YouTube adds slow-mo to video editing options (Video)

YouTube announced on Tuesday that it has added slow-mo to its growing portfolio of automated editing options.

Those who love to add effects or enhancements under the YouTube Editor can now enjoy slow motion as one of the platform's basic editing options for professional and amateur videographers. Such a feature could be especially useful for anyone editing a music video or short film, as it provides an effective way to set the tone and create mood.

"To create a slomo video, visit the Enhancements tool or the YouTube Editor and apply it to one of your existing videos," wrote Google on the YouTube Creator blog. "You’ll get a smooth, slomo video that makes it look like it was filmed with a high-speed camera."

YouTube offers a variety of quirky and handy editing tools, such as splicing, stabilization, and speed adjustments, which are more than beneficial to users without a fancy camera or expensive editing software.

Check out YouTube's provided example below of Times Square slowed to 1/8th of its original speed.

Source: pocket-lint.com

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YouTube reveals users now upload more than 100 hours of video per minute, as the site turns eight

These days there are few things bigger than Facebook on the Internet, but Google-owned YouTube is one of them, and today the world’s top online video service marked its eight year anniversary by revealing that it is now seeing more than 100 hours of video uploaded every minute.

That’s right, every minute. That’s quite astonishing. It works out as more than four days of video uploaded each minute.

YouTube, like Facebook, is used by more than 1 billion people per month, and it has gone from strength to strength in recent times. Back in 2011, YouTube users were adding 48 hours of video per minute, while that figure jumped to 72 hours per week last year.

YouTube paid tribute to its users and incredible milestones in a blog post (via @hunterwalk) that includes the following comment:

Over the years, you’ve continued to surprise and delight us. And the past year was no exception. Who would have guessed that a tux-rocking K-pop star would shatter records left and right or that Sesame Street would go global with 1 billion views? That’s one of our favorite things about our global audience: you’re as unpredictable as you are creative and irreverent.

This year, Google is taking the service into new territory with the recent launch of paid-for channels that are aimed at rivalling streaming services like Hulu and Netflix.

This isn’t YouTube’s first foray into original content. It kicked off its Channels program in 2011, which provides selected content partners with an undisclosed sum of funding to create content for YouTube channels. The money is not a freebie but instead an up-front payment of future advertising earnings over the next year. That encourages them to invest in equipment and talent to produce compelling shows — that’s the aim, at least.

Channels began in the US, but has since been expanded to a range of new markets, including, the UK, France, Germany and Japan, with more expansions planned.

There was controversy this year as a number of partners were reported to have not been offered fresh terms. But, with YouTube’s subscription plans now public, Channels appears to have refocused on upcoming content makers, which might go towards explaining this.

Note: Thanks to those who picked up on the error in the initial headline. The amount is 100 hours of video per minute, not 100 million…just yet. 

Cue Doctor Evil…via YouTube, of course.

Source: thenextweb.com

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YouTube for iOS updated to support live streams, TV video queuing

Google, we have to talk about your sense of timing. You've just streamed Coachella's first weekend on YouTube, and now you update the YouTube app for iOS to support live video? Better late than never, we suppose. Thankfully, there's a pair of extra features in the bargain, including the ability to queue multiple videos for TV viewing and a port of the Android version's uploads-only My Subscriptions feed. While it'll be awhile before we recover from missing the Tegan and Sara show, everyone can prepare for future events by upgrading at the source link.

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YouTube reaches 1 billion unique monthly users, almost 15% of planet Earth

Google has announced that YouTube is now at 1 billion monthly users. Assuming Wolfram Alpha’s estimate of 6.79 billion people on Earth, that means roughly 14.7% of the world watches something on YouTube every month.

Take a moment to let that sink in.

Google says that the video site reaches almost one out of every two people on the Internet. Its monthly viewership would make it the planet’s third-largest country, behind China and India.

These feats are all the more interesting considering that Google was criticized for over-paying for the site when it bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006. It’s fair to say that the acquisition has proven to be a shrewd one, with YouTube far and away the Web’s most popular video site.

