Posts Tagged ‘Web Video’

Vimeo for iPhone app test from Todd Ogasawara on Vimeo.

I learned about the new Vimeo for iPhone app shortly before I left to meet with friends at a nearby Starbucks for an informal business meeting.

Vimeo Crafts an Elegant Video Browsing & Editing Experience for iPhone (Mashable)

Vimeo is a free streaming video service somewhat similar to YouTube. Their iPhone app is also free (Vimeo 1.0). The app provides the ability to record a video and upload it to your Vimeo account. It also provides some basic editing features similar to Apple’s $4.99 iMovie for iOS app. Again, note that Vimeo’s app is free. I walked around the corner from Starbucks before my meeting to record 25 seconds of video to test the app, its editor, ability to add a soundtrack and the upload process. I did not test merging video segments together. However, I did add a title and uploaded it to Vimeo at the beginning my informal business meeting. The editing process quite different from iMovie for iOS. I’m not sure I would call either app’s editing process intuitive. But, both are relatively easy to learn and use. The upload process went quickly using Starbuck’s free WiFi access. I should note that I have not been able to successfully upload a video from iMovie for iOS to YouTube yet. So, score “1″ for Vimeo.

The process was simple and quick enough that I was able to show my friends the finished product Vimeo’s website on my iPad 2 . When asked when I did that, I answered: A few minutes ago.

Available in the cloud at no cost, GoLiveCampus.com allows parents, students and teachers to safely search for relevant videos. The site dynamically pulls content from YouTube and social networking sites through a robust safe search. The search removes comments and ads and gives students access only to clean, appropriate videos.

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To rent a film, consumers simply click on the “watch now” icon to apply their Facebook Credits, and within seconds they will begin enjoying the film. This offering is presently available only to consumers in the United States.

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There’s one iPad app that I really want to try but cannot because its service is not available in my area of the U.S.: It is Time Warner’s new TWCable TV for iPad app.

Why TWCable TV for iPad Did Not Work for Me: Service Not Available in My Area. Also: iPad App Channel Lineup

After a somewhat shaky start with confusion about where service is available and then TWCable TV’s servers being overwhelmed, Time Warner is keeping the momentum going by creating a new site to provide more information about the app and its service.

Television Is Melting and I Want My TWCable TV App

You can find Time Warner’s site for the TWCable TV app at:

IWantMyTWCableTVApp.com

The app provides a frequently asked questions page (Behind the Scenes), a page to write comments about the app and service (Join the Discussion), and a page to read other people’s comments (What You’Re Saying).

Yes, each free is film, which includes a preroll, spot ads and banner ads. The service is extremely user-friendly. Popcornflix allows users to share the film by posting a link to Facebook or Twitter.

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The practical uses of SynchTube are watching a home movie with the whole family, making sure everyone is watching an informational video at the same time, making sure clients see the same clip as you and using the chat room for tighter clarification of what is being viewed by the client.

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The video was uploaded on YouTube a week ago as the user name BITcrash44. As the week progressed, the video soon generated well over 800,000 views in just four days and had been mentioned on Web sites like Gizmodo, Gothamist, Salon and NBC New York. New York Times reported that one Web site even listed it as the most popular viral video on Twitter

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YouTube announced the launch of the YouTube Person Finder, a channel dedicated to video messages from victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. More from product marketing manager Tai Hasegawa via the YouTube Blog:

We’re in the process of adding more than 80 video messages shot at the shelters by TBS, a major TV station in Japan, and we’ll try to increase the number of videos by adding more content from other TV stations and news network in the coming days.

We’re also trying to include videos shot by the individuals impacted themselves, but we have to wait until the infrastructure situation there recovers.

You can search for videos via the search box within the module: Enter the names of a missing person in Kanji, Katakana, or Hiragana letters (sorry Japanese letters only); the name of the place they lived; or the name of the shelter locations. You can also browse videos by Japanese alphabet on the playlist embedded within the video navigator in middle of the channel.

Our hope is that this channel will help victims and their families to establish each other’s safety, and that the video messages will reach many viewers and motivate them to contribute to the recovery and restoration of the disaster-stricken areas.

In the THR article, Fithian went further to say that studio “shot themselves in the foot” by allowing Netflix and Redbox to teach consumers they can get movies in their homes cheaply.

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Sports fans: If you’ve captured a great sports moment on video and thought, “This ought to be on SportsCenter,” here’s your chance. YouTube teamed up with ESPN on the second installment of the YouTube + SportsCenter Your Highlight contest, sponsored by AT&T.

Videos must be submitted via the ESPN YouTube channel by May 5, and SportsCenter producers will select the best ones, which will then be voted on by YouTube users. The winner will receive a trip to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., to tape a special SportsCenter segment.