We’ve pushed an update that includes several optimizations to our video player for decreased load times, and an overall increase in snappiness.
Additionally, we found that some slower computers, and computers being run in virtualized environments were sporadically seeing the loading graphic quickly appear and then disappear while their video was playing normally. The latest update to our video player fixes this issue.
You may need to quit your browser or empty your cache (also sometimes called “Temporary Internet Files”) in order to receive the update.
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Tonight we’re pushing an update that affects our internal weighting system responsible for selecting the lucky four videos to featured on the homepage every day. The new system is designed to showcase videos from our community that represent what the Viddyou experience is all about.
While we generally keep our “secret sauce” somewhat private, I can tell you that our automated system takes over twelve different factors into account when selecting the featured videos for the day including: relevance, activity, quality, and community feedback. Only videos that have their privacy setting set to “Public” are considered for the front page.
We hope you enjoy the change and discover some new cool people on Viddyou!
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Huge thanks To Powerpage.org for their great review of us!
I’ll excerpt a few quotes here, but you should head over to the site to read the full review:
“The design is gorgeous.”
“Viddyou eliminates all the junk and focuses on what they know: video.”
“Unbelievable. That’s streaming. Right now. The quality here makes it difficult to believe we have survived so far with all the painfully low quality garbage out there.”
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Normally we don’t post about the small incremental bug fixes and tweaks that happen on a regular basis, but tonight’s code update is special: we’re increasing the video bitrate of our standard definition videos 20% to 600k. All of the new videos you upload should now have a noticeable increase in quality. Enjoy :]
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You may have noticed that it has taken an unexpectedly long time for some of your videos to process today. We’ve fixed the issue (on Easter Sunday no less!) and are now working to process the back-log of videos. Things should be normal within the hour (approx by 10pm PT).
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Heya Viddyou Community!
There’s so much to catch you up on since the last email we sent. Features, upgrades, new faces, and more - there’s a lot happening at Viddyou all the time!
Exciting New Things Are Happening Today…
Viddyou is all new and more better than ever! Today we bring you awesome new features that continue to make Viddyou the best and most private home for your treasured memories captured in video. Point your browser to www.viddyou.com and explore the latest enhancements to the best personal video service available.
Now With More Awesomeness.
Some quick highlights of the new goodness that Viddyou is bringing to you.
- 1080 and 720 High Definition Video:
Yes! You read that correctly. Viddyou is proud to be the first personal video service offering full 1080 HD for your videos. Experience the stunning clarity and resolution of Full HD. - Faster transcodes:
After you upload your video, it will now be available for viewing sooner than ever before. - Viddyou On Your iPhone:
Watch all of your videos while you’re on the go from your iPhone at iphone.viddyou.com in beautiful h.264 quality. - Supersize Your Viewing:
Viddyou is now available with fullscreen capabilities for an immersive viewing experience. - New Premium Services:
Longer one click recording, increased upload limits, archiving, downloading and sharing of your original video, premium privacy control options and much more! - Private Messaging:
Now you can send private messages to communicate with anyone on Viddyou with our intuitive messaging system. - Custom Profile Pages:
Everyone on Viddyou now has their own dedicated profile page to share with the world who they are as publicly or privately as desired. Custom links enable you to add as many links to the other sites you love saving much time and effort of re-entering your personal details again.
Upgrade To The Premium Experience.
For less than $3.00 per month you can add great new features to your account that you can’t get anywhere else. We take secure payments from all major credit cards, but can likely be bribed with microbrewed beer, heaps of Mexican food or other unique offers. For more information about Premium Services head over to www.viddyou.com/upgrade for the double dose of details.
Meet With The Founders At SFBeta.
Come meet with the founders and see demos of Viddyou at San Francisco’s premiere tech gathering on April 1st at SF Beta 2.3 @ 111 Minna Gallery. The event runs 6-9pm and we’ll be demoing from 7:30-9:00 in the front room. More information about SFBeta can be found online at http://www.sfbeta.com.
Cheers!
Aaron + Ryan
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I’ve been using Tumblr for my personal blog for several months now, and I love it! It facilitates communication without getting in the way. It’s simple, elegant, and effective (goals that we aspire to ourselves). Previously, we were using Wordpress, but it offered too many features we didn’t need, and lacked in a few other critical areas. So I am excited to announce the transition to our new blog made possible by: Tumblr + Disqus.
It’s my hope that with this new format we’ll be able to become closer with our community of users and improve our overall bi-directional communication.
I’m still investigating a way to port over the old blog entries to Tumblr, but in the mean time you can still read the old blog here.
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