I’m a little surprised that video podcasts haven’t really caught on. I get the feeling that browsing YouTube has become the way we find entertaining videos.
Personally, I’m running an app called Democracy Player. It works for both Windows and OS-X. Democracy allows you to subscribe to video RSS feeds/video podcasts. My favorite is Channel Frederator, which is a weekly collection of independent, user-submitted animation. It’s amazing to see animation in all styles, of all tones, from all over the world.
Do you guys watch any online video series on regular basis? Red vs. Blue? Ze Frank? What is it about a given online video series gives it loyal viewers who, despite the lazy joys and high availability of random YouTube viewing, keep coming back to see the same series? I’m not critiquing YouTube, in fact, many of the great online video series are viewable on YouTube. I’m just wondering what aspects of a recurring video series makes it good for online viewing? Are iTunes episodes of LOST as good an experience, or is LOST less appropriate for online consumption?
I gave Democracy a shot a while ago but never found any content that actually made me want to fire up a completely separate application on a regular basis (Channel Federator looks cool though). The only serialized video content I get from the internet is Battlestar, which has higher production values and costs more (in $$ and/or dl time) than the kind of short meme-ish video I think you’re talking about, but which is fine for online consumption (if your face spends most of its time 2 feet from a monitor anyway, I guess).
Democracy has gotten a LOT faster and a LOT more stable, especially on the Mac.
How do you get Battlestar off the web? Are there legal DLs?
Legal DLs are on iTunes, with a lag of a couple days.