Google video upload - anyone tried this?

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Yes, I've tried it. But maybe it's not what you think it is. Google is doing
a pilot program similar to an Atom Films or iFilms service... but the
differentiating factor will be possibly millions of "broadcast quality" TV
videos that the general public can search and watch.

Google is going after professional video producers (TV broadcast quality),
not people that use Movie Maker. They don't even want WMV format.

They are not exactly interested in your kid's birthday party home-movie
either. If your videos are designed for thousands of people to watch them
(independent films)... then Google might be for you. It's free because they
use their search/advertising model to pay for all the video bandwidth. In
other words, they use your video to attract people and make money off the
advertising on that page.

Since it's free, they have no obligation to store your videos on their
server if they are not "popular/profitable" enough.

But if you want to share videos with friends and family on your own web
site, and control who gets to see those videos with visitor password
security... then Neptune.com is the only way to go. Especially if you have
family videos and don't want the general internet public watching your home
movies. It costs money for a basic membership package, but if you are just
sharing with friends and family... your bandwidth costs won't ever be that
high.

Hope that helps.
 
Yes, I've tried it. But maybe it's not what you think it is. Google is
doing
a pilot program similar to an Atom Films or iFilms service... but the
differentiating factor will be possibly millions of "broadcast quality" TV
videos that the general public can search and watch.
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OK, but that wasn't the impression I got.
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" What types of videos are you accepting?
We accept any type of video content, with these restrictions:
You must own all necessary rights to the content, including copyrights to
both the video and the audio.
You must be able to upload the video to us electronically.
The video must not contain pornographic or obscene material or other content
that violates our policy guidelines."
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Which doesn't say to me that.....
Google is going after professional video producers (TV broadcast quality),
not people that use Movie Maker. They don't even want WMV format.
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But they'll (grudgingly) accept it:
"While we also support other digital formats such as QuickTime, Windows
Media, and RealVideo, it's important to note that submitting your files in
these formats may significantly delay us from using them on Google Video."
Since it's free, they have no obligation to store your videos on their
server if they are not "popular/profitable" enough.
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I didn't see that bit in the T&C - where was it?

I'm sure Google WOULD like it to be all professional films, but I've yet to
see anything that discourages the average windows movie maker from using it!
 
Jamie,

Maybe I'm wrong... the Google site doesn't come out and say that they don't
want personal home movies. They do specifically talk about TV footage and
how producers should submit content.

The big clue comes down to the format of video they prefer. 95% of home
movies are in WMV or MOV format (unless someone has created a MPEG-2 file for
burning a DVD). WMV and MOV files are small, compressed and easy to
upload/download.

But broadcast video is generally in MPEG-2 format, and that's what Google
says they want.

Top execs at Google have talked about Google video a few times in recent
interviews and shareholder briefings. Each time, they describe it a a massive
collection of TV and broadcast video to open up a new advertising model.
They've never mentioned anything about consumer home movies...

My guess is that Google isn't ruling out home movies. If they can find a way
to make enough money to pay the bandwidth bills for free home movies... maybe
they will.
 
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