[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
> I think Joomla has been overlooked and is under-appreciated > application by this community, and would really like to see a little > focus put on it by some of you serious video geeks. > > I sure could use someone to bounce ideas off of. > Hey Ron, As you know, I use Joomla for my videos. On one site I have somewhere between 80-100 videos ranging from a few seconds to 20 minutes. For the most part, I use vPIP to embed Flash SWF files that I have on DreamHost. I'm quite happy with that system. http://LifeWithHorses.com I have just started a new site on Joomla 1.5 and I've been having some issues with vPIP that I'm trying to resolve now. It may have to do with upgrades along the way. I'm making portraits of people by combining text with videos in the same article. http://PinePlainsViews.com I like this method because I can use my own templates rather than getting a pre-designed template that hwdMediaShare seems to promote. But thanks for calling attention to it. I will take a look. Your big project sounds interesting. Let me know if you need Icelandic sheep dog videos! Stan Hirson http://PinePlainsViews.com http://LifeWithHorses.com
[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
Hey there, so you are using JomSocial. Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? Cheers, MyFirstMemory.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joomla as Video Portal > --- > Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. > http://hwdmediashare.co.uk > > From the website: > > "hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows you > to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the > Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side > processing and playback of large video media in all popular formats. " > > I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about > for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and the > current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the bomb, > though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation > for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can see, > that's an understatement. > > I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a possibility. > > There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos > Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ > > Very cool stuff. > > Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to > embrace media and social networking. > > Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com . > > If you goto Main Menu>Connect>Disc Dog Cantina to see a brand > spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. > > I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc > dog community. > > I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about > ready to wrap it into that 'large project'. > > More on the 'large project' > --- > I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike > k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play instructional > video, a facebook-esque social network, affiliate vendor support, and > online magazine. > > If anyone is interested in discussing Joomla as a media/social > network platform, I'd be happy to engage in that conversation. I've > been buried in the application for a few months now, and have a lot > of information to share. > > I think Joomla has been overlooked and is under-appreciated > application by this community, and would really like to see a little > focus put on it by some of you serious video geeks. > > I sure could use someone to bounce ideas off of. > > peace, > Ron Watson > http://k9disc.blip.tv > http://k9disc.com > http://discdogradio.com > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
Hey, > Sorry about not checking out your vids/site before. I'm on a cel > modem in rural Michigan. Not a lot of speed or bandwidth to play > with. If you meant me, no worries, I am just glad to be here. > Are you running J1.5 or 1.0? J1.5 and lovin' it! > If you are on 1.5, are you running in Legacy mode, or can you run > in legacy mode? > If you are running in legacy or 1.0.x, try out Seyret: http:// > www.joomlaholic.com/ I can run Joomla in legacy, no problem, but Seyret seems to not be ready... 0.2.8.3 for now - and I really need a way for people to upload videos, not submit (sorry, I was not specific), so I will have to wait for it to mature. Do you know of another way to do this? I thought I could have a box.net account with a shared folder... however, people could probably see everybody else's video, unless I took it down immediately... and it's not smooth or pretty Cheers, MyFirstMemory.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry about not checking out your vids/site before. I'm on a cel > modem in rural Michigan. Not a lot of speed or bandwidth to play with. > > Are you running J1.5 or 1.0? > > If you are on 1.5, are you running in Legacy mode, or can you run in > legacy mode? > > If you are running in legacy or 1.0.x, try out Seyret: http:// > www.joomlaholic.com/ > > > Ron Watson > http://k9disc.blip.tv > http://k9disc.com > http://discdogradio.com > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: > > > Hey there, > > > > so you are using JomSocial. > > Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? > > > > Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? > > > > Cheers, > > MyFirstMemory.org > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson wrote: > > > > > > Joomla as Video Portal > > > --- > > > Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. > > > http://hwdmediashare.co.uk > > > > > > From the website: > > > > > > "hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows > > you > > > to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the > > > Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side > > > processing and playback of large video media in all popular > > formats. " > > > > > > I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about > > > for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and > > the > > > current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the > > bomb, > > > though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation > > > for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can > > see, > > > that's an understatement. > > > > > > I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a > > possibility. > > > > > > There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos > > > Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ > > > > > > Very cool stuff. > > > > > > Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to > > > embrace media and social networking. > > > > > > Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com . > > > > > > If you goto Main Menu>Connect>Disc Dog Cantina to see a brand > > > spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. > > > > > > I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc > > > dog community. > > > > > > I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about > > > ready to wrap it into that 'large project'. > > > > > > More on the 'large project' > > > --- > > > I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike > > > k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play > > instructional > > > video, a facebook-esque social network, affiliate vendor support, > > and > > > online magazine. > > > > > > If anyone is interested in discussing Joomla as a media/social > > > network platform, I'd be happy to engage in that conversation. I've > > > been buried in the application for a few months now, and have a lot > > > of information to share. > > > > > > I think Joomla has been overlooked and is under-appreciated > > > application by this community, and would really like to see a little > > > focus put on it by some of you serious video geeks. > > > > > > I sure could use someone to bounce ideas off of. > > > > > > peace, > > > Ron Watson > > > http://k9disc.blip.tv > > > http://k9disc.com > > > http://discdogradio.com > > > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
