Service: Google Video Previous Posts: June 27, 2005. #1, #2 What’s new? Norwegian hacker cracks Google software A Norwegian guy took one day to crack Google’s new video viewer so that it plays video from any server, which is what VLC originally did. This is what Google should have done in the first place anyway. “The Norwegian who became a hacker hero for developing software to unlock copy-protection codes on DVD movies said he needed only one day to crack Google Inc.’s new video viewer. Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, posted software on his “So Sue Me” Web site that he says modifies the viewer so that it plays videos hosted on any server. The company’s Google Video Viewer, in turn, was modified from the free VLC media player to restrict it to playing video hosted on Google’s own servers. Google officials did not immediately return e-mail and phone messages left early Wednesday at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.” Links: GMSV on this John Battelle Tags: googlevideo, vlc, web2.0, techcrunch, google → Read More
Editor’s Note: This is an update from an earlier post we made today. The service is now live. Service: Google Video Previous Profile: June 27, 2005. Link What is it? The service is now live. To use it, you must download their VLC client (about 1 mb) here. Once it is installed, you can search for videos (link), and videos that have an arrow icon next to them (see screen shots below) can be viewed by clicking on the icon. Non-free videos will eventually be integrated with the Google Payment Service (see profile here). A sample search with videos is here. It works well, with little download time and few stops/starts with standard broadband. Uploading videos is a separate process. Link Screen Shots: Links: Upload video FAQ Instructions Whats new John Battelle (broke story) JointheDigirati SiliconBeat PaidContent Scoble Seth Godin Techdirt Slashdot Business 2.0 Om Malik Boing Boing GMSV Tags: googlevideo, vlc, web2.0, techcrunch, google → Read More
Service: Google Video What is it? The net is ablaze with stories that Google will release its video viewer today (uploads have been available since April 2005). The viewer will be based on the open-source VLC media viewer. We will profile this as soon as it becomes available. There is a download now available at Google Video for the viewer, but an install on our Windows machine did not work properly. More on this as it develops. From the FAQ: Links: John Battelle (broke story) JointheDigirati SiliconBeat PaidContent Scoble Seth Godin Techdirt Slashdot Business 2.0 Om Malik Boing Boing GMSV Tags: googlevideo, vlc, web2.0, techcrunch, google → Read More
