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The Sydney Life with William
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TheSydneyLife
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Joined: August 31, 2007
Last Sign In: 2 days ago
Videos Watched: 2,472
Subscribers: 98
Channel Views: 12,772

I have called this channel TheSydneyLife because I live a life in Sydney. Most of my videos are of my travel in Australia or around the world. I like being able to share my experience with you all and give you some insight on the places that I visit.

Anyone who has anything negative to say should stop hiding behind their computer and face the real world we are in today. Negative writers behind their computers are cowards who never show their face in my opinion.

Common questions I predict people will ask.

What camera do you use?
I use either a Sony Digital Mini DV or a Sony Cybershot camera with it set to fine mode.

Why don't you use a HD digital camera?
All HD digital cameras use MPEG2 compression. That applies to HDV HD and AVCHD. I think AVCHD actually uses H264 compression. The frames are not self contained frames. This means that slicing between frames aren't as precise as DV. MPEG compression uses GOP frames which makes editing slow and just not as good. Quality is better but since it's on YouTube, HQ using 640 by 480 is good enough for me.

What sort of programs do you use?
For photos, I use Adobe Photoshop CS2. For video edits, I use Corel VideoStudio X2 Pro.

What specs and sample rate do you render your videos into for YouTube upload?
I always use H264 which is also called MPEG 4 Part 10. 30 Frames per second at a resolution of 640 by 480 so it's available in HQ. The bitrate is a secret which I can only tell you by a message saying I am awesome. The audio is compressed to AAC, 44.100 kHz at 128 mbps. Stereo or mono does not matter. YouTube converts to mono anyway.

Have you tried any other programs?
Yes, I have tried Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere and a few music programs. I like X2 Pro because it's simple to use and cheap.

Why don't you work?
I decided I didn't want to be like everyone else fighting through peak hour and reporting to someone. I quit to travel the world. Mainly around Australia, Asia, North America and the South Pacific.

When will you get another job?
Not sure, maybe mid 2009. I'm really not looking forward to waking up so early of a morning.

How did you get into the video world?
My passion has always been landscape photography. Over time, I moved away from that and enjoyed filming. It 's so much more fun in allot of ways.
City: Sydney
Country: Australia
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New York, USA
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Los Angeles, America
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The start of my two week trip in America. Hope you enjoy.
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Kangaroo Island, South Australia
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Phillip Island, Victoria
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Kiama, NSW
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Channel Comments (57)
jimbeezy13 (3 months ago)
Whats up bro? I'm headed for Australia again..........leaving on tuesday from Washington DC to Brisbane. Guess I'll be making some travel vids as well!!
dingo27mobile (6 months ago)
Actually, do you have twitter acc? you should get one and post all photos on twit pic! :)
dingo27mobile (8 months ago)
Hi, how is it going? I hope i see another video from you soon
Take care, peace.
joey0028 (9 months ago)

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choppa79 (10 months ago)
400th subscriber!!!!
you get a free cookie!
congratulations!
u can collect your prize on saturday
choppa79 (10 months ago)
hey william,
there is a small sydney gathering on this weekend 20/9/08
would love to see you there...
my latest video has all the details..
haggidubious (10 months ago)
Great channel! Sometimes miss my old home town.
dlh5066 (10 months ago)
I liked so much !!!!!! Great to know more about Australia !!!!!!!!
thanks to u thanks Youtube
jimbeezy13 (11 months ago)
Hey man, if you ever go to Gold Coast, hit up this little town called Mudgeeraba. They got this cool bar over there called Woodchoppers. Be sure to film that place too. Love the videos man, keep it rollin'. God I miss Australia.
groundsgold (11 months ago)
Yeah, I tried using a different amount of frames instead of 10k like the ones I have now and it was more erradic. I ended up deleting them but all the 10,000 frame videos I made all ended up on the same frame strangely. None are exactly 50% anymore. With my main account I use to like doing flash frame cheating and have it only in there for 1 frame....much harder to do now.
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