Robin Good: If you are considering to start doing something serious with your video publishing strategy, you may want to give a good read to this exhaustive article by Phil Nottingham on SEOMoz.
The article outlines how you can avoid wasting time with video marketing tactics and plan an effective video strategy that is highly integrated with your final business goal.
Robin Good: YouTube has just made available today the automatic captioning feature to six more European languages: German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Russian and Dutch.
By utilizing this feature, which can be activated on any video by clicking a simple icon on the bottom of the video player, YouTube will automatically transcribe and display the spoken content of any video in one of the languages supported.
From the official announcement: "As automatic captions will have some errors, creators also have several tools to improve the quality of their captions. Automatic captions can be a starting point, where creators can then download them for editing, or edit them in-line on YouTube. Creators can also upload plain-text transcripts in these languages, and the same technology will generate automatically-synchronized captions."
Robin Good: If you are looking for a software utility or program capable of capturing and recording your webcam or camcorder video signal, here is a selection of five Windows tools that can do the job.
Robin Good: The Mikey Digital is a portable, pocket sized microphone designed to work with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad (unfortunately, a lightning adapter is required for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini. The adapters are available for $29 through Apple) and ready to record both quality live sound as well as interview voices and electric instruments that can plug directly into its dedicated plug.
From the official site: "Featuring two custom-tuned Blue capsules for stereo recording, a line-input, USB pass through and a stylish updated 230-degree rotating design, Mikey's three gain settings allow for a versatile recording experience for everything from a loud concert to a whisper."
From the Mashable review: "Guitar players can plug cables directly into the device through the input and sync their instruments with a number of recording apps, which give users an experience similar to having thousands of pedals and cabinets to work with."
This new Mikey Digital is the perfect tool for mobile recording. With this microphone you are able to record anyplace amy where. You are able to record music, videos, interviews, guitars and you are able to create a portable recording studio.
This article is about Blue Mic's new iPhone recording microphone. This microphone is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iTouch. It is great to use for interviews and for concerts. This article even gives reviews and pulls information from the official site. It sources all of their information and even shows a price. Overall this article gives great information and is creditable.
From the official site: The Wi-Fi enabled HERO3 is the newest and most advanced GoPro camcorder ever.
Wearable and gear mountable, waterproof to 197' (60m), capable of capturing ultra-wide 4K Cinema 15 fps / 2.7K cinema 30 fps / 1440p 48fps, 1080p 60 fps and 720p 120 fps video and 12MP photos at a rate of 30 photos per second.
Built-in Wi-Fi, GoPro App compatibility and the included Wi-Fi Remote (normally a separate $79.99 accessory).
If HDSLR fillm making is a bit out of your price range the GoPro is a great low budget alternative with high quality and even more accessories coming out
Robin Good: The Mozilla Foundation is working hard to further develop its video editing and remixing platform Popcorn Maker.
In this TED video, its COO, Ryan Merkley, showcases its key features including the ability to integrate in any video and in real-time, live web content including links, maps, image feeds, news, and a lot more.
Robin Good: The Logitech Broadcaster is a 720p resolution wifi webcam which allows for wireless transmission from 50 feet away to any Mac computer, iPhone or iPad.
The Broadcaster features an instant Ustream-supported live streaming ability as well as a one button toggle between itself and your computer/iPhone/iPad integrated webcam.
The webcam plastic carrying case which sports an elegant magnetic lid doubles up as an alternative webcam stand.
Expected retail prices: $200 in the US and €180 in Europe
Stéphane, I agree with you 100%. Thanks for pointing this out to everyone.
Steve Troletti's comment October 18, 2012 8:45 AM
A quick search reveals the following from Logitech's site: Take the Broadcaster everywhere thanks to a hard plastic carrying case that doubles as a stand. A magnetic base on the lid makes mounting your camera effortless and lets you easily adjust it for the perfect angle. For more versatility, the lid also attaches to your favorite tripod. (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-communications/webcams/broadcaster-wifi-webcam)
Robin Good: If you are frequently unable to see YouTube videos stream smoothly to your screen, either because your computer is starting to show its age or because your Internet connection is not that fast, this experimental opt-in feature from your YouTube may solve your problem.
Called YouTube Feather, this new feature allows you to access msny YouTube-hosted videos by severely limiting the features available on the page and optimizing the delivery of the video by drastically reducing the amount of data transferred.
"YouTube Feather removes the information panel, share button, most of the related videos, video responses, vote counts on each comment, the medium-size player option, like and dislike counts for the video, and the capability to add the video to a list."
Robin Good: WeVideo is an online collaborative video-editing platform which allows you and your team to easily upload raw video footage (even from your mobile phone) and to start immediately editing it while having at your disposal an intuitive and fully-featured video editing suite.
