This is seriously fantastic. I saw Vine yesterday and thought it was a cool concept but didn't try it, after watching this I've downloaded the app and shared it with a bunch of friends and they're now downloading the app too! Such a simple and brilliant idea, Vine should add this to their homepage.<p>edit: I've now been watching this for 40 minutes... why are the banal acts of ordinary people so interesting?! Maybe it's the promise of a brand new <i>thing</i> in 6 seconds that keeps me watching.
Ah...the results of the race to be the "Instagram of Video".<p>Vine is no different than any number of recent video sharing apps. Vine does nothing new but sets new arbitrary time limits on the videos they support. Just like the others Vine will try to convince you that through focus groups they have found "3 second" videos will revolutionize video sharing and discovery, but this is nothing new.<p>Examples:<p>Threadlife: Supports 3 second videos
Viddy: Supports 15 second videos
Animoto: Supports 30 second videos
Klip: Supports 60 second videos<p>now Vine and its 6 second videos.<p>I am left wondering, what problem do all these video sharing apps think they are solving by setting arbitrary video time limits? Short videos might increase likelihood a user will sit through a whole video, but contrary to what these apps want you to believe they are not improving content quality through these arbitrary time limits. Further, time limits do not help users discovery quality content, so what problem have any of these apps solved?<p>The company that is dubbed the "Instagram of video" in the media is going to do the same thing Instagram did, improve content sharing and discovery. Of course, I hope my start up is that company, but even if not I think it is safe to say the company who deserves this title will not get it for setting video time limits as a result of focus groups.<p>Disclosure: I founded my own video sharing website with the goal to address the current problems with video sharing and discovery. I have done this by making Google Earth the UI for discovery of video content.
One suggestion: below the fold, show a list of the last 5 vines, just in case I want to rewatch or bookmark them, because I envision myself just sitting back and occasionally jumping to the keyboard/mouse when something really interesting comes up and then disappears
YouTube for the Attention-Deficit Generation?<p>I unfortunately find watching these jumpy snippets jarring. I can see the appeal for getting tiny slices of someone's day, but I'm finding it hard to enjoy it.
Left this on my second monitor while I work, so mesmerising . I didn't think Vine would be this interesting when I first heard about it.<p>Maybe they've found mobile videos sweet spot?
This is beautiful. It fulfills the promise of worldwide webcams (being able to easily peer into different parts of the world) with better quality, better interface, and mobile.<p>I tend to get overly moony about things like this, but I think this is one of the things that makes the Internet really great. It's a window to the world, the world seen by people not sitting at their computers but walking, talking, participating.<p>I really really like this, great job.
PG has talked about how "real real life" aka Justincam type things were coming for TV. This is literally a video based channel that I'm going to come back to and watch pretty consistently if it stays active and this interesting.<p>Vine is clearly a big idea and vinepeek is awesome.
This is pretty awesome and I can't quite explain why. It seems to have a similar quality to the things the people in /r/asmr like.<p>The only thing I miss is the ability to view more if I find something interesting. Perhaps this restriction is exactly why its so effective, though.
There appears to be no way to enable the Flash applet when viewing the site with FlashBlock turned on. Is it under some sort of transparent overlay that doesn't pass the right clicks to the applet container?
I find the "shift" from traditional "scripted" TV to more home made videos vert interesting. I must say that the appeal escapes me.<p>I don't watch a lot of TV, but personally when I do I do it because it's a way to either:
1. escape
2. become informed<p>I can't imagine turning this on while I have breakfast, or "for fun" on a bus commute. I see the appeal in sharing snippets of my live in video format with people that may care about the banal day-to-day things (I think this is why I like Path so much - those closest to me may actually be interested in where I went for lunch today), but I don't understand the "hours" of "brilliant entertainment" that some people seem to get out of this.<p>I think many people watch TV because they need to unplug from their "normal" existence. Or because they seek to see something interesting, funny, or learn something new. I watch The Daily Show because it's funny, I watch BBC because it informs me, I watch Bloomberg because I learn something new. I don't see these need being replaced by vine.<p>Maybe I don't get it.
If you're into new ways of watching the same minutia people post on facebook and twitter: people feeding their babies and making breakfast. Sorry, but that doesn't qualify as earth-shattering.
This project has really shown me what Vine is all about! Good stuff!<p>A "pause" button would really improve this project. Not for the video but for the transition between videos. A 5 Tweet buffer and a back button would be even better. That way, if I see a Tweet that I want to look at more closely, I can go back to it.
Is it weird that I am fascinated by the fact that people are experiencing completely different realities in different parts of the world while I am experiencing mine?
