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YouTube, the leading destination for video sharing online, has announced today that they are rolling out their Auto-Captioning service on all videos. In a press conference at their San Bruno campus, their Director of Product Management, Hunter Walk, gave a walkthrough of the technology for members of the media.
Unhappy with the look and feel, YouTube has decided to do more with the space alloted them. That means more nifty changes for you to peruse should you opt-in to do so. But what exactly have they fiddled about with this time round? Well, of course I’ve got the scoop of poop for you.
5 yrs ago today Chad Hurley registered a URL. Today, more than 20 hours of video are uploaded every minute to YouTube. If it wasn’t for YouTube (and Google I suppose), we might not be as far down the road as we are with online video.
Is it wrong to download a YouTube video?
I guess that depends completely on who you ask. I’m sure YouTube would tell you that it is. In fact, they do. Their terms of service says the following, in Section 5: Your Use of Content on the Site
So YouTube has made some changes. What? You haven’t noticed? Well let’s go through a quick look at what’s new.
They have been doing some serious work to rearrange things on the site into a more ergonomic setup. From the simplest of things, like channel subscriptions to more complex things like sharing, embedding and linking. It’s all getting a quick shuffle to make it easier to manage.
Last month, I spoke on several panels at the PubCon conference about online video. In one session, titled, “Best Practices for Video Creation, Integration & Marketing,” I focused my presentation on how to best integrate online video in a website. There was a lot of information covered in my presentation, but one of the slides that I noticed people furiously jotting notes about, was my slide with tips for customizing the embed code for YouTube Videos.
Listen to my interview with Greg Jarboe, Video SEO expert and author of “YouTube Marketing – an Hour a Day,” who will be speaking on YouTube and video optimization at the Search Engine Strategies conference on December 7th, 2009, at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Chicago. Greg shares some special insights on how you can make the case to your company and clients on online video being crucial in today’s marketplace.
Google today announced that they are adding automatic captioning capability to videos on YouTube.
This is a fantastic step forward for accessibility for deaf Internet users. Says Vice President Vint Cerf, who is hearing impaired himself:
DotSub - Any video any language is the motto of this place. No fee, video subtitling site and service in a ‘wiki’ style. You can view, upload, transcribe and translate all right through the site.
This is easily the best news in weeks for video producers: YouTube is now supporting true HD 1080p. Yes, you read that right. You can now upload 1080p HD videos to YouTube and share the glorious high definition quality with your friends.
uSocial, the company that has created controversy regarding their services in the past, is at it again. You might remember them as the company that sold Diggs for your Digg submission, friends for your Facebook account, and followers of your Twitter ramblings. Now they’re offering a new service: views for your YouTube video.
Those lucky dogs, first no taxes, now new features at YouTube what’s next? Free candy and beer on Sundays?