Hey Ron, I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's (brightcove.com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip, Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water, including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement pay/download/view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer. There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using Joomla. If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress, definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without addition video-enabling plugins. Good luck! Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson wrote: > > The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, reminded > me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just happen to > be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation. > > So... > Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about > video uploading to joomla. > > One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http:// > hwdmediashare.co.uk/ ) . > > One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use. > > Here's how it wound up looking for me: > > http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/devscreenshots/videoplex.jpg > > I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but > it's real nice looking, I think. > > It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the player > at present. > > Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution. > > I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up > and running... > > It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and > will be handling them for my site. > > I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was > jogged and it was sitting right in front of me. > > I think it's worth taking another look at. > > Peace, > > Ron Watson > http://k9disc.blip.tv > http://k9disc.com > http://discdogradio.com > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: > > > Hey there, > > > > so you are using JomSocial. > > Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? > > > > Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? > > > > Cheers, > > MyFirstMemory.org > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson wrote: > > > > > > Joomla as Video Portal > > > --- > > > Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. > > > http://hwdmediashare.co.uk > > > > > > From the website: > > > > > > "hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows > > you > > > to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the > > > Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side > > > processing and playback of large video media in all popular > > formats. " > > > > > > I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about > > > for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and > > the > > > current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the > > bomb, > > > though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation > > > for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can > > see, > > > that's an understatement. > > > > > > I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a > > possibility. > > > > > > There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos > > > Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ > > > > > > Very cool stuff. > > > > > > Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to > > > embrace media and social networking. > > > > > > Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com . > > > > > > If you goto Main Menu>Connect>Disc Dog Cantina to see a brand > > > spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. > > > > > > I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc > > > dog community. > > > > > > I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about > > > ready to wrap it into that 'large project'. > > > > > > More on the 'large project' > > > --- > > > I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike > > > k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play > > instructional > > > vid
[videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Renat Zarbailov" wrote: > > Hey Ron, > > I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so > and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and > video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only > embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's > (brightcove.com). ...snip... Rather harsh evaluation that is not at all my experience with either Joomla 1.0 or 1.5. I have taken a different route than embedding a player like Brightcove, Blip, Vimeo, YouTube, etc. because I prefer, for various reasons, to have my videos inserted within text articles. Using my own hosting service, DreamHost, with vPIP I could place the videos in the context of the text for which they were intended with minimal latency delay. I have about 100 video clips in Joomla 1.0 on http://hestakaup.com and I am building a new site that already has a couple of dozen videos on Joomla 1.5 at http://pineplainsviews.com . I hope you will take a look at what one can do with Joomla and video to provide a rich media experience. I really have had no problems at all with the Joomla end of the videos. Stan Hirson http://pineplainsviews.com http://hestakaup.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
