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It would be interesting if there was a podcast type model for video. I guess technically it's all there, and there is, but it's just not popular enough. The si

It would be interesting if there was a podcast type model for video. I guess technically it's all there, and there is, but it's just not popular enough. The significant part about podcasts (compared with say youtube) is that distribution can be independent, listening (watching) to podcasts is not tied to any single platform.

codetrotter 3y ago
> It would be interesting if there was a podcast type model for video. That’s called a vodcast. It works the same way in principle as a podcast. You make an RSS feed and have it point to video files that you publish.
seydor 3y ago
BitTorrent it
dartos 3y ago
The issue with video is storage. YouTube gets 100s of hours of new video data every hour. How do you store that? AFAIK Literally they’re the only ones who deal with that kind of heavy data ingestion.
- kzrdude 3y ago
  Podcasting is a distributed medium, that's something the individual distributor has to solve for the podcasts they do - it could be just a single one for example. They know what they produce and can budget storage thereafter. Bandwidth is the unpredictable part in that equation.
  - dartos 3y ago
    Is podcasting distributed, really? Podcasting happens wherever a podcast publishing platform like anchor uploads the audio (YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, etc.) Otherwise discoverability is difficult. Sure you can host your own audio and video files, but who will find it. The network effect is a tough nut to crack.
    - kzrdude 3y ago
      The majority of podcasts I listen to have their RSS feeds on a domain that they control. And I've found them by podcast search in Antennapod. It looks like, to me, that the space is sufficiently diversified that distributors are interchangeable, and that's great.
nonameiguess 3y ago
Television shows aren't tied to any particular platform, either. They just need some platform. Plenty of shows have been dropped by one network and picked up by another, even very well-loved shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Expanse. Talking heads like Jon Stewart jump ship all the time. Tucker Carlson was dumped by both CNN and MSNBC before Fox picked him up. Megyn Kelly was on NBC within a month after Fox dumped her.

codetrotter 3y ago

> It would be interesting if there was a podcast type model for video. That’s called a vodcast. It works the same way in principle as a podcast. You make an RSS feed and have it point to video files that you publish.

seydor 3y ago

BitTorrent it

dartos 3y ago

The issue with video is storage. YouTube gets 100s of hours of new video data every hour. How do you store that? AFAIK Literally they’re the only ones who deal with that kind of heavy data ingestion.

kzrdude 3y ago
Podcasting is a distributed medium, that's something the individual distributor has to solve for the podcasts they do - it could be just a single one for example. They know what they produce and can budget storage thereafter. Bandwidth is the unpredictable part in that equation.
- dartos 3y ago
  Is podcasting distributed, really? Podcasting happens wherever a podcast publishing platform like anchor uploads the audio (YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, etc.) Otherwise discoverability is difficult. Sure you can host your own audio and video files, but who will find it. The network effect is a tough nut to crack.
  - kzrdude 3y ago
    The majority of podcasts I listen to have their RSS feeds on a domain that they control. And I've found them by podcast search in Antennapod. It looks like, to me, that the space is sufficiently diversified that distributors are interchangeable, and that's great.

nonameiguess 3y ago

Television shows aren't tied to any particular platform, either. They just need some platform. Plenty of shows have been dropped by one network and picked up by another, even very well-loved shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Expanse. Talking heads like Jon Stewart jump ship all the time. Tucker Carlson was dumped by both CNN and MSNBC before Fox picked him up. Megyn Kelly was on NBC within a month after Fox dumped her.