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Flickr Video Launches - A Unique Experience
techcrunch.com — Flickr users can now add video clips alongside their photos, a much requested and much anticipated feature that has been promised for over a year.
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- Footinmymouth, on 04/09/2008, -22/+143"videos can be only 90 seconds in length and 150MB in size "
"Flickr video also differentiates itself from YouTube by only allowing pro users upload videos (it costs $25/yr for a pro membership)...."
Sooooo...you get limited to a min 30....and pay 25$ a year...?.....
How is that awesome?- richardhenry, on 04/09/2008, -4/+68For the majority of people to exhibit their portfolios and similar activities, this is good. You don't want to upload your reel to a site like YouTube, the ads and 'related videos' are distracting and unnecessary. Flickr has never been about sharing funny things you've found on the web .etc, it's all about your own hard work. $25 is nothing for the bandwidth they offer and the quality of the site your stuff appears on. That said, 90 seconds is a limitation that they will hopefully reconsider, and "these limitations may be changed later".
From my point of view, Vimeo is excellent and I'm going to carry on using it for videos. However, people wanting to bundle their videos and photography into one location will probably be pretty pleased with this move.- PATSCRU, on 04/09/2008, -5/+14"Flickr has never been about sharing funny things you've found on the web .etc, it's all about your own hard work."
Oh that's weird...what's with all the user accounts that seem to exist solely to repost random shoops they found on 4chan?- bitcloud, on 04/09/2008, -0/+15but they do a great job of letting the cream rise to the top...
youtube lets random keywords (hot hot sex) rise to the top and promotes videos...
one is an art gallery and the other is a mall.. - ocellnuri, on 04/09/2008, -1/+13Those 4chan galleries didn't really pop up until Yahoo Photos folded and offered a one-click solution to import your existing gallery into Flickr. Flickr started as a community of photographers, and I believe that they are still the most active and vocal users.
- bitcloud, on 04/09/2008, -0/+15but they do a great job of letting the cream rise to the top...
- superdoofus, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2"From my point of view, Vimeo is excellent and I'm going to carry on using it for videos. However, people wanting to bundle their videos and photography into one location will probably be pretty pleased with this move."
most people would rather embed fon their personal site if they're shopping their reel w/still work.
yahoo! is pulling this stupid and unusable limit to tier pricing models. too bad vimeo offers a better product.
...like flickr users already don't use the hell out of vimeo already. - spect3r, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Vimeo is my choice too. HD FTW
- PATSCRU, on 04/09/2008, -5/+14"Flickr has never been about sharing funny things you've found on the web .etc, it's all about your own hard work."
- fkr3, on 04/09/2008, -1/+19It's obviously something they've put a lot of thought into. They don't want to be the next YouTube and they don't need the hassle of people constantly uploading copyright material. Flickr's a great site for what it does and being much more flexible with videos would just pervert it's purpose.
- jazzboyrules, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I dugg your comment but the use of "it's" (the second "it's" in your comment) instead of "its" is still bugging me.
- Chordinator, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5What is appealing, though, is the 150MB limit for a 90 second file. We may be seeing some decent quality compression uploaded. According to their FAQ it seems they accept most formats including H.264, however not DiVX :(
Also, the resolution seems limited to 500 pixels across or so, anyone know for sure? - dOOBiEx213, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3Yes, this is ***** useless. Stage6 set the bar too high, and spoiled us all. We already have enough of these "flash" video upload sites...and don't give me that ***** "but flash can do HD zomg!"
- vmos, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2there are plenty of reasons to have a pro account that have nothing to do with the video (I've had one for a couple of years myself) but I'm scratching my head as to what the point of video on flickr actually is
- xadious, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3The $25 should prevent a lot of people trying to upload copyrighted stuff as they have something to lose rather than it be completely free. I know it's only $25 but when people have to pay for something, they take care of it more and are less likely to do something that will get them banned. With youtube, you can just open another free account and you don't even have to pass over any real information - here you have money to lose AND you have to give your details in order to make payment.
