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ども、彦左衛門です
今日最初には日本語で喋るつもりで
最近の日本YouTubeコミュニティーの動向を話したいと思います
それから英語で、冬には病気を防ぐようなヒントをちょっと説明して
特に東京でだけど日本どこでも使えるヒント
最後には最近のYouTube自身の動向について話したいと思います
最近使っている新しい機能とか・・・
だからちゃんとキャプションを表示するようにしようね
できるだけ日本語でも英語でも両方わかるようにしておきます
ゆっくり見ててね!
So, for starters I want to talk a bit about recent goings on in the Japan community!
First up, YouTube Award winners!
Fatblueman, Tokyocooney, Pikata08, Mockmoon2000, everyone has made some fantastic vids
If you haven't already seen the winning vids, I've put links up here in the sidebar
I happen to already know Fatblueman and Tokyocooney myself
Mockmoon2000 and Pikata08's vids are more of a recent discovery to me
I was overseas during the whole YouTube Awards thing and missed it all
I have to say I was really moved by the winning vids by Mockmoon2000 and Pikata08
I've posted a link so if you haven't seen them yet, check them out on the awards page
It left me with the feeling that Japanese video creators are quietly doing some amazing stuff and posting it on YouTube
In other news, a vlogger named BusanKevin recently made YouTube partner
His name is "BusanKevin" but he's a Canadian guy living in Kobe
He makes lots of fun videos about life in Japan
I get a feeling that another kansai based gaijin called Kansai PJ could be next, no?
That's just a feeling, but anyway, congrats to BusanKevin!
If you don't know his channel or why he made partner, just go and check his stuff out
In personal goings on, you may have seen my recent introduction of Nichibeitrader on this channel
Another vlogger I hope to meet soon is "Myargonauts" who is a schoolteacher from Shimane
Another guy I'd like to get into a vid is Cruxay, who you may have seen in his how to learn Japanese video
Another thing is that you may be familiar with "dailyenglishshow"
It's a very professionally made English teaching vlog presented by a Kiwi girl living in Hokkaido
Her show up until now has always followed a fairly rigid format
But recently I was happy to see her break the pattern and do a 51 Things vlog
I thought that was really cool, breaking with the usual pattern
Finally is Jetdaisuke....
A lot of us Japan youtubers use Xacti video cameras like this one
This is one of the cameras I have too
In one of his recent vids, Jetdaisuke went to the release of the new lineup of Xactis
and did a vid showing off the cool new updated versions they have
Jetdaisuke's been doing really well lately. He was featured and is making some cool vids
We used to have about the same number of subscribers, but recently he's leaped ahead
As he of course fully deserves to!I think he is really a Japanese vlogger to watch
If you haven't heard of him, definitely go and check his channel out
さて、今から話が全然かわるんだけど
特に東京にすんでいるなら気づいていると思うけど冬がきれいな天気がいっぱいあるのに、みんながよく病気になること
その理由を簡単にいうと
自分だって最初わからなかったけど、すごい蒸し蒸ししている国から来ていて
寒くてジメジメしているから病気になると思っていた
でも、やっぱり湿度が40%より下がって、特に30%より下がるとのどが感想したり、荒れやすくなります
鼻血が出やすくなったり、のどが痛い症状がでやすくなって
日本にいた最初2年の冬にはずっとのどが痛くて風邪を引くことを繰り返していた
気づくのが時間かかったけどやっぱり湿度のせいだと結局わかるようになった
前の会社の同期が日本のポットのふたを外すことで部屋を加湿できると言ったけど
部屋の真ん中においてやってみて、そして効果は悪くなかったけど
だからそれでちゃんとした加湿器を買いに行くことにしたのです
数時間でこんな水の量が部屋の空気に入る事になるよ
水をミスとに変えて、全部が部屋の空気に加湿するよ
寝ながら弱い設定でつけっぱなしをしたら、やっぱり朝起きるときは全然違います
おきる時にのどが前みたいに全然痛くなっていない
だから冬のなかで健康を守るには加湿器を是非お勧めしますね
そんな価値があると思うよ
これだけど大分健康管理がよくなったよ
加湿することだけでね
だからあなたもよく冬の時に病気になっていて、そしてその原因が分からなかったら、それはもしかしたら空気の乾燥のせいかもね
空気に湿度が低いからね
やってみたら?
Last up, I just want to talk about some new features I've been noticing in Youtube lately
One prominent new feature is the enabling of 720P HD video on YouTube
So I've been doing my best to take advantage and edit vids to have them show up looking good in HD
Although it seems that YouTube hasn't fully sorted out yet the formats it will accept and reencode into HD
For example, if I upload HD video from my Canon HF10, it all gets messed up on youTube
It accepts some full hivision files, but for some reason the files from this camera play back with sound at normal speed and video at half speed
For editing as well, I use Corel's VideoStudio software
The software was originally made by Ulead and was acquired by Corel
It's the primary video editing software I use
But it seems I can't make files that are compatible for YouTube HD with that software on its own any more
And so I bought some other software that I used, but you may have noticed had some interlacing issues when I uploaded
There was lots of artifacting in the video, especially where there was a lot of movement on screen
So for this, I'd really like video software editors to release patches or software upgrades soon that allow us to create YouTube HD videos without these issues
So that we can show videos in nice shiny YouTube HD!
I'd also like for YouTube to be more open about sharing what the best settings are to ensure that videos are encoded in the best possible quality when uploaded
And not just for HD, either
Even in the "normal" quality setting that everyone sees by default
Even though I am doing my best to make the videos look good by encoding them in YouTube HD
It really bugs how my HD videos look even more crappy than usual in "normal mode"
I'd really like YouTube not just to focus on high quality video encoding and settings, but also on improving the quality and encoding of videos viewed in "normal quality"
It's not like everyone has the bandwidth to watch all vids in HD
I'd really like them to look at making sure videos on YouTube look good no matter what setting they are viewed in
if that's possible, of course
Another thing is captions, you have noticed that I put captions on all my vids making them bilingual
I try to show it so that it shows English subtitles when I speak Japanese and Japanese subtitles when I seak English
So if you haven't already noticed, take a look at the botton right of the video player and try switching them on
You can switch them on and off but I recommend having them turned on for all my videos
Anyway, YouTube keeps coming up with fun new features and things I am enjoying such as the YouTube awards
Whenever they bring out a new technical feature, I usually rush to try it out in a video I make
So keep watching and look out for new tricks and features
That's it - a bit of a newsy vlog today
From now on also I'd like to go on showing you more edited videos and introducing other vloggers
So stay tuned and keep watching in what I hope is a great 2009 for you!
PEACE!