More Tsunami Videos - Part II (Wizbang)

[See all of the Tsunami videos in the Tsunami Video archive.]

The crush of traffic for videos from dealing with the tsunami has mostly overwhelmed blogs attempting to provide them to the public. Some big name companies are hopefully stepping up to the plate to help meet the crushing demand. Jordan at Cheese and Crackers is doing yeoman's work keeping the links and mirrors up to date.

In the mean time here's some newer videos.

Simply the most amazing video of the tsunami I've yet seen (11MB AVI). It's a miracle the cameraman (or woman) is alive. Filmed in Koh Lanta, Thailand

Since Reuters has been collecting videos and has the infrastructure in place to stream them to millions of viewers, here's two newer videos, I've not seen elsewhere.

TSUNAMI VIDEO
Police CCTV Video Of Tsunami Hitting Thai Tourist Beach (Phuket)

AMATEUR VIDEO Hitting Thailand's Phuket Island

Higher bandwidth sites are stepping up to host these videos. Archive.org the kind folks at UnitedEmailSystems are mirroring all of the videos.

Related Wizbang Tsunami Video Entries:

Amateur Video Of Tsunami Hitting Beach (updated)

More Tsunami Pictures And Videos

More Tsunami Videos II

More Tsunami Videos III

More Tsunami Videos IV

More Tsunami Videos V

Comments (34)

trouble with WVX file....</... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Paul | December 29, 2004 11:38 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

Paul:

trouble with WVX file....

any more ideas?

Posted on December 29, 2004 23:38

I don't think that video wo... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by silver | December 30, 2004 12:31 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

silver:

I don't think that video works anymore

Posted on December 30, 2004 00:31

It works for me, but not th... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Henry | December 30, 2004 1:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Henry:

It works for me, but not the wvx, try the other one

Posted on December 30, 2004 01:37

Links to Reuters don't seem... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Gene | December 30, 2004 8:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Gene:

Links to Reuters don't seem to work. Reuters responds with page not found

Posted on December 30, 2004 08:48

I have had better luck link... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Woody | December 30, 2004 10:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Woody:

I have had better luck linking to Reuters UK

http://tv.reuters.co.uk

Posted on December 30, 2004 10:22

For the WVX file, try going... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by Joseph | December 30, 2004 10:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Joseph:

For the WVX file, try going to tools, then options, the click on the format tab, look for windows media audio/video file and check/tick the box next to it. After this if it does not work, save target as blah blah and yadda yadda and try to wait for the file to buffer completely, even if it says 0:00 at first it changes when it buffers to 1:01 (the time) if that still doesnt work UPDATE your windows media player.

Posted on December 30, 2004 10:41

Just as a reference:<... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by Pandelirium | December 30, 2004 11:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Pandelirium:

Just as a reference:

The link to the .wvx file it just a pointer-file to this link: http://stream.pol.dk/pol/video/3537.WMV

These and the .asf have the real url to the clip in it's text... so you can save the .asx/.wvx file (also .ram files work this way) and open it within a text editor and find/copy/paste the link into your browser/player to open it or create a simple html document with the good link, then rt-click and 'save-file-as' ... so you can save it to your system.

Hope this may help. ;)

John B.
'Pandelirium'
Pandelirium Studio Works
Moderator/Owner of numerous IRC channels on 'irc.freenode.net' for NASA/JPL and others ::

#MaximumPCMag, #SpaceShipOne, #xprize, #cassini, #maestro, #NASA, #messenger, #space, #mars, #pandelirium, #stormalert, #hnsky, #celestia, and others

Posted on December 30, 2004 11:07

I have some collection of t... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by Quah | December 31, 2004 8:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Quah:

I have some collection of the impact on Tsunami.

The website is at http://www.tsunamiquake.org

Pls tell me more photos to collects.

Posted on December 31, 2004 08:27

Reuters video crashes out R... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by justin | December 31, 2004 8:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

justin:

Reuters video crashes out Realplayer 10 Gold on Linux. Anyone got file captures to those videos for downloading instead?

Posted on December 31, 2004 08:48

With no TV and only Mac OS ... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by Tim | January 1, 2005 3:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Tim:

With no TV and only Mac OS 9 I've yet to see a single video of the wave. Though I can use RealPlayer, Reuters doesn't work for me either.

IF ONLY some of these videos came in Quicktime! Are there any? Can they be identified beforehand?

With my dial-up modem it takes 40 minutes before I find out that each video is in a format I can't download.

