Flickr Adds Video Capabilities to Service

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday April 9, 2008 @05:53AM from the we-can-see-you-dancin dept.

EMNDev writes "Flickr has announced they're adding video playback capabilities to the popular photo service. Clips are limited to 90 seconds and 150mb, what they're calling 'long photos' as they refer to them. 'Unlike YouTube, where videos from professional media and amateurs alike are uploaded for the world to view, Flickr members can limit who the videos are shared with, through privacy settings. Sharing digital photographs online is now commonplace, with Flickr users having uploaded 2bn worldwide. However, video sharing is less lucrative, with 55% of internet users just playing their video clips on their cameras or on their PCs - without sharing the footage over the internet.'"

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Privacy Settings are available on YouTube... by _Hiro_ · 2008-04-09 06:02 · Score: 3, Informative

Right on the Upload page there's a "Broadcast Options" section where you can mark a video public, or make it private and allow up to 25 friends to view the video.

Not exactly a flexible option, but it contradicts the article in a pretty major way.

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Re:we already have youtube by skraps · 2008-04-09 06:40 · Score: 4, Informative

There are already plenty of examples of artsy videos on flickr.
No reason to think it won't keep up.

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