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 <innom...@gmail.com> > 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 <k9d...@...> 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 <k9disc@> > 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, > > > > 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://pawsitivevyb e.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
