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Google Video (Beta) Upload Program launches

Long Tail of video? Meet Google: Google just launched their Video Upload Program.

It's crazy to think that searches on Google Video will now include random people's own video and hopefully you won't be limited by what you can search for and they highlight the good stuff. I suspect the main Google Video site will look less like google.com and more like Google News someday, as they showcase video of all types.

I just tried it out, uploading a few short movies I took on my digital camera. Here's what the uploader looks like when finished:

And here's what my uploaded videos currently look like, while sitting in limbo:

The coolest part is that you can even charge for downloads/viewings of video. I can't wait to see what comes out of this, perhaps Google was trying to one-up companies in the bittorrent and IP-based TV space before they could even get going.

by Matt Haughey April 13, 2005 in News

Comments

I'm waiting for my videos to be "verified"

Thanks for the info...

Posted by: Duncan at Apr 13, 2005 3:15:11 PM

The downside, is, of course, the draconian terms of use. Read carefully -- if you upload a video that's too popular, they'll send *you* the bandwidth bill.

More here:

http://jacobian.org/recipes/archives/2005/04/13/reading-the-google-video-tos/

Posted by: Jacob Kaplan-Moss at Apr 13, 2005 3:25:22 PM

Doesn't Google Video only search the captions from local TV programs? It doesn't actually find movie files at all, just text excerpts. The product seems inappropriately named.

Google Video results for "sin city" (text):
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=sin+city

Yahoo! Video results for "sin city" (videos):
http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=sin+city

I guess Google is going to completely change the current Google Video....?

Posted by: sam at Apr 13, 2005 3:31:53 PM

Ourmedia + archive.org is like the same thing. You can choose what kind of license you want to give your content. While not providing a way for people to make money with their videos, it does provide a great way for any average joe to store anything anytime.

Posted by: rebootjac at Apr 13, 2005 4:20:48 PM

I read the terms of service, and I think Jacob is maybe reading them wrong.

It doesn't say they'll bill YOU for the bandwidth, it says they reserve the right to charge a fee for a video that you upload. Reads more like the cafepress of video to me.

Posted by: Bill at Apr 13, 2005 10:24:01 PM

Google's usually pretty good about terms of service problems. They've rewritten the one on Google Ads a few times in response to concerns from others.

Posted by: Matt Haughey at Apr 14, 2005 12:23:07 AM

hmm very interesting.. i mean i would do small clip uploads to send to my friends etc; but definitly would not want it in public domain though :(; if they did something where they have a way of hiding a video which can only be viewed via direct link or a temporary link that you can create to send to friends :)

Posted by: cypherkin at Apr 14, 2005 5:34:05 AM

Sam - From what Larry page has said, they're working on software to search video clips. So yes, Google Video is about to change. That's why they want home videos, to test it.
Article: http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article1946.phtml

cypherkin - checkout putfile.com

Posted by: Seth at Apr 14, 2005 8:07:56 AM

Sam - "Google searches captions" Yes, that's my understanding too. If you're interested, I blogged a comparison of video search engines in February with two example comparative searches.

http://www.broadbandstars.co.uk/video_search_engines/index.html

Posted by: Colin at Apr 14, 2005 10:33:59 AM

Matt,
Check out yousendit.com for temporary file exchanges, works very well, and it's faster than putfile.

In addition, you have to option to DOWNLOAD instead of streaming the video. PS, I hate putfile.

Posted by: Joe Coffman at Apr 14, 2005 11:38:52 AM

Matt,
Check out mypersonalvideos.com. You can password protect your videos and video gallery. You get your own domain name for your personal video gallery and can e-mail videos to family and friends.

It's an average joe type set up too. Real easy to use.

For those who want the world to see your videos, you can do that as well.

Posted by: Sonja at Apr 14, 2005 12:57:31 PM

Gooogle changed the terms of service to more accurately reflect potential charges for popular videos:
https://upload.video.google.com/video_faq.html#upload9

The viewer will potentially be charged for free videos or Google will take a larger cut for pay-per-view videos.

Posted by: Jason at Apr 20, 2005 6:25:06 AM

Yes, I just uploaded a video onto upload.video.google.com
But the thing is that Google wouldn't verify your video is it wasn't in MPEG2 , MPEG4 or format they say in the FAQ. Which is rather annoying. So now, I have to go round looking for a converter.

http://img299.echo.cx/my.php?image=wrhrh1db.jpg

Posted by: Tony at Jun 19, 2005 5:23:44 AM

Sorry, the last link doesn't work, try this one

http://img255.echo.cx/img255/9313/wrhrh7fw.jpg

Posted by: Tony at Jun 19, 2005 5:29:02 AM

Another good place to share video is JussPress.com. My friend and I are working on it.