Key features include:
Cloud-based
Integrates with Google Drive for web-based storage
Fully-featured video editor
Drag n' drop, visual video timeline and real-time preview
Collaborative - multiple users/editors can participate
Integrated animations and transitions sets
Color correction and filters
Music library of 400 royalty free tracks
Support for all major video file formats
Export to 360p, 480p, 720p or 1080p full HD
Export directly to Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook and Twitter
Upload video footage directly from your mobile phone
Free version available for Personal Use.
Paid versions, organized in Personal, Educational and Business categories, provide higher quality exports, larger storage capacity, no WeVideo watermarking or bumpers, larger video file size uploads, more collaborators and better support.
Robin Good: The iON HD Camera Goggles are a unique set of sport googles which integrate a full-HD camcorder, microphone and touch controls.
Key features include:
>> Captures 1080p & 720p HD quality video >> Shoots 8 megapixel HD photos >> 170-degree wide angle camera lens >> Camera automatically adjusts for light levels and has infinity focus >> Utilizes an in-goggle viewfinder >> Controlled by glove-ready buttons on the side of the frame
>> Anti-Fog Infused Lens Process >> Impact Resistant Frame Technology >> High Density Lens Technology >> 100% UV Protection >> Helmet Compatible >> Dual Strap Adjustments >> Optimum™ Lens
>> Rechargeable lithium-ion battery with three-hour max run time
Robin Good: By leveraging the Google Translator Toolkit, YouTube has made it now extremely easy for anyone to generate caption text for any video and to then translate it in any of the 300 world languages supported by YouTube.
Here's how to do it: "You’ll first need a caption track for your video, so if you don’t yet have one you can learn how to make one here. Select “Request translation” in the YouTube Video Manager, choose the languages you’d like to translate into, and click “Next.”
We’ll create caption translation documents that you can now invite anyone to help translate, or you can translate yourself. To translate the captions yourself, select the language, and it’ll open up the caption translation document in the Google Translator Toolkit editor to help your translate faster."
"For several languages we’ll provide first draft of the translation using Google’s machine translation technology. We’ll also provide preview of what the translated caption looks like on the video so you can make sure the translated captions fit.
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Click “Publish to YouTube” when you’re finished, and we’ll publish the translated caption back to your YouTube video. If you’re not the video owner, we’ll notify the owner via email that there’s a pending translation waiting to be approved and published."
Robin Good: If you are interested in new tools and technologies in the live video streaming space, you probably want to bookmark this German company, dedicated entirely to the development of professional software codecs: NanoCosmos.
Their newest product, nanoStream 3.0 contains many new features, a new SDK and Web Plugins for Windows and MacOS.
In particular, "the new multi-encoder streaming function allows parallel live encoding and streaming with multiple video formats and quality levels at the same time.
You can even record video in Full HD to H.264/MP4 or MPEG files, in different quality video streams."
Robin Good: If you are a YouTube Partner (if you are not learn how to become one here) you can have a so-called "Branded Channel", allowing customization of the look and feel of your YouTube page as well as the ability to decide whether to have ads appearing on your clips, to link back directly to your site or to have your logo or name appearing on each and every video you have, just to name a few.
To learn in detail about all of these features and options available to YouTube Branded Channels, the YouTube Official Guide to Creating a Brand Channel is the best resource you can find around.
Robin Good: The PanaCast Experience is a new prototype video camera capable of a 200° field of view, live streaming, and with the integrated ability for each viewer to custom select dinamically his favorite point of view.
"In videoconferencing applications, the Panacast goes beyond a stationary, rectangular screen by providing a real-time panoramic view of the room and giving users the ability to pan and zoom the scene from their computer or mobile device."
"The PanaCast uses a system of six cameras to capture HD video at 60 frames per second, and a custom-developed video processor that synchronizes and stitches all the images in real time to create a single, 200-degree panoramic view of the room."
The Panacast camera itself runs an instance of the Linux operating system and features a dual-core ARM 11 processor.
"Altia’s server then uses a low-latency encoding process that allows you to stream the video over a cellular or Wi-Fi connection, unlike some videoconference systems that require dedicated bandwidth.
Remote participants can view video using the company’s Mac or Windows app or on their iPhone or Android devices.
On mobile devices, you can use familiar touch gestures, such as pinch-to-zoom and swiping left or right, to zoom in on notes written on a whiteboard or to pan over to a speaker on the other side of the room."
Robin Good: The LiveStream Studio HD500 is a portable digital video mixer and switcher producing 4:2:2 professional broadcast quality video across its five outputs (5 HD/SD SDI Inputs and 5 Live Video Outputs (HD/SD SDI, HDMI, Component, S-Video, Composite).
Livestream Studio gives you real-time multiview, cut & fade, graphics overlay, video clip playback & recording (DDR) plus a full audio mixer with cross fade support. Additionally it supports one-click live streaming in HD multi-bitrate to the Livestream platform.
