From ReelSEO: "...crawling, digesting, analyzing, and indexing video content is a tough job for a search engine crawler, for many reasons: variations in publishing methods, inadequate recognition technologies, etc…
Google launched video sitemaps in late 2007 as a way to overcome these challenges, by having video content publishers provide information to assist Google in locating and indexing video assets.
...However, it’s always the desire of a search engine to be able to discover content on it’s own and not necessarily rely upon sitemaps to index content.
While video is more difficult to discover, over the past year or so, I’ve seen clear indication that Google (in particular) is getting much better at indexing videos without sitemaps, and that’s the goal.
Enter Schema Markup & VideoObject: Now that Google is getting good at identifying video assets through a crawl, they’re encouraging video publishers to implement a standard schema markup (VideoObject) for video pages to further assist Google in understanding what the video content is about.
...the good news is that for many who dont need to provide additional information, getting your videos indexed is going to become easier and easier, especially if you start marking up your video content with schema markup as it’s a clear indication to Google that you have video on a given page."
I've tested JW PLAYER in some posts with JUST an embedded youtube video and they're indexed and visible in google serps AS VIDEOS (with the tipical thumbnail), with all the relative microdata (checked with rich snippet testing tool), despite what video SEO experts say (they usually say it's possible only with self hosted videos )
Robin Good: Jeroen Wijering, creator of the JW Player gave a valuable and informative presentation at the last HTML5 Video Summit event in Los Angeles, targeted at those video publishers wanting to better understand the key advantages of adopting HTML5 for video.
"HTML5 video is just a tag like an image tag, that is supported by HTML5. So you put a video tag in your website, you say ‘the source is this video,’ and it will play.
You don’t have to use Flash or Silverlight or other difficult tools or plug-ins. It’s a very basic way of embedding video on your website,” explained Wijering.
So that’s what it is, but why is it more useful that other methods of streaming video, such as Flash or Silverlight?
As to ‘why should I use it?,’ I think there’s two answers.
1) There’s a long-term answer in that if you have support in HTML5 itself, it’s a lot easier to have video interact with other stuff on your website. It’s a lot easier for accessibility purposes to be able to have blind people, deaf people jump into your video and see it in alternate ways. It’s a lot easier for search engines like Google to actually pick up the video. They have a lot of trouble right now because everybody has their own Flash player. ...That’s the long-term answer.
2) The short-term is much less elaborate.
“In terms of short term, it’s very simple: Apple does not support Flash,” said Wijering. Any publisher that wants to stream to iPad and iPhone owners had better get familiar with HTML5."
From the official site: Meztura webKeyer is a software + hardware solution that makes it possible to overlay HTML5/Javascrip, Flash and Silverlight content on top of High Definition or Standard Definition video signals.
In other words, the system is able to overlay on top of On-air video any Web page or Web application respecting the transparency values (alpha channel) defined therein.
This patent pending solution is unique in the world and allows television producers and broadcasters to easily create visual programs "widgets" to be used in their broadcasts: tapes loaded with the latest news in real time from RSS feeds, weather widgets, automatic generation of charts with real-time data coming from databases, markers for sporting events, clocks, insertion of messages with different effects and titles, integration with social networks as well as SMS-based interactive services, and generally anything that can be created with Web Standards, Flash or Silverlight.
Download Meztura webKeyer for free.
(The trial version has all the features presented in the licenced version but its output is watermaked.)
Robin Good: If you have ever transcribed a video interview, you know how frustrating is to pause, restart and rewind the video a million times to be able to get the full audio track to be transcribed properly.
Transcribe comes to the rescue with a free online service that facilitates the transcription of any video. Transcribe provides a set of dedicated options to step through the audio track to be transcribed easily.
You can pause, stop, slow down, speed up and rewind and forward of a few seconds the track at any moment by using a few keys on your computer keyboard.
To use it you only need to upload your .wav or .mp3 audio track and you are ready to go-
"Google has today unveiled details and started rolling out a new video via web cam feature to its Google+ social networking site.
The new share video via web cam feature now enables Google+ users to create videos directly from their web camera within their Google+ accounts.
N.B.: Google is currently rolling out the new update across all Google+ users, but explains that it might take a couple of days for the new feature to hit your account."
StreamToMe is a media player application for Macs and iOS devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch) that plays video, music and photo files (in a wide variety of formats) streamed over the network from another Mac or PC.
Files are live-transcoded into the native format for your device so you don't need to pre-convert your media. Adaptive bitrates mean that you can stream over WiFi or 3G.
"...great performance, wide video and audio format support, and $0 price tag, it will likely beat out any competition that may someday come along."
FEATURES
- Stream video and audio from your home server to any other Mac with any internet connection.
