Nice reference chart at Tubemogul with specs/limits/codec support for all the major video sites.
(HT: NewTeeVee)
Lot’s o’ YouTube:
YouTube will be available on the upcoming HP MediaSmart Connect digital media receiver.
iPhone 2.0 will add in-browser YouTube support.
TimeTube is a mashup that creates a YouTube timeline visualization.
Make your own custom MTV with this YT/Last.fm mashup.
Playstation3 is rolling out the ability to upload in-game captures directly to YouTube.
The JVC GZ-MS100 camcorder offers one-touch [...]
iPhone ready to take on BlackBerry with enterprise push
iPhone announcements exceed mobile experts’ expectations
iPhone SDK details
AOL has also created a version of AIM for the iPhone in five days despite its developer’s lack of experience for the Mac. Users simply swipe to change active chats.
The iPhone App store
BBC iPlayer Beta now available for iPhone
Developers excited [...]
Indie film grants and funding.
Toshiba—HD DVD Interruptus. A shame, because HD DVD authoring and production is both cheaper, and easier to author for independent producers.
Tulip is software for visualizing very-large sets of data. Download Tulip at Sourceforge.
Tag your environment with EEML-Extended Environments Markup Language.
(EEML) protocol for sharing data between remote environments, both physical and virtual. [...]
Miro, the open-source podcatcher/mediaplayer from the Participatory Culture Foundation, has launched a “branded” version, pre-loaded/subscribed with content from TED.
CosmoPod
CosmoPod is a Safari add-on that helps you download and convert Flash, DivX, WMV and Real Media videos from the Internet to your Mac / iPod / iPhone / AppleTV automatically.
CosmoPod is almost universal. It will work on most sites broadcasting video content.
CosmoPod lounges in Safari’s address bar and activates whenever a video is detected [...]
vvvv is a free (for non-commercial use) Windows-only program for real-time video synthesis.
Checkout a synopsis of features, as well as projects from the vvvv Gallery.
In NewTeeVee’s rundown of various P2P distribution options for independent producers, Janko Roettgers notes the interesting possibility of hosting torrents via Amazon’s S3 storage webservice.
Some documentation:
Using BitTorrent with S3.
Generating and Publishing torrents using S3.
Combining podcatching, bittorrent, a Youtube downloader, and a multi-format video player, Miro is the just-released evolution of the Participatory Culture Foundation’s Democracy software project.
Also checkout PCFs Make Internet TV, a wiki for video tools/tips, covering editing, shooting, publishing and licensing.
Download Miro.
Mashable has put together a list of 150 video tools and resources, including service providers/hosting, tutorials, widgets, tools and encoding. Once your video is complete, you can then put it in context with these 13 video APIs.
Techcrunch blurbs startup Hey!Spread, which serves as a single upload point for multiple video hosting sites, such as YouTube, [...]
Mike Curtis of HD For Indies has posted a tutorial on achieving vastly-improved encode times in Compressor 3.
New feature I noticed while tooling around the Safari 3 Beta. Make a selection, right-click and select “inspect element”—up pops the “Web Inspector”, similar, though not as feature-rich, to the Firebug Firefox extension.
Caachi is a new indie film/video distribution site utilizing the Democracy player, with FREE downloads.
about caachi:
Caachi allows filmmakers to distribute their films to a world audience for free. Filmmakers can show their films without having to go through the established studio distribution system and Caachi users around the world can watch those films on their [...]