Announcing VideoPress.com
The tasty new logo
We’ve been busy lately here at WordPress.com — we’ve had an announcement of a new or updated feature for you every day this week. Today, you’re getting a two-fer!
Earlier this week, we announced VideoPress, the great new video feature for WordPress.com. Now VideoPress has its own home on the web at VideoPress.com. We’ve also got a great video introduction created by our company auteur Michael Pick, so be sure to head over and check it out. We’ll be continuing to add features to VideoPress, including support for WordPress.org users, so stay tuned to VideoPress for all the latest.
P.S. If you’re a design geek like me, you might be interested to know that the VideoPress logo (as well as all of VideoPress.com) is set in the beautiful Museo family of typefaces, designed by your fellow WordPress.com bloggers at the exljbris Font Foundry.
- May 15, 2009
- VideoPress
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cool 😀
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I wonder how much impact this will have on the future of blogging.
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nice job!
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Cool :]
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This has been an impressive week of news and posts from WordPress! What will be left to reveal at WordCamp SF?? Guess we’ll have to go directly to the party!
(PS thanks for the info on the stylish groovy fonts too!)
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Wow, very good idea!
Thank you guyz;
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wow… so many updates this month! very nice! 🙂
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Very cool Web Home on the new VideoPress website. Great job WordPress team, once again.
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Congratulations, very exciting, raises the bar for online video.
One aspect of video that I believe could be genuinely useful but which has, so far, failed to take off because of lousy implementations, is video commenting. The main players are Viddler and Seesmic, who are no integrated into Automattic-owned Intense Debate, so, I imagine that will be a WordPress.com option at some point. The big problem with both Viddler and Seesmic’s version of video commenting is that they required you to register with them before you could leave a comment. In general, people are reluctant to plow through yet another registration, so, this crippled the whole idea before it had a chance to gain momentum.
One company that do it right are Riffly, whose excellent plugin is in the WordPress repository, and who do not put the barrier of having to register between your users and making their first video comment. They are, however, a pretty small company, they are not going to be able to get video commenting rolling on their own, it would be good to see it offered as an aspect of VideoPress.
Video commenting is not for everyone and should not be seen as an attempt to replace written comments, the vast majority of comments are more suited to text, for very specific types of comment, video can be perfect, we should not neglect the potential if the technology is possible. Personally, I do not have a need for VideoPress as currently offered but would happily pay $60 per year if I could offer my users reliable, easy, one-button video commenting. The conventional wisdom is that video commenting has failed but I suspect that a lot of people, like me, would like to see Automattic keep it simple and do it properly as part of VideoPress.
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Thanks for the well-thought-out suggestions! We think about comments a lot around here, and we’ll certainly consider these as we work on the future. 🙂
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I guess should be cool to create a community video (like YouTube) from videopress…. just a idea for the future. Like.. you can watch all uploads from videopress too.
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so good. nice. i like it. viva wordpress!
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Does this mean we can download our videos directly (after getting the upgrade) instead of having to do a link to You Tube? That would be great! You guys are really busy! Thank you all very much!
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It’s raining new features on WP! 😀
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Lots of great work.
Here’s to hoping for http://www.gloria.tv shortcode that can be used in videopress at wordpress.com / org
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that’s great news
thanks for that
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Wow. This will be pretty interesting. Oh and i must tell it… The Backround of Videopress.com is Excellent! WordPress is going better everyday! 😀
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great! then, musicpress can’t be too far away? 🙂
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AWESOME!!!!! VideoPress, here I come! 😉
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You are going from strength to strength
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fantastic! really excited about this. thanks guys!
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another great thing… you guys are really the best… and I’ve been notcing other stuff that have been changed around here… like site privew, and the wordpress.com and wordpress.org’s icon….
good job keep being the best 😉
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Great news, Matt! So I can upload my videos to videoPress instead of youtube and post it on blog?
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Wow! Can’t wait to try it out!
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Excellent, I’ll definitely check into that 🙂
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WOW!! WP continues to deliever. This is going to be fabulous.
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Wow! Cool thank you!
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WOW, one more thing! WordPress is going great!
~Ehtie~
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I just went to take a look at it! The upgrade is a must for any blogger who makes podcasts and videos. I just wish it did not cost $60…. does this mean you guys are not going to support other video services on wordpress like vimeo? I have a few videos in HD on vimeo that I would love to have on my blog!
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Not at all! We think VideoPress is pretty swanky, but we already support many others including Vimeo. Take a look at the VideoPress Support page; you’ll find a bevy of supported video sites in the blue box titled “Related” (here’s a direct link to instructions for Vimeo.)
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My only concern is that it is going to cost me more to do something I was already doing with my space upgrade. The extra cost makes it just as cheap for me to go out and get my own hosting and design from scrap for my blogs.
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As Matt M. mentioned in the VideoPress announcement, we’ve given a free year of VideoPress to anyone who had been using videos with their space upgrade. So now you’ve got a year to see how you like it!
And don’t forget the cost of bandwidth if your video becomes the next big thing. 🙂
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That’s what I call the future of blogging.
