ReelSEO coverage of online high-definition video platforms, news, and information. Learn all there is to know about HD video online, HD video production, and everything else about high-definition HD web video.
Topic - Online Video & high-definition
Is High-Definition Video Chat Coming to Google’s Gmail?
According to a post on CNET last week, despite Google shutting down several products and services (including shutting down the ability for users to upload videos to Google Video), there are also some interesting new services being developed that will be coming soon to Google’s Gmail product.
YouTube Adds HD Video Browsing Option
As we posted previously, Youtube recently updated the UI to add high-definition HD video viewing in a large HD video player. In addition, they have now added a new option to browse HD videos right from the main “Videos” navigation page. I imagine that there have been a ton of searches for high-definition videos since the announcement.
Youtube HD Update – Large High-Definition Video Player Layout
A few weeks back, we posted news about the fact that Youtube was testing HD (high-definition) video playback. Shortly after that, Youtube officially launched HD video playback on their site. When it was first launched, videos in HD would play within the new widescreen 16:9 default player on Youtube. Now, when you choose the HD playback, the layout of the page is modified to display a much larger video player that expands the width of the page. The new video size is a huge 855*480 pixels (actual resolution is 1280×720) and the player is 855*505 pixels. Apparently this change was made back on December 5, but some users are just now seeing the update.
Fuel TV Moves to Launch High-Definition Video
Today, Move Networks announced a partnership with Fuel TV, the 24/7 action sports lifestyle network, in which Move Networks will provide Fuel TV with its HD streaming video player. The player debuts on Fuel TV’s website with HD versions of “The Great Ride Open.”
Youtube Gets Bigger – Goes All 16:9 Aspect Ratio Widescreen
As somewhat of a surprise to users, video sharing giant Youtube announced yesterday on their blog that they decided to upgrade the previous player to a new wide-aspect 16:9 ratio video player as the default player on Youtube. Finally Youtube is joining the ranks of those that have had wide aspect ratio players for some time like Hulu, Blip, Vimeo, and countless others.
According to the announcement, Youtube released this new player in order to users with a “…cleaner, more powerful viewing experience.”
Youtube Videos in High-Defintion? Hack Youtube for HD Video Playback
Boy was I happy to find out about this…. If you remember our Online Video Predictions for 2008 post from last year, our first was…
“1) HD High-definition Video - I expect Youtube and others to follow suite with the sites that already support High Definition content.”
What is Real High-Definition Video? – Online HD Video Overview
High-Definition is the “new” way to watch video, but how do you know if what you’re downloading is truly high-definition or not? Well, first we need to look at what HD actually is.
New High-Definition Camcorder from Flip Video under $250 USD
The maker of Flip Video, the best-selling family of affordable and simple-to-use digital camcorders today introduced its latest breakthrough product: the Flip MinoHD. The world’s smallest high definition camcorder at just over three oz., this remarkably slim camcorder makes capturing and sharing HD video easy and affordable. The stylish Flip MinoHD from Pure Digital Technologies, priced at $229.99 (MSRP), records up to 60 minutes of HD video and features Flip Video’s new FlipShare software, also announced today. This advanced on-board software platform allows consumers to plug the camcorder’s signature flip-out USB arm into any computer for easy drag-and-drop video organizing, editing and sharing on YouTube, MySpace, AOL Video or via email.
MediaMelon Launches New Video Overlay Network (VON)
Even thought HD video is still a ways off in terms of being available to the masses online, strong progress has been made recently by some companies with a goal of efficiently delivering HD video via IP networks to millions of consumers. MediaMelon is one of these networks who’s goal is to improve the efficiency and visual quality of high-definition HD video delivery, at full screen, that can be played and accessed from a web-browser without the need for a desktop application.
MediaMelon today announced the availability of the MediaMelon Video Overlay Network™ (VON), an application-layer software-enabled network to significantly improve the profitability of online videos for content distributors and their service providers while also enhancing the consumer viewing experience.
BitGravity Launches an API for High-Definition Web video
BitGravity, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, today announced the new release of its patent-pending Advanced Progressive(TM) application programming interface (API), which provides extensive control over progressive downloads within Flash. This new API enables developers to inject advertising, automatically adjust bitrates, add virtual clips and other additional advanced features into their H.264- and FLV-encoded video, unlocking the ability to create affordable and scalable interactive HD video applications for the first time.
Upload AVCHD Video with Motionbox
Back in March, Motionbox announced support for high-definition video for its premium users. Just the other day, Motionbox announced that they now offer video tools that will support the direct upload and editing of native high-definition AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) formatted video. As far as I know, this the first online video sharing site to support upload of AVCHD formatted video files. After you upload these files, which are typically quite large, they directly transcode the files on their server and then allow you to edit the video using the Motionbox web-based editing tools.
Video Tutorial – Using High-Definition Video with Adboe Flash Professional CS3
Here is a great video tutorial from Layer’s Magazine regarding how to create a web page with HD video (high-definition) using Flash CS3 Professional. In addition to the video below, you can create your own project and follow along with the tutorial as they have made the lesson files available for download here
