Big announcement on TechCrunch that Flickr is now hosting video. So far, I’m really digging it – easy to upload a number of videos at once and great quality (compared to YouTube and others).
Currently, videos can be as long as 90 seconds and up to 150MB in size. Only Flickr users with Pro accounts can upload video.
Any affiliates embedding their video to their sites should check this out – it’s sharp looking with an unbranded player.
And the 90 second cap will definitely raise my game in the quest to be concise with videos.
Check out an example I posted at Flickr compared to the same video on YouTube.
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I’d like to get people that discover the videos there to make it to my site, so I think if I cut out that means of communication, it limits the chances.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I ment to disable comments on YouTube and not on the blog post that you embed the player to (in your blog for example). Since the angry 14 year old audience is only at YouTube and it will not go to your site, just to leave its negative comment, you will be fine that way, you just use the bandwidth of Google for free.
Unless your target is to get the videos viewed in YouTube. That, however, doesn’t solve the branding problem with the ugly logo of YouTube on every embeded video, so the new service by Flickr will be somehow a solution.
Thanks – I like to keep the comments open for people that want to have a conversation. So I guess there is no way around the angry 14 year olds commenting, too.
I think I will have to pay the 25 bucks for the premium accounts, since this new feature really looks amazing for branding.
Also, Shawn, as for the YouTube’s anonymous comment attacks you mention – you are always able to disable various features for any video, such as comments, ratings, embedding etc…
I already have a Pro account at Flickr, so I didn’t mind one bit.
One good thing is that it will qualify video, instead of having stuff like high school fights and crashing on skateboards.
Also, YouTube is a bit creepy and hostile when it comes to the anonymous comments that attack everything.
Not sure about Flickr, I mean we already have Youtube and they offer very good space to host videos, I also do not like the part where you have to pay to increase your storage.
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