Re: [videoblogging] Video Submission Service Idea
thank you.thank you very much. ;-)verdi - freevlog it please ;-)On 4/3/06, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I like your devious mind! mwuhahahahahaha*cough*haha*hack*hahahhaha! _David Howellhttp://www.davidhowellstudios.com From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael SullivanSent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:53 AMTo: videoblogging@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [videoblogging] Video Submission Service Idea funny thought i had to 'use' youtube etc.redirect people to your videoblog with a sort of video press release when you have posted a new video. but dont post the actual video to them... reserve your rights and USE them and their wide audience. post a 15 second video of you directing people to your latest post with maybe a tiny teaser clip added. and add a link in the youtube post description (can you do that?). ha! On 4/3/06, Michael Verdi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I understand that people like to put their stuff in places like YouTube because they think they'll get noticed there by the hordes of people looking for the latest cool TV clip. That's fine but personally I have 2 main reasons why I'll never be interested in that. 1. Check the terms of use: YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion for example all require you to license your video to them in such a way that they can commercially exploit it. Why give this to them in exchange for hosting when you host your videos yourself or for free on The Archive and Blip.tv without giving anything away? Also, if you intend to use anyone's creative commons licensed material and then upload it there you may be violating the terms of their licence (this is the case for any non-commercial and/or share alike license). 2. By buying into the idea that these places are portals you are helping to set up another version of what we already have in the TV and Film world - namely distribution controlled by a few sources. The revolutionary thing about the Internet and videoblogging is that YOU can distribute your own work. You don't have to rely on a middleman. If you want to be on TV or Film you have to play the TV or Film game. If you videoblog you don't have to put up with that shit. You have the power to do it yourself. Here are my "tips" for building an audience:1. Make great content.2. Make great content.3. Make great content.4. Put your great content in a blog and add descriptions and links relevant to your great content. 5. Make sure you have an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures so people can subscribe to your great content.6. Make great content regularly (you don't have to do it everyday but don't dissapear for months at a time).7. Interact with your audience via the comments on your videoblog. 8. Watch and comment on stuff you like (they might like your stuff too).That's it for now. That should get you started.-Verdi On 4/3/06, lishisman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings... Vlogweek very cool... Our New studio did not getfinished over the weekend, and I am bummed, Such is life...Warning - I am not a good writer, when it comes to me puttingsomething on paper, alot of time my thoughts get mangled, I am much better in person... I think way faster than I type, so I will try toconvey and idea... discussing it here first before acting, andhoping that I can get some constructive, open minded, feedback fromvalued members here. I have an Idea...Trying to be a productive member and all, I would like to build orbe part of a new website/program dedicated to video submission. Ihave *some* capital, resources and input, however I cannot do it alone.It is understood by me that there are already MANY services that onevlogger can upload a video to and get seen... however, people likeme, who vlog daily could spend a great deal of time, just uploading to the many services out there...A service needs to be developed that you could upload your dailyvideo to once, and the service would "broadcast" your video theother video services for which do not have RSS feeds, but force you to upload ... What really gets me about the current group ofservices for video distribution is that in order to gain the mostexposure you need to set up no less than five different useraccounts, and upload your video up to at least that many services, my videos are around 40 mb, can you imagine how long it would takeme to upload to just 5 of them? Plus, compile, shoot, edit, createwebpages, post in a blog, ping the feeds that arent in feedburner,and post to this board? It is just crazy... Here are some possible solutions...Choice oneALL video upload services allow for linking to source video
RE: [videoblogging] Video Submission Service Idea
I like your devious mind! mwuhahahahahaha*cough*haha*hack*hahahhaha! _David Howellhttp://www.davidhowellstudios.com From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael SullivanSent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:53 AMTo: videoblogging@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [videoblogging] Video Submission Service Idea funny thought i had to 'use' youtube etc.redirect people to your videoblog with a sort of video press release when you have posted a new video. but dont post the actual video to them... reserve your rights and USE them and their wide audience. post a 15 second video of you directing people to your latest post with maybe a tiny teaser clip added. and add a link in the youtube post description (can you do that?). ha! On 4/3/06, Michael Verdi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I understand that people like to put their stuff in places like YouTube because they think they'll get noticed there by the hordes of people looking for the latest cool TV clip. That's fine but personally I have 2 main reasons why I'll never be interested in that. 1. Check the terms of use: YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion for example all require you to license your video to them in such a way that they can commercially exploit it. Why give this to them in exchange for hosting when you host your videos yourself or for free on The Archive and Blip.tv without giving anything away? Also, if you intend to use anyone's creative commons licensed material and then upload it there you may be violating the terms of their licence (this is the case for any non-commercial and/or share alike license). 