I dabbled in CB, but it looked so clunky. It just didn't have the functionality of JomSocial. Keep in mind that there was a problem integrating CB with the bridge that I was using back in the day (2006). The fact that the bridge was un-maintainable killed that off pretty quick. I just never really saw the 'community' part of it. It always struck me as a great profile enhancement instead of a 'community builder'. Does that make sense? Contributing video means having the ability to utilize a WYSIWYG editor, or doing some simple tagging. I'm having a hard time getting people to add avatars when there are size constraints. I did have some luck with people submitting video in the forums, but some is the key. JomSocial will allow for automagic parsing of video URLs, and I'll probably have to hack the plugin to allow blip embeds. Had to do that for a couple forum applications and Media Wiki, so nothing new there... Allvideos Reloaded is a really wonderful plugin that automates video embedding, but Stan just told me that the developer is MIA since July. It'll get co-opted though, as it's the best video add on to Joomla I've found. Seyret looks promising as a video solution for Joomla, but the developers have been dragging their heels on supporting 1.5, and I would have pursued Drupal if it were not for J1.5. I think that HWD Mediashare might be the killer app for Joomla. It's ugly and clunky right now, but the forums are very active and their moving on porting to a smarty template, which could bode well for them and multimedia on Joomla. My 'large project' will feature pay to play video quite heavily. Whether or not it's just a blip pro account for streaming (I Think the blip player is the best looking player I've ever seen...Image is everything...), downloadable video or local hosting we offer will depend on the next few months of development. Check out this link for an example of a pay to play instructional video via streaming blip: http://k9disc.com/index.php?/Links/ I'd love to talk more about this. Any feedback? more questions? peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: > Hey there, > > so you are using JomSocial. > Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? > > Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? > > Cheers, > MyFirstMemory.org > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Joomla as Video Portal > > --- > > Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. > > http://hwdmediashare.co.uk > > > > From the website: > > > > "hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows > you > > to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the > > Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side > > processing and playback of large video media in all popular > formats. " > > > > I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about > > for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and > the > > current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the > bomb, > > though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation > > for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can > see, > > that's an understatement. > > > > I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a > possibility. > > > > There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos > > Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ > > > > Very cool stuff. > > > > Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to > > embrace media and social networking. > > > > Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com . > > > > If you goto Main Menu>Connect>Disc Dog Cantina to see a brand > > spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. > > > > I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc > > dog community. > > > > I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about > > ready to wrap it into that 'large project'. > > > > More on the 'large project' > > --- > > I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike > > k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play > instructional > > video, a facebook-esque social network, affiliate vendor support, > and > > online magazine. > > > > If anyone is interested in discussing Joomla as a media/social > > network platform, I'd be happy to engage in that conversation. I've > > been buried in the application for a few months now, and have a lot > > of information to share. > > > > I think Joomla has been overlooked and is under-appreciated > > application by this community, and would really like to see a little > > focus put on it by some of you serious video geeks. > > > > I sure could use someone to bounce ideas off of. > > >
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
Sorry about not checking out your vids/site before. I'm on a cel modem in rural Michigan. Not a lot of speed or bandwidth to play with. Are you running J1.5 or 1.0? If you are on 1.5, are you running in Legacy mode, or can you run in legacy mode? If you are running in legacy or 1.0.x, try out Seyret: http:// www.joomlaholic.com/ Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: > Hey there, > > so you are using JomSocial. > Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? > > Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? > > Cheers, > MyFirstMemory.org > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Joomla as Video Portal > > --- > > Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. > > http://hwdmediashare.co.uk > > > > From the website: > > > > "hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows > you > > to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the > > Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side > > processing and playback of large video media in all popular > formats. " > > > > I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about > > for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and > the > > current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the > bomb, > > though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation > > for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can > see, > > that's an understatement. > > > > I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a > possibility. > > > > There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos > > Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ > > > > Very cool stuff. > > > > Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to > > embrace media and social networking. > > > > Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com . > > > > If you goto Main Menu>Connect>Disc Dog Cantina to see a brand > > spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action. > > > > I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc > > dog community. > > > > I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about > > ready to wrap it into that 'large project'. > > > > More on the 'large project' > > --- > > I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike > > k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play > instructional > > video, a facebook-esque social network, affiliate vendor support, > and > > online magazine. > > > > If anyone is interested in discussing Joomla as a media/social > > network platform, I'd be happy to engage in that conversation. I've > > been buried in the application for a few months now, and have a lot > > of information to share. > > > > I think Joomla has been overlooked and is under-appreciated > > application by this community, and would really like to see a little > > focus put on it by some of you serious video geeks. > > > > I sure could use someone to bounce ideas off of. > > > > peace, > > Ron Watson > > http://k9disc.blip.tv > > http://k9disc.com > > http://discdogradio.com > > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
