The biggest pain with online video sharing is when the part you want to show somebody is in the middle of a really long clip. Google video hopes to solve that by allowing you to link to any point of the video by simply tagging the end of the URL with the hours (h), minutes (m), and seconds (s). For example, if the link of the video is http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8695179742374240094 adding #38s will go to the 38 second mark. Heck, you can even add that yourself and press enter to fast forward easily to a specific spot. Very handy idea for Google. Just think of the capabilities to create an online DVD-like experience with chapters on your site. I think I can see where this is going with their whole advertising-search model, but you can bet they will expand this to the interface directly for the less technical audience.New Google video feature: Link within a video
The biggest pain with online video sharing is when the part you want to show somebody is in the middle of a really long clip. Google video hopes to solve that by allowing you to link to any point of the video by simply tagging the end of the URL with the hours (h), minutes (m), and seconds (s). For example, if the link of the video is http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8695179742374240094 adding #38s will go to the 38 second mark. Heck, you can even add that yourself and press enter to fast forward easily to a specific spot. Very handy idea for Google. Just think of the capabilities to create an online DVD-like experience with chapters on your site. I think I can see where this is going with their whole advertising-search model, but you can bet they will expand this to the interface directly for the less technical audience.
1. Hi Russell,
Our company, http://www.veotag.com, has also been thinking a lot about the problem of deep linking and tagging within a video (or audio).
Would love your opinion of our solution. For a sample, go to http://www.veotag.com/jalc and click any program. The basic service is free.
Thanks,
Howard Seibel
Posted at 9:50AM on Jul 21st 2006 by Howard Seibel