Embedr - Coming to a Sift Near You
http://embedr.com/
This allows you to create custom playlist embeds. It allows for playlists from several different video-hosts, and is pretty easy to use.
I can at least one issue arising from this, namely what happens if someone wants to create a playlist of several scenes from a single movie and title it "Kick-Ass action compilation"? Should the sift allow this? Should the sift maintain a strict one-video one-submission rule? Embedr can be very useful for documentaries and such, but customized playlists could cause problems.
Also, I don't know if Embedr will allow a playlist to contain videos from different sources (ie. Youtube vids and Dailymotion vids in the same playlist). I don't have the time to check it out, but someone should and report back (please).
This could also be great for user playlists (like my Cool Music playlist) if there's some way to work it. Like I said I'm busy tonight, but please do discuss.
Oh...and you're welcome.
This allows you to create custom playlist embeds. It allows for playlists from several different video-hosts, and is pretty easy to use.
I can at least one issue arising from this, namely what happens if someone wants to create a playlist of several scenes from a single movie and title it "Kick-Ass action compilation"? Should the sift allow this? Should the sift maintain a strict one-video one-submission rule? Embedr can be very useful for documentaries and such, but customized playlists could cause problems.
Also, I don't know if Embedr will allow a playlist to contain videos from different sources (ie. Youtube vids and Dailymotion vids in the same playlist). I don't have the time to check it out, but someone should and report back (please).
This could also be great for user playlists (like my Cool Music playlist) if there's some way to work it. Like I said I'm busy tonight, but please do discuss.
Oh...and you're welcome.
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kulpimsthank you, this is awesome!
ThrobbinTest
<div style="width:425px;height:520px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://embedr.com/playlist/mexicos-drug-war" target="_blank" style="background:transparent url(<a rel="nofollow" href="http://embedr.com/img/embedr-custom-video-playlists.gif">http://embedr.com/img/embedr-custom-video-playlists.gif);float:right;margin:0;padding:0;outline:none;width:115px;height:35px;position:relative;top
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ThrobbinOk, so it doesn't look like you can embed in comments. I don't have a free slot - can someone find out if you can submit a video normally?
kronosposeidonIt works - check it out here: http://videosift.com/video/Test-40
The only problem I see is that it doesn't automatically scale to fit the page width. You can go full screen with it, but that doesn't help with low resolution videos. Still, very cool.
>> ^Throbbin:
Ok, so it doesn't look like you can embed in comments. I don't have a free slot - can someone find out if you can submit a video normally? (I don't have any free slots).
ThrobbinAlright, cool.
When I tried to create a playlist with videos from different hosts, Embedr did not reject it, but did display an error message saying "Embedr is busy right now, try again." I don't know if this was an overload issue, or if it's not possible, will try again tomorrow.
Now that we know it works for embeds, what about the other issues it poses?
For commenting, maybe @lucky760 or @dag can figure it out.>> ^kronosposeidon:
It works - check it out here: http://videosift.com/video/Test-40
The only problem I see is that it doesn't automatically scale to fit the page width. You can go full screen with it, but that doesn't help with low resolution videos. Still, very cool.
>> ^Throbbin:
Ok, so it doesn't look like you can embed in comments. I don't have a free slot - can someone find out if you can submit a video normally? (I don't have any free slots).
gwiz665<object id="460816993" width="540" height="660">
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gwiz665We already have playlists from youtube, so in theory there shouldn't be a problem using playlists from there. I think we in general try to avoid posting full shows, movies and so on, unless they're sufficiently obscure. For instance, don't post a cam version of inception - we're not a warez site.
kronosposeidon*quality. At least some people are doing something.
siftbotAwarding Throbbin with one star point for this contribution to VideoSift - declared quality by kronosposeidon.
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