vlogs

[wretchedkunt]

Title
vlogs

Short, concise description of the idea
Id love it if we can upload video blogs directly to livejournal without having to go through another website like youtube first

Full description of the ideayou already added the voice blog thing, I think uploading other videos directly to livejournal would be beneficial. We could set it so only the

Comments

[lady_angelina]

How would this work for people who don't have the equipment to record videos? At least with audio posting, you do it by phone (which most LJers have access to... heck, even a shoddy pay phone will work). I just can't see how this feature would be fair to the have-nots who don't have webcams.

That aside, if it's doable, sure.

[wretchedkunt]

thats why it would be an Option just like the voice recording. obviously you cant cant do a voice recording without a mic..

[wretchedkunt]

so you wouldnt be able to do a video without a webcam or other kind of cam

[azurelunatic]

You wouldn't be able to make a video of yourself or your surroundings without access to some sort of video-capable camera.

Though I imagine that if this were implemented, self-and-surroundings wouldn't be the only sort of video hosted. Even discounting such uses as unaltered clips of TV/movies that belong to someone else uploaded without permission, there's also things such as putting together fan videos with clips from other video sources telling a new story, computer graphic animation, hand-drawn animation, slideshows with and without narration... all of which can be done with a reasonably fast computer with basic Microsoft this-stuff-is-included software, even though it's not particularly easy without a better program.

[snakeling]

which most LJers have access to
Hmm, no. As of today, there are phone numbers in only 4 countries for voice posting. And I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to pay for an international call just so my flist can hear my dulcet tones. Honestly, a webcam would be cheaper.

There are a lot of objections you can make to this suggestion, but fairness re: availability really isn't one of them.

[lady_angelina]

Ah, sorry, I'd forgotten about that. ^^;;;;;; I'm an idiot and wasn't thinking.

My original comment was ill-conceived, and I shouldn't have made it in the first place. I'd better not speak any more on this, lest I make myself look even dumber.

[lied_ohne_worte]

Hey, don't beat yourself up - I guess many people are used to having features freely available that others don't get.