2. By buying into the idea that these places are portals you are helping to set up another version of what we already have in the TV and Film world - namely distribution controlled by a few sources. The revolutionary thing about the Internet and videoblogging is that YOU can distribute your own work. You don't have to rely on a middleman. If you want to be on TV or Film you have to play the TV or Film game. If you videoblog you don't have to put up with that shit. You have the power to do it yourself. Here are my "tips" for building an audience:1. Make great content.2. Make great content.3. Make great content.4. Put your great content in a blog and add descriptions and links relevant to your great content. 5. Make sure you have an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures so people can subscribe to your great content.6. Make great content regularly (you don't have to do it everyday but don't dissapear for months at a time).7. Interact with your audience via the comments on your videoblog. 8. Watch and comment on stuff you like (they might like your stuff too).That's it for now. That should get you started.-Verdi On 4/3/06, lishisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings... Vlogweek very cool... Our New studio did not getfinished over the weekend, and I am bummed, Such is life...Warning - I am not a good writer, when it comes to me puttingsomething on paper, alot of time my thoughts get mangled, I am much better in person... I think way faster than I type, so I will try toconvey and idea... discussing it here first before acting, andhoping that I can get some constructive, open minded, feedback fromvalued members here. I have an Idea...Trying to be a productive member and all, I would like to build orbe part of a new website/program dedicated to video submission. Ihave *some* capital, resources and input, however I cannot do it alone.It is understood by me that there are already MANY services that onevlogger can upload a video to and get seen... however, people likeme, who vlog daily could spend a great deal of time, just uploading to the many services out there...A service needs to be developed that you could upload your dailyvideo to once, and the service would "broadcast" your video theother video services for which do not have RSS feeds, but force you to upload ... What really gets me about the current group ofservices for video distribution is that in order to gain the mostexposure you need to set up no less than five different useraccounts, and upload your video up to at least that many services, my videos are around 40 mb, can you imagine how long it would takeme to upload to just 5 of them? Plus, compile, shoot, edit, createwebpages, post in a blog, ping the feeds that arent in feedburner,and post to this board? It is just crazy... Here are some possible solutions...Choice oneALL video upload services allow for linking to source video that isalready hosted somewhere. OR allow RSS linking to source vid.Pros-1. It would be easier for people like me to have content liste
Re: [videoblogging] Video Submission Service Idea
funny thought i had to 'use' youtube etc.redirect people to your videoblog with a sort of video press release when you have posted a new video. but dont post the actual video to them... reserve your rights and USE them and their wide audience. post a 15 second video of you directing people to your latest post with maybe a tiny teaser clip added. and add a link in the youtube post description (can you do that?). ha!On 4/3/06, Michael Verdi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I understand that people like to put their stuff in places like YouTube because they think they'll get noticed there by the hordes of people looking for the latest cool TV clip. That's fine but personally I have 2 main reasons why I'll never be interested in that. 1. Check the terms of use: YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion for example all require you to license your video to them in such a way that they can commercially exploit it. Why give this to them in exchange for hosting when you host your videos yourself or for free on The Archive and Blip.tv without giving anything away? Also, if you intend to use anyone's creative commons licensed material and then upload it there you may be violating the terms of their licence (this is the case for any non-commercial and/or share alike license). 2. By buying into the idea that these places are portals you are helping to set up another version of what we already have in the TV and Film world - namely distribution controlled by a few sources. The revolutionary thing about the Internet and videoblogging is that YOU can distribute your own work. You don't have to rely on a middleman. If you want to be on TV or Film you have to play the TV or Film game. If you videoblog you don't have to put up with that shit. You have the power to do it yourself. Here are my "tips" for building an audience:1. Make great content.2. Make great content.3. Make great content.4. Put your great content in a blog and add descriptions and links relevant to your great content. 5. Make sure you have an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures so people can subscribe to your great content.6. Make great content regularly (you don't have to do it everyday but don't dissapear for months at a time). 7. Interact with your audience via the comments on your videoblog. 8. Watch and comment on stuff you like (they might like your stuff too).That's it for now. That should get you started.-Verdi On 4/3/06, lishisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings... Vlogweek very cool... Our New studio did not getfinished over the weekend, and I am bummed, Such is life...Warning - I am not a good writer, when it comes to me puttingsomething on paper, alot of time my thoughts get mangled, I am much better in person... I think way faster than I type, so I will try toconvey and idea... discussing it here first before acting, andhoping that I can get some constructive, open minded, feedback fromvalued members here. I have an Idea...Trying to be a productive member and all, I would like to build orbe part of a new website/program dedicated to video submission. Ihave *some* capital, resources and input, however I cannot do it alone.It is understood by me that there are already MANY services that onevlogger can upload a video to and get seen... however, people likeme, who vlog daily could spend a great deal of time, just uploading to the many services out there...A service needs to be developed that you could upload your dailyvideo to once, and the service would "broadcast" your video