Late last year, Google celebrated its first billion-view video: PSY’s Gangnam Style. The achievement came a bit out of nowhere, as prior to PSY’s dance craze, Justin Bieber was on track to set the record.

YouTube has already accomplished several notable achievements this year. This week, it is kicking off a new channel and talent search competition with Simon Cowell. Famous director Ridley Scott recently validated the platform by signing on to produce 12 short films for top YouTube channel Machinima. Google also revealed on Wednesday that all of Ad Age’s Top 100 brands are running campaigns on YouTube.

Google will need to continue to pursue a global strategy if it wants to reach the next billion with its video service. The company is showing interest in the Middle East, having recently expanded its Partner Program to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Asia is going to be a key frontier for YouTube, as the service is currently blocked in mainland China.

Internally, YouTube has also received some validation from Google. The company has just added YouTube searches to its Google Trends data. The search history dates back to 2008, so now you can track how popular specific types of videos have been over the years.

YouTube isn’t the recent arrival to the billionaire club. Facebook reached 1 billion monthly active users for the first time in October 2012. That number grew to 1.06 billion at the end of January this year; of which 680 million visit the social network from a mobile device at least once per month.

See also: Google recounts how YouTube helped share global news from around the world in 2012

Image Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Source: thenextweb.com

 

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Lady Gaga Loses 156 Million YouTube Views on Official Account

Lady Gaga has joined the list of musicians to lose millions of video views on YouTube. Her official account lost some 156 million views, NME reports.

According to a YouTube spokesperson, VEVO reduced the play counts on many major artist's videos by up to 2 million views in December 2012 due to articially inflation of view counts. Gaga's account survived that initial sweep.

Though many millions of views were removed last month, Gaga's videos have been found to be artificially boosted by hackers as well.

Source : mashable

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Forget Hollywood, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 was YouTube’s top trailer of 2012

YouTube has published another year-end recap of videos on its network. This time, it’s all about the top game and movie trailers that people have watched in 2012. One of the most popular video games of the year has taken not only the top honors, but the number two spot as well: “Call of Duty Black Ops 2″. The top five is rounded off with three films: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, the James Bond movie ‘Skyfal’” and ‘Ted’ round out the top five spots.

Looking at the list of top trailers, it’s not surprising that they were ranked so high — each one has a high social media appeal to it, which helped to raise its popularity. YouTube says although it’s an “increasingly powerful force in shaping what matters in content and culture”, and its definitely both a popular site for viewing and sharing content with friends.
Here are the top ten trailers for the year:

1. Call of Duty Black Ops 2 – Activision “Surprise – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Live-Action Trailer“
2. Call of Duty Black Ops 2 – Activision ”Reveal Trailer – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2“
3. The Dark Knight Rises – Warner Brothers Pictures “The Dark Knight Rises – Official Trailer #3“
4. Skyfall – Sony Pictures “SKYFALL – Official Trailer“
5. Ted – Universal Pictures “Ted – Trailer“
6. Hunger Games – Lionsgate “The Hunger Games Theatrical Trailer #2“
7. Revolution – NBC “Revolution – Trailer“
8. Call of Duty Black Ops 2 – Activision ”Multiplayer Reveal Trailer – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video“
9. Skyfall – Sony Pictures “SKYFALL – Official Teaser Trailer“
10. Call of Duty Black Ops 2 – Activision “Launch Trailer – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video“

Pretty fascinating to see that the top trailers of the year belonged to a video game, huh? Not only that, but it accounted for four of the ten spots on the list.

Photo credit: LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images
Source:thenextweb.com

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YouTube for iOS updated with iPad, iPhone 5 support, AirPlay and performance improvements

Google has today updated the YouTube app for iOS with support for the iPhone 5′s display, as well as the ability to stream videos over AirPlay to the Apple TV or other enabled devices more easily. The new app now also has full support for the iPad, with an interface that is specifically designed for Apple’s tablet.

