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Blip.tv
A free site designed to make videoblogging easy.
www.blip.tv
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FreeVlog.org
Essential information on how to set up a videoblog for free. Step-by-step tutorials (and videos, naturally) on how to set up a blog and how to get your vlog hosted for free.
Price: Free
www.freevlog.org
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iSquint
Converts digital video to video for iPods and, the author claims, it's up to five times faster than Apple's method. Currently in beta release. Supports a slew of codecs, but H.264 isn't currently working.
Platform: Mac
Price: Free.
homepage.mac.com/tylerl82/
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Kolablog.com (beta)
Kolablog offers free hosting for podcasts, vlogs and audio slideshows. Click-throughs on sponsored ads can generate income for the creator. Payment is made once the creator's share of revenues equal $50 in a quarter. Sign-up is free. The creator is Vive Network, which "connects advertisers, agencies and content publishers together for an (sic) integrted online advertising across Video, Blogs and Podcasting."
www.kolablog.com
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Ourmedia.org
Free storage and hosting for your videos and more.
www.ourmedia.org
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Podner 1.1.3
Podner reformats your digital movies and files them in iTunes, where they're ready to sync with your iPod. Free trial download.
Platform: Mac
Price: $9.95
www.splasm.com/products/productpodner.html
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Squarespace.com
Squarespace bills itself as "the universal answer" to putting stuff online, including blogs. Users configure a site using prebuilt modules, but there's not a ready-made building block for video. You can, however, add your own HTML to embed QuickTime or other formats.
www.squarespace.com
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Veoh (beta)
Billed as a virtual television network, Veoh uses a browser-like application to preview and sort its "TV-Quality, Full-Screen broadcast video." Files are not streamed but downloaded to your Mac or PC.
www.veoh.com
VideoEgg Publisher
VideoEgg Publisher is a Website plug-in that captures from "hundreds of devices and reads dozens of formats" to create online video. Demo available for Windows. Mac version in development.
Platform: PC; Mac to come.
Price: TBA
www.videoegg.com
Vimeo.com
Vimeo is a site for organizing and sharing video. Free hosting for 20 MB of disk space a week.
www.vimeo.com
Vlog.org
Vlog.org has nothing to do with vlogs; it's the home of the Village Light Opera Group of New York City.
www.vlor.org
Vlog It!
Vlog It is an application designed for vloggers who don't want to bother with editing. Has a built-in teleprompter, transitions and sound effects and is designed to work with a number of blogging sites. Outputs Flash video; Windows Media and Real Media formats optional. Limited trial version available now.
Platform: PC
System requirements: Windows 2000/XP, 933 Mhz Pentium III, 256 MB RAM
Pre-order price: $49.95
www.seriousmagic.com
Vlogdir.com
An aggregator for vloggers.
www.vlogdir.com
VlogMaker
Vlogmaker is a fee-based vlog publishing and hosting service "currently operating in test mode."
www.vlogmaker.com
Vlogmap.org
Locate vlogs worldwide in a Google map environment.
www.vlogmap.org
Vlogville.com (beta)
Hosts and categorizes web video. Service provider reserves the right to insert ads in any video. Currently only supports PCs and Windows 2000.
www.blogville.com
Vodcaster
Create podcasts and "vodcasts" with drag and drop ease. Handles XLM functions for the iTunes Music Store Podcast Directory and other services without having to know XML procedures. Uses m4b and M4V (iPod video) format.
Platform: Mac – OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later
Price: Free.
www.twocanoes.com/vodcaster/
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Youtube.com
Youtube.com is a free video hosting service that allows the user to set up a personal "channel" for family and friends.
www.youtube.com
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ZippyVideos.com
Free hosting for Web videos. 20 MB upload limit for registered users. Supported file types: .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .wmv, .asf, .mov, .rm, .ram, .divx, .swf
www.zippyvideos.com
