Is YouTube working on streaming video?

by on January 9, 2008

“We’re working on a lot of interesting things,” Chad Hurley, one of the co-founders of YouTube told me yesterday when I met him and Steve Chen on the show floor and showed them Qik’s ability to stream video live from a cell phone (something that YouTube can’t do). Watch the rest of the interview here. I also ask them when they’ll do high def on YouTube.

Why were they at CES? To check out the new 150-inch Panasonic plasma. I tried to invite myself over to their house to watch the Super Bowl.

  • JT
    "YouTube will have to utilize ON2 Technologies VP6-s for HD quality video"

    or they can just use H.264 since they are already using it and are in bed with Apple.
  • Its great. I have to think about it. Ill be back and write something more. Hi - Mielno.
  • RC
    YouTube will have to utilize ON2 Technologies VP6-s for HD quality video and look for a new codec from ON2 called VP8...will change the video game for PC's, TV's and mobile devices.
  • Hmmm. Do I want to watch a bunch of nimrods streaming live crap from their cell phones? Not. There's already sites that provide you with your own live "channel." I think an ant farm is more interesting.

    www.RSSLiveTV.com
  • That was great.! I aspire to be a rich geek like those 2..hahahaha
  • i think you tube should work on their clrity aspect of the video . that is the main issue wid youtube
  • www.bywifi.com provides real-time streaming internet videos (e.g., in youtube.com) into mobile phone.
  • D
    Cool video.
    The guys seemed really cool.
    Amazing that viewers all over the world were able to ask the guys questions through your phone :)
  • Joe
    See if they're working on increasing the resolution/compressions of their damned videos. I thought for sure one of the first things Google would do with YT would be to increase the video quality. It's HORRIBLE. It's a shame YT won the online video fight a year ago because nearly all the other sites offer so much better quality.
  • Come to my house for the Super Bowl instead. Only 122" but you won't notice the difference. :)
  • "We're working on a lot of interesting things."
    Mm hm. Videos. Uploaded by punters. Erm, that's it.
  • G
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