tech. This message discusses Yahoo vs. YouTube vs. Blip.
Note the use of the word "streaming", a word that often comes up when I
talk about videoblogging with people outside of this sphere.
Much of the worlds entire perspective and expectation of video is still
based on a web 1.0, "big iron" streaming model (aka Real, microsoft
Asf/asx, etc) They don't know anything else - they think if you can
download a video file you are somehow stealing it.
+nathan
-----Original Message-----
From: Aldon Hynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: (ISF) Yahoo's video streaming service
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:26:35 -0400
I've been playing a lot with various video streaming systems recently
and
have a bunch of different thoughts.
First, I should acknowledge that I haven't played with Yahoo's service,
so I
can't comment on whether or not it is really worth it.
Most of the stuff I've seen recently has been focused on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com They provide free hosting provided you given
them
certain rights to the videos. For the political campaign I'm working
on,
http://www.nedlamont.com , volunteers have been making videos, posting
them
on YouTube and then embedding them in blogs. For a good example, check
out
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1420
For most people it streams nicely within the context of the
organization's
website (or blog as in the example above). There are problems with it
stopping and starting when people view it from a slow connection.
Meanwhile, other people have been highly recommending http://blip.tv I
tested them a little quite a while ago, and had mixed feelings.
However,
they've made major improvements since then and should be seriously
looked
at.
I've written a bit about other video sharing services in my own blog,
check
the video section
http://www.orient-lodge.com/taxonomy/page/or/14
There are three entries specifically about sharing videos as well as
several
others that touch on the topic. They mention services like ClipShack,
vSocial, Castpost as well as a link to a great article sometime back on
TechCrunch.
I hope this helps.
As an aside, I am organizing a citizen filmmaking workshop and festival
at
the Media Giraffe Summit at UMass Amherst on June 29th. Check out
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/filmmaking/ If you can make it please do.
If
you have ideas for good panelists or good videos to display, please let
me
know.
Aldon
-----Original Message-----
Date: Wed May 31, 2006 2:16 pm (PDT)
From: "Deborah Elizabeth Finn" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Yahoo's video streaming service
Dear Colleagues,
First of all, greetings from the NetSquared conference
<www.netsquared.org>!
Secondly, I'm interested in hearing from folks who have used Yahoo to
host streaming video for their web sites. One of my esteemed clients
is thinking of doing this with Dreamweaver-based site. Some of their
concerns are:
1) Will web surfers be move smoothly from the nonprofit
organization's web site to the Yahoo-hosted video, and then back to
the organization's web site, without losing their look / feel /
branding?
2) Are Yahoo's video streaming services a good value for the money?
3) Do users of Yahoo's video streaming experience much in the way of
delays or downtime as they move between the web site and the video
streaming?
4) What other services are comparable?
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