The Vimeo Player - For Profiters Watch Out
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Vimeo’s niche is that they concentrate on presenting High Definition videos online…so imagine YouTube in high def and you’re pretty close. They call it “true 1280×720, up to 24fps.”
I am going to skip ahead a bit in my review and tell you that I found out something about Vimeo that tells me for-profit business owners will want to think twice before using their player. (Details of that discovery are below!)
They do have an embed option with a player that goes for that minimalist look. That’s a look I like quite a bit but maybe it’s not exactly your cup of tea. Also, you should be aware that both the control bar and the share and embed buttons actually overlay portions of the video window but only for a short time. Move your mouse away from the video and the controls disappear. For me it’s no big deal but some readers may prefer having all control bar functions permanently displayed below the video.
An interesting note from Vimeo about presenting HD content online is that when you go to their site and browse through the videos, they are actually showing them to you at only half-resolution - the videos are so large they won’t fit on Vimeo’s pages. To see them in full HD, you simply click on the full screen button and you can enjoy the video as it was meant to be seen.
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