Shoutz is a mobile-to-mobile social video platform allowing you to follow your favorite brands, artists and friends and see what they are doing and sharing from their mobile video.
Shouts can be created at the click of a button and easily shared on Facebook, Twitter and SMS and it works across all types of mobile smartphone devices. Shouts have a maximum length of 15 seconds.
"GoPro has launched the HD Hero2, an updated version of its sports video camera. The latest version features an 11MP sensor (up from 5MP) and can now shoot 1080p30 video at a choice of 170deg, 127deg or 90deg angles-of-view (the original Hero could only shoot 1080 at 127deg or lower resolutions at 170deg).
The redesigned lens is claimed to be twice as sharp as its predecessor.
It also gains an external mic port and Mini HDMI socket.
The company has also launched the WiFi BacPac accessory allowing live streaming from the camera from the Hero2. It can also be used to control either HD Hero via the included remote or using an App on a smartphone or tablet."
Robin Good: Not everyone likes YouTube new interface facelift, but what counts, is how effective your YouTube presence is in helping you reach your audience and in be found, linked and discovered by new potential fans.
Casey Zeman at SocialMediaExaminer has some good, illustrated advice, to share.
Here my key takeaways:
"#1: Add Your Custom URLs in the Newly Placed Description Area
#2: Add Overlays to ALL of Your Videos
(Previous YouTube guidelines required you to promote your videos in order to take advantage of YouTube’s self-branded overlays. However, YouTube has changed that requirement. You don’t need to have a running and approved promotion for a specific video to take advantage of overlays.
Now you can simply create the promoted video, pause the campaign and still have the power of the branded overlay.)
From the original article: "Did you know that major search engines want you to make video sitemaps for all of your embeds, even if you're hosting on Vimeo or Youtube?
Not only does it help them spider your website by giving the search engines clues as to where to look for video embeds, it may also earn your site a click through boost by giving you a picture in the SERP.
...
There are several reasons why you'll want to add a video sitemap.
It makes it clear to Google what your content is. You have the opportunity to provide a range of details through schema.
Additional presence on video.google.com search. RAD picture thumbnail, which is a pretty great call to action."
EmbedPlus lets you easily edit and watch upgraded video embeds with enhanced playback and relevant content.
Chapter Marking
Like DVD chapter buttons, click these to skip to marked times. Use the wizard to mark notable parts like game highlights, changing performers, and lecture sections.
Sweet Spot Marking
Helps you catch the best parts of a video by revealing the scenes that are generating the most buzz by other viewers. You can also use it for your creative/marketing efforts or just for your curiosity.
Crop
Crop, Cut, Splice, Chop (or how ever else you prefer to pronounce it). Plays the interesting part of a video you decide.
Real-time Reactions
Discussions about a video occur in many places. Optionally enable this button to show viewers the latest Internet reactions, right inside the player. Currently showing YouTube comments and Twitter feeds.
Third Party Annotations
Add your own timed annotations to any video. Use it to display titles, captions, scene labels, and side comments during playback.
Slow Motion On-Demand
Instantly watch videos at a slower rate to more clearly see what happens. Use it for videos with sports highlights, demos, tricks, and raw footage.
Movable Zoom
Added accessibility. Dynamically magnifies the area you point over. Use it to get a close look at objects, writing, and things like moving athletes.
Instant Replay / Loop
Replay an event soon after it happens. Also double-click to loop the replay.
The Dropcam video camera is a revolutionary low-cost Wi-Fi-enabled video camera that offers free live streaming as well as cloud-based automated video recording.
Though there have been webcams and other wifi enabled video cameras since a few years, the Dropcam is the first one to provide an integrated set of features and services that make it extremely easy to use and setup and immediately useful for many different possible uses.
While chiefly used for private home monitoring, Dropcam cameras can be used in public mode for live video streaming in HD quality (min 400Kbps in upstream required).
The newest model, the Dropcam HD, can live stream in 720p HD video, from anywhere there is a WiFi connection.
Key features:
No software to install
Bank-Level Security 256-bit AES
Private or public transmission
Night Vision
Talk Back (Respond to what you see and hear on camera with two-way audio)
SMS Notifications
Dropcam DVR (View either live or recorded video from any Dropcam)
Skrip.it is a very simple and effective free tool to automatically creates a 1-minute video clip that flies through some of your key visual memories for 2011.
Skrip.it, a service of Stupeflix, taps into your Facebook collection of photos from the past year and it mixes and matches it to your preferred music track (needs to be uploaded) or to one of the ready-made ones the service offers you to use.
In less than a couple of minutes your video mashup is ready to be viewed and shared online with your friends and social media contacts with nothing to pay or register.
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