Viddler.com - Upload, Enhance, Share
January 7th, 2007 by edtechlab
Viddler.com - Upload, Enhance, Share
I decided to try Viddler based on a SolutionWatch post I read that goes into fairly good detail on this service’s features. Viddler is a free videocasting service that lets you upload or record video to the web. The service is free and in public beta. I made an account and took a 1 1/2 minute of video from my dv camcorder and recorded it directly to the web. The service is straight forward and easy to use. It took a few minutes for Viddler to render the video. My dissapointment came when I tried to see the video. Too many starts and stops due to buffering issues, made the experience end on a bad note. I was working from a DSL line, so I wonder why the service was so slow on showing the video. Things that make you go hmmmmm. Maybe the service works better in the USA. I will find out when I get back to Chicago this evening.
Here are the features of Viddler below.
- Upload and share your videos over the internet with your friends and family
- Use your web camera to record directly
to the website. No third-party software required! - Tag specific moments within a video
- Bring the discussion to a new level
by posting comments to specific moments inside the video - Have complete control over who
sees your videos
For serious collaboration you may want to turn your attention to MediaSilo, where multiple authors make comments to video. MediaSilo takes advantage of using the relatively cheap server barn at Amazon Web Services.
http://www.mediasilo.com/