Online Video and Broadcasting

Online Video and Broadcasting
Danielle Kane
Research Librarian for Emerging Technologies and Service Innovation
UC Irvine Libraries
Lunch2.0
August 2009

Video Sharing
User Uploads

Type of Site: MPEG-4 Video hosting service
Registration: Required to upload, rate, and comment on videos, no registration needed to view videos
Video:
Playback: Adobe Flash Player
Length: 10 minutes or under
File size: 2GB
Format: .WMV, .AVI, .MKV, .MOV, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, .FLV, and .OGG.
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/

Type of Site: Video Sharing
Registration: Yes to upload
Video:
file types: asf, asx, avi, divx, dv, dvx, m4v, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg, qt, wmv, 3g2, 3gp, 3ivx and 3vx
Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com/

Streaming Video
Video on Demand

Type of Site: Commercial supported streaming of TV shows and movies from networks and studios
Registration: Create a queue, subscribe to shows and movies
Video:
Flash Video format
films and shows available in high-definition
provides web syndication services for other websites including AOL, MSN, MySpace, etc.
Hulu
http://www.hulu.com/

Type of Site: Community based video sharing web site
Registration: Required for favorites, commenting and editing metadata
Video:
Clips average 90 seconds long
MPEG4 (AVI, MOV or MP4)
Metacafe
http://www.metacafe.com/

Video Search
Entry Point to other sites

Type of Site: Free video sharing website and a video search engine
Registration: No
Video:
N/A
In 2009 uploading of videos was discontinued
Google Video
http://video.google.com/

Type of Site: an entry point into web video
Registration: Yes to add a video to your personal collection
Video:
Assigned a rating between 1 and 11depending on traffic and trackbacks
Magma
http://mag.ma/

Broadcasting
Video, Audio, Text

Type of Site: Video streaming, broadcasts
Registration: Optional, needed to create shows
Video:
A computer
An internet connection
A microphone
Awebcam or video camera
UStream
http://www.ustream.tv/

Type of Site: Social networking, streaming video broadcasting
Registration:
Video:
AVI, MOV, WMV, 3GP, and MPEG
Audio:
MP3 and WAV
Images:
JPEG (.jpg) and GIF (.gif)
Stickam
http://www.stickam.com/

Type of Site: Mobile Multimedia Discussion/Conversation
Registration: Yes to share text, pics, video and audio
Video:
A computer
An internet connection
A microphone
A webcam or video camera
Your phone
Utterli
http://www.utterli.com/

Mobile Phones & Video
Mobile Streaming

Type of Site: Mobile live streaming web application that allows users to stream live video from their cell phones to the internet
Registration: Yes to upload
Video:
Supports video streaming on many Nokia S60 phones and several phones running Windows Mobile.
Data Plan
Qik
http://qik.com/

5 Minute Show and Tells
Virginia Allison

Film and Media Studies Libguide
http://libguides.lib.uci.edu/content.php?pid=19240&sid=194876

Discussion Topics
20 Minutes