Wikipedia goes video
Wikimedia is partnering with the collaborative video service Kaltura to start rolling out video to Wikimedia sites. Right now, the feature is available on the WikiEducator demo site, which is not affiliated with Wikimedia. But eventually we'll start to see collaborative video hitting Wikipedia as well.
Kaltura videos can be created and edited by anyone, much like Wikipedia pages. You can also see previous versions of a video and a list of people who have worked on it. Users can also upload audio, slideshows, and other rich media. If you want to get your feet wet editing a video, check out the collaborative video sandbox.
Kaltura is making its code open source to support the goals of Wikimedia, and all audio and video will be encoded in the open source OGG Vorbis and OGG Theora formats.
Kaltura videos can be created and edited by anyone, much like Wikipedia pages. You can also see previous versions of a video and a list of people who have worked on it. Users can also upload audio, slideshows, and other rich media. If you want to get your feet wet editing a video, check out the collaborative video sandbox.
Kaltura is making its code open source to support the goals of Wikimedia, and all audio and video will be encoded in the open source OGG Vorbis and OGG Theora formats.















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1-18-2008 @ 1:12PM
Amit said...
Hey...Its great to hear wikipedia adding videos. Hopefully it not going to be like youtube :-)
bookmarked @ http://livbit.com
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1-19-2008 @ 8:42PM
frank s,mith said...
yeah, its about time. this will be the future for encyclopedias, google must be looking closely at wikepedia and the new wikia.Just found a blog about google and wikipedia going head to head, http://www.opentopix.com/topic/tech-news/wikipedia-starts-video-service-against-google
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1-20-2008 @ 12:18AM
kenselt said...
I think its about time, as this site says a lot for creating the history of life. Why not video.
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1-20-2008 @ 8:21AM
JBCheese said...
of all the screenshots out there you picked the one involving 9/11?
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