Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 01:52 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ...
Oct 18, 2011
G'day everyone
I'm quite interested in many of the paid video's currently available on ProZ.com, but I don't want to spend money on something that I did not see. I therefore suggest that ProZ.com allows a preview of the videos, either as a 2 minute or 5 minute video of any portion of the video (preferred), or as a series of 5-10 screenshots (not ideal at all) from the video. Longer descriptions would also be nice (e.g. a table of contents, so to speak).
Samuel
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Stanislaw Czech United Kingdom Local time: 00:52 Member (2006) English to Polish + ...
What a great idea!
Oct 18, 2011
Probably 5 minutes would be reasonable minimum as the first few minutes usually contain introduction and is not very representative for the entire video.
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Drew MacFadyen Argentina Local time: 19:52 Member (2006)
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Limitation of our current player
Oct 18, 2011
Thanks Sam - glad you're interested in the video training options.
You're right that is a much better means for showcasing video content. Our current capabilities in promoting/marketing the videos is somewhat limited due to the player we are using (it does not support previews). Unfortunately migrating to a new player/system is not a simple task, there are many developments that have been coded "on top" of that player as well as our entire video library/content which would need to be migrated.
This is definitely on our list of project improvements.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Regards,
Drew
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Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 01:52 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ...
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Preview does not have to be dynamic
Oct 18, 2011
Drew MacFadyen wrote:
Our current capabilities in promoting/marketing the videos is somewhat limited due to the player we are using (it does not support previews).
Why not simply create short 5-minute versions of the videos and place a download link to the video file on the video's page? That would require no change in your architecture whatsoever.
An alternative to the video preview is to provide a 5-minute audio preview, which can also be a downloadable file (the user's browser will launch the associated player if there is one).
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