Posted on January 1, 2005 15:54

All you have to do is hover... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by Manson | January 1, 2005 7:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Manson:

All you have to do is hover over the video file then do a save command to save the video to your pc. When you do this a box should open up with the name of the file that you are about to save. The file type will be revealed in the extension. Another way is by hovering your mouse over the link. The URL (which contains the file name) will show at the bottom of the browser.

Posted on January 1, 2005 19:47

Can anyone suggest a place ... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by Dale | January 1, 2005 7:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Dale:

Can anyone suggest a place to see the the tsunami at Koh Lanta online? The avi file, which the link at www.archive.org at top leads to, is unwatchable after it's downloaded, at least for me. Thanks

Posted on January 1, 2005 19:54

Yes, I can't view the Koh L... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by Patty | January 1, 2005 9:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Patty:

Yes, I can't view the Koh Lanta video either. I can get sound but no picture. I'm on Mac either OS 9 or X. Any suggestions are welcome.

Posted on January 1, 2005 21:21

Having trouble looking at t... (Below threshold)

14. Posted by Netmeister | January 1, 2005 10:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Netmeister:

Having trouble looking at the video, try the VideoLan player: www.videolan.org

Here's a link to collected technical information on the earthquake and tsunami, including a power point slideshow from the National Remote Sensing Agency.

netmeister.blogspot.com/2005/01/technical-information-on-earthquake.html

Posted on January 1, 2005 22:31

Thanks Manson. I can see I ... (Below threshold)

15. Posted by Timothy | January 2, 2005 1:00 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Timothy:

Thanks Manson. I can see I need an AVI translator of some kind (and maybe so do you Patty) but I've downloaded three today and none of them are sufficient - "missing segments" or some such nonsense.

Most AVI things are for MAC OS X anyway, such as "VideoLan".

I also checked out your blogspot netmeister, but a 13mg download will take at least 1.5 hours. I've spent about 5 hours on this today. I have to give up.

Except for some stills I have no idea what this wave looked like! I'm a surfer too. Aargh! Double argh!!

I've NEVER had any trouble viewing a QuickTime file before this week. Why is it that suddenly anything to do with this tsunami is unviewable? What sort of progress does this kind of exclusion represent?

Thanks, everyone, for your help.

Posted on January 2, 2005 01:00

this is the saddest thing s... (Below threshold)

16. Posted by jess | January 2, 2005 4:21 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

jess:

this is the saddest thing since sept 11 and the world is eceeding most pplz expectation and digging deep......good on ya..hopefully this is another step towards world peace and every1 working together...

Posted on January 2, 2005 04:21

Timothy, what kind of compu... (Below threshold)

17. Posted by Netmeister | January 2, 2005 4:44 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Timothy, what kind of computer and operating system are you using?

Posted on January 2, 2005 04:44

I solved most of my viewing... (Below threshold)

18. Posted by Dale | January 2, 2005 8:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

I solved most of my viewing problems yesterday, so here are some suggestions for those on a Mac with system 9 or earlier: I'm watching the videos with the "wmv" suffix on an older Windows Media Player 7, which is pre-MacOSX. For the video(s) with an "avi" suffix, look on a search machine for DivX Doctor II, which converts "avi" files to "mov" files, which can be viewed on the Quicktime Player.

Good luck.

Posted on January 2, 2005 08:36

Netmeister, I decided to tr... (Below threshold)

19. Posted by Tim | January 2, 2005 10:33 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Netmeister, I decided to try your - for me - massive download, and eventually viewed your Blogspot acrobat files. The other files were too large to be opened by my Simpletext (Mac Powerbook, OS 9).

Dale, your suggestion sounds right to me. I'll try your approach today .

At this rate I could see spending my middle years trying to see images of this wave in motion! (I'd still be a lot better off than anyone who saw it in person.)

Thanks all.

Posted on January 2, 2005 10:33

Tim, I would be glad to mai... (Below threshold)

20. Posted by Netmeister | January 2, 2005 11:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Tim, I would be glad to mail you a copy of all the files (including all of the videos I've collected) on CD.

Posted on January 2, 2005 11:04

Thanks for suggestions - I ... (Below threshold)

21. Posted by Patty | January 2, 2005 12:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Thanks for suggestions - I managed to download the bittorrent stuff on my OS X machine and view them fine. I have a fascination with huge waves (love surfing movies) and always wanted to witness one but this disaster has cured me of that. My heart goes out to the victims. The horror is unspeakable.

Posted on January 2, 2005 12:31

This video can be seen at<b... (Below threshold)

22. Posted by Clare | January 2, 2005 5:26 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

Clare:

This video can be seen at
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/tsunamiasia.html

Posted on January 2, 2005 17:26

For those with a *very* str... (Below threshold)

23. Posted by Frankly | January 3, 2005 5:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Frankly:

For those with a *very* strong stomach:

http://img145.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img145&image=ruumiita4ft.jpg

Keep the kiddies away...