" robust community building plugin for Wordpress "...not quite mature, but you should check out http://buddypress.org/. This is designed to work with WordPress MU (multi-user). Adam W. Warner http://indielab.org http://wordpressmodder.org From: Renat Zarbailov To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:52:32 AM Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network Hey Ron, I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's (brightcove. com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip, Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water, including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement pay/download/ view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer. There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using Joomla. If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress, definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without addition video-enabling plugins. Good luck! Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson wrote: > > The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, reminded > me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just happen to > be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation. > > So... > Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about > video uploading to joomla. > > One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http:// > hwdmediashare. co.uk/ ) . > > One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use. > > Here's how it wound up looking for me: > > http://k9athlete. com/images/ stories/devscree nshots/videoplex .jpg > > I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but > it's real nice looking, I think. > > It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the player > at present. > > Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution. > > I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up > and running... > > It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and > will be handling them for my site. > > I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was > jogged and it was sitting right in front of me. > > I think it's worth taking another look at. > > Peace, > > Ron Watson > http://k9disc. blip.tv > http://k9disc. com > http://discdogradio .com > http://pawsitivevyb e.com > > > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: > > > Hey there, > > > > so you are using JomSocial. > > Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? > > > > Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how? > > > > Cheers, > > MyFirstMemory. org > > > > --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson wrote: > > > > > > Joomla as Video Portal > > > --- > > > Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. > > > http://hwdmediashar e.co.uk > > > > > > From the website: > > > > > > "hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows > > you > > > to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the > > > Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side > > > processing and playback of large video media in all popular > > formats. " > > > > > > I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about > > > for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and > > the > > > current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the > > bomb, > > > though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation > > > for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can > > see,
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
That's a nice looking app! Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 12, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Adam Warner wrote: > " robust community building plugin for Wordpress "...not quite > mature, but you should check out http://buddypress.org/. This is > designed to work with WordPress MU (multi-user). > > Adam W. Warner > http://indielab.org > http://wordpressmodder.org > > > > > > > From: Renat Zarbailov > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:52:32 AM > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network > > Hey Ron, > > I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so > and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and > video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only > embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's > (brightcove. com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip, > Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues > and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play > smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building > reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video > lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water, > including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting > Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement > pay/download/ view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer. > There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's > called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using > Joomla. > > If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress, > definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have > been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without > addition video-enabling plugins. > > Good luck! > > Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org > > --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson wrote: > > > > The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, > reminded > > me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just > happen to > > be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation. > > > > So... > > Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about > > video uploading to joomla. > > > > One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http:// > > hwdmediashare. co.uk/ ) . > > > > One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use. > > > > Here's how it wound up looking for me: > > > > http://k9athlete. com/images/ stories/devscree nshots/videoplex .jpg > > > > I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but > > it's real nice looking, I think. > > > > It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the > player > > at present. > > > > Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution. > > > > I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up > > and running... > > > > It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and > > will be handling them for my site. > > > > I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was > > jogged and it was sitting right in front of me. > > > > I think it's worth taking another look at. > > > > Peace, > > > > Ron Watson > > http://k9disc. blip.tv > > http://k9disc. com > > http://discdogradio .com > > http://pawsitivevyb e.com > > > > > > > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote: > > > > > Hey there, > > > > > > so you are using JomSocial. > > > Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback? > > > > > > Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, > how? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > MyFirstMemory. org > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Watson > wrote: > > > > > > > > Joomla as Video Portal > > > > --- > > > > Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about. > > > > http://hwdmediashar e.co.uk > > > > > > > > From the website: > > > > > > > > "hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that > allows > > > yo
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joomla Video Hosting and Social Network
Hey Renat,
I've been running Joomla since 2004.
