Viddler - Web 3.0 Video Services

The next YouTube? Viddler.com appears to be having initial growth problems, but what lies beyond the startup page was very, very impressive. The innovation and ideas packed inside this little video uploader is truly unbelievable!

They add a whole ‘Web 3.0′ aspect to video sharing, with ‘Timed Comments’ that refer to exact moments within videos. Specific moments in videos can also get their own unique tags. For example, in a two hour movie that had a single scene with swearing in, people could see exactly where the swearing happens, therefore, (if they wished), they could skip that particular scene.

There are also three video modes that users can set their videos to. Default mode, which is private. Public mode which is, well… available for all, and Shared mode, which allows the video chosen to be shared only with people inside your Viddler social network.

One of my favourite parts of Viddler is that rather than just the standard YouTube video search, you can search directly within a particular video for the bit that interests you! This is a major step forward and lets you find specific information inside long videos, easily and accurately.

You can embed the videos into your site, just like with YouTube, Google Video, Revver & others easily, with no hassle. Just an ‘embed’ tag and you’re done. Except, with the fancy new features in Viddler, that doesn’t have to be it. You can choose to direct visitors to an exact moment of your video, rather than just start them at the beginning. This is great, again for finding the specific bit of a video quickly.

The ability to record as it happens to Viddler by using your webcam is a seriously nifty feature. This is live vlogging! Who knows, maybe next time Apple hosts a big product launch (like their recent “Showtime” event), we may even get to watch it live.

The developers at Viddler also started up a development and progress blog on the website, though there isn’t much to read at the moment, as the whole site is relatively new.

The design of the website itself is sleek and swish, with enough round corners to satisfy even the most picky Web 2.0 boffin smile. The player design has a nice black finish and is highly functional, packed with plenty of the aforementioned features to keep you busy on these long, winter nights.

If there was ever to be a viable alternative to the popular video networking sites, this would have to be it, packed with features galore that will keep fellow geeks like me drooling for hours. I’ve had brilliant fun experimenting with the website, and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a more creative, presentable and practical way of sharing videos.

Even if you plan to upload a really huge video, there are no worries involved. Viddler excels itself and offers up to 500MB of storage per each individual video. Whether you plan to upload full HD clips, or movies, then Viddler won’t grumble and complain. Taking it in its stride, the service manages videos well and efficiently.

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