Comments on: “Jealous, YouTube? Find Your New Video Platform Valentine” http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/ social media, marketing and PR tips, commentary and review Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: “And…Cut! How Not To Pitch Video Content” « socialTNT http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-761 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:58:20 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-761 [...] Load the video to YouTube, Viddler, Blip.tv (Need help choosing? We review each of the platforms here) [...]

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]]> By: Marie Williams http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-390 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:04:52 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-390 Mike, Chris, Amanda, thanks for your comments!

Mike, re: Viddler tags, if you go to bottom right hand corner of the video screen and click “menu,” you can disable showing the popup tags in the video by clicking on the little bubble in the top left corner.

Chris, depending on your content, you may actually want to check out Metacafe in addition to Viddler. We were really impressed with how sleek the channels are—much better than YouTube. It’s a good place to direct people to.

Amanda, I haven’t checked out Vimeo yet but since you and Mike both mention it I’ll have to give it a try! The only video creation I’ve ever attempted personally is on Seesmic, which failed miserably because I have an ancient computer that was unable to convert the video file from my camera. Once I get a new computer I’ll give some of these others a try for vlogging.

]]> By: Mike Keliher http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-389 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:52:36 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-389 I think Blip will work well for you, Chris, because your video content fits that “TV series”-style Blip caters to so well.

]]> By: Amanda Gravel http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-387 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:38:12 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-387 Viddler is my favorite because it’s so easy to use and the comment feature is cool. I also like Vimeo though, because it has a pretty UI. Blip is also good. I’ve used SplashCast as well, but I usually stick with Viddler or Vimeo nowadays.

Happy vlogging!

]]> By: Chris Lynn http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-386 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:06:28 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-386 Hi Chris:

Thanks for your comment! Viddler looks like a great platform. Let us know how it goes!

Chris

]]> By: Chris Grayson / GigantiCo http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-384 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:25:49 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-384 Thanks! With the YouTube 10 minute limit, I’ve been researching other online video options. Thanks for doing a lot of the work for me. I’d been experimenting with MegaVideo. The interface is nice, but their conversion time is going on 3 weeks now, and I also see that they get some questionable material posted that I’d rather not be associated with, so I’ve been seeking other options.

Based on your article, I’m now testing Viddler.

Best regards,
Chris

]]> By: Chris Lynn http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-383 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:12:27 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-383 Hey Mike:

Yeah, we are looking for a YouTube alternative for the blog, and I think I’m choosing Blip. It’s also the platform tomorrow’s guest uses for her highly-trafficked blog. Viddler’s in-line comments are cool, but I agree: the tags really suck. I also really liked brightcove, but now think it’s too much!

Chris

]]> By: Mike Keliher http://socialtnt.com/2008/02/13/v-day-vid-alternatives-make-youtube-sweat/#comment-382 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:03:27 +0000 http://socialtnt.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-382 Viddler is cool (as is Vimeo) because it allows for HD video. I actually find those Viddler tags highly obnoxious, and I know that I’d only want my own content tagged like that in certain circumstances. Can you turn that off?

I love Blip.tv. It’s player is simple and elegant, and the site is very easy to work with. I’m not exactly a video guru, but in my experience, Blip is great.

Of course, I really loved Brightcove, back when it was just a classy counterpart to YouTube. The site’s changed, though, and now caters strongly to professional content publishers and is just plain overkill — too complicated — for a regular Jane/Joe who wants to post a simple clip or two.

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