Bill Streeter wrote: > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey guys, I've been subscribed for a long time but infrequently post >> and want to make sure we aren't working in a vacuum. I'll do a brief >> intro and then ask my questions. >> >> I'm one of the founders of vidiac.com. We provide free video hosting >> using your existing domain name. You point videos.yourdomain.com to us >> (or whatever you want) and we set you up your own video portal (like >> videos.streetfire.net). >> >> I'm really curious as to how important these things are to you so we >> can better direct our development efforts. >> >> - What's the importance of being able to have people download video vs. >> stream? Obviously deep linking and avoiding ads makes it difficult to >> cover costs. > > I don't give a shit about streaming. I want to keep everything as > portable as possible. Streaming is sooo 90's. > > >> - Cell phone. We are working on both streaming to cell phone and >> receiving videos from cell phones. Problem here is that everyone has >> their own standard. Too early? Does it matter? > > I don't care about video on cells. I'm sure it will be an important > platform someday. But I'm enthused. > >> - Webcam recording. Ability to record your video from your webcam or >> capture card straight to the website. No encoding or uploading. > > I don't really care about this. It might be nice for certain types of > vlogs but nothing I do requires this kind of functionality. > >> - Blog integration. Allowing you to easily publish the video to >> blogger.com or other blog engines. > > Essential. > > >> - Revenue sharing. We are looking at a model where we can optionally >> provide video (post or pre-roll) ads and 50/50 revenue split it with >> our partners. Does this matter or would you rather just see no video >> ads at all. > > If you are putting ads on my content, hell yeah I want a cut. Even > better would to let me choose the ads--like Ad Bright does. > > >> - API. Looking at adding more features to the API to allow people to >> create their own system and grab data on videos using XML-RPC. >> > > Good idear. > >> - Syndication. Is being able to syndicate your video to other sites of >> any value? The idea would be to have the option to publish your video >> to other sites and then they can decide if they want it or not, >> furthering the reach of the video. > > Yes. And RSS feeds are essential as well. > > Also important: Being able to choose the license for my work. Keeping > rights to my work. And a no fault cancellation and deletion of my account.
I pretty much agree with what Bill said... Also, you might consider asking for feedback on your Terms of Service agreement, we just love reading over those things and tearing them to shreds... I mean, making suggestions for changing them... Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... 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! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
