The blip playlist and player is very cool. I've been using blip for about a year now, and have only just begun to take advantage of the playlists and embeddable full show players. This has allowed me to keep all my content in one place in one account on blip, but to distribute it in playlists to different players for different viewers.
As an example, my videoblog show player only highlights videos from my video blog http://libraryvoice.com/videos/show-player/ I have a separate blog for my interest in cycling, so I have a separate playlist for videos of bike rides. http://redneckinspandex.com/ride-videos/ Finally, as a business librarian for a university, I've just started creating specific playlists for business, company, and industry research. I had initially thought I would create an entirely separate blip account for this purpose, but multiple accounts seemed a little too hard to manage. Here's the business videos http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Biz_Research_Basics_Videos. The only drawback for this method is that if someone goes to my show page on blip, libraryvoice.blip.tv, they'll likely think I'm a bit schizophrenic. I doubt anyone is going to sit there on my blip page and watch all my videos in chronological order, as my all-over-the-place interests don't necessarily stick with a "one common theme" for an actual show. However, if you simply think of blip.tv as the repository for your content, the blip playlist and embeddable show player truly allow you to put your content wherever and however you want. Very cool. -- Chad F. Boeninger libraryvoice.com - blog libraryvoice.com/videos - videoblog twitter.com/cfboeninger On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:52 AM, mgmoon <mgm...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I also had a tough time getting my head around this at first. > At Blip, Dashboard, Players. > Add a new player. Add whatever buttons etc. Save it. > Now go back to the list of players and you'll see the Embed at the bottom. > Click on embed, select Playlist, select your playlist and copy the embedded > code. Paste away in WordPress or where ever. > > On the main page, I used the "Video Sidebar Widget" that works with Blip.tv > videos (plus a slew of others). Ideally, I'd like for there to be no buttons > on the bottom of the player for this one on the main page, but haven't got > that figured out yet. > > > Mike > http://vlog.mikemoon.net > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Steve Garfield" <st...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > How do you select the player that displays the other episodes on the > side, without making it your default player? > > > > I see you have the single video player on your main page. > > > > Thanks! > > > > This is great! > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "mgmoon" <mgmoon@> wrote: > > > > > > I finally got around to creating my own "Best Of" as per the Blip > Player. It works out quite well http://mikemoon.net/vlog/blip-list/ . > > > With close to 700 videos, I can't expect people to go through all of > them. :) > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Mike > > > Http://vlog.mikemoon.net > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Rupert Howe <rupert@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Excellent! I totally agree. Many great vlogs have minimal > > > > characterisation & identity in their site design - the character and > > > > identity is in the videos. > > > > As for content, some of my favourite things that you've done were > your > > > > mobile video posts, where you just shot moments with your phone. > > > > You don't have to try hard to make something - you are very watchable > > > > > on camera. > > > > > > > > I use the Blip playlist player to show my more popular old videos on > > > > my Greatest Hits page, and it works really well. > > > > > > > > It's not even really that necessary to have your own podcast feed - > > > > you can use Blip's iTunes feed if you're uploading everything to > Blip. > > > > > > > > Rupert > > > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > > > > > On 15-Sep-09, at 3:30 PM, hpbatman7 wrote: > > > > > > > > > I too have been looking at blip more and more. In fact I think I am > > > > > > going to totaly revamp my site and just use the blip player and as > > > > > Verdi notes below use the blip player as a "visual" archive. I have > > > > > > also found a few plugin's that help show related posts, and random > > > > > posts that I can put in the sidebar to help showcase older video's. > > > > > > > > > > As I have looked and looked and tried to find a theme that was "me" > > > > > > I realized that it's not the theme that makes my site, it's me and > > > > > my content. People don't visit my site because it looks good, they > > > > > visit my site and watch my video's because they know me or are > > > > > subscribed to me, etc....it's the content that makes the site "me" > I > > > > > am always going to have old video's, I will always have video's > that > > > > > some like and some do not. And seeing as I post fairly often I am > > > > > always going to have a new video replacing and old one, etc...I for > > > > > > one have decided to stop worrying about it and just create, I can > > > > > always repost an oldie but a goodie, I can always create a > > > > > "showcase" site to show off my favortie video's. I am just going to > > > > > > focus on what I can do, instead of what I can't.... > > > > > > > > > > Long life the blog/vlog/multimedia thingy's... > > > > > > > > > > Heath > > > > > http://heathparks.com > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Michael Verdi > > > > > <michaelverdi@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > We've had a number of discussions about the problems of the blog > > > > > > format for videoblogs which mainly centers around the lack of > tools > > > > > > for discovering old videos. I've been working on a fictional web > > > > > > series and thinking about this problem and I find myself using > the > > > > > > great tools at blip.tv more and more - especially the showplayer > and > > > > > > playlists. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's what I've doing. I found that we've made a number of 5 - > 10 > > > > > > episode stories so I've made playlists for each of them and > > > > > embeded a > > > > > > showplayer for each at the top of my archive page. Check it out > here > > > > > > <http://talkbot.tv/category/season-3/>. For a personal site you > may > > > > > > not have stories like that but you could make playlists of a > special > > > > > > group of related posts or maybe a playlist of your favorites and > > > > > stick > > > > > > them anywhere that makes sense on your site - archive page, about > > > > > > page, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Verdi > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Michael Verdi > > > > > > http://milkweedmediadesign.com > > > > > > http://michaelverdi.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
