Observe iPhone 5 in Video Shooting and Video Viewing

Disappointed to many apple fans, iPhone 5 was defined as an evolution rather than an expecting revolution. If you allow me, superficially, the most outstanding new feature goes to the lengthened screen (and the thinnest iPhone). However, when you take a close at the screen, you’ll notice that it may indeed become one of the improved traits.

1. Video Shooting in iPhone
iPhone 5 camera definitely could be regarded as an impressive camera among phones. Compared with the previous iPhones, the iSight camera still remains to be 8-megapixel, but with a new sapphire-crystal lens, enhanced feature in dynamic low-lighting adjustment, image stabilization on the 1080P video camera, and photo shots (screen captures of the video) while shooting video.

With these improved features, shooting videos with iPhone 5 will be nice to experience as shown in the 2 most excellent traits.

• Image stabilization: video clips shot while in moving situations can be impressive instead of jerky and jumpy, which makes video quality terrible. Though not as perfect as dedicated/professional video camera, slower motions are definitely smoothed out.  
• Panorama mode at a fast speed: this new feature could be get by freely updating iPhone 4S. Ultra-wide shots by slowly moving the iPhone camera from left to right while in portrait mode, all 360 degrees could be included in your pan. And the faster processing chip in iPhone 5 makes the camera opens 40% quicker and responds swiftly.

2. Video Viewing in iPhone 5
As many of us have known that YouTube app is excluded in iPhone 5 as a built-in app, which means even with a half-inch larger screen, the previously built-in YouTube app is no longer available. However there are still various ways to watch videos through YouTube on iPhone 5.

Users can download the YouTube app which is developed by YouTube from app Store. This offers better experience than viewing through browser. Tap the App Store and Select search in which entering “YouTube” to install the YouTube app.
The newly released App by YouTube, (one day earlier before iPhone unveiled), provides with better sharing to social media, channel support, but it lacks uploading function. Besides, the taller screen seems to make the video size unsuitable for there is black boxes above and below on the iPhone 5 4-inch screen.

Another way to watch videos through YouTube on iPhone 5 is through mobile Safari. Visit m.youtube.com for video viewing on iPhone 5, though slower in speed and lower in quality, could be nice after all.

Compatible with both iPhone 5 and iPad, YouTube app Jasmine is the best option for you, and even could be better than what Google was offering until now, which could not go with iPad. Functions as search/browse for videos, access your playlists, viewing history, favorite videos, and subscriptions can all be realized in this app. What’s more, you can also toggle between night/day mode easily, and control appearance, video playback, and parental controls among many other settings.

The YouTube app by YouTube and the mobile Safari won’t allow uploading/sharing videos to YouTube, but uploading through the built-in Photos app and iMovie app is still available.

With the enhanced camera, you can catch better motion videos of your daily life, edit and then upload through iMovie and watch the videos through YouTube app. After all, from the video point of view, iPhone 5 does get evolved to some extent, or does it? 

No.1 Option for Teens' Music Listening: YouTube

Gone are the days of teenagers buying albums and listening to them all the way through, as are the days of following beloved radio DJs and tuning in at the appropriate times. The new generation is opting for their own music curating by means of YouTube, according to a new study released today by consumer research firm Nielsen.

Although many people -- 48 percent -- still discover music through radio, the majority of teens -- 64 percent -- listen to tunes through YouTube. Nielsen's report, called Music 360, takes an in-depth look at how different age groups are buying and listening to music these days.

"The accessibility of music has seen tremendous expansion and diversification," Nielsen's senior vice president of client development David Bakula said in a statement. "While younger listeners opt for technologically advanced methods, traditional methods of discovery like radio and word-of-mouth continue to be strong drivers."

