Comments on: Flickr Nows Accepts Video Uploads

By: hyakutake1957

hyakutake1957 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:02:52 +0000

I agree. It’s like all the musicians I follow want to be actors and all the actors think they can be singers. The grass is always greener on the other side I guess.

By: matlus

matlus — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:44:15 +0000

Oh, ok I see. I guess everybody is going down the video route (Amazon with their video reviews and a host of other websites).

IMHO, a site such as Flickr should concentrate on what their forte is and try and widen the gap between them and their competition by doing more for their members. There is so much more they could be doing just in the photography arena. Not so in terms of adding features but more in terms of doing more for their members.

By: hyakutake1957

hyakutake1957 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:34:03 +0000

Well, like I said in the post; it won’t appeal to the hardcore enthusiasts. I have a digital camcorder but have only uploaded 2 short videos to YouTube. I just prefer photography. I wouldn’t have opened a YouTube account if Flickr had this capability earlier. Flickr’s move is designed more for AVI video from digital camera’s and cell phone’s than the higher definition video from camcorders. If one has a good camcorder then one would probably want the site you suggested instead of Flickr.

By: matlus

matlus — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:25:26 +0000

I don’t get it. I mean there are various websites that offer all this for free, with no limits to sizes or number. In fact http://exposureroom.com offers Videos (HD videos included), Photos & Music.

The quality of videos is also incredible.

By: hyakutake1957

hyakutake1957 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:33:18 +0000

It will be interesting to see how Flickr evolves if Yahoo and AOL combine. Yahoo is trying to avoid being acquired by Microsoft. I think Flickr’s future would fare better under a Yahoo/AOL combination.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:59:40 +0000

What took Flickr so long to finally add the video feature?! I thought they were talking about that a few years ago… Anyways, in the meantime I have been sharing on zoomin and pixamo.