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December 5, 2005

Boltfolio Launches - Share Any Media

Michael Arrington

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I received scored of emails on “Comparing The Flickrs of Video” post last month from passionate users of various products as well as a number of stealth companies preparing for launch. One of the most interesting companies to launch in this space is New York based Boltfolio. Until recently, Boltfolio was unknown to me.

What I like best about Boltfolio is that they have unlimited storage and allow uploading of virtually any media file - photos, video and audio. Users should not have to go to multiple sites to upload different kinds of content.

They incorporate tagging to assist with search, and also have blogging and other tools to allow users to share content. They also allow for private and public settings on each piece of content.

This is another worthy addition to the exploding ranks of media storage and playback. I’ve said this before, but one of the key tools to getting power users is having a client-based uploading tool like flickr.

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  1. Luistxo

    December 6th, 2005 at 12:24 am

    For once, I would like to see one of these Flickrs-of-video-or-audio offering file downloading. Nobody does, so far. Online viewing or hearing only.

  2. Reinier

    December 6th, 2005 at 1:14 am

    Somehow the whole interface doesn’t look convincing to me, messy and very much ‘flickr’ite. Hope this matures.

  3. Ben

    December 6th, 2005 at 1:22 am

    Luistxo, you might want to have a look at allpeers.com

    They say they will soon release a Firefox extension for p2p sharing of audio and video.

  4. Marco Montemagno

    December 6th, 2005 at 1:42 am

    Michael

    “What I like best about Boltfolio is that they have unlimited storage..”

    Looks like for the videos there are limits both for file size (max 50mb each) and usage:

    “Your File Limits and Usage
    Account Type: Limited
    Monthly Limit: 100 MB”

    Marco

  5. Pete Cashmore

    December 6th, 2005 at 5:16 am

    Michael,

    I should probably add that BoltFolio comes from the makers of Bolt.com - an absolutely huge youth hangout (4.5 million users, I’m told) - and it appears to be aimed at that audience. I also called it a “flickr of everything” in my post, but I think the crucial difference between BoltFolio and the latest crop of flickr-wannabes is that the Bolt guys are targeting a specific audience. They know this audience well, so I’m predicting this will be a fairly successful venture. More here:

    http://mashable.com/2005/12/03.....cool-kids/

  6. Jakob

    December 6th, 2005 at 6:48 am

    Luis - we offer file downloading at Vimeo.com.

  7. Peter

    December 6th, 2005 at 9:22 am

    Seems like a 100meg/month limit, which is kind of small if you want to upload video.

  8. Folletto Malefico

    December 6th, 2005 at 12:18 pm

    I might add that this is yaswuwmpeiotufe: Yet Another Silly Website Using Windows Media Player Embed Instead Of The Universal Flash Embed? :|

  9. Michael Arrington

    December 6th, 2005 at 12:20 pm

    Folletto, I believe they are moving to flash. I think flash is great, but I’d also like a way to allow people to download the files…

  10. Klim

    December 6th, 2005 at 12:24 pm

    For once, something that actually feels like Flickr. My review here.

  11. Jonathan Kolyer

    December 6th, 2005 at 1:30 pm

    PodOmatic has a desktop downloading client called “podAmigo”. Its free.

    Features include:

    + integrated web browsing
    + automatic downloading of daily content
    + BitTorrent support
    + iTunes/WMP integration
    + Windows and Mac platforms

  12. Jonathan Kolyer

    December 6th, 2005 at 1:36 pm

    Regarding flash-based media players: Macromedia’s Flash plugin has a bug, resulting in it only being able to play audio files encoded in a multiple of 11.025 KHz. So 11.025, 22.050, or 44.1 all sound good, but rates like 8KHz or 24KHz sound like chipmunks (or nothing at all).

    This happens to effect lots of audio, rendering the Flash player option useless in these situations.

  13. Britney Simpson

    December 7th, 2005 at 3:43 am

    Thanks for the tips Jonathan.. I hope flash gets that bug fixed.. since flash is the most supported streaming video codec on the net I think..

  14. Folletto Malefico

    December 7th, 2005 at 5:09 am

    Useless? I don’t think so. Is it better to have a player that works everywhere with some bugs or a player that works just on one OS?

    Even if a conversion or a bug fix isn’t possible… an hybrid solution is surely a better alternative, even in this case. ;)

  15. Scott

    December 19th, 2005 at 10:18 pm

    Boltfolio is a great site, and remember its in Beta status at the moment. Ive been testing it since its release and its great. They are listening to the users, making adjustments and working with us for the benefit of all. The unlimited part is unlimited over the life of Boltfolio, not all at once, and there will be in the future a paid version to allow more uploading per month, etc.

  16. aaron cohen

    December 21st, 2005 at 9:59 am

    Do your research. I run the company. There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that we’ll be able to generate enough revenue in the next few quarters to stay in business. I admit, i fucked it all up.

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