about video on LMR
2008-09-27 11:07
Before I start making and sharing videos: Which video service would you recommend? I noticed that lmr accepts several: "The following services are provided: Blip.tv, Brightcove, Dailymotion, Google, JumpCut, Live Video, MetaCafe, MySpace, Revver,Sevenload, YouTube". Does my video service have to be in that list. Or would it also be possible to embed vimeo, which isn't on the list?
What about picture and sound quality? Does it differ much among providers? And what to think of service, speed of uploading/recoding, supported formats?
Rik, vlogging newbie-wannabee
update 19 nov:
Tried to use blip.tv but, like oddbot, it wouldn't take. I uploaded a video, copy/pasted blip's embed code (legacy player) into the first LMR video field, but after clicking submit, LMR froze. Will try different options now.
blip, using the player for "most blogs and web sites", I guess that means flash.
Uhhhh, I am sure I did not upload any Bollywood...
The second attempt copy/pasted the embed code from the video page on blip, rather than from blip's upload page. Only one option here. => nothing!
Third attempt, same embed code, but allowfullscreen now changed to false. => nothing
4th: let's see why youtube works, while blip fails. What are the differences (in embed code). Hmm, I see a lot of differences. youtube encloses the embed tags in object tags with param tags. Not something I would like to experiment with. back to the original bollywood links. Maybe blip needs to correct it on their end. Wait and see.
5th: changing embedded video on LMR is not easy either. It keeps telling the "ID" of the video. Even after I deleted the entire string and submitted. But only for youtube vids.
I give up on blip. Something sucks. I assume it is the content filter on LMR.
2b continued
Update 4 dec: metacafe is rumoured to work well on LMR.
Yoo-toob
tube too
uhh, yes it is
and vimeo seems to offer embed links
losers
I'm guessing Google is now officially out of the race. Ant would concur.
I tried to embed Vimeo in a post, but failed, so I'm also guessing that unlisted services are out as well.
I am a YouTuber, it works
me too
What are the thoughts on the
What are the thoughts on the actual video quality? Has anyone tried multiple services to compare compression quality and clarity?
I just recently uploaded a video to google that I created with Imovie. I wasn't too happy with the results of the qualitiy of the vid after google did whatever they did. This was also the first time I've used IMovie, which doesn't allow much control over any compression settings(that I'm aware of).
metacafe
Saw today that roborealm succesfully embedded metacafe video here. So I just had to try that.
8ik
Interesting message from the metacafe people
"Thank you for submitting your video to Metacafe. Your video 'Tour of My Robotlab - Cameo by 1069A1' has been processed by our system and is now being distributed to members of the Metacafe Review Panel. Once we complete the review process, we'll notify you on whether or not the video has been accepted by our panel of reviewers. Review process takes two hours on average but may take longer depending on the volume of submissions."
Hmmm, safeguarding the site against malpractice, or plain censorship? Let's see if my video makes the cut.
8ik
Guess the review system on metacafe works. Fast.
Just watched Youtube and Metacafe side by side. Not much difference, except Metacafe shows the darker scenes a bit better. Resolutions seems similar. Mind you, the input file was only 320x240.
8ik
The biggest difference seems
The biggest difference seems to be that the Metacafe one spools smoothly whilst YouTube keeps stopping.
Mike
In the interest of quality video on LMR
I use cardboard
At least you recycle :)