Google’s Horia Ciurdar says that more than 25 percent of all YouTube watching happens on mobile. Since the launch of the YouTube app back in September, Ciurdar says Google has “been hard at work to improve the app based on your feedback.”

Now the YouTube app will get ‘enhanced’ AirPlay support, letting you shoot your videos over to your Apple TV. Videos are also said to start faster and play more smoothly. Google has also improved VoiceOver support for those with visual impairments.

The new iPad interface is nice, but nothing insanely cool. It features a collapsible sidebar that can float over the top of the video you’re watching and a channel browser accessible via the YouTube logo. It’s solid, but not mind-blowing. In fact, there’s a ton of wasted space in the main view and only three videos are visible by default on the main screen. Still, the iconography is crisp and there doesn’t seem to be any major issues with it on our first run-through.

When the standalone app was released back in September, it didn’t have a bespoke iPad interface, but Google said it was coming. The app’s release came around a month after it was announced that Apple would be removing the YouTube app from its springboard come the release of iOS 6.

Since then, YouTube has done well for itself, topping Apple’s charts of free apps in the App Store for 4 months in a row. The app also now serves up ads for Google, which is likely one of the primary reasons it wasn’t so sad to be ditched from iOS home screens, where it was unable to do so.

➤ YouTube for iOS

Image Credit: Rego Korosi
Source: thenextweb.com

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How to make money online with YouTube: a comprehensive guide

Looking to make a little money on the Internet? Why not give YouTube a try? You don't have to strike it lucky or go viral to earn money with YouTube, but if you do happen to fall into such luck, there's quite a hefty pot of money to earn from. This is all thanks to companies who pay to advertise through YouTube (which is owned by Google, for those of you who were unaware).

In this post, I'm going to give you ideas for making videos that can earn you some real cash on YouTube, as well as give you some pro tips regarding the best practices for making the most of the videos you upload. Whether you're just an individual looking to make a bit of money on the side, or a business looking to monetize promotional videos, there's something for everyone in this post. Don't expect to break the bank -- I'm not promising riches and wealth beyond your wildest dreams -- but if you're looking for a legitimate way to actually make money online, this could be the article you've been waiting for!

Some stats from yours truly

First, let's start with some stats from a few of my videos. I want to show you that while I'm not making money hand-over-fist, I'm certainly making enough to put a smile on my face. Now, don't be too hasty to draw conclusions from these figures, because there are a number of factors to take into consideration with how videos earn and perform. I'll cover those factors in the next section, but for the moment, here are two of my better-performing videos, which, for what they are, is pretty astounding that I'm even earning anything! I'm not naming the specific videos, because I'm not quite sure at the moment if that would violate Google's ToS. Either way, here are the stats:

As you can see up front, there is no blanket statement for saying "X amount of traffic guarantees X amount of dollars." It just doesn't work like that, unfortunately. To further prove the point, here's some stats from a video of mine that has fairly terrible ad revenue performance:

Rough, right? Depending on who you ask, that $0.50 might be the first thing someone has ever earned online, and that's truly something to be excited about; however, judging by the numbers themselves, those earnings are pitiful. Regardless, I just wanted to give you a feel for how widely performance can vary, but the potential to really earn money is certainly there. Up next, I'll dig into why performance varies so much and what you can do to put the odds of better performance in your favor. Later, I'll go into exactly what you need to do to get set up to start making money with YouTube.

Source : zdnet

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Finally! YouTube Just Launched Its Own iPhone App

YouTube announced Tuesday that its long-awaited iPhone app is now available as a free download in the App Store.

In case that sounds like a news story from 2007, let’s clarify: yes, there was a native YouTube app on the very first iPhone, and on every model since. But that app was made by Apple, not by YouTube. It featured an infamously poor selection of YouTube videos.

Until now, any iPhone owner that wanted a full YouTube experience had to go to m.youtube.com in their Safari browser. Apple announced it was dumping its hobbled YouTube app earlier this year, clearing the way for the Google-owned video giant to produce its own version.

Less than a month later, that in-house version is ready for prime time — just one day before the expected launch of the iPhone 5 and iOS 6.

