Comments on: Flickr Video: Thoughts from a Beta Tester

By: PlanetEye » Blog Archive » Flickr Launches Video Service

PlanetEye » Blog Archive » Flickr Launches Video Service — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:55:25 +0000

[...] Paul Stamatiou has some thoughts about Flickr Video, which he says was originally limited to 60-seconds. Thomas [...]

By: syia

syia — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:47:52 +0000

I don’t think I will use flickr video.. it’s so short time limit

By: Blastr EPISODE 35 - Flickr, now with Video

Blastr EPISODE 35 - Flickr, now with Video — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:51:55 +0000

[...] Updates Layout, Now With Tabs And Statistics Photo of Apple’s next-gen iPhone? Video on Flickr! Microsoft to Open Retail Stores Pizza.com sold for 2.6 million! EU allows mobile phones on [...]

By: Blastr.tv » Blog Archive » Blastr EPISODE 35 - Flickr, now with Video

Blastr.tv » Blog Archive » Blastr EPISODE 35 - Flickr, now with Video — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:50:42 +0000

[...] Updates Layout, Now With Tabs And Statistics Photo of Apple’s next-gen iPhone? Video on Flickr! Microsoft to Open Retail [...]

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:51:26 +0000

Loving it so far.

By: cal

cal — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:32:57 +0000

btw: we do store your original video file and allow you to download it, just like we do with photos :)

By: Rob Sandie

Rob Sandie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:28:07 +0000

90 seconds does give that Twitter aspect to it. It’s interesting to hear the community feedback now, but remember when Facebook made huge changes. Lot’s of complaining but eventually people got used to it. Flickr users seem to be even more involved as many are paying for the service. Great stuff Paul.

By: Flickr offers (a little) video | News Watch | Fair or Unfair

Flickr offers (a little) video | News Watch | Fair or Unfair — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:35:14 +0000

[...] beta tester Paul Stamatiou says the 90-sec limit was a compromise between Flickr’s original 60-sec concept and testers’ [...]

By: ChristophD

ChristophD — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:18:37 +0000

Flickr Video is Yahoo’s attempt to catch up with Google’s YouTube by hitchhiking on the popularity of the photo-sharing website and its strong community.

In my opinion this will go down in history as:

“Too little, too late.” [me, http://christoph-d.blogspot.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-flickr-video.html

By: Flickr video and Twitter: Is Ultra Short = The New Black? at theory.isthereason

Flickr video and Twitter: Is Ultra Short = The New Black? at theory.isthereason — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:56:23 +0000

[...] intended to be only 60 seconds, they’re defining 90 second videos as a “long photo”. Flickr developers even dub [...]

By: Blake Brannon

Blake Brannon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:26:39 +0000

So when does http://flickrslidr.com/ for videos come out?

I have been waiting for this feature for a while and have switched to vimeo to handle where Flickr left off. Like you however, I was disappointed to know that my videos will not be in HD. So basically, Flickr came out with the same service that 100’s of other sites already have right?

By: Dunstan

Dunstan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:56:26 +0000

[I work at Flickr]

You can post HD stuff, and several people already have, eg:
http://flickr.com/photos/atul_suklikar/2369746975/in/pool-video
It’s just going to be encoded at a smaller size.

Oh, and you also have access to your original file.

HTH.

By: Flickr Video: Hell has not frozen over - Michael Mistretta

Flickr Video: Hell has not frozen over - Michael Mistretta — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:11:08 +0000

[...] 90 second time limit. Actually, the change to 90 seconds was a last minute decision as revealed by Paul Stamatiou who was one of the few early beta testers. Originally, the time limit was set to 60 [...]

By: Nathan Bent

Nathan Bent — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:32:53 +0000

For the most part I see Flickr Video mostly for smaller, non-HD movies (mainly ones shot with point-and-shoot digital cameras). Right now HD just seems too new to me to have a big enough market, and until more systems can handle HD (the storage, editing and playback), I can’t imagine enough people will use it.