I think they''ll eventually increase the video length, probably just want to see how this pans out with short vids first. - rye425, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Came across this one, I'm not a cat person but this is funny stuff.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejacksons/234637138 ... - Balath, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Because no one's gonna get FlickRoll'd
- richardhenry, on 04/09/2008, -4/+68For the majority of people to exhibit their portfolios and similar activities, this is good. You don't want to upload your reel to a site like YouTube, the ads and 'related videos' are distracting and unnecessary. Flickr has never been about sharing funny things you've found on the web .etc, it's all about your own hard work. $25 is nothing for the bandwidth they offer and the quality of the site your stuff appears on. That said, 90 seconds is a limitation that they will hopefully reconsider, and "these limitations may be changed later".
- Aereo, on 04/09/2008, -13/+3Vids or it didn't happen
- h0zae, on 04/09/2008, -3/+7http://flickr.com/groups/video/
- luke16, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1http://flickr.com/groups/no_video_on_flickr/
- luke16, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Actually, after thinking, i don't think it is such a bad idea.
As long as people put thought into there video, such as this guy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunstan/2398525947/
- luke16, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Actually, after thinking, i don't think it is such a bad idea.
- luke16, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1http://flickr.com/groups/no_video_on_flickr/
- smbrower, on 04/09/2008, -3/+6cool idea, needs some tweaking...its good for people who want short vid clips and photos in the same place
- RuffRidr, on 04/09/2008, -5/+105Personally, I don't like the idea of video on Flickr. Flickr has always been a very cool community. The comments left on photos are often well thought out and intelligent. Contrast that with the average comment you see on a YouTube video. I hope this doesn't cheapen the product that Flickr delivers.
- MScrip, on 04/09/2008, -13/+3But hasn't Flick always meant moving pictures as in film movies? "Let's go watch a flick..." This makes sense.
- saucedmike, on 04/09/2008, -0/+25I believe that's why they are requiring a pro membership
- vmos, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2you don't need a pro account to leave comments though
- gryffon, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3I agree with you RuffRidr. I enjoy flickr the way it was and appreciated the quality of comments and interaction there. I think that this new addition could very easily go either way, in terms of something really good, or something really bad. Time will tell.
With that said, I sure wish I had a video camera to try this out. - chroko, on 04/09/2008, -4/+26You're right about Flickr comments being in a different class from YouTube, but most of them are still not worth reading. Flickr comments are - almost without exception - one of the following:
* Group spam (this picture wins an award, please add it to my group.)
* Ridiculous fawning (that is the single most amazing image I have ever seen in my entire life.)
* Stupid nitpicking (I don't like this because I hate the color blue.)
* Droning on about how much better the picture would have been if they took it (you should have moved the camera 2 feet to the left, used a different lens - and cropped closer.)
* Unnecessary region spam to the point that you can't see the original image (this part of the image is cool. so is this, and this, and this, and this).
...etc, etc. ie: it really is no different from any other message board.- bratterscain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+12lol. I think you pretty much covered all the Flickr stereotypes. But I do agree with the others. Flickr users generally seems classier than the average image host or video host bunch.
- IanCube, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5I really don't think you'll find that happening. It's just an extension of the Flickr model. The folks at Flickr didn’t just release another flash based video player, they created a platform that would “complement the flickrverse”.
I ended up writing an entire blog post on this and why I think it'll be huge, if anyones interested.
http://www.ianmikutel.com/2008/04/09/flickr-video- ...- Paladin27, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Your thoughts on your blog post about Flickrs new Video functionality are spot on. Good insight!
- GawtMilk, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I've never seen nor recieved a really helpful comment on flickr. That's what photo.net is for. flickr is a popularity contest for
AWESOME BEST PHOTOGRAPH ON FLICKR JOIN MY GROUP PLATINUM MEGA GOLD TURBO PHOTOS!- MightyE, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1Some of us (http://flickr.com/ericstevens) just like the rich API and simple but functional tools available for putting together an online image gallery.
I'm very disappointed with the video additions. If I wanted video, I'd go to YouTube. Flickr is a photographic community, and video only pollutes the purpose.
- MightyE, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1Some of us (http://flickr.com/ericstevens) just like the rich API and simple but functional tools available for putting together an online image gallery.