Video was not so friendly in 1.0, but it's gotten much better.
I was an early adopter with 1.5 and it was a great move.
I've been streaming all kinds of players for some time now and have
little issue these days.
I think one of the important aspects of joomla development is not
using the standard joomla content component for much of anything.
I tend to use modules and other components to generate and display my
content, and my sites don't really look like Joomla sites because of it.
They don't function like them either.
Of course the addition of ndeditor switch (turns on and off WYSIWYG
editor in admin on the fly), and now the JCE editor have made my life
a little bit easier in terms of video and image display.
There is also a really promising social network component called
JomSocial ( http://jomsocial.com ) that just rocks!
I'd love to use brightcove, but they really pissed me off back in the
day - they got me excited then totally gave me the brushoff when they
made their move ('06/'07) and it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Although I do agree, their player and quality is real nice, and the
pay to play aspect is good as well, I'm not sure if I'm a big enough
fish to get their attention or to pay the hefty fees for their services.
I'll check them out again, though. It's been a long time.
Ooyala... must take a look at that.
Thanks a bunch, Renat. I appreciate your thoughts.
Let me know if you want to take a peek at k9athlete.com. I'll give
you some temp login creds so you can check it out if you'd like.
peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9athlete.com
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com
On Jan 12, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Renat Zarbailov wrote:
> Hey Ron,
>
> I have been running Joomla for Innomind.org site since 2005-2006 or so
> and have not yet upgraded to 1.5. Let me tell you about Joomla and
> video; This is the worst CMS when it comes to video. The only
> embeddable player that works perfectly with Joomla is Brightcove's
> (brightcove.com). They just switched to v3. When embedding Blip,
> Youtube or any other video hosting sites videos always gave me issues
> and I had to come up with workarounds to have blip player play
> smoothly. If you want to stay with Joomla for community building
> reasons, I suggest to use Brighcove. Its embeddable player/video
> lineup interface usability and looks beats any other out of the water,
> including Blip's. Too bad they discontinued the free acounts starting
> Dec. 17. However, you mentioned that you want to implement
> pay/download/view, I know that Brightcove has that feature to offer.
> There's another player in the field of online video hosting, it's
> called Ooyala, but I haven't played around with embedding it using
> Joomla.
>
> If there's a robust community building plugin for Wordpress,
> definitely go with Wordpress then. I, to the tell you the truth, have
> been disappointed with the way Joomla handles video, with or without
> addition video-enabling plugins.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson wrote:
> >
> > The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time,
> reminded
> > me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just
> happen to
> > be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation.
> >
> > So...
> > Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about
> > video uploading to joomla.
> >
> > One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http://
> > hwdmediashare.co.uk/ ) .
> >
> > One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use.
> >
> > Here's how it wound up looking for me:
> >
> > http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/devscreenshots/videoplex.jpg
> >
> > I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but
> > it's real nice looking, I think.
> >
> > It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the
> player
> > at present.
> >
> > Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution.
> >
> > I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up
> > and running...
> >
> > It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and
> > will be handling them for my site.
> >
> > I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was
> > jogged and it was sitting right in front of me.
> >
> > I think it's worth taking another look at.
> >
> > Peace,
> >
> > Ron Watson
> > http://k9disc.blip.tv
> > http://k9disc.com
> > http://discdogradio.com
> > http://pawsitivevybe.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote:
> >
> > > Hey there,
> > >
> > > so you are using JomSocial.
> > > Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback?
> > >
> > > Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so,
> how?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > MyFirstMemory.org
> > >
> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
