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YouTube adds Quick Capture for instant online recording
Last week YouTube added a killer new feature that's been a long time coming: Quick Capture. It allows anybody with a webcam to essentially record video directly to YouTube's servers, cleverly taking the sometimes laborious upload process out of the loop. All you have to do is get a YouTube account, head over the Quick Capture page, enter a title and such, authorize Flash to access your webcam, and hit Record. While power-users will feel the lack of editing tools, novices who can't or don't want to deal with video-editing software will quickly start taking advantage of Quick Capture, and I suspect it will quickly become a major source of videos on YouTube. Being able to create and uploads on a whim with basically zero overhead will be a big drive for lone amateur video publishers.YouTube also recently launched a Video Toolbox section, which contains tips and tutorials "from the pros" on improving your video with better lighting, sound, editing, and more.
[Thanks, Mike!]
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3dsl Eugen said 6:12PM on 12-11-2006
nice tool box ;) very helpful!
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Ron Wilson said 4:44AM on 1-24-2007
Nice feature. Did Google or YouTube think of the idea?
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robotrock said 11:24AM on 12-12-2006
A handful of other video services already have this feature...as well as editing (uncutvideo.com)
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Anthony Lynch said 6:10AM on 12-13-2006
I've been recommending Flixn to people for this direct recording. But now I can just say youtube, and I won't have to explain it all.
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Jenny said 4:39AM on 12-21-2006
I've captured myself on YouTube with my cameraphone with help of Mobiola Web Camera.
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Paul Reddick said 5:22AM on 12-28-2006
Can anyone help me with this? I want to record to a hard disc DVD recorder (Sony model) direct from youtube. Can this be done? I was wondering if I connected via a USB output from my PC direct to a line input on the DVD recorder whether this will work? Anyone tried this? Also, is there any way of improving the video quality if you can record from youtube?
Any help/advice is welcome.
Paul
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