FireFox “Add On” for Video Downloading

ByNalts May 7, 2006

Thanks to one of Revver's most popular video posters, MarquisdeJolie, for discovering this FireFox Add On. It allows for simple downloading from the following sites: Youtube, Google Video, iFilm, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Myspace, Angry Alien, AnimeEpisodes.Net, Badjojo, Blastro, Blennus, Blip.tv, Bofunk, Bolt, Break.com, Castpost, CollegeHumor, Current TV, Dachix, Danerd, DailySixer.com, DevilDucky, Double Agent, eVideoShare, EVTV1, FindVideos, Free Video Blog, Grinvi, Grouper, Hiphopdeal, Kontraband, Lulu TV, Midis.biz, Music.com, MusicVideoCodes.info, MySpace Video Code, Newgrounds, NothingToxic, PcPlanets, Pixparty, PlsThx, Putfile, Revver, Sharkle, SmitHappens, StreetFire, That Video Site, TotallyCrap, VideoCodes4U, VideoCodesWorld, VideoCodeZone, vidiLife, Vimeo, vSocial, Yikers, ZippyVideos… and any other webpage with embedded objects.

But does it support CubeBreak? That's what really matters.

P.S. Half of my motive for this post was to get this new blog on the search-engine grid by using the names of all the cool video sites.

Verizon and Revver “Sittin’ in a Tree”

ByNalts February 23, 2007December 20, 2009

Micki from Revver announced in Revver’s blog that Verizon and Revver have deepened their relationship. Later this year, subscribers to FIOS TV (which is limited to certain regions) will be able to watch Revver videos from the comfort of their couch. They’ll be free to viewers, and Revver and the creator will evenly split an…

Metacafe Gives Viewers Wikipedia-Like Editing Control of Videos

ByNalts June 26, 2008December 20, 2009

It’s maddening when a creator tricks viewers with misleading thumbnails, titles, tags and descriptions. Until now, we’ve counted on the website’s search engine to solve that problem. But even YouTube’s Google-like sophistication still opens the door to tricks by Viral Video Villians. Google learns from its users, and I imagine the YouTube search engine quietly…

What Happens with Linear (Scheduled) Television Programming

ByNalts June 25, 2006December 20, 2009

In this 4-minute video from CNet, Jeremy Allaire (Brightcove founder and president) discusses the future of videos on the Internet. CNET's Neha Tiwari interviewed Allaire at Supernova 2006. Scheduled television content isn't dead, according to Brightcove who is working on services for smaller firms to syndicate content. P.S. Getting that video to serve will require you…

The “Consumer’s Report” of Online Video Sites

ByNalts June 23, 2006

Courtesy of Deirdre Straughan, here's a site that tests a lot of video players in one spot. Some of them load automatically, so you'll have to scroll down and pause. You'll be greeted by some cool music. Thanks, Deirdre, for bringing this to our attention and doing the testing that the rest of us are…

Time-Lapse Photographer Reviews Video Sites

ByNalts January 18, 2007

Mike Posehn is a time-lapse photographer and creator of the GBTimeLapse software that helps turn digital photos into time-lapse videos. In his post on GraniteBaySoftware’s blog, he compares various video sites. His goals are similar to many of ours: 1) Good video quality, easy and fast uploading and an attractive and flexible video player. 2)…

Everything You Want to Know About Video Blogging (100 sites and resources)

ByNalts January 5, 2008December 20, 2009

A nice blog post here from “Virtual Hosting Blog.” It’s called “The Video Blogging Toolbox: 100 Tools, Resources and Free Software Packages.” ‘Nuff said.