Posted by: Ryan at Jul 14, 2005 9:33:06 PM

how long does it take for google to verify your videos? i've been waiting 2 days now.

Posted by: baz at Aug 7, 2005 2:16:17 AM

Hey dude!
Yeah, I tried searching "driving" and like... 200 videos came up, and I tried the oregon one, and nothing came up, but only 2 videos came up for "jellyfish", so I'm guessing that the one that was shot at Epcot was yours. Cool stuff! If you want to see the one that I uploaded, search "Ebay" and mine is the video with the 3 green windows. It's a music video that I made. Ok, well... happy video uploading! (???)

Posted by: Kenneth at Aug 7, 2005 8:03:11 PM

i've given up on the google video thing as the verifing thing is taking the piss, has anyone got their vid uploaded on there and how long did they have to wait for?/

Posted by: baz at Aug 10, 2005 3:31:24 AM

It took several days for Google to verify my video. It recently was approved and I got the signal to search for it. However, I can't seem to find it. I can't imagine that it would be a problem. I have entering the exact title of the video.

Posted by: John at Aug 12, 2005 5:58:10 PM

I think the whole verification thing is a problem.

Posted by: lalala at Aug 19, 2005 2:42:17 PM

I've put some vids on google video, but for some reason, the sound keeps getting erased when uploaded, so none of my videos have sound.

Posted by: carl at Aug 20, 2005 12:56:31 PM

Forgot to say, it took about 4days to verify the first vids and about 2 days for the scond lot.

Posted by: carl at Aug 20, 2005 12:57:36 PM

hey
how to change the file to link??
thzzzzzzz

Posted by: puckjay at Aug 31, 2005 5:49:30 AM

My thing is..i'm new at this
i don't really care if ppl view my personal stuffs
all i need it for someone to show me how to copy the url and paste it on my website
i just uploaded some videos on google but i don't know how to view them.
not only that i can't upload them to my website
plz someone help
my e-mail address....candyvon49@optonline.net
my yahoo screen........candyvon49
my aol screen......candyvon51

Posted by: von at Sep 9, 2005 11:24:53 AM

I've managed to save up roughly $78614 in my bank account, but I'm not sure if I should buy a house or not. Do you think the market is stable or do you think that home prices will decrease by a lot?

Posted by: Courtney Gidts at Nov 16, 2005 8:40:36 AM

I've managed to save up roughly $78614 in my bank account, but I'm not sure if I should buy a house or not. Do you think the market is stable or do you think that home prices will decrease by a lot?

Posted by: Courtney Gidts at Nov 16, 2005 8:41:03 AM

It wont let me put any of my videos onto google uploader, plz help me

Posted by: ROBS ROBS at Jun 18, 2006 4:45:49 PM

As a comment to lalala's message about sound, it is the same for me! When I upload, the sound is erased!
Do anyone have an idea?
Nicolas

Posted by: nicolas at Oct 17, 2006 1:28:23 PM

"The coolest part is that you can even charge for downloads/viewings of video."

This part really catches my eye... but since this article was posted I see that there is more of a shift to profit sharing with a majority of the video services,not specifically being able to charge for content but atleast giving the submitter the choice to share in the revenue that their content creates.

http://www.nelsok.com
http://www.revver.com

Posted by: tester060 at Nov 7, 2006 9:57:09 AM

Today I seem to have come upon alot of features on my computor whle fooling around with it. My concern is am I being charged for this? I'm not in the market for any additional costs and if I am I want to get out of the programs. Please let me know

thank you

Posted by: John B. Bogel at Apr 11, 2007 10:01:33 AM

Hi visit this video site it is great.
www.exchangemotion.com

Posted by: efe at Apr 19, 2007 10:24:24 AM

Well all,

I am the old school of art. I just discovered that Google is into this video steaming as the article states above (with no date?? Why don't they make it a law to date an article like we used to see in the newspapers date at top of the page?) then to find that is is not new after all? as I write today on April 19 2007.

So why do I get the idea that google was before You-Tube? Aren't they all the same?

And what's really in a name? The color of the money? Or the color of your TV screen.

Ground control to Major Tom . . .

-Mark

Posted by: Mark Seibold at Apr 19, 2007 10:02:34 PM