Even though lots of teens are listening to music via YouTube, roughly 50 percent are still buying CDs, listening to the radio, and using iTunes. Over the last year, 33 percent of adolescents bought a CD and 51 percent have purchased a music download. Teens also tend to have their finger on the music pulse more than adults -- 33 percent bought a digital track within one week of release, while only 21 percent of adults did.
Here are some other interesting stats from Music 360:

Positive recommendations from a friend are most likely to influence purchase decisions

54 percent are more likely to make a purchase based off a positive recommendation from a friend
25 percent are more likely to make a purchase based off a music blog/chat rooms
12 percent are more likely to make a purchase based off an endorsement from a brand
8 percent of all respondents share music on social networking sites, while 6 percent upload music

Music player apps are most prevalent, followed by radio and music store apps

54 percent have music player apps on their smartphones
47 percent have radio apps on their smartphones
26 percent have music store apps on their smartphones

Digital music is seen as a slightly better value than a physical CD

63 percent of purchasers identified digital albums as a very or fairly good value
61 percent identified digital tracks as a very or fairly good value
55 percent identified physical CDs as a very or fairly good value

It's important to point out that Nielsen's report doesn't take into account music streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and iHeartRadio, which is a growing way for people to discover and listen to music.

Bakula also noted that as music becomes more widely accessible with technology and the Internet, more people are now listening to music. "With so many ways to purchase, consume and discover great new music," he said, "it's no wonder that the consumer continues to access and enjoy music in greater numbers."

Source:Cnet

Free Video and Audio Players for Web

Videos always speak louder than words, as is usually the case, audience do prefer information in audio, or images and audio together-video, rather than lengthy words. The truth is that an increasing number of people are applying videos in their websites or blogs for better results. If you’re looking for some free video players for your websites, then the collection below may probably help you.

• Video player

Flowplayer

Mainly designed for the use of site owners, developers, hobbyists, businesses and programmers, Flowplayer is an open source video player for your website.

There are four amazing features available: the design, streaming, essentials and analytics.

“Design” means that it is skinnable-you can decide your own design by changing colors, transparency, etc. Images, your logo, can also be added to it. And with a splash image, your videos in the website will be much smoother.

“Streaming” suggests that Flowplayer could be HD quality when internet connection is in good condition, if not, snappier version is shown. You can also jump to any part of the video without awaiting the loading of the player. In addition, fast forward/backward or slow forward/backward can all be done in this player. Moreover, it supports almost all servers and networks, which is really a stunning feature.

“Essential” sharing button ensures your video, websites to be viewed widely.

“Analytics” you can monitor your views from Google Analytics.

• Audio players 

WP Audio Player

Although being as a Wordpress plugin, WP Audio Player can also be used in other non-wordpress website for playing mp3 audio files. With it you can play the mp3 file directly in your post without any trouble since it’s quite easy to use and customize.

XSPF Web Music Player

XSPF Web Music Player is a flash-based web application that uses xspf playlist format to play mp3 songs. May this player is a little out now, but it may help you promote your website freely. Below is a tutorial I found from YouTube, hope this helps:

Well, you can try these free video and audio players for your website. They will absolutely make your websites, blogs popular if you are interested in sharing information with people.

World's Second Largest Video Sharing Website-Dailymotion

Dailymotion is a French video-sharing website on which users can upload, share and view videos. Its headquarters are in the 18th arrondissement, Paris, France. According to Comscore, Dailymotion is the second largest video site in the world after YouTube.

As of October 2010, the site was getting over 93 million unique visitors monthly and is the 32nd most visited website in the world.

Since February 18, 2008, the site supports video content that can play at 720p on a HD set, but the bit rate is significantly less than the 5–9 megabits for expected HD quality.

On January 25, 2011, France Telecom's Orange entered exclusive negotiations with Dailymotion with a view to acquiring a 49% stake in the company for EUR 62M (hence valuing the company at EUR120M). According to LesEchos.fr, Orange is considering to acquire the 51% stakes left of the company to fully own DailyMotion. This potential buyout couldn't exceed €72M, and the transaction date would occur during the first quarter of 2013.