- jnattress, on 04/09/2008, -17/+0Vid: http://tiny.cc/ZhRr9
- Onyxblaze, on 04/09/2008, -3/+8FAIL
- mrm3x1can, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4one of the worst tries i have ever seen! FAIL
- Onyxblaze, on 04/09/2008, -3/+8FAIL
- TJ11240, on 04/09/2008, -3/+5Good move, Flickr. I just don't have a video camera.
- Pixelante, on 04/09/2008, -7/+0Then you're not the kind of audience Flickr caters to. You're not cool. A kool kid (the kind teh interweb caters to) would holler and scream at his parents until they buy him a videocamera only to make him shut up. It works. That's why the kool internet kids are the greatest generation that has ever been or ever will be. Check the details on MySpace among the silly poems about slit wrists.
- MadOtaku, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6You're a bit off on the demographic of Flickr pro users. It's mainly high-end-amateur and pro photographers. I'd guess the average age of active users to be about 25-35.
- emddudley, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Most modern digital cameras have the ability to take videos, and are much easier to use for quick video clips. I don't think the video you would shoot on a camcorder is what Flickr wanted people to upload.
- Pixelante, on 04/09/2008, -7/+0Then you're not the kind of audience Flickr caters to. You're not cool. A kool kid (the kind teh interweb caters to) would holler and scream at his parents until they buy him a videocamera only to make him shut up. It works. That's why the kool internet kids are the greatest generation that has ever been or ever will be. Check the details on MySpace among the silly poems about slit wrists.
- inajeep, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3Found it before I saw this and tried it out. I sat and waited for 2 minutes for it to buffer and it was slow. Not really impressive yet. I do hope this new service won't throttle access to their site.
- anteyekon4myst, on 04/09/2008, -1/+35Ugh. I go to flicker because it is quiet and serene.
- halofourteen, on 04/09/2008, -1/+8Turn off your speakers?
- anteyekon4myst, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Speakers are already off. It's the visual noise of the internet i refer too. People take a great product then inject it with flashy nonsense.
- PlasmaWhore, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1My friend Serene has flickr.
- halofourteen, on 04/09/2008, -1/+8Turn off your speakers?
- diggik, on 04/09/2008, -2/+7Dee!
http://flickr.com/photos/allspaw/2385550910/in/poo ...- mal1964, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1 The Graphics on Guitar Hero 4 are Amazing!
- sadpoti, on 04/09/2008, -1/+9hum, seem like vimeo.com but with much harsher restrictions
- hollywoodphony, on 04/09/2008, -0/+39This doesn't appeal to me because all my videos are between 91 and 93 seconds long.
- rgsteele, on 04/09/2008, -2/+21I feel sorry for your girlfriend.
- snuffulupagus, on 04/09/2008, -7/+2Feh, Ipernity (http://www.ipernity.com) is better than Flickr...everyone can upload videos (even sound files) and I don't think there's a limit, plus free accounts get way more bandwidth than Flickr. Also they don't censor people in other countries...yay!
- dunnduggit, on 04/09/2008, -3/+1Videos are limited to 90mb on Ipernity, but I don't think there is a restriction on length.
Btw: I wouldn't use parentheses when giving an url http://www.ipernity.com
- dunnduggit, on 04/09/2008, -3/+1Videos are limited to 90mb on Ipernity, but I don't think there is a restriction on length.
- elstevo, on 04/09/2008, -8/+0unique? really? come on... how is this appreciably different than any other youtube clone?
- rileyhallwood, on 04/09/2008, -10/+3noooooo flickr was so good.
now i'll have to deal with 500 videos of someone getting kicked in the nuts before i can find something i need- JudgeMonkey, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Usually what I need, and videos of folks getting smashed in the balls, are the same thing.
- zongamin, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6That's why its limited to paid users only, to stop that *****
- aoki4, on 04/09/2008, -8/+0then wat is youtube for
- bstew22, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1videos?
