10-27-2005, 05:36 PM
Google has a new video service up in beta
video.google.com
You upload your video(s) using a small uploader app, they get approved, and anyone can play them through a browswer window using an embedded shockwave/flash player.
Their business model is attracting people to publish content and charge for the content, and taking a chunk of the profit. If you dont charge for your video however, it is free.
At first I thought I hit the jackpot for hosting race vids, but the system shrinks the videos significantly and the quality takes a hit too. Definately still usable and useful, but for serious track videos, it probably wont do. Hopefully when the system goes out of beta it will support full DV resolution.
Here is a collection of track video that I put up
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video.google.com
You upload your video(s) using a small uploader app, they get approved, and anyone can play them through a browswer window using an embedded shockwave/flash player.
Their business model is attracting people to publish content and charge for the content, and taking a chunk of the profit. If you dont charge for your video however, it is free.
At first I thought I hit the jackpot for hosting race vids, but the system shrinks the videos significantly and the quality takes a hit too. Definately still usable and useful, but for serious track videos, it probably wont do. Hopefully when the system goes out of beta it will support full DV resolution.
Here is a collection of track video that I put up
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ELG">http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ELG</a><!-- m -->