By: Scott Schiller

Scott Schiller — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:56:06 +0000

FYI you’ll be glad to know the frame rate was upped to 29.97 FPS as well which I was really glad to see (personally.) The image quality is really tight, better than YouTube in particular for detailed things; I made some “ascii” video which didn’t see any blurring etc. when uploaded (it was PNG-8 originally), which is pretty cool.

By: titanium_geek

titanium_geek — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:24:06 +0000

@Matthew Stevens: I disagree- flickr should stay true to it’s roots. It does photos really well. If it turned into some Youtube clone, that would suck. From the flickr blog:
“If you’ve memorized the Community Guidelines, you know that Flickr is all about sharing photos that you yourself have taken. Video will be no different and so what quickly bubbled up was the idea of “long photos,” of capturing slices of life to share.”

I really like the idea of long photos- short clips that add to your photo album, no more.

Hooray for flickr! (I need to take me some more photos!)

By: Silicon Valley Watcher - reporting on the business of technology and media

Silicon Valley Watcher - reporting on the business of technology and media — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:17:10 +0000

Newswatch 4.9.08: Flickr offers (a little) video…

By Richard Koman for Silicon Valley Watcher YHOO’s Flickr announced today that the original Photo 2.0 site now features video. But it’s only for Pro users and only 90-sec. clips. The idea seems to be that it’s not competing with YouTube but offering…

By: Justin Cady

Justin Cady — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:07:32 +0000

I do not want to comment until I try it out a little bit, but I like the direction flickr is going. They want to add video capabilities without doing it like everyone else. However right now I think Vimeo has a lot of advantages that may make some people stay there for now. Still I am excited to play with flickr video.

By: Matthew Stevens

Matthew Stevens — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:56:09 +0000

Waiting more than a year since it was announced flickr would be offering video has bad enough until this announcement. I can appreciate the desire not to become another YouTube, something the pro account only limitation should accomplish on its own. The 90 sec limitation is abysmal IMHO and is not in line with current multimedia demands of users. 3 Minutes would have been more acceptable to be perhaps even palatable. This release has put a very sour taste in my mouth regarding Flickr. I have been a loyal and a paying customer for many years. We pay for several pro accounts in fact, a fact that very well may change come renewal time. I have been reluctant to move my content because I have collected more than 2000 images in my account, but this may be the straw the breaks the camel’s back for us. At last count we had three paid accounts, all of which would be cancelled and moved if this kind of limitation is not increased. I didn’t expect unlimited file sizes no unlimited video lengths. To me limiting to 5 minutes, pro accounts and the current 150mb file size would still more then stem the YouTube effect flickr is trying to avoid. 60 seconds, 90 seconds is simply not enough, I could live with 3 minutes begrudgingly, but I could live with that limitation.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:42:19 +0000

This post gave me a reason to re-activate my Pro account. Not only am I going to transfer my many GBs of photos to Flickr for permanent storage, I’m also raving about the ability to email short videos from my phone to the Internet. Awesome!

By: Brendan Falkowski

Brendan Falkowski — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:44:17 +0000

@ PStam – Exactly how did you get invited to the beta? They’ve taken video in a polished direction to not overplay the photo aspects of Flickr. Reading the “video help” there are lots of features that aren’t available yet, so it seems they’re still planning on expanding a lot.

By: titanium_geek

titanium_geek — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:35:18 +0000

privacy is what’s cool here- we can post short “video photos” without the whole world seeing a-la youtube, right?

By: Vagelis

Vagelis — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:24:18 +0000

Well it is pixel perfect so I guess HD is not so urgent. I love th 90sec limit, I can’t stand watching long videos, and so I do with mine.

By: vrypan

vrypan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:44:00 +0000

I can’t find a way to download the original video.

By: vrypan|net|weblog » Video στο Flickr

vrypan|net|weblog » Video στο Flickr — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:42:42 +0000

[...] Για τον περιορισμό των 90”, ο Paul Stamatiou έχει ένα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο. This entry was written by Panayotis, posted on 9|Apr|2008 at 11:42, filed under asides and [...]