Check out this videoblog tool. Wow.
This guy Sean Gilligan created it.
This is a conversation I had with his friend.
"vBlog Central is an alpha-stage project by my friend
Sean Gilligan (cc'd above). He has built a tool that
provides a drag-and-drop interface for video blogging."
"Basically, you drag an MPEG or JPEG file onto his Java
destop app, provde a text entry, and the tool uploads
the file and text and creates an entry in your blog.
The tool and back end system does not provide video
editing, but it does provide compression and encoding
into formats that make any video viewable on via
QuickTime, Windows, and Real players."
"The hosting of the video is done by Sean. When a user
clicks on your video in your blog the request is
redirected to vBlog Central and served up from there.
The whole thing is transparent to the user."
"That part all works in an alpha-level format today.
What Sean has not done is figure out pricing (based on
storage and bandwidth) and gotten ready to accept
orders - although I think he's getting close."
"There are a number of limitations with the system
today, such as range of image quality and tested
compaitbility with blogs other than Movable Type and
Blogger, but these are things Sean is working on."
Basically, a newcomer could just upload video and be done.
He's the tool and host all in one.
Problems I see is that the quality is really poor(for my tastes).
And the newcomer would still have to know how to edit.
We need a simple editor for the newcomer.
But I give a big up to Sean Gilligan who made this out of scratch.
I always wonder who these guys are.
He created a tool about the same time as our Videoblogging Discussion Group.
Seems like there's something in the air.
I went to the site to try it but I got a super serious warning in a pop up window that I'd better not install that Java app.
It said the certificate was outdated, etc....
I emailed them but haven't heard back yet.
Posted by: Steve Garfield | July 29, 2004 at 09:19 AM
huh.
i wonder what that means?
Sean should get back to you if you emailed him.
Posted by: Jay Dedman | July 29, 2004 at 09:43 AM