In early 2013, we will launch paid and free software-only versions of Livestream Studio. The paid version will let you stream to any streaming service provider or in-venue screens via the live video output (SDI, HDMI, Component, S-Video, Composite.) The free version will exclusively stream to the award winning Livestream service (live video output will be disabled.)
Robin Good: If you are looking forward to find the best tools, apps and hardware gear needed to do quality audio recordings for your iPhone-based video shootings, here is an excellent one.
Jeff Geerling has put together a comprehensive resource guide to external microphones and complementarty tools that can be utilized with most iPhone, iPad and iPod models.
If you are just starting with an effort to do quality audio recordings with your iOS device, you will find a ton of useful tools and resources in this guide.
This article talks about what microphones are best to use when recording with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. The list was put together by Jeff Geerling with the goal of helping people just beginning with audio. This article is very informative and it splits up into categories. Some of the categories are recording for concerts, interviews, and if you need a mobile microphone. The article include a video testing the audio of all the mice listed as well as where to purchase the mic and how much it costs. Overall this was a very informative and creditable article.
This article by Jeff Geerling shows many tools, apps and hardware, resource guide, videos and articles that you can use for quality audio on iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
Robin Good: The new Flowplayer version 5.x is a free embeddable video player designed for those publishers who prefer to host their video clips rather than publish them on popular video sharing sites like YouTube.
This approach offers the advantage of fully controlling the user experience including the player design and features available to the user, while integrating a number of valuable advanced features, such as:
Subtitling
Slow Motion
Fast forward
Android support
Full CSS-styling of video player including "finished state" which allows you to restyle the player when video ends
.no-volume and .no-time modifier classes to create minimalist video players where the user sees only the video
Responsive layout
Random seeking - let's you jump anywhere on the timeline regardless of how much video has been downloaded.
Robin Good: Loopster is a web-based free video editor which allows you to easily upload, edit, share and download your favorite video clips.
The service utilizes a traditional timeline and offers the option to edit individual clips by trimming their start and ending point, to add text captions and overlay titles, transitions, and audio effects and a soundtrack.
The final edited clip can be downloaded in .MPG format or shared directly on anyone of the major social networks.
Robin Good: If you are about to be interviewed online, or need to record a quality video talk with a prestigious special guest, here is a good and comprehensive guide to everything you need to know.
From quality webcam alternatives, to microphones, lighting and backdrops, and recording software, Houston Neal has put together a useful reference that is useful for both PC and Mac users alike.
Robin Good: If you do video and you are on a Mac, you should be aware that there is a software called Flip4Mac, which makes it transparent for your Apple computer to read transparently any WMV (Windows Media Files) and to do lots more without needing to have a virtual PC machine instaled or having to convert those files each time.
Thre free version makes it easy to play any WMV or WMA file via your native Quicktime Player. Pro ($29), Studio ($49) and Studio HD ($79) versions add more capabilities, such as:
- Import WMV and WMA files for conversion to QuickTime and QuickTime compatible formats
Robin Good: The YouTube Topic Explorer is a freely accessible dynamic map highlighting the key topics and videos you have been exploring recently on YouTube.
These topics are recommended to you based on your watch history. Your YouTube video watching history can be managed here: http://www.youtube.com/my_history
A "Surprise Me" icon-button futher allows you to serendipitously discover new interesting video clips suggested by the system.
Robin Good: YouTube has just released a new feature that allows any YouTube account holder to feature its brand logo across all of the clips in his channel, as well as the ability to promote/display a unique video clip that needs to be promoted next to each and every video he has published.
The first feature is called "Feature your Channel" and ReelSEO writes about it: "Feature Your Channel allows you to upload an image, whether your channel's avatar or a custom image, and you can place it in the top/bottom, left/right of the picture. You can keep the branding throughout the duration of the video, or you can customize the length that it lasts."
The second one, labelled "Feature a Video" "with this feature, you can push a video of your liking across every single video you have in your catalog. It places a thumbnail of the featured video into the corner of every video so that no matter which one a viewer is watching, it's there, ready to be clicked."
Robin Good: Edelkrone is about to introduce PhoneRig, a hand-strap/EVF solution for iPhone video production. PhoneRig includes a viewfinder, a better hand-grip to shoot, an integrated shoe for a flash or external microphone and hopefully a standard tripod mount.
Robin Good: Adobe Anywhere is a cloud-based video editing suite tapping into the power and features of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Prelude.
Your original video files are uploaded online and form there on you and your team can collaboratvley work without ever neededing to send or transfer large files.
Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Prelude, which will need to be updated before they can be used with Anywhere, will be able to operate in standalone mode or in a collaborative fashion with the new Adobe software. In standalone mode, you use project files stored on your local machine/computer as you would with previous versions of these applications. For collaborative workflows, you log into Adobe Anywhere, and then can use shared assets along and work with others on your production team who also are using Adobe Anywhere.
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Thanks Robin Good for scooping Phil Nottingham's insightful and intstructive article on planning an effective and integrated video strategy.