- superdoofus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7there is a difference between videographers and photographers, although the two may not be mutually exclusive across the board.
yahoo! is pressing those within the flickr community with dual pursuits with the throttling of bandwidth as per inevitable superpremium packages that dictate bandwidth limits (up or down. and if it's down, yahoo! is just a straight up greedy bastard). both the vimeo and flickr community will not sit still through prerolls or anything more than banner ads from advertisers and it seems that yahoo! is attempting to lowball the userbase and feel out the demand or coagulate someone's profile into their auspice.
it's rather obvious they copied vimeo's player, so it's not a short guess that they've been watching vimeo's growth and appeal to those that create and circulate original video content. it's just too bad that they rolled it out in such an obvious "fleece the demand" manner when so many are already pleased with having account on both sites.
but also: vimeo should have cut the apron/same overlord strings that tied them to bustedtees/collegehumor a long time ago if they wanted any respect from actual filmmakers and sought to be the flickr-level community of video producers.
all that said: i smell failures.- bking, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3I don't think pros have an issue with Vimeo's ties to CV, I think it's more of an issue of being affiliated with ANY site that allows people to share non-professionally created media. The only way a video site will be "respected" by the pro community would be if it's a closed off club of snobby douchebags. If that's what they want, they might as well just get their own hosting, and make some flash-saturated black and white portfolio site.
- superdoofus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2quite my point. flickr's video aspect is seeking out vimeo users, and it will tier their usage needs with this feel-out. and as far as the pro community is based, we ftp or ship off dvd's to potential clients on our own dime already and that which we share comes with a press release that includes our metrics and not just user comments from wherever when it comes to web devrivitive numbers. the road that yahoo! is sniffing here is the reverse of craigslist charging apartment brokers for their postings; do not be mislead, they are seeking to gulp up something. but just as digg as been taken over by 4chan or ron paul supporters or whomever, the old users and first adopters will skedaddle and such is the reason that salon and stileproject have proved their tenure.
best of luck. i really mean it.
- superdoofus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2quite my point. flickr's video aspect is seeking out vimeo users, and it will tier their usage needs with this feel-out. and as far as the pro community is based, we ftp or ship off dvd's to potential clients on our own dime already and that which we share comes with a press release that includes our metrics and not just user comments from wherever when it comes to web devrivitive numbers. the road that yahoo! is sniffing here is the reverse of craigslist charging apartment brokers for their postings; do not be mislead, they are seeking to gulp up something. but just as digg as been taken over by 4chan or ron paul supporters or whomever, the old users and first adopters will skedaddle and such is the reason that salon and stileproject have proved their tenure.
- bking, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3I don't think pros have an issue with Vimeo's ties to CV, I think it's more of an issue of being affiliated with ANY site that allows people to share non-professionally created media. The only way a video site will be "respected" by the pro community would be if it's a closed off club of snobby douchebags. If that's what they want, they might as well just get their own hosting, and make some flash-saturated black and white portfolio site.
- ptFoe, on 04/09/2008, -8/+21When Microsoft buys Yahoo all Videos will be limited to 2MB. All images will be limited to 200KB.
You can avoid these limits by purchasing Pro account for $200 per year.
Flickr will also be renamed to Live-r.- Pixelante, on 04/09/2008, -3/+0It will be too fun when teh interweb will totally belong to Microsoft and Google, and those two will strike a deal on how to part it.
I can imagine the wails, the frustration, the wringing of hands, the cry of the internet kids threatening "action", "boycott" or some other stupid things they know they can't do.
It's gonna be sweet. - Michaelism, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2STFU...
- Myonosken, on 04/09/2008, -5/+3OH WOW, DO U MEAN DAT MICROSOSOSOFTIS EVIL?? LOLOOLOL BILL GATES
Shut the ***** up please. - arjie, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5Ha ha ha, as someone who once used Hotmail from a terminal and then saw it bought by Microsoft, I want to say that I find this hilarious. Really people, in context, this is just funny.
- Pixelante, on 04/09/2008, -3/+0It will be too fun when teh interweb will totally belong to Microsoft and Google, and those two will strike a deal on how to part it.
- onestyle, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5I gots me one :)
I was actually surprised at how good the video quality is! Not bad, considering I already have a pro account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markjsebastian/
(note: NSFW content in some of my photos)- onestyle, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1To clarify things, the first video I've uploaded is actually animation of photos. They were shot for a major celebrity during a photoshoot for her album cover. I think Flickr is a perfect place to host this type of video as it is very relevant to the site and my subscribers.
