Poll: Want video?
A question to all Fuzzy Travel members: Would you like to be able to upload and publish videos in your travelogue? VideoEgg can be easily integrated and looks like a very nice option for managing movies, because it accepts a wide variety of video formats and hardware. However, it does require a 1 MB download/installation before you can start uploading movies, which might not be optimal if you’re in an internet cafe. So… what do you think? You can respond to the question by voting in the poll, and you can clarify your answer by leaving a comment.
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January 5, 2007 at 23:53
I would really like video. I love this blog site for everything else, but I went as far as getting another blog and just using it for video purposes. As far as the download goes, I would plan to download it when I was at a location with decent speed, then keep a copy on my camera´s memory card, problem solved! Of course the upload will take a while… Will the program scale the videos down? Is there another one out there like the one for pictures? Thanks, we can´t wait to share videos!!!!
January 6, 2007 at 1:44
Indeed, the downloaded program is part of VideoEgg and serves the purpose of converting and compressing the video into Flash format, the best format for serving videos on the internet. Converting and compressing the video on your local computer — before uploading it to the web server — saves you from looong waiting times.
January 6, 2007 at 16:02
What about some kind of interface to YouTube?
January 6, 2007 at 18:03
I did give YouTube some thought. However, I think that VideoEgg definitely has some advantages. One is that it can be integrated, so you never have to leave the FuzzyTravel.com website. Another one is that because of the downloaded encoder upload times will be small. VideoEgg clarifies by giving an example:
And finally, VideoEgg makes publishing videos really easy for everyone, because it requires no user knowledge on data formats, precompressing, codecs, etc. (the encoder takes care of all of that).