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YouTube: We'll have live video this year

By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews

February 29, 2008, 2:31 PM

While YouTube is best known for its work in promoting social video, the company is looking to live video as its next format. In an interview with NewTeeVee, YouTube founder Steve Chen said that the company plans to introduce a new live feature sometime this year. He said that the company had always wanted to do it, but didn't have the resources. Now that YouTube is owned by Google, Chen said the resources are now at their disposal.

Analysts say that YouTube is likely to quickly build momentum in the marketplace, which is primarily due to its already strong presence in social video. "Like video, content creators want to be on the service that gives them the most exposure, no matter how good the alternatives are," Duncan Riley wrote for TechCrunch. "YouTube already has the user base; live video streamers will flock to YouTube like a moth to a flame."

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By infidelguy

edited Apr 2, 2008 - 9:04 AM

Looking forward to this. Indeed... I will be flocking. I am waiting very impatiently.

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By rsx508

posted Mar 3, 2008 - 4:25 PM

Great. So, I can expect to see five million Japanese Anime cartoon clips and Obama girl ads in real time!! I can't wait! (sarcasm)

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By noBuddy

edited Mar 1, 2008 - 5:37 PM

PimpT:
Even my older files from august last year are yet converted.

Why dont you simply check it out???

See first, and then talk...

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By fastsilicon

posted Mar 2, 2008 - 1:16 PM

more to the point, Google has gone on record that such transparent changes have been underway since last year...

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By PimpT

edited Mar 2, 2008 - 5:38 AM

NoBuddy, I have. Please do not assume I am some meager form of life that discredits before it looks into something, because thats not the human I am. I looked into several different videos, and, unless there's more to it that you did not specify aside from adding that to the link, the videos did not load. I tried without the added "link" as well. Again, please do not associate me with the rest of this diminutive colonization of life called man. Also, by several, I mean about 6. They were rather old ones, and remember now, just because YOUR videos are now "HD", It doesn't mean that they plan on re-encoding the entire site, nor does it mean that you can credit yourself by stating your "Older files from August last year" are converted. You cannot show proof of the previously unconverted format before the supposed new "HD". For all anyone knows, your just pulling our legs. Not that your or my opinion matters to the world.

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By noBuddy

edited Mar 2, 2008 - 8:54 PM

The new Videos (new encoded) are hosted on the google server, btw. You can see this in temp. files in Windows Explore

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By statm1

posted Mar 1, 2008 - 1:08 PM

From what I heard... This is going to be exactly what the original commenter thought. It is going to be a competitor to Justin.tv, Stickam, ustream, etc..

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By PimpT

edited Mar 1, 2008 - 11:38 AM

Uhh..NoBuddy...I think thats kind of new. I highly doubt googles crack team of lazy bass turds would re-encode old/out of date files. I'm sure there IS an HD and an MP4 format, Not doubting you, But i think what you meant to say was that the newly uploaded videos from "Date unspecified" are encoded with those second and third options. It would take a phenomenal amount of time and what not to re-encode the 100k+ videos into that format of .flv

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By noBuddy

posted Feb 29, 2008 - 10:55 PM

They yet have better quality available.
Add &fmt=6 at the end of your link and you get HQ flv.

Add &fmt=18 at the end of your link and you get AVC MP4
all 480x360 - but viewable improvement.

Not all videos are yet new encoded, but most.

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By forgie

posted Feb 29, 2008 - 6:40 PM

Give us HD content.

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By Crispy777

posted Mar 1, 2008 - 4:58 PM

They are ready for HD, but the worldwide bandwidth is not.

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By w3stfa11

posted Feb 29, 2008 - 4:57 PM

I'm guessing it will only be for authorized producers, like maybe to MTV if they're presenting a concert live or maybe CBS showing the inauguration of Barack Obama. ;) It's unlikely this will be available to the masses, which is undoubtedly wise.

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By Crispy777

posted Mar 1, 2008 - 4:54 PM

I think it's just that. live for everybody. 1on1 and group video chat. bye bye Windows live messenger and yahoo messenger. bye bye skype...

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By morriscox

posted Mar 1, 2008 - 8:40 PM

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There will be many people still using those programs since they like them. There's more to an instant messenger program than video chat.

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By ibhotsauce

posted Feb 29, 2008 - 3:20 PM

and how do they propose to filter out x-rated material in a timely fashion, I wonder?

-live streams will introduce a world of hurt.

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By Crispy777

posted Mar 1, 2008 - 4:55 PM

with a button?

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By fastsilicon

posted Mar 2, 2008 - 1:20 PM

yeah....a stray nipple may cause the downfall of civilization :P

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