online video and broadcasting
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Lunch2.0 session given at UC Irvine LibrariesTRANSCRIPT
Online Video and Broadcasting
Danielle KaneResearch Librarian for Emerging Technologies and Service InnovationUC Irvine Libraries
Lunch2.0August 2009
Video Sharing User Uploads
Type of Site: MPEG-4 Video hosting service
Registration: Required to upload, rate, and comment on videos, no registration needed to view videos
Video:◦ Playback: Adobe Flash Player◦ Length: 10 minutes or under◦ File size: 2GB◦ Format: .WMV, .AVI, .MKV, .MOV,
MPEG, .MP4, DivX, .FLV, and .OGG.
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/
Type of Site: Video Sharing
Registration: Yes to upload
Video: ◦ file types: asf, asx, avi, divx, dv, dvx, m4v, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg, qt, wmv, 3g2,
3gp, 3ivx and 3vx
Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com/
Streaming VideoVideo on Demand
Type of Site: Commercial supported streaming of TV shows and movies from networks and studios
Registration: Create a queue, subscribe to shows and movies
Video: ◦ Flash Video format◦ films and shows available in high-definition◦ provides web syndication services for other
websites including AOL, MSN, MySpace, etc.
Hulu
http://www.hulu.com/
Type of Site: Community based video sharing web site
Registration: Required for favorites, commenting and editing metadata
Video: ◦ Clips average 90 seconds long◦ MPEG4 (AVI, MOV or MP4)
Metacafe
http://www.metacafe.com/
Video SearchEntry Point to other sites
Type of Site: Free video sharing website and a video search engine
Registration: No
Video:◦ N/A◦ In 2009 uploading of videos was discontinued
Google Video
http://video.google.com/
Type of Site: an entry point into web video
Registration: Yes to add a video to your personal collection
Video:◦ Assigned a rating between 1 and 11depending on traffic and trackbacks
Magma
http://mag.ma/
BroadcastingVideo, Audio, Text
Type of Site: Video streaming, broadcasts
Registration: Optional, needed to create shows
Video:◦ A computer◦ An internet connection◦ A microphone◦ A webcam or video camera
UStream
http://www.ustream.tv/
Type of Site: Social networking, streaming video broadcasting
Registration:
Video:◦ AVI, MOV, WMV, 3GP, and MPEG
Audio:◦ MP3 and WAV
Images:◦ JPEG (.jpg) and GIF (.gif)
Stickam
http://www.stickam.com/
Type of Site: Mobile Multimedia Discussion/Conversation
Registration: Yes to share text, pics, video and audio
Video:◦ A computer◦ An internet connection◦ A microphone◦ A webcam or video camera◦ Your phone
Utterli
http://www.utterli.com/
Mobile Phones & Video
Mobile Streaming
Type of Site: Mobile live streaming web application that allows users to stream live video from their cell phones to the internet
Registration: Yes to upload
Video:◦ Supports video streaming on many Nokia S60 phones and several phones running
Windows Mobile.◦ Data Plan
Qik
http://qik.com/
5 Minute Show and Tells
Virginia Allison
Film and Media Studies Libguide
http://libguides.lib.uci.edu/content.php?pid=19240&sid=194876
Discussion Topics20 Minutes