Also note that part of the FreeVlog philosophy is not only "free" but also "don't host anything yourself." Thus they rely solely on third party solutions in the tutorial (Blogger + OurMedia/Internet Archive + FeedBurner).
If you are willing to pay for a server and wish to do more/have more control over the process, I would definitely recommend MovableType, WordPress as a solution. You can also host your videos on your own, but this could get expensive in terms of bandwidth costs if your vlog begins to become popular. Rocketboom, for instance, now has over 130K downloads per day. Rocketboom does not use any third party services. They pay for hosting themselves, which is not cheap though its certainly way less expensive than it used to be a few years ago. -Josh On 1/3/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MovableType also works great as a single solution. > You can install this plugin that generates enclosures in your RSS feed > and you're good to go, no other third parties involved: > > < http://brandon.fuller.name/archives/hacks/mtenclosures/ > > > -Josh > > On 1/3/06, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This isn't exactly true. The reason that FreeVlog advocates multiple > > services is because of the "free" part, and also to make people > > aware of all of the options available. You can easily use a single > > system like Wordpress on a purchased hosting plan and not use any > > third party services. This would probably be the best solution for a > > business video blog since there might be some user agreement issues > > with using some of the free services for commercial purposes. > > > > Also I might point out that one can always use Blip.tv as a singular > > service as well, as they offer a blog, video hosting and RSS feeds > > to all their members. But again I would check the user agreements > > for commercial use. > > > > Bill Streeter > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > www.lofistl.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "amayesd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello Video Bloggers, > > > > > > I am new to this so bare with me. We are working on developing a > > video blog for our > > > company. We have purchased Moveable Type is the foundation for > > building and > > > publishing our blogs on our own domain. > > > > > > It seems to me from reviewing free vlog and several other online > > sources that one needs > > > multiple parties involved in order to actually get the blog with > > video content both > > > published and podcastable ... > > > > > > 1. You need a Blog Host - in our case Moveable Type on our own > > domain. This is where > > > the blog is both published and viewed publicly. All blog entries > > would be done here and > > > would need to reference the video file on a separate host ... > > > > > > 2. You need a separate Host for the video files - Our Media, Blip > > TV, or uTube. This is only > > > where the video file is stored and referenced by the Blog. > > > > > > 3. RSS Feed Enclosure - a 3rd company ie FeedBurner then provides > > an enclosure and feed > > > address for your blog so that RSS readers and podcast readers can > > access and subscribe to > > > the blog data and video files. > > > > > > The difficult part of this for me is that none of this is > > integrated in anyway. I am > > > wondering if anyone (ie Moveable Type) is developing an integrated > > system that allows for > > > unified publishing of the blog entry along with uploading the > > video file in various formats > > > and creating all the neccessary RSS and PodCasting Feeds. And > > doing all this so that a > > > company like ours can host this uniformly on our own domain. > > > > > > Our Project ... > > > > > > If anyone has questions about what we are trying to accomplish > > please visit our original > > > site for "LifeSeens" at > > > > > > http://www.ChooseCast.com/Lifeseens > > > > > > This is published without blogging software and only as > > unmanagable static pages > > > through frontpage. It is also published using Flashbased Video. > > You can then go to our > > > test site for republishing this same "blog" using Moveable Type at > > > > > > http://www.ChooseCast.com/Charlotte/Lifeseens > > > > > > This was published with Movable Type using Flashbased Video and > > with a secondary file in > > > iPod Quicktime for podcasting. An RSS feed is available at ... > > > > > > feed://www.choosecast.com/charlotte/lifeseens/atom.xml > > > (the feed generated by Moveable Type) > > > > > > and > > > > > > feed://feeds.feedburner.com/choosecast/charlotte/lifeseens > > > (done with enclosures) > > > > > > This feed is now available in iTunes if you search > > for "lifeseens". Neither feed however is > > > functioning for podcasting because something is wrong with the > > quicktime video file > > > format but im not clear about what. > > > > > > All files are hosted on the GoDaddy servers that host our domain > > and subsequently host > > > our Moveable Type blog system. > > > > > > I would appreciate any insight into the video blogging options and > > any recommendations > > > on more fully integrating all the aspects of blogging and > > podcasting in a unified service. > > > In particular the hosting of video files and the blog on the same > > server. > > > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > > > John > > > http://www.ChooseCharlotte.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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