HeyWatch solves several problems that we (play.tm, as content publishers) have encountered.
Multiplatform - doesn't matter what platform you're on (Windows, OSX etc) Bandwidth - upload speeds on various connections (often ADSL, cable, or at conferences where every sucker is draining the Wifi) is rubbish. HeyWatch lets us give it a URL of the video (including over FTP), and it ingests it and spits the outputs out at upto 20mbit/sec (they seem to limit it). Cost - zero fixed cost, no cost per desk, fits our business model of more content more revenue. J On 01/11/2007, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a shame that there's so little emphasis on converting *to* flv > format - everything I see is about converting from or playing them (I'm > involved with a website which currently embeds video in Real, Windows Media > or occassionally QuickTime and MPEGs due to historical reasons, and I'm > wondering about a Flash video trial using the FLV player) > > HeyWatch looks interesting, but I'd rather have something on my desktop! > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jason Cartwright > *Sent:* 01 November 2007 09:14 > *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] Lifehacker's Top Ten free video rippers > encoders and converters > > Well, the system doing the calls to HeyWatch is proprietary, and > firewalled (written in ASP.net, with a MySQL backend). But the output is > listed here... > http://play.tm/storytype/videos > > Using the JW FLV player... > http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Player > > Which is also used for YouTube-style embedding... > http://jasoncartwright.com/blog/entry/2007/6/flash_video_embedding > > Looking forward to H.264 in the mainstream flash player - then it'll be > hello HD (depending on bandwidth and HD source material, both of which are > plentiful). > > J > > On 01/11/2007, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > oo-er have we strayed onto the wrong list here? this conversation seems > > drm free, heh > > > > I'd like to ask for the link (if you can supply it) to see what you've > > developed using this HeyWatch ingest/output please > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jason Cartwright > > *Sent:* 01 November 2007 08:38 > > *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] Lifehacker's Top Ten free video rippers > > encoders and converters > > > > I can highly recommend HeyWatch (from that list). An outstanding > > service, with an excellent API. I've got it hooked up with a CMS encoding > > hundreds of videos a month. > > > > J > > > > On 01/11/2007, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > there's a couple I hadn't heard of on here > > > > > > http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-free-video-rippers-encoders-and-converters-316478.php > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jason Cartwright > > Web Specialist, EMEA Marketing > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > +44(0)2070313161 > > > > > > -- > Jason Cartwright > Web Specialist, EMEA Marketing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +44(0)2070313161 > > -- Jason Cartwright Web Specialist, EMEA Marketing [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44(0)2070313161
