Next Generation Blogs - Vlogs!
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Vlogs a short for video blogging, is getting easier and easier. My friends have very frequently asked me how to add video to their websites or blog and I explain to them the various steps of capturing, encoding into the various formats and then uploading the video to a server. So when I used VideoEgg to publish a video to my personal blog, I was like the next time someone asks me about this, I am just going to direct them to VideoEgg, because it has a very easy to use interface. It also captures video from any source like your camera, phone, webcam or even if you have clips on your machine without you really having to understand the techinical aspects of formats, encoders, players and stuff.
Though the video clips are only limited to 2 minutes at this time, I am sure vlogging and publishing video is just going to get easier and easier. Now if you have a Mac you don’t have to worry about the Quick Time format video as well since VideoEgg is also available for the Mac, so both PC and Mac users like me can now easily publish digital video.
VideoEgg is a San Francisco based company which has tied up with Six Apart , maker of TypePad which is the leader in weblogging software, so if you have a Typepad account you just need to log in to http://typepad.videoegg.com/ and upload your video, but if you use other blogging sites then VideoEgg gives you an HTML or JavaScript code to add to your website. And recently VideoEgg also announced a second round of financing from August Capital.
I also downloaded the trial version of Vlog It ! from Serious Magic, it was also very cool and had more features like adding transitions, narration, sound effects but it has a 15 day free trial and then costs $49.95. Though I feel for individuals who just want to add their video to their Blog or website without downloading any software, VideoEgg does the job seamlessly without downloading anything, but both the versions I tried were Demo Versions so lets wait for the real deal.
Guess it wouldn’t be a long time before Blogger has its own integrated Vlogging.
I personally feel 2006 is going to be the year of Vlogging.
Here is a video of us flying over Palo Alto, CA. I am uploading them using both VideoEgg and Vlog It!
If the video does not display properly
click here to upgrade to Flash 8
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,65,0"
width="262"
height="231"
id="FLVPlayer"
align="middle"
VIEWASTEXT>
value="&bgColor=0xFFFFFF&configFile=http://easylink.playstream.com/flashplayer.fvss?sname=/Show_2,50,/Show_2,150,/Show_2%26aname=FVSSOD/shenazzack&autoPlay=False&skinName=http://progressive.playstream.com/playstream/progressive/flashplayers/ClearSkin_1&bufferTime=3&autoRewind=true" />
flashvars="&bgColor=0xFFFFFF&configFile=http://easylink.playstream.com/flashplayer.fvss?sname=/Show_2,50,/Show_2,150,/Show_2%26aname=FVSSOD/shenazzack&autoPlay=False&skinName=http://progressive.playstream.com/playstream/progressive/flashplayers/ClearSkin_1&bufferTime=3&autoRewind=true"
quality="high"
bgcolor="#ffffff"
width="262"
height="231"
name="FLVPlayer"
align="middle"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
Though the video clips are only limited to 2 minutes at this time, I am sure vlogging and publishing video is just going to get easier and easier. Now if you have a Mac you don’t have to worry about the Quick Time format video as well since VideoEgg is also available for the Mac, so both PC and Mac users like me can now easily publish digital video.
VideoEgg is a San Francisco based company which has tied up with Six Apart , maker of TypePad which is the leader in weblogging software, so if you have a Typepad account you just need to log in to http://typepad.videoegg.com/ and upload your video, but if you use other blogging sites then VideoEgg gives you an HTML or JavaScript code to add to your website. And recently VideoEgg also announced a second round of financing from August Capital.
I also downloaded the trial version of Vlog It ! from Serious Magic, it was also very cool and had more features like adding transitions, narration, sound effects but it has a 15 day free trial and then costs $49.95. Though I feel for individuals who just want to add their video to their Blog or website without downloading any software, VideoEgg does the job seamlessly without downloading anything, but both the versions I tried were Demo Versions so lets wait for the real deal.
Guess it wouldn’t be a long time before Blogger has its own integrated Vlogging.
I personally feel 2006 is going to be the year of Vlogging.
Here is a video of us flying over Palo Alto, CA. I am uploading them using both VideoEgg and Vlog It!
If the video does not display properly
click here to upgrade to Flash 8
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,65,0"
width="262"
height="231"
id="FLVPlayer"
align="middle"
VIEWASTEXT>
value="&bgColor=0xFFFFFF&configFile=http://easylink.playstream.com/flashplayer.fvss?sname=/Show_2,50,/Show_2,150,/Show_2%26aname=FVSSOD/shenazzack&autoPlay=False&skinName=http://progressive.playstream.com/playstream/progressive/flashplayers/ClearSkin_1&bufferTime=3&autoRewind=true" />
flashvars="&bgColor=0xFFFFFF&configFile=http://easylink.playstream.com/flashplayer.fvss?sname=/Show_2,50,/Show_2,150,/Show_2%26aname=FVSSOD/shenazzack&autoPlay=False&skinName=http://progressive.playstream.com/playstream/progressive/flashplayers/ClearSkin_1&bufferTime=3&autoRewind=true"
quality="high"
bgcolor="#ffffff"
width="262"
height="231"
name="FLVPlayer"
align="middle"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
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