The dailymotion.com domain name was registered one month after youtube.com was registered. Dailymotion allows users to browse and upload videos by searching tags, channels or user-created groups; the search system also introduces results based on things other users have searched for. The maximum size of a video file is 2 GB. The length of the video file is also limited to 60 minutes, except for the MotionMakers and the Official Users.

MotionMaker is a group for the original content creators. Official User is a group for the official content producers (i.e.: record labels, film studios, news media, television channels, sports associations, political parties, etc.)

A MotionMaker or an Official User can :

• Customize his/her profile
• Upload videos of unlimited length
• Upload Full HD quality videos (1920*1080p), whereas regular users are limited to Half HD (1280*720p)
• Benefit from an increased visibility
• Have an OfficialContent/CreativeContent overlay affixed on his video thumbnails

Dailymotion with the help of Audible Magic, implemented an acoustic fingerprinting system that can detect copyrighted videos and not publish them. Dailymotion is also the first video sharing website to implement a video fingerprinting solution supplied by INA.

Source:wikipedia

How to Download Olympic Videos to Your Mobile from YouTube

As London 2012 Olympic is processing vigorously, people around the world are watching this great event online or through TV. But if you’re a white collar who have no time watching during the day or staying up in the night for watching the live, downloading from the internet would certainly be awesome for you.

You can download your favorite Olympic videos from the world’s most popular video sharing website-YouTube with Leawo Free YouTube Downloader. Leawo speeds up video playback and video downloading, and fast download YouTube videos and other FLV videos from YouTube.

It takes only 3 steps to make download videos with Leawo Free YouTube Downloader.

Step 1: Search and choose.
In the Browse section, you can enter your keyword like “London 2012 Olympics” or just copy and paste the YouTube video url in the address bar. Play the video you choose and a monitor message prompt from the right button corner will remind you to download it by clicking “save as”.

Step 2: Preview and convert.
In the Video Section, the built-in video player allows video previewing. In addition, it also acts as a converter. Choose the video in this section and then click the convert button for formats you need.

Step 3: Conversion process viewing.
Here you can monitor and complete the conversion process. After the conversion is finished, you’ll get the Olympic videos you need.

Optional Settings:
1. In the “convert” tab, you can also delete, converter and burn the videos.
2. The “setting” button in the right corner allows your editing of some video information.

Leawo Free YouTube Downloader help covert videos to other formats to fit for your portable devices such as mobile phone. With it, you don’t have to wait for the streaming. Besides, videos from other video-sharing websites like Google Video, MySpace, etc. also can be easily downloaded by using this great tool- Leawo Free YouTube Downloader.

Download the Olympic videos you like the best, store it in your mobile phone and watch anywhere you want, without worrying about the network condition.Enjoy your Olympics!

Review of the London Olympic Opening Ceremony

On July 27, the 30th Olympic Games ceremony uncovered all secrets of this great event. The 3-hour show turned out to be a real party for the British people,they were pround of themselves.

The beginning dealt with historical events – about the land and machinery and women's rights – epically and poetically.

Music and movies outstand the whole performance-especially Mr. Bean and Paul's "Hey Jude".Besides, the way the torch lit up definetely shined the whole world, innovative and impressive.

The video below is a review of more information from YouTube, I found it interesting and want to share with you.

New Version of CineXPlayer

"CineXPlayer is a very versatile video app for your iPad","The app is frequently updated to add new features, and CineXPlayer is something I expect to use a lot." Mel Matin Tuaw

"CineXPlayer, the excellent, rock-solid, play-anything video player for iOS, had gotten yet another big update. Every time the app is bumped to a new version, I wonder what the developers will be able to add next time. And today’s answer is… Quite a lot." Charlie Sorrel / Cult of Mac

