When I try to submit my RSS feed as a new channel, clicking the Submit a New Channel button (green) just keeps reloading the same page.
I find it a bit questionable that your toolbar seems to be copied from iTunes. This does not inspire confidence. Get your own graphics!
As to installing Broadcast Machine, I tried to do this months ago on my old webhost, and they wouldn't let me - probably didn't like the idea of me putting some script they'd never heard of on their servers (and who can blame them?).
Your instructions now say:
Installing Broadcast Machine
- Download Broadcast Machine and open the zip file.
- Copy the folder "bm" to the public_html directory on your website.
- Point your browser to www.yourwebsite.com/bm
- If you see a login screen, you're ready to go. Just create your first account.
So... not quite as easy as it needs to be if you want this to be truly broad-based and democratic.
On 2/22/06, cooperwef <
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Hi VideoBloggers,
Tiffiniy with Participatory Culture here. Big news, good news: we've just released the beta
version for Windows of our flagship video player (formerly known as DTV)!
We're also announcing a new name for this free and open-source internet TV platform:
Democracy. It's perfect for videobloggers and independent publishers -- covers everything
from publishing videos, to watching them in fullscreen, to sharing them over the net.
You can download the Democracy player for Windows right now, free of charge as always,
on our new community website:
http://www.getdemocracy.com/
Mac users: you can grab an updated version 0.8 of Democracy for Mac on GetDemocracy
as well. There's a version for Linux users also, so Democracy is now officially cross-
platform.
On GetDemocracy.com, you'll find lots of new materials: case studies of how the platform
flows together, buttons for you to post on your website to help promote open internet TV,
testimonials from actual internet users, help documentation, user forums, and more.
Tthere's an opportunity for all of us to build a new, open mass medium of online
television. We're developing the Democracy internet TV platform so that watching internet
video channels will be as easy as watching TV and broadcasting a channel will be open to
everyone, and unlike traditional TV, everyone will have a voice.
The Democracy platform encompasses four open-source and open-standards tools we've
released over the past year:
1. Democracy player. Now available in beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux. New features
include built-in video search— just type your search terms into Democracy and see what
there is to watch out there on the web. Also, Videobomb integaration—you can now
"bomb" videos you like from within Democracy player, linking up with the Videobomb.com
website. It's all coming together.
2. Democracy Channel Guide. Recently re-designed, a welcoming home base for internet
TV. Now features over 300 channels (yes!!!) of fascinating internet video with more being
added every day. Please feel free to submit your channel (an RSS feed with videos) by
going here, it's entirely free:
https://channelguide.participatoryculture.org/?q=submitchannel
3. Broadcast Machine. Free video publishing software. Provides instant video capacity for
individuals and organizations -- it's easy publishing for videoblogs, the interface is just
like blogging software. Optional BitTorrent publishing makes broadcasting video
affordable for anyone.
4. Videobomb.com. The new social bookmarking website for video. Watch and support the
best video on the web. Share with friends & family. It's like Digg + del.icio.us for video.
Please forward this widely, write about us, tell your friends about us, and write back to this
e-mail with your feedback, we welcome your thoughts on the Democracy platform.
Thanks!
Participatory Culture – Holmes, Nicholas, Tiffiniy, Nick, David, Geoff, Matt, Colin, Luc, and
friends.
www.getdemocracy.com
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