September 2, 2007
“This video is no longer available†is the message you will read on YouTube video player when this video has been removed either by the YouTube (copyrights reasons or censored video…) or by the user that has uploaded the video…
Sometimes the video is unavailable but it’s still showing up in the video search results, but once again you will be prompted with a laconic “This video is no longer available†message…
But stay tuned ! If you really want to watch this video, there is chances that it is still somewhere cached by YouTube…in the same way as you can browse pages in the cache of Google…
Two websites allow to find this “cached” videos for you:
In order to retrieve this “deleted video” you need to get the unique ID of the video on YouTube. To get this unique ID, just copy the end code of the video URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNIQUE_VIDEO_ID
Then you just need to paste this ID to one of the two services mentioned and if the video is still in YouTube cache, you will get it !
August 11, 2007
PokerTube is a video community where you can watch and upload poker videos. PokerTube is divided into two major parts “Your Films†which are all the films uploaded by members, and “From PokerTube†which is all the material from the site (interviews of well known and not so well known poker profiles, reports from big and small tournaments, worldclass card & chip tricks, documentaries and all sorts of moving images from wherever there’s a flop).
To upload a video you have to register/log-in. Once you’re registered you will have access to your own page where you can upload your videos, see all your uploaded films and activate/deactivate them.
When you upload a video you have to fill in certain fields: Title, Category and Language. You will also have to confirm that you hold all the rights for the video you’re uploading. PokerTube will screen all videos before publishing them.
Each video must be no more than 100MB with a maximum length of 60 minutes.
PokerTube accepts the following video file formats:
- avi
- wmv
- mov
- 3gp
- divx
- rm
- mp4
- mpg
- mpeg
(via Le Bouzin)
July 24, 2007
Did you see how trends are changing in terms of “illegal” videos on the Internet ?
First it was easy to found tons of links towards P2P (peer to peer) software such as Kazaa or eMule. Then .torrent files swept out any other P2P solution when dealing with video downloading.
Now, new websites are streaming videos, allowing to watch them without the need to download a single file !
After TV Links, a brand new one, namely peekvid, allows to share links towards videos that will be proposed in streaming. You can of course browse through categories and watch the video you like… But is it really legal, not sure…I doubt that website owns rights to broadcast the latest series and movies…
Peekvid is also planning the possibility to upload your very own videos…but this option is not activated yet.
If you prefer to remain in a (probably) more legal area, I suggest to use Internet Television software such as BabelGum, but do not expect to find (as for now) the latest series and movies…
(via Bleebot)
July 23, 2007
This is an interesting idea to find roommates…
Indeed, looking for roommates it is hard to rely on simple classified ads. It is necessary to meet people to see if we find possible to live or at least share a flat with them. Otherwise this could lead to a real nightmare for everyone…
RoomLinker is a website allowing to publish videos to find roomates and take contact with possible attendees for room or flat sharing. If you are looking for a room or the ideal roommate, you can make a presentation in video, explain the way you live, and publish it for free on RoomLinker.
This is a great idea to use the potential of web videos in communicating with others !
RoomLinker is the English version of the French website VisioColoc.com.
The team behind these websites is also publishing a blog (in French) on http://www.visiocoloc.com/blog
July 2, 2007
SlapVid allows you to watch in only 5 minutes an overview of YouTube’s daily top 25 videos.
So, if you are tired of searching for good videos, sit back, relax, and effortlessly watch great previews of the best videos on the Internet!
If you see a preview that you like, slap it (click) to watch!
Enjoy the full-length videos from the top online video sites. Return to the previews at any time.
