Is Google Video finally *dead?
Hey folks,
Just a warning that Google Video content may finally be down for the count which, if true, will kill many of our older sifts. I noted at least 4 dead embeds this morning - unless there's a Google-Video-wide outage - and given the service is discontinued I don't think Google will be quick to fix it either way.
The last community discussion I recall us having on Google Video was K0MMIE's Sift Talk post when Google announced they were shutting down new uploads, but my fear is that Google may have gone and shut off the tap completely. Their official blog hasn't been updated since the closure in 2009.
In any event, I'm going to hold on more *deads in case this is just a temporary issue, but if permanent, be prepared - Siftbot might start handing out Grim Reaper badges like candy.
Reference of videos currently *deaded:
http://videosift.com/video/1986-World-Series-Game-6-Re-Enacted-in-RBI-Baseball
http://videosift.com/video/Hardrock-Hallelujah-Finlands-Eurovision-Entry
http://videosift.com/video/Matrix-XP-Cartoon
http://videosift.com/video/The-bicycle-crash-to-end-all-bicycle-crashes
Just a warning that Google Video content may finally be down for the count which, if true, will kill many of our older sifts. I noted at least 4 dead embeds this morning - unless there's a Google-Video-wide outage - and given the service is discontinued I don't think Google will be quick to fix it either way.
The last community discussion I recall us having on Google Video was K0MMIE's Sift Talk post when Google announced they were shutting down new uploads, but my fear is that Google may have gone and shut off the tap completely. Their official blog hasn't been updated since the closure in 2009.
In any event, I'm going to hold on more *deads in case this is just a temporary issue, but if permanent, be prepared - Siftbot might start handing out Grim Reaper badges like candy.
Reference of videos currently *deaded:
http://videosift.com/video/1986-World-Series-Game-6-Re-Enacted-in-RBI-Baseball
http://videosift.com/video/Hardrock-Hallelujah-Finlands-Eurovision-Entry
http://videosift.com/video/Matrix-XP-Cartoon
http://videosift.com/video/The-bicycle-crash-to-end-all-bicycle-crashes
15 Comments
MrFiskIt's probably on the internet.
gwiz665Hmm, if you "go to google video" they still work.
gwiz665Yeah, you need to go to google video and get the new embed code, then it works again
see http://videosift.com/video/1986-World-Series-Game-6-Re-Enacted-in-RBI-Baseball
Kevlar>> ^gwiz665:
Yeah, you need to go to google video and get the new embed code, then it works again
see http://videosift.com/video/1986-World-Series-Game-6-Re-Enacted-i
n-RBI-Baseball
Nice find, gwiz! So should we start farming the reaper/necro Sift achievements?
gwiz665Hehe, I don't have any necromancer achievements yet, so I'm all for it!
gorillamanJust had a look at a few of my google video posts and they all work.
kronosposeidonI just checked a few Google videos, and they all still work:
http://videosift.com/video/Ned-Flanders-finally-Cracks-The-Simpsons
http://videosift.com/video/Iron-Maiden-Run-To-The-Hills
http://videosift.com/video/Andy-McKee-performs-Africa-by-Toto
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I'm surprised they haven't just redirected to YouTube versions. Used to be, youngsters, that YouTube and Google Video were pretty much the only options.
KevlarThanks for checking, everybody! Figures my first ever sift talk post is a false alarm.
kronosposeidon*quality *fearmongering
siftbotAwarding Kevlar with one star point for this contribution to VideoSift - declared quality by kronosposeidon.
Adding post to channels (Fear) - requested by kronosposeidon.
kurtdhSo what's the dealio on this? Should we be flagging google videos that don't work as * dead or not? Because clearly there are still a lot of older google videos that don't work, saying "This video is not available, please try again later."
Kevlar>> ^kurtdh:
So what's the dealio on this? Should we be flagging google videos that don't work as dead or not? Because clearly there are still a lot of older google videos that don't work, saying "This video is not available, please try again later."
Good question. Heya @lucky760, is there any way we can do an advanced search by video host and see what the damage is?
antUh oh, I uploaded videos to Google Video. I better check!
lucky760To search for embeds from just a particular video host use the "inembed:" prefix in your advanced search query. For example:
http://videosift.com/search?q=inembed%3Agoogle.com&t=v&u=&o=&vmin=&vmax=&sh=&l=&n=&b=&submit=Search
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