Automatic Download of DVD Covers
AutoMagic IMdb lookup - Player Screen Includes new IMDB button to instantly pop up info about movie
Screenager [Multiscreen] Mode - Rotate IPAD to portrait during playback allows you to simultaneously watch your movie and Surfing the web
Send/Sharing/Watch your movies instantly over Wi-Fi with friends and family
Remote Control CineXPlayer using any web browser (Requires Wi-Fi)
Load your Movies using any Web browser over Wi-Fi
CineXPlayer to CineXPlayer transfer of Movies (ideal for sharing your home movies) - Requires WIFI Multiple Move Management of Movies ; use the Search & Edit button to tag multiple files and moved to a folder
Shuffle Mode (allows random playing of movies/movies) idea for parties
MP4, MOV, M4V can now be played direct from Dropbox Cloud
Screenshot Function - Allows saving of screenshot to CameraRoll (ideal for note taking during educational videos)
Video Downloader - allow movies to be directly downloaded from the Web

From itunes.apple

Netflix's Video Player

The video streaming service overhauls its video player for browser-based watching, adding in a host of new features and options, including single TV episode and whole season previews.


Netflix began rolling out a new fandangled video player for PCs today. Besides beefing up the playback with added options, information, and video accessibility, the video service also redesigned the control bar to be more user-friendly.
There are a handful of notable new features to the video playback. First, the control bar has different options that include access to subtitles, previews of the next episode, and previews to the whole season (if users are watching a TV show). If users click on the previews to the whole season, a box will pop-up that lets them watch previews from within the same screen. Also, if the video stays paused for a few seconds a text overlay will show up saying what the user is currently watching.

Things seem to be looking pretty bright for Netflix this week. Just earlier today the company announced that it was winning back former customers who quit the service after its controversial price hike last fall.

According to GigaOM, which first reported the new video player, users can also resize their browser window while watching videos. This can help users multitask while watching Netflix and also may help sizing if using the streaming service with a connected television set.

From cnet

Videos from Your Mobile Phone to Youtube

If your phone has a camera with video capture, you can easily post videos to YouTube that you take with your mobile phone. Visit www.youtube.com/mobile to learn more.

From youtube

You Can't Post London Olympics Videos or Photos Online

Despite the upcoming 2012 London Olympics dubbed the first "social" games, the organisers have imposed heavy restrictions on what spectators and athletes can do with the photos and videos they take.

Olympic-goers are barred from uploading photos and videos of the events on social networking sites, not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. As if that wasn't crazy enough in this day and age, "branding police" will ensure that non-Olympic logos and trademarks will be covered in and around Olympic venues.

As the Guardian notes, athletes will not even be able to tweet which brand-named cereal they are eating that particular morning. Send in the troops should Sir Chris Hoy tweet about his epic bowl of Weetabix.

But Olympic bosses have admitted the ban on spectators posting content is "unenforceable", claiming there is "not much [the organisers] can do about it."

The rules are so strict, in a bid to protect contracts signed to generate vast sums of sponsorship money for the Games, that athletes are not allowed to have their photos taken next to branded products that are not official sponsors of the Games. Even Twitter is disallowing non-official sponsors advertising with promoted ads under Olympic trademarks, such as #London2012.
The Olympic tickets state:

"Images, video and sound recordings of the Games taken by a Ticket Holder cannot be used for any purpose other than for private and domestic purposes and a Ticket Holder may not license, broadcast or publish video and/or sound recordings, including on social networking websites and the Internet more generally."

The reason is due to the brand laws passed in the UK not too long ago in preparation for the upcoming Games. The Olympic Symbol (Protection) Act 1995, and in particular the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006, both protect the Games from abuses and those who wish to cash in despite not holding official sponsorship accreditation.

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) said that a "common sense approach" however would be enacted to ensure that especially those in the commercial sector frankly don't push their luck.

"Media rights are sold --- can we police everything these days? Absolutely not," Sir Keith Mills, deputy chairman of LOCOG told the BBC.

"The internet has changed the world and we're not going to be silly. But the reality is that we live in an Internet world where Facebook downloads and uploads are happening every day of the week and there's not much we can do about it."
"We are looking to stop people who seek to use them for commercial purposes," a London 2012 spokesperson said. A clarification will be issued as and when the tickets are distributed, they said.

From zdnet