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February 25th, 2008, 09:11 PM | #1 |
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Stage6.com shutting down...
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http://www.stage6.com I liked it over Vimeo, since what you uploaded was what you saw. not converted to 23.97 fps. oh well. |
February 25th, 2008, 09:23 PM | #2 |
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Imagine if you used them to host all your videos and you missed the three-day notice...
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February 26th, 2008, 01:09 AM | #3 |
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That's really too bad, Stage6 was great.
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February 26th, 2008, 01:11 AM | #4 |
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Sucky, I just started using it recently.
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You also in started it in Video Industry News where it should be. Hope you understand and there was certainly no malice intended. -gb- |
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Greg, no harm no foul :)
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Stage6's problem was that it allowed users to set their own parameters (that and needing to install it's own dedicated plug in). That meant uploaders could push the quality settings off the scale in order to preserve as much quality of the original as possible. However viewers woudl spend most of their time watching a "buffering" logo.
Say what you like about Vimeo, or let alone Youtube (or blipTV or Veoh, etc), the compromises they impose are designed to give the viewers a hassle free experience - "Give me convenience or give me death" as the Dead Kennedys said... Stage6 had the potential to be a great service, and I get the feeling that as comapny in general, DivX are on the side of the angels (well, at least on the side of content creators) but I'm not surprised it's being switched off... Last edited by Dylan Pank; February 26th, 2008 at 12:54 PM. |
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Nothing was wrong with the Divx plug in. Worked great. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02...age6_shutdown/ They had an explosion in viewers from Oct to Jan 08.. nice problem to have. But not when you aren't bringing in the cash. |
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Like i said, it's not the service or the software that was a problem, it was that they allowed users to upload 90 minute 3MB/s vids. |
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