« Previous post
Next post »

November 14, 2006

SyncVUE: Skype Powered Collaborative Video Editing

Marshall Kirkpatrick

8 comments »

SyncVUE is a product that enables users to sync up media files like video or audio with their Skype contacts for collaborative annotation in real time. It’s an impressive use of the Skype network, an approach that’s likely to become increasingly common. There’s a long list of plug-ins available on the Skype Extras page, but that’s far from an exhaustive list.

SyncVUE is a product that uses your Skype contacts list as a user list. It lets you switch control over the synced file between participants in a media sharing session or turn off syncing at any time and play the file independently. Any user can put time flags and notes throughout the file. There’s a good demonstration video here. It’s Quicktime based and supports basic commands from Final Cut Pro. The product costs almost $200 for the first license, so it’s not for the casual user. Anyone working on video with a distributed team might find it very interesting, though.

We’ve covered shared workspaces, open source web conferencing and products that ride on top of VOIP here in recent weeks. SnycVUE is related to of all of those and it’s a great way to leverage the power and market dominance of Skype. Why hasn’t eBay done something like this?

  • Sphere It

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 at 2:18 pm and is filed under Company & Product Profiles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Trackbacks/Pings (Trackback URL)

  1. SyncVUE, revisión colaborativa de vídeo mediante Skype

    November 14th, 2006 at 5:06 pm

  2. SyncVUE, videos colaborativos con Skype - messenger.es, todo sobre la mensajería instantanea descargar messenger gratis msn yahoo gtalk skype gaim

    November 15th, 2006 at 1:02 am

  3. Sync Your Media Files by syncVUE -An Skype Powered Tool » Dee’s-Planet! Blog

    November 15th, 2006 at 1:55 pm

  4. adult free tv

    September 5th, 2007 at 8:44 pm

Comments

RSS feed for comments on this post.

  1. Skitter

    November 14th, 2006 at 4:53 pm

    It is an interesting idea leveraging Skype, but I’d find it more useful if they could make a web client that wasn’t $200 per seat. I have multiple clients and getting them to install proprietary software behind the corporate firewall just isn’t going to happen.

  2. Rob Claisse

    November 14th, 2006 at 8:14 pm

    We use SyncVue and its been a great time and money saver, allowing us to work with clients who aren’t with in travelling distance. Also the fact that you can both review the video offline, write comments at particular timecodes and then sync all the notes next time your both online is invaluable.

    I agree with Skitter about the hassle of getting remote clients install software, but one of the things that we like about SyncVue is that the video is NOT streamed between clients. You both have local copies of the same video so all that is sync’ed is the position in the track. So you have to get the video clips to the other person, but for a small companies like us working with other smaller clients, there’s no worries about the speed and reliablity of the net connection and we can both look at high quality versions of the video.

    Not for everyone but we use it alot and the price is pretty cheap for what it is. And its only a first release so who knows where they’ll take it as all the technology improves.

  3. David Mackey

    November 15th, 2006 at 8:53 pm

    Nifty idea. Though the licensing is a little steep and will keep it out of the hands of those who would perhaps use it most - YouTube, etc. users.

  4. Michael Buday

    November 17th, 2006 at 11:35 pm

    Marshall, thanks for your favorable overview of syncVUE. In its current V1.0 form, syncVUE is aimed primarily at the pro video/film/animation markets, so you’re correct that it’s not a product for the casual user. For professionals who need to review media at higher then standard “video webchat” quality, syncVUE’s method of synchronizing local copies of the same media file is an great alternative.

    Having said that, Skitter’s and David’s comments are well founded, and without going into detail, I can assure you that we’re actively addressing their points in upcoming releases.

    Your comment regarding leveraging Skype is spot on. Skype was an obvious choice because of it’s well documented API, a responsive development team and its broad acceptance around the world.

    And to Rob, thanks so much for your positive comments.

    Michael Buday
    President, Intelligent Gadgets
    http://www.syncvue.com

« Previous post
Next post »