theother video services for which do not have RSS feeds, but force you to upload ... What really gets me about the current group ofservices for video distribution is that in order to gain the mostexposure you need to set up no less than five different useraccounts, and upload your video up to at least that many services, my videos are around 40 mb, can you imagine how long it would takeme to upload to just 5 of them? Plus, compile, shoot, edit, createwebpages, post in a blog, ping the feeds that arent in feedburner,and post to this board? It is just crazy... Here are some possible solutions...Choice oneALL video upload services allow for linking to source video that isalready hosted somewhere. OR allow RSS linking to source vid.Pros-1. It would be easier for people like me to have content listed in many services, quickly.2. My daily video would only consume 30 mb of webspace TOTAL.3. Video Services would have more content with less server overhead.Cons-1. Video services would not have as much "exclusive" content. 2. Video Services would not be able to control the availability of avideo or the bandwidth that each video's hosting could handle.3. The abosolute tracking would be sketchy.4. Those video services that currently CONVERT video formats for you would be very limited by not having the source file in hand. Likefor Mobile phones, ipods, and such.Choice twoHave a video broadcast service... this could be a web application,Or more intriging, it could be a windows applicat
Re: [videoblogging] Video Submission Service Idea
I understand that people like to put their stuff in places like YouTube because they think they'll get noticed there by the hordes of people looking for the latest cool TV clip. That's fine but personally I have 2 main reasons why I'll never be interested in that. 1. Check the terms of use: YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion for example all require you to license your video to them in such a way that they can commercially exploit it. Why give this to them in exchange for hosting when you host your videos yourself or for free on The Archive and Blip.tv without giving anything away? Also, if you intend to use anyone's creative commons licensed material and then upload it there you may be violating the terms of their licence (this is the case for any non-commercial and/or share alike license). 2. By buying into the idea that these places are portals you are helping to set up another version of what we already have in the TV and Film world - namely distribution controlled by a few sources. The revolutionary thing about the Internet and videoblogging is that YOU can distribute your own work. You don't have to rely on a middleman. If you want to be on TV or Film you have to play the TV or Film game. If you videoblog you don't have to put up with that shit. You have the power to do it yourself. Here are my "tips" for building an audience:1. Make great content.2. Make great content.3. Make great content.4. Put your great content in a blog and add descriptions and links relevant to your great content. 5. Make sure you have an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures so people can subscribe to your great content.6. Make great content regularly (you don't have to do it everyday but don't dissapear for months at a time).7. Interact with your audience via the comments on your videoblog. 8. Watch and comment on stuff you like (they might like your stuff too).That's it for now. That should get you started.-VerdiOn 4/3/06, lishisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings... Vlogweek very cool... Our New studio did not getfinished over the weekend, and I am bummed, Such is life...Warning - I am not a good writer, when it comes to me puttingsomething on paper, alot of time my thoughts get mangled, I am much better in person... I think way faster than I type, so I will try toconvey and idea... discussing it here first before acting, andhoping that I can get some constructive, open minded, feedback fromvalued members here. I have an Idea...Trying to be a productive member and all, I would like to build orbe part of a new website/program dedicated to video submission. Ihave *some* capital, resources and input, however I cannot do it alone.It is understood by me that there are already MANY services that onevlogger can upload a video to and get seen... however, people likeme, who vlog daily could spend a great deal of time, just uploading to the many services out there...A service needs to be developed that you could upload your dailyvideo to once, and the service would "broadcast" your video theother video services for which do not have RSS feeds, but force you to upload ... What really gets me about the current group ofservices for video distribution is that in order to gain the mostexposure you need to set up no less than five different useraccounts, and upload your video up to at least that many services, my videos are around 40 mb, can you imagine how long it would takeme to upload to just 5 of them? Plus, compile, shoot, edit, createwebpages, post in a blog, ping the feeds that arent in feedburner,and post to this board? It is just crazy... Here are some possible solutions...Choice oneALL video upload services allow for linking to source video that isalready hosted somewhere. OR allow RSS linking to source vid.Pros-1. It would be easier for people like me to have content listed in many services, quickly.2. My daily video would only consume 30 mb of webspace TOTAL.3. Video Services would have more content with less server overhead.Cons-1. Video services would not have as much "exclusive" content. 2. Video Services would not be able to control the availability of avideo or the bandwidth that each video's hosting could handle.3. The abosolute tracking would be sketchy.4. Those video services that currently CONVERT video formats for you would be very limited by not having the source file in hand. Likefor Mobile phones, ipods, and such.Choice twoHave a video broadcast service... this could be a web application,Or more intriging, it could be a windows application like googles video uploader.You upload to one place... when this happens it is concurrentlyuploaded to many other places...Pros-1. Less work for the content provider2. This could be a paid service... make money$$ 3. Maximum exposure could be obtained with minimal effort4. Video service would still have the source files.5. Video services would likely become allies with such service forthe content alone, and would likely allow a service to sign up new user accounts.6. In the above