Posted on January 3, 2005 05:46

Hi, More videos can be watc... (Below threshold)

24. Posted by John | January 3, 2005 10:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

John:

Hi, More videos can be watch in http://www.brturbo.com/noticias/videos_tsunami.htm

All videos in Windows Media Streaming, open in mac .

[]s

Posted on January 3, 2005 10:50

Can't you guys take your bu... (Below threshold)

25. Posted by Netmeister | January 4, 2005 8:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Can't you guys take your bullshit someplace else? IM each other instead of torturing the rest of the group with your childish games!

The wise speak when they have something to say, the fools speak when they have to say something.

Posted on January 4, 2005 08:35

Cor Blimey!At first ... (Below threshold)

26. Posted by James McDonald-Innes | January 4, 2005 1:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

James McDonald-Innes:

Cor Blimey!
At first it all looks really hilarious. Like a ride at Euro Disney. But then all the death kind of gets you down. And all the water is brownish and dirty-looking. Not a good ride at all, really. Glad I was in the Pub when this happened. At least the brown water there tastes good.
Cheers,
JMcDI

Posted on January 4, 2005 13:58

Eu sou brasileira, e acompa... (Below threshold)

27. Posted by ELIZETE ROMANINI | January 5, 2005 6:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

ELIZETE ROMANINI:

Eu sou brasileira, e acompanhei o sofrimento deste povo pelos telejornais. Sinto muito e desejo a todos muita luz e sabedoria neste momento de dor... Acho que a humanidade está muito sem Deus... Que o acontecido sirva de reflexão para todos nós do mundo inteiro... que deixemos de ser mesquinhos, que lutemos mais pela paz mundial... Não importa em qual pais vivemos...somos todos da mesma espécie... vamos nos preservar... Não é possível que diante de tamanho sofrimento as pessoas ainda não entendam o poder e a magnitude de Deus...
Tantos inocentes perderam suas vidas enquanto tantos maldosos estão gozando das suas safadezas... Temos que fazer uma corrente de Paz mundial.

Posted on January 5, 2005 06:19

Here's another link:... (Below threshold)

28. Posted by Penn | January 5, 2005 6:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Penn:

Here's another link:
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/tsunamiasia.html

Posted on January 5, 2005 06:24

y dont you take videos of p... (Below threshold)

29. Posted by Lenard | January 6, 2005 6:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Lenard:

y dont you take videos of people helping the victims rather than taking pic and videos of people being slashed by waves and things like that. that would be more pleasing to the people since for the fact that we already knew and realized how our fellow brothers and sisters there stuggled just for survival. so please! feature something good and pleasing to the eye!

Posted on January 6, 2005 06:03

Are you familiar with Pillo... (Below threshold)

30. Posted by Dan | January 6, 2005 10:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Dan:

Are you familiar with Pillock Ravanelli? i am. he is a thicky

Posted on January 6, 2005 10:09

i like cheese and sometimes... (Below threshold)

31. Posted by hugh jorgan | January 10, 2005 4:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

hugh jorgan:

i like cheese and sometimes my tapeworms don't like what i feed them so they revolt and cause me to have cramps. why can't everything like these videos be all happy and cheerful, just like the real-world we are in...couldn't all of this be seen through a cheerful medicated malaise rather than the stark realization of the power and majesty of Madre Mundo, and the knowledge that we are just as the ants on this globe, subject to every whim of the groanings and movements of our lifeforce, our blood-giver, the Earth? but unlike ants we take far more and destroy far more than we ever give? if i carved a big 50 ton block of lard long enough with a dremel, chainsaw and a butter knive i bet i could carve the millenium falcoln. eatpeople.

Posted on January 10, 2005 04:03

not sure if you guys saw th... (Below threshold)

32. Posted by bob | January 10, 2005 6:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

bob:

not sure if you guys saw this yet, but here are more videos: goodatlife.blogspot.com

Posted on January 10, 2005 18:02

More tourist and amateur vi... (Below threshold)

33. Posted by Tsunami Videos | January 11, 2005 2:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Tsunami Videos:

More tourist and amateur videos of the Tsunami are available at:
http://www.tsunami-videos.org

Posted on January 11, 2005 14:33

I read this topic. I think ... (Below threshold)

34. Posted by video | December 1, 2005 6:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

video:

I read this topic. I think may be more optimistic opinion...

Posted on December 1, 2005 18:03

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