The mission of BlogVideo.org is to give you the resources you need to put video files into your weblog and other web pages. It is a companion to our development of audioblogging tools at BlogAudio.org
Our ideal is to capture, edit (at least mark start and end points), and deploy video through a browser interface, but you may need cooperating server middleware (a streaming media server, for example). We will also survey desktop tools and the hardware you need to capture your media.
How to link to a video clip in your blog. The media may be on your server or somewhere else on the web. You may also pull a quote (a brief excerpt) from a file that is being streamed from another site.
Should you embed your video or open a new window? These two web techniques have unique advantages and disadvantages.
Download or Streaming? These two web audio/video techniques have unique advantages and disadvantages.
Choosing a Media Player. Browser playback is compromised by the browser opening a new window with advertising, and spawning a popup on window close with still more ads. We need a little utility that lets the user select a Media Player, then opens an audio file cleanly with no ad popup window.
We are now working on a Universal Media Controller. that can detect the media players(s) installed in a browser. This makes it possible to open a window that looks the same for all media players, is free of any commercial messages, and can play any media file. It will be superior to the additional step required to Choose Media Player. We would like to add video player functionality.
Peter van Dijck has an RFP that would provide financial support to build a general videoblogging tool for the desktop.
RSS Enclosures allow you to have audio/video links appear automatically in your Aggregator/News Reader.
Jon Udell has been quoting audio/video snippets (from Real Media files) for some months. It is a very awkward process at this time, but Jon's approach does not need a server to capture or edit any media. He just hyperlinks to a streaming media file and gives it start and end points.
Bob Doyle has led a BlogRadio Studio research program to identify the best audio recording tools for Chris Lydon - microphones, headphones, MiniDisc and MP3 recorders, telephone interfaces, computer audio interfaces (mostly USB), editing programs, MP3 compressors, etc. He described BlogRadio.org at 
BloggerCon 2003 
Kevin Marks and Adam Curry are working on a way to collect RSS Enclosures into a folder, automagically download them into a connected Apple iPod, and make them available for listening during a commute. Kevin described his concept of Just-In-Time audio and video recording at BloggerCon 2003 . Apple has added this auto-sync capability to their iTunes application.
Bob Doyle is Editor In Chief of CMS Review and CEO of skyBuilders.com.
