Youtube, il famoso sito di condivisione video utilizzato da milioni di utenti ha tantissime features, vediamo quali sono le principali sia dal punto di vista spettatore che di realizzazione video:
– video divided by categories
– popular, actual, related, suggested for you videos
– play video at any point of timeline
– “like” or “don’t like”
– make playlist
– share on social network
– embed code
– abuse notify
– adult filter
– statistics
– support https protocol
– support high definition (720p, 1080p)
– comments
– watch in various sizes (player size, fullscreen)
– set videos as private
– version for mobile, tv and mediacenters, consoles, other devices
– APIs and widgets
– various formats supported for upload (.avi, .3gp, .mov, .mp4, .mpeg, .flv, .mkv)
– max lenght 15 mins and max file size 2gb (for standard users)
– make a channel (personal page with own videos)
– tags and geotagging (within Google Maps)
– inseriment adv (for partners)
– inseriment annotations (for partners)
– add captions and subtitles
– video editor
Youtube is also testing experimental features, you can test them with TestTube.
By my own opinion the service could be enhanced with these cool features:
– support more video formats (eg. Real Player)
– extend video lenght
– better quality (eg. like Vimeo)
– ability to record online in realtime from a streaming source (http/rtsp/rtp/mms)
– share a bit of a full video
– multiplatform official desktop player
– download videos without third party plugins
– better buffering
and you, what features would like to have?