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Google Launches Pay-Per-View Web Video

Posted by Hemos on from the yes-it-is-true dept.

Elliot Shepherd writes "According to John Batelle, on Monday Google is launching in-browser video playback based on VLC. Google has been accepting video uploads in April, including allowing the video owner to specify that payment is required, through the Google Payment Program." Update: 06/27 22:21 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "Google Video is now up. The about page describes what kinds of content has been uploaded to their servers so far -- mostly a random assortment of stuff from Gamespot's archives, a few things from Greenpeace, a Google recruiting video, some breakdancing videos, and other randomness. The in-browser video plugin works seamlessly (although Windows only for now). Looks like it has potential." Check the top entry on Google Blog for a few more words on it, too.

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  1. Mirror by Broke+Mirror · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mirror (Coral Cache): http://battellemedia.com.nyud.net:8090/archives/00 1658.php

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    1. Re:Mirror by Val314 · · Score: 5, Informative

      better solution:
      0) Get Firefox
      1) Install Greasemonkey
      2) get this extension
      --> Every /. (story)link has a cached link attached.

  2. And version 8.2.2 of VLC was released yesterday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...so I'll have to try out the upgrade :)

  3. Re:Codec compatibility by Saeger · · Score: 3, Informative
    Actually, VLC doesn't play proprietary codecs unless you install them separately -- the same deal with linux's MPlayer.

    The legal way to get those codecs is to download and install each official player+codec combo, and then use your choice of player to use the codec; even then their EULA may say you can't use the codec separate from THEIR player.

    Howerver the best way to get the codecs -- but not technically legal way, because of software patent BS -- is to google for and download what's called a "codec pack". The best one for Windoze is called the "K-Lite Mega Codec Pack", which comes with Media Player Classic, BSPlayer, as well as almost every video/audio codec under the sun. For Linux, the best (and only?) codec pack available is the MPlayer essential codec pack, which is actually just an archive of windows .dll codecs, which MPlayer, VLC, and other players will fall back on if there is no open source alternative codec to use.

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  4. Re:Codec compatibility by OverlordQ · · Score: 3, Informative

    GOD NO, DO *NOT* DOWNLOAD THE KLITE PACK, it's a serious pile of crap. more times then not it'll hose lots of things.

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  5. Re:Content control? by ckuhtz · · Score: 3, Informative

    Read the FAQ. https://upload.video.google.com/video_faq.html PS: Why did the preceeding post get modded Interesting? It's a troll at best the more I think about it. :(

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  6. Re:Codec compatibility by OverlordQ · · Score: 3, Informative

    use ffdshow and stop worrying about if the pack has the latest codec, of if codec foo in that pack conflicts with bar you have installed and so forth and so on.

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