There are lots of people on Flickr who are also professional cinematographers, art directors, designers, motion graphic artist, animators, etc. I've had photos discovered on flickr and integrated into major music videos. With that said, I'm happy with the added features. I can see how one could easily leverage this to their advantage. But there should also be a way to filter out videos, if they haven't yet integrated that feature
- onestyle, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1To clarify things, the first video I've uploaded is actually animation of photos. They were shot for a major celebrity during a photoshoot for her album cover. I think Flickr is a perfect place to host this type of video as it is very relevant to the site and my subscribers.
- Livewire, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7finally the "flickr" name makes sense.
- lolwtfhaha, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Why not Godaddy hosting for $6.99/mo. Click to install Gallery, enable flash video module.... Encode videos as flash, upload. Or, use whatever format you want. 150GB of storage. BYO YouTube.
- bking, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6Some poeple value the community aspect of sites like flickr/vimeo. A private site might be good for a bunch of baby videos to send to grandmother, but hosting stuff on your own domain, tucked away in a dark corner of the internet really hurts the chances that it'll be seen by anybody.
Furthermore, 99% of people on the internet don't even know what a flash video module is. People just want to upload ***** from their cell phones, not buy domains and deal with hosting.- lolwtfhaha, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Yeah, true.. but this is Slashdo... oh.. dammit! I hate tabs.
and how did you know I had our baby videos in a gallery tucked away in a dark corner of the Internet!- bking, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1The internet is scary like that.
- lolwtfhaha, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Yeah, true.. but this is Slashdo... oh.. dammit! I hate tabs.
- bking, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6Some poeple value the community aspect of sites like flickr/vimeo. A private site might be good for a bunch of baby videos to send to grandmother, but hosting stuff on your own domain, tucked away in a dark corner of the internet really hurts the chances that it'll be seen by anybody.
- Torley, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5I wonder what they mean by "Your “beautiful wife” should not be moving." on their FAQ @ http://www.flickr.com/help/video/
- emddudley, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0They mean that nude videos of your spouse are verboten. Nude photos are permitted, provided that they are properly flagged.
- peestandingup, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4Yeah, another lame throw away feature of Flickr "Pro". Pro in this case basically just meaning unlimited storage with the same features as the free accounts get.
Flickr Unlimited is what they should call it. For REAL Pro stuff, give me Smugmug or Zenfolio. - kida101, on 04/09/2008, -6/+2Pretty nice feature especially since I just upgraded to pro to keep my photos from deleting themselves. I def digg it and I like how they're going for videos that feel like long photographs. I already made a set of moving images, check it out.
http://flickr.com/photos/zaffi/sets/72157604446998 ... - kida101, on 04/09/2008, -5/+3I just made my own set of moving images and I have to say this is a really cool concept, especially since I just upgraded to pro to keep flickr from deleting my photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaffi/sets/7215760444 ... - pox05, on 04/09/2008, -6/+1my first video!
http://flickr.com/photos/my_gallery/2399570945/ - sonicularulus, on 04/09/2008, -7/+2i'd rather spend my $25 a month on a private server and create my own website to host my own pictures, videos, and whatever,
- pox05, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4its only $25 a year...
- zongamin, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1So you don't understand the difference between a 'year' and a 'month' do you?
- sonicularulus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2i didnt read the difference between year and month...
id digg myself down right now if i could...
- elcaminos, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3I think the 90 second rule sucks. I'm into time lapse, which is very photo-related because I create the video from photos, and I could easily run over 90 seconds. Anyway the quality sucks too, for example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewandsarah/239959 ...- pox05, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1great video, added to favs.
- emddudley, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Who wants to watch a time lapse longer than 90 seconds? I personally get bored with time lapses that last longer than a minute.
- IanCube, on 04/09/2008, -2/+7Flickr's "Slice of Life" idea with this is brilliant.
The 90 second time limit and 150mb size constraint will help users use the Flickr Video service the way it is intended to be used. Not for watching the latest episode of your favorite TV show. Not for catching the latest political speech. Flickr Video is for capturing what photos have always captured — a moment.
While the feature has just launched, it will be very interesting to watch if it takes off as I believe it will, revolutionizing how we share our moments in the online world, or if its brilliant concept will simply be lost in the sea of online video sharing services.
