Technically Speaking

*Update - to be live and world wide in about 1 hour. Sorry, with news like this, sometimes you are changing it on the fly - that is why it’s called a blog!

SplashCast couldn’t wait, and they were going to wait, but they didn’t. The new improved SplashCast player has launched.

Many needed enhancements were added. I checked it out today, and what I really liked about it was the ability to leave comments right there. I also like the new “Mac” roll look on the different clips or rather preview that you can still choose in normal SplashCast style.

So where is this new player? It will be rolling out across the internet, and on a blog or two hundred thousand in the near future. If you haven’t used SplashCast yet, you really need to check it out now.

Here are some details:

In addition to the existing support for multiple files, multiple file types, inbound and outbound RSS feeds and much more - the new player includes:

* Item level navigation, with preview thumbnails and captions.
* Inline, multi-media commening - text, video and audio - with easy publisher moderation.
* “Follow me” email subscription to future shows by any publisher.
* A whole bunch of other changes, see the screencast below for details.

New, improved with some sex appeal - and without further ado - now the man of the blogging world - Marshall Kirkpatrick can tell you more via a screencast he did with Jing Project:

More details for you:

*Item level navigation with thumbnails and captions. Like YouTube’s related videos feature but controlled by the publisher for collections of media. Like Blip’s new player but browsable right from the front page and excluding content not chosen by publisher. Inline captioning adds a whole new level of richness for publishers and viewers can chose to turn off captions at any time while browsing through media items.

*Video, audio and text commenting inline. Webcam or upload, super slick playback - the new SplashCast commenting is more flexible and more pleasing to the eye than any other media service’s commenting online. YouTube video responses require between one and many new pageloads. Sony’s Grouper, one of the early innovators in inline video commenting, doesn’t allow audio commenting. Kyte allows inline commenting in chat format but not video or audio. We think that our new multimedia inline commenting features will substantially increase user satisfaction and time on site. Boo yah!

*”Follow me” email subscription. Not everyone uses RSS or wants to put a SplashCast player on their own website - now friends, fans and family can receive a link by email anytime a SplashCast publisher of interest puts out new content.

*Other improvements include: a full screen view button in every player, a global pause button for everything including background audio and the ability to email links to whole shows or particular items in those shows from inside the player. We’ve also been working
hard at optimizing our player speeds and uploading capacity.

Technically Speaking, if you haven’t tried SplashCast yet - you really need to give it a try now!

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