Having to constantly remind yourself that, more or less, "this is happening right now" is a surreal experience. It feels like the cheesy curated montage at the beginning of a smarmy independent film - but it's not. It's just random, unfiltered views into things people are filming all over the world.<p>I had no idea how many of us could connect over our love of filming coffee preparation, or cats, or traffic, or terrible attempts at stop motion. Hey look another magic trick!<p>Seriously though. Fascinating and, for now, quite engaging. I vote against re-wind or links to previous clips though. Keep it ephemeral and impermanent. Like real life - a moment is here, then it is gone.
Why is this so addicting to watch? I just watched random videos for at least 20 minutes and I don't know why I like watching them. Most aren't special in any way :S
Can you add a thumbs up/down button? And show the thumbs up videos more then the thumbs down? Some videos are really cool and deserve to be seen more, while others are literally a video of someones feet. I think this is the killer feature this app needs!
I'm wondering if there will ever be a way to categorize it by country or subject (/wtf, /aww). Also suppose some people will do vines stringed together where they'll tell a story via several vines. Surely some art will come of this.
Fans of this will probably also like the movie Life in a Day (full thing available on youtube) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lifeinaday" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/lifeinaday</a>
Lovely. I installed Vine and created one (<a href="http://vine.co/v/b5LHKjOEbX2" rel="nofollow">http://vine.co/v/b5LHKjOEbX2</a>) simply to see it on there. It didn't disappoint.
This is great.<p>Quick suggestions: Put the video completely above the fold. Load in the next one (video and description) behind, then fade between them. The transition is a little jerky right now.
Cool! I think you should include the title of this post ("watch the world in real time") somewhere in the actual webpage. That's really what got me to click.
Watching these made me feel disgusting. Like I'm some creep going trough other people's laundry. Closed the tab and still can't shake off this feeling.
If you think the sociology of today's "visual social media" is interesting (whether or not you find it useful), I recommend watching "We Live In Public":<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public</a>
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498329/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498329/</a><p>The art project it documents turned out to be quite prescient.
Cool minimalism. I wouldn't advise dedicating any time other than as a hobby on any twitter API though. I think we all should remember how Twitter treats independent developers who get in the way of "their" revenue.<p>The grammarian in me would change the statement at the bottom to "vinepeek is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by VineLabs, Inc"
I completely adored this! Furthermore, I can't come up with any reason why the Vine datatype won't be huge. It's Motion Tumblr... it's an alloy of video and anigif... it's silent... it auto-loops... it's extraordinarily boredom resistant.
A little help please! so I have a vine link, say <a href="http://vine.co/v/b53lmWrxtQr" rel="nofollow">http://vine.co/v/b53lmWrxtQr</a>.<p>How do I get the .mp4 link to the vine video itself? is there a vine api or do I hard scrape?
If you want the timeline, just <a href="https://api.vineapp.com/timelines/global" rel="nofollow">https://api.vineapp.com/timelines/global</a> (you must have an authenticated vine-session-id cookie, of course)
Generally speaking, how was this done? Backend scripting or javascript? Not asking for code, but in plain-talk i would love duplicate the concept for a conference site i'm building.
pretty fun to watch. it takes a while to load the videos on my iphone even though i had wifi connection. Lightt delivers a much smoother experience and has a much more interesting interface since other videos load right away. The sound and the video recording experience really separate Vine from Lightt.<p>I would recommend telling the user to enable sounds their phones to use Vine. I keep my iPhone on vibration all the time, did not realize Vine videos had sound to it until I saw this link.
It reminds me of memories. Whenever I try and remember something from years ago, it comes back in snippets like this.<p>Sarcastically, "from the makers of twitter, information free video!"
I also didn't realize that vine was making real movies with sound, thought it was just animated gifs then someone turned on a blender in a clip and I freaked out, hah.
Clicking the link I thought it would be a website covered in video tiles showing everything going on at once. That would be cool, maybe add a second page for this?
Try putting <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGRi_7DCiA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGRi_7DCiA</a> on in the background while you watch.
Such fun to watch these lil videos go by. I love seeing people doing creative stuff with it —- so many fun stop motion dealies, like this one: <a href="http://vine.co/v/b5lTOtK3ELU" rel="nofollow">http://vine.co/v/b5lTOtK3ELU</a><p>Before this, my basic reaction to vine was: "Oh great, another social network." But… now I can see why it's exciting.<p>The potential here for the cross-section of tiny slices o' life reminds me of the potential that amazed me about Twitter, which led to me designing Twistori:<p><a href="http://twistori.com" rel="nofollow">http://twistori.com</a>
You're on to something here. Leave it. I wouldn't even tweak it. Just let it go and get the word out. I honestly believe this will be huge.<p>Man, I love this.
The best answer to this is... Who cares anyway?<p>PS: In the end if this proves to be something user FB will buy it and then we'll have a change in the user terms, and... You get e idea.