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Cool!
Wordpress is getting great! Will we be able to post are videos on VideoPress?
~Darthpuckie
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Wow! WordPress has gone video crazy – I &hearts it 🙂
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Good to know that you continue to support others. Though it is tempting to switch over now, will do that when I am ready.
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let’s see 😀
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yeah, the font is using Museo.
that is my fav one 🙂
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Sweeet!!!!!
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Fantastic! Thanks for working hard and bringing lots of new features to WordPress. This is my first week with a blog here and already there are so many extra exciting things I can do! Thanks 🙂
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This is really great, but I’m concerned about something… I had just purchased ($20) a space upgrade in April so I could load videos on my blog. One month later I need to spend another $60 to continue? I’m sure you’ve got some kind of solution worked out right?
Thanks and keep up the improvements.
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If you’d been using your space upgrade for videos prior to the VideoPress announcement, you should have received an email giving you a one-year free subscription to the VideoPress upgrade as seen on the Space Upgrade support page. If not, just contact support and they’ll help you out.
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this is really good stuff, I have just watched your video – we are pressed for bandwidth where I live so I will consider before I use it – but as usual you have made this really easy to use
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Always interesting. And I’m specifically interested in the ability to link within a Post to video sources like CNN, Guardian, BBC, Discovery, etc..
If and when that’s possible. Both of the blogs I edit use WP and it would add a big chunk of editorial content.
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I’m excited about this application since I’m planning to engage some colleagues to use WP with videos. Thanks.
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Pretty cool feature, guys. Thanks.
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I´m happy to hear this!!! I will upload lots of videos!!!
Greeting from Mexico!!!
Worpress de best site ever!!!
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great feature!
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Great stuff. Unfortunately not many people will be willing to pay. Why not have a free option allowing videos less than 1GB?
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thank you
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Fantástico
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Looking forward to trying this on some video rich projects. Most of the cost is bandwidth which outside the US is extremely expensive so most sites trade down on quality but this new service opens up new possibilities.
On the stats side / perhaps we could compare with the approach used by tubemogul. If we can match that it’s a winner.
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I didn’t seen yet, but i will try in one click .
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This is great. All I’ll need is to buy a HD camera. Don’t worry, I will not neglecting written commentary.
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The logo design is not attractive for me
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I am exited with this videopress because as of now i can not upload my video in my wordpress blog
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Galing! Great Job!
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when you will have Facebook Connect for WordPress?
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We currently have a Facebook app. Check it out!
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So many new features lately – Thank you guys 😀
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I’m not sure about this or not, but is it possible to embed videopress videos into your own wordpress blog? Not a wordpress.com blog, but a personal blog using wordpress software from wordpress.org…
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Yes, WordPress.com videos are embeddable on other platforms, too 🙂
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Forgive me for asking a potentially redundant question – I did do some looking around and couldn’t find an answer. Does this new feature also support audio podcasting? Can I upload .mp3 files here? I would love this feature and would be gladly pay for it. Thanks.
– DHP
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To add audio to your blog, you’ll need the Space Upgrade. VideoPress is just for videos 🙂
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coooooooooooooooool
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The future?.. I just got started.
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Cool !!
Greeting from Spain!!!
Worpress de best Blog
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cool 🙂
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That´s just cool
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Excellent, but as usual you have made this really easy to use
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Thats nice, i just got this, and its kinda awesome…
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wow!!!
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good move thanks 🙂
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amazing
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Really great!
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Thanks. Thanks a lot. You make it possible for so many to do so much.
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Could be cool. Will you be using sorengson-spark codec like Youtube, or better?
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Currently we use the h.264 codec, which is the most efficient one. We plan to add the Theora codec soon.
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Way, Cool. Thanks for the constant improvements!
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Sweet!
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cool (I guess)
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good job, baby yehhh!
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fantaistic good lovely
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Cool!
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Cool — and THANK YOU for posting the source of the font! I am a design geek too. Will be downloading them soon.
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sweet and perfect 😉
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Totally, totally excited by this. Have wanted to do some video theater coverage here in Chicago, but really didn’t want to deal with YouTube. So this wil be great
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Well it sounds good,,,,,can’t wait to try it out……………
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I knew I could count on your sure-footed creativity. Let’s beat all of them, by making WordPress a class by itself!
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Wow…! This looks awesome! Thanks for all you do!
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Kewl!! Thanks a Lot.
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the tasty new logo, yeaahh, i really like it
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That’s great!!!
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so you make another community for us. go for it.
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Great!
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Awsome!
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I love when smart people do good things like this (very usefull and improve our life).
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malak
oh thats good it always
good when some body do something good
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Hey yeah this is very cool… having a lot of fn with Video lately so will get onto this. Lots of updates this month. nice work.
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just for a year ya? My connection here is a little bit slow.. but I’ll try to use this to make my blog interesting..
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Sorry, but why would anyone pay for a service that is offered by numerous other providers for free?
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wow, this can be you tube rival, ok.. good luck
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I think it almost same with social media like fb or something else
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Great Stuff.
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Excellent is what was missing in wordpress
Saludos
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