Very cool. Reminds me to get back in touch with Verdi about adding a new project to videobloggers.org where people submit ONLY ogg theora videos... as a way to educate about open video, html5 and software options to output to ogg.
Sull On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:33 PM, ratbagradio <ratbagra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A word fromk MIRO: > > Today we're launching a project with the Open Video Alliance to promote > video in Wikipedia articles. It's called: > > Let's Get Video on Wikipedia! > http://www.videoonwikipedia.org/ > This is a concept that I had thinking about and trying to nudge towards > reality for a long time; I'm thrilled that we're finally there. There's a > bunch of interesting aspects, but perhaps the heart of it is a chance to > bring open video to mainstream users and strike a blow for freedom. > > Wikipedia is the most popular site in the world that posts video > exclusively in open formats (specifically, theora). The steadfast commitment > that the Wikimedia Foundation has to open information, tools, and formats, > is amazing. They truly put their values first. > > By encouraging more people to post videos in Wikipedia articles, we can > bring theora video played in html5 to a very large audience. Currently, > there are very few wikipedia articles that have videos (here's one that > does: Polar Bear). We hope that this campaign will bring thousands more to > the site and show people how great theora can be. HTML 5 video, which plays > without Flash, is a wonderful step towards a more open web but if it > depends on proprietary codecs like h.264, we will still be stuck with a > gatekeeper for online video. > > What else makes this a great campaign? > > 1. Having a video in a Wikipedia article can bring topics to life in a way > that photos and text alone can't do. It's an incredibly engaging medium. > Think about the difference between reading about a cheetah's top speed and > actually seeing it run. > > 2. We've worked hard with folks at Wikipedia to simplify the process of > posting video to Wikipedia and we've got it down to 5 pretty simple steps. > So now, for the first time in a truly human-usable form, here is: how to > post a video to Wikipedia. > > 3. Shhhhh. If you look around that site, you'll notice a reference to a new > Miro product that is in a usable beta form but not quite ready for a full > launch. Look for a launch announcement very soon. > > 4. If you watch a video on a Wikipedia article but you aren't on a browser > like Firefox or Chrome, it will play in a Java player (it's pretty awkward) > but it will also point you to Firefox, so that you can get a better browser. > Another win for openness! > > 5. We've created a nice gallery of videos that are being submitted to > Wikipedia in a Wikipedia Miro Community site so you can see what people are > posting. > > There's a lot more to come from this campaign, so make sure to follow Open > Video Alliance on twitter and become a fan of the project on facebook. > > http://feeds.getmiro.com/~r/miroblog/~3/-hhNFp5JYjc/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
