Video Channels/Networks
Essential news, reviews, general info, How-To’s and workarounds related to video channels like YouTube, Vimeo, VideoJug and others. Every channel has it’s own requirements and we explain what method to use to get the best results. Since Brightcove only works with the film industry and VOD services these days, we no longer cover its service.
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Why are video channels on Vimeo so great? Because you can create several channels under the same account, unlike YouTube where you have to create a separate user per channel with login an password. Also, on Vimeo you can change the name of your channel at any time while YouTube channels are fixed. Imagine, you [...]
How to embed Vimeo’s Badge widget
The badge widget of Vimeo shows thumbnails of your video collections on your post or page. Once embedded on your site, just like the HubNut widget, when you change settings in Vimeo, the changes reflect on your pages immediately. Selecting and customizing your widget Go to www.vimeo.com and log into your account. At the top [...]
YouTube doubled the size for uploads
YouTube announces that as from today, the upload for standard videos doubles from 1GB to 2GB, making it possible to upload bigger videos at higher resolutions. New features In addition, the YouTube team’s implemented new features to make it easier to show your HD videos on your site or blog by appending &hd=1 at the [...]
How to embed Vimeo’s HubNut widget
Vimeo has several ways to import video onto your site. The badge widget displays thumbnails of your videos from Vimeo while the HubNut widget is a slider with videos. The great thing with both widgets is that if you add videos or change them, this is automatically updated on your site or social network. In [...]
How to embed videos from Vimeo on your site – revised
Vimeo.com has 3 standard ways to display videos directly on your website or blog. In this article, I explain how to use the standard method, Embedding. In the coming article I show the other methods. But let me first sum up the all the options so that you know what to expect.
HD art video on YouTube
I uploaded a heavy art video on YouTube today and the result was really stunning in HD mode ! I was even surprised about the playback rate. Ok, it stutters a little bit here and there, but on the whole, HD on YouTube is becoming a good experience. No wonder Cnet was so excited about [...]
YouTube goes GoogleAdsense: Promoted videos
YouTube offers Promoted videos since about half a year ago and it works more or less like GoogleAdsense. The idea is to promote your own video and put it in front of other videos by paying for certain keywords per click. In other words, promoted videos show up in search results before all other videos, [...]
Back up online recorded podcasts and video
Many audio- and video services offer to record podcasts or video online. The videos or audios are then saved on their server and conveniently, you get an url that you can link to in your web site. Easy and no worries, yet, there is one thing that most subscribers forget, and that is to download [...]
HD video on the web is not all sunshine – revised
The big problem with HD video is that it is heavy and therefore it can present problems for viewers with slow computers. And then there is the issue with slow connections. If you live in the United Kingdom, watching HD videos with DSL is not such a great experience. Stuttering frames, full stops for minutes [...]
Vimeo: the secret of good quality content
Vimeo is to my mind one of the best video networks around because it has a high concentration of creative content providers. It is not like on YouTube where if you type “art video” in the search box, you get loads of music clips or ” the art of making jam“- type videos. On the [...]
How to add a logo watermark on your video
There are 2 convenient ways to brand your videos with a logo watermark. Method 1 is adding a watermark during publishing. Method 2 embeds a watermark in post production before rendering the final video. Both have advantages and disadvantages which are explained here:
Wide screen on YouTube
Wide screen on YouTube is going to change your workflow and it will encourage you to be even more creative. From now on, the player of YouTube is set to 640 x 360 pixels, which is actually equal to the dimensions of a High Definition Video (HDV)
Create your own video channel – part 4/4
The last part of this series: Preparing your video for streaming, uploading and embedding the video, branding your site and the video player. After those steps, you truly will be able to run your own video channel. However, this is the most challenging part of the series. Retrace your steps if things go wrong and [...]
Brightcove: End of the free ride – revised
Latest news: Brightcove TV is dead Brightcove.tv no longer exists. Brightcove has stepped out of the consumer arena altogether. Their core business is now purely professional and beyond the scope of this site. We will keep previous articles on Brightcove for history sake, though. Alas, it was written in the stars: on 17 December 2008, [...]
Creating your own video channel – Part 3/4
In this tutorial we cover installing and FTP application, upload a template and activate a theme in your system, whether it is Joomla or WordPress. But first, we have to find you the right template theme.
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