WiMAX To Roll-Out in Malaysia As Promised (Aug 2008)

Image via Wikipedia It was more than a year ago when WiMAX first surfaced into the media of Malaysia.

During those periods, it was all about who should have the licenses ?... That debate is long over.

Malaysian have been waiting and waiting... occasionally distracted by the general election, rising crude oil prices, WCIT and Olympic games. But those are short-term hot happenings as compared to the issues of telecommunication facilities for all Malaysian. We are still not getting good enough service coverage; many would agree.

PiKOM has invested efforts to do their parts, by convincing the government that targets are not realistic (on July 2007) that government now expects 50% of the households to have broadband by 2010 and a few months later commented again that WiMAX effort was losing momentum (on April 2008).

So, things are moving.

YTL E-Solutions, Green Packet, REDtone all have had press releases that promised WiMAX will be launched by end of Aug 2008. Yeah, that is good, finally we get to see something and since the HSBB (High Speed Broadband) project by TM has been lingered with uncertainties.

But interestingly, the bigger subject is that how effective are all these guys going to contribute to the national broadband plan ? The answer can be found at this blog entry (Dec 2007) about QucomHaps Malaysia.

Check out the commentaries (never-mind those that are semi-relevant) where it took me out of bewilderment by an anonymous industrial expect who commented that non of these guys can contribute much to the national broadband plan, because they are driven by commercial values.

Let me republish the content here...

STREAMYX (ADSL) just cannot serve everything nationwide. Just ask the suppliers.

3G LOCATIONS just cannot serve everything either. 3G has taken more than 6 years to roll out not much (nowhere even close to nationwide) service coverage.It could take 10 or 20 more years (like GSM!) to roll out enough nationwide service coverage locations.Maybe it will never be affordable to do so anyway.

WiMax LOCATIONS certainly cannot serve everything (maybe will not even serve anything some experts think!)The reality is that WiMAX provides zero service coverage in Malaysia today, even though it gained the full support of Intel and expert others for years.
There is no projected timescale for when nationwide WiMAX service coverage will ever be available. If and when it does happen then it will probably be the Haps people that do it!

GSM took over 25 years to roll out nationwide service coverage it is worth remembering. 25 years! And provides no useful internet access.

SATELLITE gives nationwide service coverage no problem. After taking 5-7 year programs to build and launch them.But the problem is that almost nobody other than commercial and public customers can afford these satellite broadband services anyway. So again that's completely useless for the rakyat!

And you can't receive any satellite signal anyway to or from a normal Nokia, Sony etc mobile phone.

'Fibre to the home/office' might happen one day, I agree. But it will likely take 10-15 years to cover all buildings nationwide. And it may not be affordable for everyone even when the service becomes available.

Even 10-15 years from now, when service might be nationwide, it would still offer NO internet access at all whenever you are outside and away from buildings.

So this is the internet service coverage reality in Malaysia and all the possible choices.

80% of buildings in Malaysia today have NO broadband internet access or services. 80%! Similarly 80% (or more) of the populated working areas outside of buildings have no internet coverage.

The social and economic retardation and the social divisiveness dangers caused by this challenge is very serious, for everyone.

Many of Malaysia's neighbours have already overtaken us in terms of internet access and service.

New business and increased educational and other advancements blossoming.
Other neighbours also already have plans to overtake us on many important fronts.

What's the big rush then for an almost 'instant nationwide service solution to all-buildings and to all-mobile-locations' from Haps?

Is it because only by having Haps internet access and service nationwide we can we even hope to compete as a nation?

Almost no matter how long it took the Haps guys to deliver service they would still likely have done it way before any of the other possible technologies.

All the other technologies took many years longer to roll out their own types of service coverage.

So, this is interesting time, let's see how the WiMAX will live up to the expectation.

Finally, in some countries, BitTorrent throttling is illegal, don't you agree ? A software has been created to measure the actual speed of your Internet connection, it is called Switzerland. Check it out dude, before you purchase new service!

Malaysia ISP ordered to cut access to Malaysia Today website

Image via Wikipedia This is unprecedented, this is an important timeline for ICT Malaysia.

Check out the report from TheStar.

I can bring back a similarity to Google associating Chinese government to filter out contents from the search engine.

But not too worry, with corporate blogging gaining momentum as well as the government has started to venture into politic-webspheres, it will be harder for a total censorship of the Internet; The Pre-Doomsday.

Check out LiewCF and hilarious Jeff Ooi.

Updates:

• Only 'general instruction' (30th Aug 2008)
  
• Khairy Disgrees (31st Aug 2008)
• one does not appreciate the difference between wrongs for which action can be taken and acts that constitute prior restraint.

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