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voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/14/2008

The YouTube Presidency

— voices.washingtonpost.com — By Jose Antonio Vargas The White House has gone YouTube. Today, President-elect Obama will record the weekly Democratic address not just on radio but also on video -- a first. The address, typically four minutes long, will be turned into a YouTube ... (more) The YouTube Presidency

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techcrunch.com - 11/13/2008

Online Video: Where’s The Money?

— techcrunch.com — Here is the stark reality of online video: nobody is making much money and the enthusiastic projections for online video advertising going from $500 million in 2008 to more than $5 billion in five years will undoubtedly be pared back in the coming ... (more) Online Video: Where’s The Money?

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readwriteweb.com - 11/14/2008

Obama to Adress the Nation Each Week on YouTube

— readwriteweb.com — President elect Obama will bring the President's weekly "fireside chat" into the 21st century by offering it not just on the radio, but in video on YouTube as well. It's as if the new President really cares whether the next generation has a ... (more) Obama to Adress the Nation Each Week on YouTube

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Working with high quality YouTube videos
Hack a Day — ... [Kottke] posted advice for watching and sharing high quality YouTube videos. While it’s not HD quality, it’s much, much better than the normal, fuzzy quality you get on most videos. This hack has been available for some time, but it hasn’t been documented very well until now. When you’re logged in, you can just set the default to “Always play higher-quality video when it’s available”. When you’re linking to a video, add &fmt=18 to the YouTube URL. This also works when you’re embedding the link in WordPress. If ...

Embed high-res Youtube videos
MAKE Magazine: hacks — ... And here's the result: The still frame before the video is played is the exact same over-compressed image, but when a user clicks play, they will get a nice surprise. Instead of 320x240 video encoded with the Sorenson codec, the video will come in at a resolution of 480x360, encoded with the superior H.264 codec. Embedding High Quality Youtube Videos [via Kottke] View YouTube in high-res

Embed high-res Youtube videos
MAKE Magazine — ... And here's the result: The still frame before the video is played is the exact same over-compressed image, but when a user clicks play, they will get a nice surprise. Instead of 320x240 video encoded with the Sorenson codec, the video will come in at a resolution of 480x360, encoded with the superior H.264 codec. Embedding High Quality Youtube Videos [via Kottke] View YouTube in high-res Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in ...

How to embed high quality YouTube videos
Download Squad — ... A lot of people don't know that YouTube has high quality videos, as well as the generally poor-quality standard versions. The links to the better (not HD, but still pretty good) versions are easy to miss, but there are a few steps you can take to make sure you're watching (and even embedding) the good stuff. Jason Kottke ran through a few of them recently on kottke.org. ...

YouTube ‘high quality’ videos hack
D' Technology Weblog — ... By default all videos on YouTube site and embedded on other sites load at normal quality, but there’s a way to set your default viewing quality to high, link to high quality video, embed HQ video, and even save HQ videos for later viewing, Jason Kottke ran through a hack: ...