The timing is very interesting, and the fact that an exact App store launch time was given — 3:01am ET — suggests that Apple and Google collaborated behind the scenes to have the new YouTube app squared away in time for the launch.

It’s also likely to be a cash bonanza for Google, which is finally able to show ads before YouTube videos on an iPhone app. 

“The new iPhone app is available worldwide and unlocks tens of thousands of official music videos, as well as bringing lots of new features to improve finding and sharing awesome videos and channels,” writes Andrey Doronichev, head of YouTube mobile, in a blog post. “It’s a new app built by YouTube engineers, to give our iPhone users the best mobile experience.”

The app also features autocomplete search, much like Google Instant, with an emphasis on popular videos. To get to “Gangnam Style,” for example, you’re not going to have to type much more than “gan.”

YouTube has been putting the emphasis on channels for a while now, and the app is no different. Swipe from the left, and you get a list of channels you’re subscribed to.

Naturally, the app also lets you post videos to Twitter and Facebook with a tap — although Google+ gets pride of place, with the first sharing button.

One thing we’d like to see in the iPhone app: the same “watch it mostly offline” functionality that the Android YouTube app gained this summer.

The app will also work on the iPad, although Doronichev says his team is hard at work on a special iOS tablet version with more functionality.

What else would you like to see in YouTube’s iPhone app?

Source : mashable.com

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770,000 Users Demand YouTube-to-MP3 Conversion

Philip Matesanz, a 21-year-old German student studying computer science, believes that it should be easy to convertYouTube videos into downloadable .mp3s. His website, youtube-mp3.org, allows its more than one million daily users to do exactly that.

Google, however, disagrees. Last month, it reportedly sent Matesanz a cease-and-desist, claiming that his site’s function violates YouTube’s terms of service. The site is still up, but it no longer works as advertised.

In response to Google’s threat of legal action, Matesanz did two things: he turned to two experts in Germany to examine his case (they have produced reports defending Matesanz) and he asked his users and supporters to sign an online petition defending his site.

That petition took off like wildfire and now has more than 770,000 signatures from users across the world in just over two weeks.

In the petition, Matesanz draws a historical parallel between Google, YouTube and the content providers of yesteryear:

“For decades, people were allowed to take a private copy of a public broadcast,” reads the petition.

“You could record the radio program with a cassette recorder or make a copy of your favorite movie by using a video recorder. All these techniques have been opposed heavily in its early years by the big media companies who didn’t want the public to have such technology. Several years later history is about to repeat: Google has teamed up with the RIAA to make the same claims against all sorts of online recording tools for their 21th century broadcasting service.”

The core of the dispute involves youtube-mp3.org’s method of creating MP3s.

Google’s cease-and-desist letter reportedly claims that the site violates the terms of service of YouTube’s API, which prohibits using the API for downloading content as opposed to streaming it. However, Matesanz holds that his site doesn’t use the YouTube API, but gets data through another undisclosed means.

At a broader level, the youtube-mp3.org case is an example of the often conflicting interests of content providers and content consumers.

Google and YouTube make money from advertisements included with and alongside content streamed directly from YouTube; that money is lost when consumers convert streaming videos into MP3s. However, hundreds of thousands of YouTube users clearly desire a way to access YouTube audio content in MP3 form (perhaps for offline listening), a service which Google and YouTube do not provide.

The argument, however, may be becoming moot: Last month, Google introduced a way to watch some content while offline for users of the YouTube Android app, possibly signaling a trend that it will continue to make content more accessible in the future. Google has not yet responded for a request for comment.

Should Google and YouTube allow all users to download content for offline viewing? Share your thoughts in the comments.

Source : mashable.com

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Some YouTube Features You Can Test Before Unveil

If you watch YouTube videos like majority of people that are online then you will see that YouTube  bring out new and innovating features to the biggest video sharing site.  I’ve just found out today that you can find out and test different features that YouTube are trying out.  It’s called  TestTube currently it has eight different features you can test now before it’s released in the future...

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