For Yahoo, who many believe made a poor choice in acquiring Flickr in 2005, this may be one of the smartest and most important moves the company has ever made.
http://www.ianmikutel.com/2008/04/09/flickr-video- ...- emildorbell, on 04/09/2008, -3/+1Wow, that article was some serious fanboy *****. I feel a little sick now.
- IanCube, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I'm hardly a fanboy of Flickr, I just think they came out with a good idea.
- emildorbell, on 04/09/2008, -3/+1Wow, that article was some serious fanboy *****. I feel a little sick now.
- parax, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2I'm disappointed with video on the internet. Back in 1998, we had higher quality videos with sites like iFilm. Even though most of those were fairly low quality, I always envisioned us moving towards higher resolution and definition. Now, 10 years of progress, with computers that have literally hundreds of times the processing power, video rendering power, and memory, we've just shifted slightly to a more ubiquitous embedded player with no real rise in quality.
Back then, there's no way I would have believed someone if they told me we were going to abandon VRML, SVG would never be used, 320x240 video boxes was going to be the cream of the crop, and HTML 4.01, CSS2, and the same version of JavaScript/ECMAScript were going to be the last progress we make in web pages for the next decade.
A bit disenchanting to realize that if I had disappeared for a decade the only thing I would have missed out on is a few viral videos/memes, but the rest of computer technology would be roughly the same and I could jump in without missing a step. Here's looking towards 2018!- postalblowfish7, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1H.264
- corsairstw, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Internet speed is still a limitation. While the processing power might be there, widespread high speed Internet is still not a reality. I'm at a university and I regularly have a 30+ megabit connection, but at home I only get 150kb/s. HUGE difference there, when it comes to downloading video.
- parax, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1only 150kb/s? Back in 98 the typical internet connection was 7kb/s or less. People were watching similar resolution video 10 years ago with 1/20th the connection speed.
- drgmdp, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1people had too much spare time then
- parax, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1only 150kb/s? Back in 98 the typical internet connection was 7kb/s or less. People were watching similar resolution video 10 years ago with 1/20th the connection speed.
- SmEdD, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvgf3aYS-4I
- matt3454, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1That was the best thing ever!
- MemoryDump, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3it's a real shame google didn't buy flickr :(
- postalblowfish7, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1no, competition is a good thing.
- Hoogs, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I can't wait until YouTube unveils a new image uploading service. Seriously, it seems like a lot of websites who specialize in a certain area tend to branch out into more services, thereby making them all essentially the same thing. I can't think of another example right now, but you probably know what I mean.
- algo, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1well that sucks, i just uploaded a 10MB video from my canon powershot and flickr failed to convert it. will try again tomorrow, maybe.
- JacobVorpahl, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3This is perfect for learning and teaching photography. Now, on groups like strobist, if they are so inclined, they can include a 90 second video showing how they set up the shot and so forth. Or, people could have clips showing how they edited the photo to get a certain effect. For this purpose alone I think this feature is really cool.
- Stone420, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1www.2.0web.tv
- kucing, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3Bad idea Yahoo!
Leave flickr as a photographer's community, not create another YouTube wannabe. Just another bandwidth hog.- onedigg, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3The whole point is that it's _not_ YouTube.
By placing express and fairly strict limits on who can upload content, and how long (or short) it must be, they've positioned themselves as anything but a YouTube
The way I see it is that Flickr is trying to build a solid _companion_ to its photo sharing suite, designed around quality homemade clips (rather then what you see on YouTube)
- onedigg, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3The whole point is that it's _not_ YouTube.
- emddudley, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2The most recent Flickr blog post should give everyone an idea of what they intended when they introduced the video feature:
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2008/04/09/six-twenty-ni ... - Sandkat, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1I think this will be a Good Thing (tm). I've been uploading my crappy vids to YouTube, and those are never more than a minute long, if that. I already have a pro Flickr account (see profile) so I might have to give this a try.
- WiretapStudios, on 04/11/2008, -1/+0Great, here's an idea, how about you save Flickrs bandwith DON'T upload your 'crappy' videos.
- Shatfacedpanda, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1Schweet.
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