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February 3 2009

dalasverdugo: soupsoup: molls: YOU’RE FIRED. Vimeo is not what I would call “Professional” ready. It’s still in the hobbyist domain. Usually when this happens, it’s because of the video codec that was uploaded. This is no where near a Vimeo-only issue. It has more to do with the ridiculous number of codecs that are put out there. Vimeo isn’t perfect, but no software is, and no video-sharing site is going to flawlessly convert every video that is uploaded to it. Michael Bay is not a hobbyist! *Edit: Also, why would you post something to the Internet and not contact us about how to fix the problem? That’s not a good way to get something working. There’s not even a link here for me to check it out. Dalas, I appreciate what you guys do and by far you have the best user interface of any video community on the web, but I am constantly frustrated by how long it takes to get my videos up on the site. I’m not technical enough to know why it takes so long, but neither are most people who simply like to shoot videos and want to upload them. All they know is “oh crap, its going to take an hour to upload this 5 minute video?” Are we simply not at the point technologically to be able to upload a video, at worst, in twice as long as the length of the footage is?

dalasverdugo:

soupsoup:

molls:

YOU’RE FIRED.

Vimeo is not what I would call “Professional” ready. It’s still in the hobbyist domain.

Usually when this happens, it’s because of the video codec that was uploaded. This is no where near a Vimeo-only issue. It has more to do with the ridiculous number of codecs that are put out there. Vimeo isn’t perfect, but no software is, and no video-sharing site is going to flawlessly convert every video that is uploaded to it.

Michael Bay is not a hobbyist!

*Edit: Also, why would you post something to the Internet and not contact us about how to fix the problem? That’s not a good way to get something working. There’s not even a link here for me to check it out.

Dalas, I appreciate what you guys do and by far you have the best user interface of any video community on the web, but I am constantly frustrated by how long it takes to get my videos up on the site.

I’m not technical enough to know why it takes so long, but neither are most people who simply like to shoot videos and want to upload them. All they know is “oh crap, its going to take an hour to upload this 5 minute video?”

Are we simply not at the point technologically to be able to upload a video, at worst, in twice as long as the length of the footage is?

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  1. ianlee reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Professional? That term is SO vague. And really, it is meaningless.
  2. dalasverdugo reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    right now our user base...growing extremely fast, which puts
  3. soupsoup reblogged this from dalasverdugo and added:
    Dalas, I appreciate what you guys do and by far you have the best user interface of any video community on the web, but...
  4. dalasverdugo reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Usually when this happens, it’s because of the video codec that was uploaded. This is no where near a Vimeo-only issue....
  5. soupsoup reblogged this from molls and added:
    Vimeo is not what I would call “Professional” ready. It’s still in the hobbyist domain.
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