Posted: Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 10:34 pm. Filed in VideoPress.
Tags: Design, typography, Video, VideoPress
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 (exljbris.wordpress.com).
May 15th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
cool
May 15th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I wonder how much impact this will have on the future of blogging.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
nice job!
May 15th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Cool :]
May 16th, 2009 at 12:22 am
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!)
May 16th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Wow, very good idea!
Thank you guyz;
May 16th, 2009 at 12:45 am
wow… so many updates this month! very nice!
May 16th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Very cool Web Home on the new VideoPress website. Great job WordPress team, once again.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:16 am
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.
May 17th, 2009 at 7:50 am
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.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:57 am
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.
May 16th, 2009 at 3:11 am
so good. nice. i like it. viva wordpress!
May 16th, 2009 at 4:01 am
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!
May 16th, 2009 at 4:51 am
It’s raining new features on WP!
May 16th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Lots of great work.
Here’s to hoping for http://www.gloria.tv shortcode that can be used in videopress at wordpress.com / org
May 16th, 2009 at 6:30 am
that’s great news
thanks for that
May 16th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Wow. This will be pretty interesting. Oh and i must tell it… The Backround of Videopress.com is Excellent! WordPress is going better everyday!
May 16th, 2009 at 8:08 am
great! then, musicpress can’t be too far away?
May 16th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
AWESOME!!!!! VideoPress, here I come!
May 16th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
You are going from strength to strength
May 16th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
fantastic! really excited about this. thanks guys!
May 16th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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
May 16th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Great news, Matt! So I can upload my videos to videoPress instead of youtube and post it on blog?
May 16th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Wow! Can’t wait to try it out!
May 16th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Excellent, I’ll definitely check into that
May 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
WOW!! WP continues to deliever. This is going to be fabulous.
May 16th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Wow! Cool thank you!
May 16th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
WOW, one more thing! WordPress is going great!
~Ehtie~
May 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
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!
May 16th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
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.)
May 16th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
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.
May 17th, 2009 at 7:47 am
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.
May 16th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
That’s what I call the future of blogging.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Cool!
WordPress is getting great! Will we be able to post are videos on VideoPress?
~Darthpuckie
May 16th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Wow! WordPress has gone video crazy – I &hearts it
May 17th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Good to know that you continue to support others. Though it is tempting to switch over now, will do that when I am ready.
May 17th, 2009 at 5:23 am
let’s see
May 17th, 2009 at 5:28 am
yeah, the font is using Museo.
that is my fav one
May 17th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Sweeet!!!!!
May 17th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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
May 17th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
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.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:25 am
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.
May 17th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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
May 17th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
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.
May 17th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I’m excited about this application since I’m planning to engage some colleagues to use WP with videos. Thanks.
May 17th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Pretty cool feature, guys. Thanks.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:38 am
I´m happy to hear this!!! I will upload lots of videos!!!
Greeting from Mexico!!!
Worpress de best site ever!!!
May 18th, 2009 at 9:59 am
great feature!
May 18th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Great stuff. Unfortunately not many people will be willing to pay. Why not have a free option allowing videos less than 1GB?
May 18th, 2009 at 10:46 am
thank you
May 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Fantástico
May 19th, 2009 at 1:32 am
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.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:32 am
I didn’t seen yet, but i will try in one click .
May 19th, 2009 at 1:56 am
This is great. All I’ll need is to buy a HD camera. Don’t worry, I will not neglecting written commentary.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:22 am
The logo design is not attractive for me
May 19th, 2009 at 3:25 am
I am exited with this videopress because as of now i can not upload my video in my wordpress blog
May 19th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Galing! Great Job!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:44 am
when you will have Facebook Connect for WordPress?
July 30th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
We currently have a Facebook app. Check it out!
May 19th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
So many new features lately – Thank you guys
May 19th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
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…
July 30th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Yes, WordPress.com videos are embeddable on other platforms, too
May 19th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
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
July 30th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
To add audio to your blog, you’ll need the Space Upgrade. VideoPress is just for videos
May 19th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
coooooooooooooooool
May 20th, 2009 at 5:48 am
The future?.. I just got started.
May 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Cool !!
Greeting from Spain!!!
Worpress de best Blog
May 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
cool
May 20th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
That´s just cool
May 20th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Excellent, but as usual you have made this really easy to use
May 21st, 2009 at 12:15 am
Thats nice, i just got this, and its kinda awesome…
May 21st, 2009 at 2:11 am
wow!!!
May 21st, 2009 at 4:05 am
good move thanks
May 21st, 2009 at 6:35 am
amazing
May 21st, 2009 at 9:11 am
Really great!
May 21st, 2009 at 9:33 am
Thanks. Thanks a lot. You make it possible for so many to do so much.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:11 am
Could be cool. Will you be using sorengson-spark codec like Youtube, or better?
July 31st, 2009 at 8:24 am
Currently we use the h.264 codec, which is the most efficient one. We plan to add the Theora codec soon.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Way, Cool. Thanks for the constant improvements!
May 21st, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Sweet!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:38 pm
cool (I guess)
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 am
good job, baby yehhh!
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:57 am
fantaistic good lovely
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Cool!
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Cool — and THANK YOU for posting the source of the font! I am a design geek too. Will be downloading them soon.
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
sweet and perfect
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:42 am
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
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:35 am
Well it sounds good,,,,,can’t wait to try it out……………
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 am
I knew I could count on your sure-footed creativity. Let’s beat all of them, by making WordPress a class by itself!
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Wow…! This looks awesome! Thanks for all you do!
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Kewl!! Thanks a Lot.
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
the tasty new logo, yeaahh, i really like it
May 23rd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
That’s great!!!
May 24th, 2009 at 5:51 am
so you make another community for us. go for it.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Great!
May 24th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Awsome!
May 24th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
I love when smart people do good things like this (very usefull and improve our life).
May 25th, 2009 at 11:28 am
malak
oh thats good it always
good when some body do something good
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
May 25th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
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.
May 25th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
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..
May 27th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Sorry, but why would anyone pay for a service that is offered by numerous other providers for free?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
wow, this can be you tube rival, ok.. good luck
May 27th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I think it almost same with social media like fb or something else
May 27th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Great Stuff.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Excellent is what was missing in wordpress
Saludos