Comments on: Someone roll me a MeTube http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:39:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Young http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/comment-page-1/#comment-15408 James Young Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:47:17 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/#comment-15408 Plug-in? Maybe you want to wait for Apollo? Creating a page scraper/transcoder so that you can "normalize" your video viewing experience is an interesting idea. The Amazon twist (storage/bandwidth utility) is nice especially if this can pave the way to some type of QoS. Can you build a business around a transcoding utility though? I have my doubts. Maybe this is something that BrightCove can offer? Plug-in? Maybe you want to wait for Apollo? Creating a page scraper/transcoder so that you can “normalize” your video viewing experience is an interesting idea. The Amazon twist (storage/bandwidth utility) is nice especially if this can pave the way to some type of QoS. Can you build a business around a transcoding utility though? I have my doubts. Maybe this is something that BrightCove can offer?

]]> By: Jeff Barr http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/comment-page-1/#comment-15216 Jeff Barr Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:18:28 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/#comment-15216 This whole thing sounds eminently doable. If Amazon can help out with S3, SQS, or EC2 in any way let me (or Jinesh, who's on my team). By the way, how small is the world when I have met all 4 of the previous commenters on this post? This whole thing sounds eminently doable. If Amazon can help out with S3, SQS, or EC2 in any way let me (or Jinesh, who’s on my team).

By the way, how small is the world when I have met all 4 of the previous commenters on this post?

]]> By: Jinesh Varia http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/comment-page-1/#comment-15183 Jinesh Varia Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:06:15 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/#comment-15183 I like chris's idea. basic users get basic service premium users get top-notch quality video service Jin I like chris’s idea.

basic users get basic service
premium users get top-notch quality video service

Jin

]]> By: Chris Messina http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/comment-page-1/#comment-15171 Chris Messina Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:08:13 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/#comment-15171 Revenue model seems clear to me -- a freemium service that you pay for to get top quality encoding and better bandwidth (see Rapidshare.de). On the flip side, you could use the company to do your video hosting and encoding -- just like FeedBurner does for RSS. Seems like a bidness to me! Revenue model seems clear to me — a freemium service that you pay for to get top quality encoding and better bandwidth (see Rapidshare.de).

On the flip side, you could use the company to do your video hosting and encoding — just like FeedBurner does for RSS.

Seems like a bidness to me!

]]> By: Bryan Zug http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/comment-page-1/#comment-15157 Bryan Zug Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:19:01 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/#comment-15157 Wow -- that is a very cool idea and completely doable -- now I just wish we had the time to do it and figure out the revenue model! Wow — that is a very cool idea and completely doable — now I just wish we had the time to do it and figure out the revenue model!

]]> By: Kevin Burton http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/comment-page-1/#comment-15142 Kevin Burton Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:07:50 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/30/someone-roll-me-a-metube/#comment-15142 you could totally use mplayer for the server transcoding. Its freakin amazing.... it even supports transcoding audio streams. you could totally use mplayer for the server transcoding. Its freakin amazing…. it even supports transcoding audio streams.

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